Primal King Podcast

Just about every one of us has wondered at some point (if not MANY points) what it will be like when we die. Is there a heaven? Is there anything after this life? Is it just lights out? Bill Goodwin is a Maxwell Certified Leadership team member, the owner of Priority Living where he does speaking, training and coaching around leadership and has also served as the lead pastor at Lighthouse Church i...

Have you ever wondered if things will ever get better? Have you ever thought about why it takes so long to get to the "other side?" In this episode, Derek brings you through a conversation that he recently had that really drove the point home about how just about ANYTHING worthwhile will get worse before it ever gets better. Relationships, fitness, business and just about all areas of life seem to...

Paul and Stacey Martino have worked with thousands of people to save their marriages and have less than a 1% divorce rate. How is that even possible? They never set out to be relationship "gurus." You will hear the story of how this whole concept started and not only why they do what they do but also how it can actually impact you! Relationship Development, the name of their massively impactful bu...

This week Derek talks about a lesson that he was able to teach to his oldest daughter and how it was also a great reminder for him: your actions can be very different from your intentions. Most of the time when bad things happen, they aren't necessarily due to bad intentions. In fact, the intentions might be great but that doesn't mean a whole lot. Actions are what we will be judged on and never i...

Derek brought on his lovely wife again this week to talk about something that had been making news recently which is a MIT computer simulation that says we have less than 20 years left of our civilization as we know it. With that and all the stuff that is going on in the world, Derek and Jess decide to throw on their tin-foil hats and dive into what it would look like if this is all true and what...

Derek does his best version of a preacher this episode! Afer a long drive home, he was able to reflect on what has always seemed to get clarity even if you have been praying about something... So often we will ask God to show us the way or to help us along the path but maybe we have to do something first in order to see the path. Rather than waiting for the perfect staircase in front of you, somet...

Derek had a conversation with a friend of his that prompted this episode. He was asked how he was able to lose the weight that he had and it came down to the only reason that anyone EVER makes a change...well, there's two reasons... If you wonder why you can't ever make lasting changes or even make any change, it is because of these two reasons aren't powerful enough yet. Make sure to tune in to f...

After a week off for the first time, Derek comes back with a message about working through the hard times. We see people on social media that seem to have it all together and we see silly hashtags about no bad days but that isn't REAL life. In real life, there will be tough times...but what do we do to prepare? If you have fallen on hard times there are a few very specific things that can prepare...

Derek talks about a recent "Superman and Kryptonite" exercise that he went through that completely exposed the truth to him. Most of the time, we skirt around the truth when it comes to weaknesses. Sometimes we even take passive aggressive shots but very rarely do we take them head on. For true growth, truth has to be accepted and this exercise that is laid out will provide it if you are willing t...

One of the pillars of the entire Primal King platform and podcast is LEGACY. Derek asks every guest that he has on what they want their legacy to be...but what does that really mean? How can you tell if you are actually leaving a legacy? In this episode, Derek talks about the ONE simple way that you can leave a legacy. Hint: it has nothing to do with having your name on a building or how much mone...

Taylor Conroy has done a little bit of everything; from being a firefighter, a bodybuilder and a successful real estate entrepreneur to using psychedelics for growth and helping more than 200,000 people around the world through his social enterprise "Change Heroes."  This is a different episode than Derek usually does. You will get to hear him and Taylor get into the "5D Plain," fulfillment, using...

Derek talks about two recent events that created fear; one that happened to him and one that happened to his daughter. The tricky thing about fear is that your brain can't distinguish whether or not if there is actual danger or whether the fear is actually REAL. If you find yourself scared to do something or if you seem to be living in a constant state of fear, Derek will walk you through how to d...

In this week's solo episode, Derek takes on the taboo subject of politics...well, political theatre to be more precise. Manipulation, marketing campaigns, shaming and coercion seem to be running rampant. If you are objective at all, you have most likely witnessed this in the past couple years. The real question is what do we do about it?  Derek talks about the 3 key steps to take to get out of the...

In this solo episode, Derek talks about the correlation between what we want and what we are willing to work for. We all know how easy it is to want something but not actually take steps to achieve the "want."  Have you ever seen someone who is at a rough point in their life and they wanted to be there? Not usually. Typically they wanted much much more but never took the action steps (work) to ach...

We are wrapping up 2021 and Derek and Jess come together for a special episode and discuss the 5 questions that they believe are important for everyone to answer. This is a great episode to take some notes on and dive into the questions that they talk about. It's part reflection and part projection.  They had fun with this one and they're sure you will too!

In this episode Derek talks about a recent event that left him, maybe for the first time, truly disappointed in one of his kids. After some reflection he takes you through the reasons that so many of us don't do the things that we truly want to do which all comes back to a fear of judgement. Rather than pursuing our dreams, we worry about what someone might say. Rather than living how we want to l...

Tareq Azim has so many accomplishments it's hard to put them all down but among them is training elite level athletes from the NFL and Mixed Martial Arts. He also has his famous "Disruptor" events helping high level executives regain their happiness and purpose. His new book "Empower" will be available January 11th, 2022 and will be a massive hit. Tareq's family were forced from their native count...

Derek talks about a very impactful talk that he heard several years ago about how to know who you can save. So often in life we try to help as many people as we can. Some of us even experience anxiety or depression over not being able to help our kids, our family or our friends. How do we reconcile it? How do we sleep at night knowing how many people are suffering and need help? If you are ever fe...

Brandon Poulin is the co-founder of the massively successful LadyBoss business and movement. Along with his wife Kaelin, they have not only changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of women but have done it while navigating through their marriage, their business and their young kids. For most people, just building a culture-changing movement would be challenging but when you are walking through...

As we approach the holiday season, it can be magical. Christmas songs, food, lights and cheer are all around...but it can also be one of the hardest times of the year as well. In this episode, Derek introduces a challenge as well as one of the things that he is doing to try to be a blessing in someone's life this holiday season. Sometimes if we're doing well, we don't realize that not everyone aro...

Your favorite guest is back again! This week, Jess comes on to talk to Derek about whether all of their decisions have been based more on faith or through courage. Most people think that if they have enough faith, things will work out. Often times though, the first step still takes tons of courage. On the other side, without faith, how can you keep going? Derek and Jess have a little different tak...

Expectations have been falling for quite some time. Standards on what it means to live a great life have also fallen. The best way to have an apathetic, uninspired population is to set the expectations of our lives so low that we never have to worry about being disappointed about missing our mark. Do you want to have a great marriage? Raise your relationship expectation. Do you want to have more m...

Jim Huntsman is the host of the Western Huntsman podcast and is back for round two on the Primal King Podcast! This time around, Jim and Derek talk about a number of different things from teaching our kids to hunt and why it's vital to their future survival to Jim's new homestead and even touch on homeschooling and current events. Derek and Jim also discuss some current event issues and believe th...

In today's episode, Derek takes on the very taboo issue of VIOLENCE. Most of us, especially men, have been taught from a very young age that violence is never the answer. Is that actually true though? Is violence NEVER the answer? Derek talks about a few different instances around the topic of violence that seem to be going against our hard wiring as humans. Since we live in a society that preache...

In this episode, Derek talks about a new book that he started that caused him to deeply reflect on giving...and how much to give. Most of us like to think that we are giving, charitable people. We'll drop a few bucks in the can here and there or maybe we throw a $20 in the offering plate at church. How often do we actually give until it hurts though? There are two different stories that will drive...