Primal Trust Academy & Community with Dr. Cathleen King, Hood River, OR (2025)

12/21/2025

Which one of these are you still doing?

Googling symptoms at 2am convinced you will find the answer this time.
Telling your trauma story over and over hoping it will finally release.
Running to someone else every time fear hits because you cannot hold it alone.
Adding another supplement, another protocol, another specialist to the list.
Believing if you just try harder, pray more, do the routine perfectly, you will earn your healing.

I did all of them. For years.

Every lab test. Every morning routine. Every practitioner on my treatment team. I told my story to anyone who would listen. I cut off family members. I ran to my partner every time the panic hit, needing him to make me feel safe.

I was doing everything except the one thing that actually mattered.

Sitting with myself. Allowing what was there. Building my own capacity to hold the discomfort without running.
Healing did not start when I found the right protocol. It started when I stopped outsourcing my safety and learned to regulate from the inside.

Which one are you still stuck in? Be honest in the comments.

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12/21/2025

Which one of these are you still doing?

Googling symptoms at 2am convinced you will find the answer this time.
Telling your trauma story over and over hoping it will finally release.
Running to someone else every time fear hits because you cannot hold it alone.
Adding another supplement, another protocol, another specialist to the list.
Believing if you just try harder, pray more, do the routine perfectly, you will earn your healing.

I did all of them. For years.

Every lab test. Every morning routine. Every practitioner on my treatment team. I told my story to anyone who would listen. I cut off family members. I ran to my partner every time the panic hit, needing him to make me feel safe.

I was doing everything except the one thing that actually mattered.

Sitting with myself. Allowing what was there. Building my own capacity to hold the discomfort without running.
Healing did not start when I found the right protocol. It started when I stopped outsourcing my safety and learned to regulate from the inside.

Which one are you still stuck in? Be honest in the comments.

Follow for the honest truth about what healing actually takes.

12/20/2025

How many times have you explained your case to someone new and watched their eyes glaze over?

I know that feeling. The moment you realize they do not get it. The way you have learned to condense years of suffering into a few sentences because you can tell they are already looking for a simple answer.
You have been dismissed. Misunderstood. Told it is anxiety or stress or all in your head. And after a while, you stop expecting anyone to actually see the full picture.

So you keep researching on your own. Keep trying the next thing. Keep wondering if there is something everyone else is missing.

Can I offer you something different?

We have a free 20-minute discovery call where one of my team members actually listens. Your symptoms. Your history. What you have tried. What worked and what did not. No rushing. No glazed eyes. Just a real conversation about whether nervous system regulation is the missing piece for you.
You do not have to have it figured out before you get on the call. That is what the call is for.

If you are exhausted from explaining yourself to people who do not get it, talk to someone who does.

Comment DISCOVER to book your free call.

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12/19/2025

Be honest. Are you already dreading a conversation that has not even happened yet?

Maybe it is your mom's comment about your health. Your sibling who does not get it. The relative who asks why you are not better yet. You already know exactly how it is going to go because it goes the same way every year.
And your body knows too. It is already bracing.

That tightness in your chest when you think about the gathering. The exhaustion before you even arrive. The way you feel yourself shrinking or shutting down around certain people.

That is not weakness. That is your nervous system remembering every holiday that came before this one.

Here is what I want you to know. You do not have to perform your way through December. You do not have to abandon yourself to keep the peace. And you do not have to white knuckle it until January.

You can resource yourself before you walk through the door. You can take breaks without guilt. You can protect your energy and still show up.

But that requires paying attention to what your body is telling you instead of overriding it.

What moment are you already bracing for this holiday season? Be honest in the comments.

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12/18/2025

You are probably overcomplicating this.

I know because I did too. I thought nervous system regulation meant special breathing techniques, expensive programs, hours of meditation. I thought I had to earn my way to calm.

But your nervous system does not need fancy. It needs present.

One of my favorite tools takes less than 30 seconds. Slowly look around the room and notice something beautiful you have never paid attention to before.
The texture of a curtain. The way light hits the floor. Your pet resting in the corner. A small object on the shelf you forgot you loved.
That is it. That is the whole practice.

When you notice beauty, you shift into appreciation, gratitude, even love. And that changes your biochemistry in real time. Your nervous system registers safety not through effort but through presence.

You do not have to do more. You have to be here more.

Right now, look around your space. What is one thing of beauty you have never really noticed before?

Tell me in the comments.

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12/18/2025

As the year winds down, this is one final invitation to join Primal Trust at special year-end pricing.

Whether you are seeking calm after a full year or want steady tools to guide you into 2026, this is an open door to start. Your membership includes every course, live session, and daily practice designed to help you reconnect with safety and trust in your own system.

Year-End Pricing Ends Tonight:
20% off Monthly Membership
30% off 5-Month Membership
40% off Year-Long Membership

A recent member shared:
"This work gave me the foundation I never had. It is not about fixing symptoms, it is about learning how to feel safe being me." — Laura W.

When you are ready to begin, we are here.

Comment SPECIAL and we will send you the link to join.

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12/17/2025

Do you remember what calm feels like? Not the forced calm of trying to relax. Not the temporary calm after exhaustion. Real calm. The kind where your mind is not scanning for the next threat.

If you have lived with fear and anxiety for so long that it feels like part of your personality, I get it. When your nervous system has been on high alert for years, you forget there is another way to exist.

