All good things must come to an end and it is time for the Primal King Podcast to ride off into the sunset. After more than 5 years and 260 episodes, Derek is wrapping up the ride of a lifetime. To say that he is humbled and grateful for all of your support would be an understatement. Just as life changes and experience changes, so does the direction of what someone wants to talk about and who they want to talk to. That is exactly where Derek found himself while making this difficult decision. M...
Nov 23, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 260
Are you a part of the "useful class" or the valuable class? It seems like we have gotten to a point in our country where people that bring the lowest overall value to our society recieve the most financial gain. This isn't a victim claim but rather a call out to those out there doing the most important and fulfilling work that almost always goes completely unrecognized. There will be people that trade (basically) fake numbers on a computer screen all day on Wall Street that make billions yet the...
Oct 11, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 258
Do you ever feel like you are just smack dab in the middle of it? Maybe you aren't necessarily right at the starting line and you definitely haven't gotten to the other side so you don't know where to go or if you'll ever actually get to where you are going? If so, this episode is for you... Derek heard a saying years ago that "we shouldn't talk about our wounds, just our scars." The reason behind this saying is that wounds are still open and they can be difficult to talk about. However, what do...
Oct 09, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 257
You've all gotten to know Derek and Jess pretty well over the past few years so would you ever imagine that Jess is becoming a prepper? Well, maybe... We know how weird some of the things that are happening seem to be. A highly divided election season. Inching closer and closer to what could turn into WW3. Port strikes that could threaten supply chains. Natural disasters impacting millions of people. The list goes on and on. So, what should we do? Should we become preppers and just hunker down f...
Oct 02, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 256
Every generation has it's challenges when it comes to marriage. In the old days, isolation with your spouse could be an issue or the fact that you may not have had access to very many potential mates before getting married. Nowadays, we have a whole different set of issues. Whether it's access to those old flames through social media or if it's the access to being able to see just about anything we want anytime we want, it can really stress a relationship in ways that we haven't ever dealth with...
Sep 18, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 255
As humans, we all want to world to bend to our will. So often we want others to think like us or see things how we see them. We also know that isn't real life to have those expectations... In this episode, Derek breaks down how important it is to simply trust the process and don't try to do everything our way. As difficult as it can be, there are natural laws, roadmaps and clues to the success that we want in just about every area. Whether it's spirituality, fitness, business or a number of othe...
Sep 13, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 254
How do you handle those "hard conversations" with your kids? Is it with anger and strict consequences? Is it with compassion and being somewhat of a pushover? Does it maybe even vary from instance to instance? In this episode, Derek and Jess dive into what they have been doing recently with the hard conversations. As your kids get older and inevitably get themselves into some trouble here and there, what is the best way to navigate it in a way that sets boundaries but doesn't cause resentment? T...
Sep 11, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 253
Have you thought to yourself in the past few years that nothing seems to make sense? Have you had a friend that does things or makes decisions that don't make sense? I'm pretty sure we all have... When you can figure out this ONE thing, you can start seeing through all of the fog. You can see why people, politicians, corporations and even yourself keep making decisions that may not make any sense. Once you know, you can use it to your advantage and not only see through the fog, but you'll be abl...
Sep 06, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Sometimes it's really easy to take things personal. Maybe it's that guy that cut you off in traffic. Maybe it's that rude cashier or even that fight with a friend that you never saw coming. Maybe it's even someone taking their life that you would have never expected... The reality is, we don't ever truly know what someone may be going through but our reactions usually don't take those thoughts into mind. Yes, people should always have a certain amount of kindness and decency but it's also very e...
Aug 30, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Derek and Jess don't get a lot of time to spend doing absolutely nothing...but it happened this past weekend on a cruise ship to Mexico and back! We all know how easy it is for us to get in the day to day grind and sometimes what we all need is a change of environment and, perhaps, a change of pace to learn some real lessons. This episode is based around the two biggest takeaways that Derek and Jess learned from being able to take a couple days away from the ranch, the kids, the work and everyth...
Aug 16, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 250
We all want bigger and better. It may be the bank account, the house, the car or just about anything. Here is the question that Derek and Jess ask in this episode...is better ACTUALLY better? Our life is just a giant collection of decisions. If we make one decision, it could affect several other things. So often in life we don't really think about the downstream affect of what becoming better may actually mean in other areas of life. If you want the billion dollar business, will that impact your...
Aug 08, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 249
How is it that we have gotten to a point that down seems up and left seems right? How is it that we almost feel like we are living in an alternate reality? In this episode, Derek breaks down exactly how we got here and what we can do to improve our lives using this exact model...
Aug 02, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 248
Calley Means has gained a ton of traction over the past year and there's good reason. He is someone that graduated from Stanford and Harvard business schools and then went on to be a pharmaceutical and food consultant. Like so many of us, he had an event take place that changed his entire trajectory: seeing his mother get diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and pass away 13 days later. This led him to find his true life mission which turned out to be leading the way for alternative ways to ...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 247
Human beings can handle just about anything. We can struggle through loss, heartbreak, job loss, financial collapse and so much more. The one thing that we CAN'T handle over even a short period of time is chaos. It can literally make us go crazy... What some may not realize is that we were about a quarter inch away from absolute chaos just a few short days ago. If that shot had been just a few millimeters over, we may be watching chaos unfold like none of us have ever seen. Are we out of the woo...
Jul 19, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 246
When you live your day-to-day life, you may not think that you are making any type of an impact. It's very easy to discount what you do... In this episode Derek and Jess dive into how the peaks and valleys of life can be hard but just a few kind words can change everything. If you think that what you do doesn't matter, this is the episode that you HAVE to listen to.
Jul 06, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 245
Derek and Jess are celebrating their 17 year wedding anniversary! Rather than just talking about how easy it has been, they decided to get real and lay out their best and worst qualities... Often times in business, there will be team building exercises and personality tests and many other tools to help each other communicate at the highest level. Derek had an experience with a company that actually had the upper-level management lay out what they think the others' best and worst qualities were. ...
Jun 27, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 244
Do you have days that feel like you are on a rollercoaster and the only thing you want to do is get off? In this episode, Derek and Jess take you through "how they do it." Hint; they don't do it well despite what some people may think... Pursuing greatness will always be much harder and take much longer than we think so how is it that you can get through all of the days that feel like the lowest of lows? You keep going. You may cry (as Jess talks about). You might threaten to sell everything and...
Jun 13, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 243
Ian Smith became known worldwide virtually overnight because of his stance on the lockdowns just a few short years ago. While most of the country was hunkering down and waiting on their "leaders" to tell them what they could do and how they could live, Ian took a different path: he refused to be locked down. Despite numerous fines, arrests and becoming a national villain for so many that were on board with the Covid policies, Ian made the decision to stay true to his beliefs. Some people love hi...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 242
What do you accept as "normal?" Why do you think it's normal if it isn't right? After a recent trip to the Bay Area, Derek reflects on a conversation that he had that drove home the fact that sometimes, there may be no coming back. Sometimes the only way to stop doing something is to keep it from escalating yet so often, we let it get to that point anyways. Whether it comes to crime in our cities, our southern border or our own fitness or relationships, there is danger in simply accepting bad be...
May 31, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 241
Life and business isn't all rainbows and lollipops despite what we see on Instagram. Usually, especially if you are trying to accomplish big goals, there will be more problems that most feel like they can handle. What then? Recently Derek and Jess had to make a MASSIVE change in their business in order for it to be sustainable. It wasn't an easy decision. It certainly wasn't comfortable. How did they get through it? Honesty. This episode breaks down exactly how they faced the problem and how the...
May 29, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 240
So many conversations in "podcast land" are all about what people did when they first got started years ago. What were the struggles that they went through? What were the challenges that they faced? What should they have done differently? There is only one problem that can come up with this method: do they even remember what is was REALLY like in the beginning? In this episode, Derek brought on Charlie Adams, Founder and CEO of the Naughty Dog, who is in the beginning stages of building a busine...
May 24, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 239
After Derek started watching the new Netflix Docu-series all about the infamous website Ashley Madison, he HAD to bring this awkward question to Jess; could Ashley Madison actually be good for certain marriages? For anyone that has been listening for long, you will know that some of these questions have a way of making Jess a little embarassed and this one is no different. It is an intriguing thought experiment however...could someone cheating on their spouse in secret somehow actually help the ...
May 15, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 238
Keith has a famously unique story: he went from being a pastor of a church to living very "loose" and even ended up dating a porn star. That's not something that you hear too much. He eventually ended his first marriage and found his true love and he thought all would be well forever until he heard the words that no married man ever wants to hear from his wife..."my life is better without you in it." Rather than just throwing in the towel and getting a second divorce, those words sent Keith on a...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 237
Should you FORCE your kids to do anything? Is it good parenting to actually make them do things even if they really don't want to? In this episode, Derek and Jess dive into the question on whether or not you should make your kids play sports. Coming from a sports background, Derek has his thoughts but Jess has a different experience based on her upbringing...so her answer might surprise you. We live in a culture where we often times hear that we shouldn't force our kids to do certain things and ...
May 08, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 236
On this week's episode, Derek and Jess go completely off the rails with an AI Generated "Ask Us Anything... With all of the stress and turmoil in the world, the Couples Edition decides to take a break from all of the serious topics and just have a little bit of fun. Since this topic was last second, they decided to ask the AI machine to generate some silly questions to answer and it didn't disappoint. If you are sick of all of the negativity and heaviness of current events OR if you just want a ...
May 01, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Nick Thayer is a Coast Guard veteran and developed a love of fitness that led him into becoming a Crossfit coach. That passion didn't stop there though and it ended up leading him to a place that he never could have expected; The Tactical Games. The Tactical Games will push even the most fierce competitors and warriors to their limits. With a mixture of physical hardship and precision shooting, The Tactical Games can humble just about anybody. Nick knew as soon as he was introduced to it, he was...
Apr 26, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Sometimes marriage can make us all a little complacent. We may gain a few extra pounds or we may start taking for granted all of the things that got us together in the first place. So, if you woke up single tomorrow, would you be attractive to date? It's a weird question but it's one worth asking... Derek and Jess take on this question after they saw it posed on a Facebook post and they walk you through how marriage can actually lead us to showing up less than what we could be simply because we ...
Apr 24, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 233
This week Derek and Jess dive into the topic of marriage and where it should rate in regards to everything else in life. We live in the "hustle" culture that can make us think that there are many things more important than a marriage but is that true? Well, maybe at certain points... Derek and Jess talk about marriage and how to make it a priority even when things are busy. They also dive into intimacy, staying connected and how Jess can be the "stuck up cat" sometimes. You'll hear all about it ...
Apr 17, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 232
TJ Morris aka "Bear" has had a pretty incredible path to where he is now which is the owner and CEO of several different businesses and ventures as well as leading a massive YouTube following. From starting out as a drummer in a metal band that couldn't get gigs booked and deciding to make enough money to be able to get his own shows and book other bands to play with them to a wobbly path to finding his faith and all the way up to huge business success, the story alone is worth a listen. However...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 231
It's Couples Edition time again! This week, Derek and Jess dive into the complex issue of how hard is too hard when it comes to pushing your kids... So often in our modern society, we see kids being held to less and less of a standard. We have turned into a culture of "if it feels good do it" and that has become a problem. Everywhere we look it seems like there are spoiled, entitled, ungrateful little turds and why is that happening? Is it because of a lack of standards? Derek and Jess think so....
Apr 11, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 230