You wake up already bracing. Your mind races through worst case scenarios before your feet hit the floor. Your symptoms dictate what you can and cannot do. And somewhere along the way, you stopped believing it could be different.

Can I tell you something? That is not who you are. That is your nervous system stuck in a pattern. And patterns can change.

When you start regulating your nervous system, the grip loosens. The racing slows. You stop being ruled by your symptoms and start remembering what it feels like to just live.

This is not about forcing yourself to feel better. This is about giving your body the safety it needs to finally settle.
If fear and anxiety have been running your life for as long as you can remember, you do not have to keep living that way.

Comment CALM to learn how nervous system regulation can help you find your way back to yourself.

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12/16/2025

Do you know what it is like to grow up and not even feel your hunger? Or why your body would feel numb around certain family members? Or why you found yourself listening to the change in tone of your dad so you knew if you needed to stay away?

These are experiences where you cannot feel your needs. Ironically, you were likely hyper aware of the needs of your caregivers though. And this is a dynamic where you ultimately lost your ability to trust yourself to make decisions that were supportive to you. You ended up feeling your needs were a burden and actually were a dangerous thing to listen to.

I know I felt that way.

At one point, if you grew up not being shown that your needs mattered, the feeling of having unmet needs was so excruciating that you had to numb yourself to them.
Now you are on a journey of un-numbing, finding needs, and actually meeting them. So how do you start rebuilding self-trust that you can meet your own needs?
When you feel thirsty, get water. When you are fatigued, sit down. When you are sad, have a cry. Address the signal as soon as the need shows up, not when it feels convenient.

By honoring your inner signals, you are building trust with your system. You are telling your body that its needs matter. You will take care of it, like a loving parent. That lays a foundation of self-trust that will finally leave you feeling safe enough to grow.

Join Candace in her monthly live classes, included in your Primal Trust Membership.

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12/15/2025

Mommy isn't coming to save you.

When I was drowning in chronic illnesses and stress, I didn't know how to regulate my feelings. All I wanted was for a loving, soothing mother figure to rescue me.

I grew up in an unstable home life, the daughter of a teen single mom with her own demons to fight. As kids, we depend on the adults around us to protect and soothe us. But if you didn’t get the support you deserved as a child, that wound doesn’t go away when you’re an adult. Instead, that wounded inner child still lives inside you, desperately wanting a grown-up to make it better.

But the people who hurt, neglected, or abandoned you aren’t going to suddenly wake up and fix everything. If they weren't what you needed then, they still aren’t now.

The good news is that no one else has to change for you to heal. Because healing isn't about waiting for someone else rescue you: It’s about rescuing yourself.

I head to learn how to re-parent myself, to make sure the scared little girl in me felt seen, heard, and loved. I had to be the loving mother that my younger self always needed, so that my current self could finally feel safe, relaxed, and regulated enough to heal.

Who are you still waiting to save you? Share in comments if this one hit.

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12/14/2025

For most of us, holidays are anything but peaceful.

You’re rushing through your normal routine, trying to squeeze in time to decorate, go shopping, wrap gifts, and fulfill all your family traditions. You’re trying to be everything for everyone, overcommitting and letting stress take over. It’s chaos.

Right now, you’re saying yes to every invitation and no to your body’s desperate plea for peace. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

You don’t have to do more to have a joyful holiday: You just have to realign your focus on what truly brings you peace.

Start with five minutes of quiet reflection. Think about the moments that have brought you true joy during the holidays over the years. Maybe you think of meaningful conversations or quiet evenings in with your family. Pause and name three things, and feel the gratitude flow through you.

Choose to be present with all the things that bring you peace. Maybe that means putting your phone down during movie night, or staying attuned during conversations rather than letting your mind wander.

Be present and intentional with all your actions this holiday season and lean into those meaningful connections - and don’t be afraid to say “no” to anything that doesn’t align with those values.

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12/14/2025

For most of us, holidays are anything but peaceful.

You’re rushing through your normal routine, trying to squeeze in time to decorate, go shopping, wrap gifts, and fulfill all your family traditions. You’re trying to be everything for everyone, overcommitting and letting stress take over. It’s chaos.

Right now, you’re saying yes to every invitation and no to your body’s desperate plea for peace. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

You don’t have to do more to have a joyful holiday: You just have to realign your focus on what truly brings you peace.

Start with five minutes of quiet reflection. Think about the moments that have brought you true joy during the holidays over the years. Maybe you think of meaningful conversations or quiet evenings in with your family. Pause and name three things, and feel the gratitude flow through you.

Choose to be present with all the things that bring you peace. Maybe that means putting your phone down during movie night, or staying attuned during conversations rather than letting your mind wander.

Be present and intentional with all your actions this holiday season and lean into those meaningful connections - and don’t be afraid to say “no” to anything that doesn’t align with those values.

Follow for nervous system practices that protect your peace this season.

12/13/2025

Do you know how exhausting it is to fight your own body?

I do. I spent a decade at war with mine.

I thought I was being courageous. The Lyme warrior. The one who would not give up. I tracked every symptom. Researched every protocol. Controlled every bite of food that went into my mouth. I was going to outsmart this thing.

But here is what I did not want to admit. I was not being brave. I was terrified. And all that fighting was just my way of running from the fear.

The obsessing. The fixing. The constant vigilance. It looked like effort but it was actually avoidance. I could not sit still with what I was feeling so I stayed busy trying to solve it.

That warrior eventually hit a wall. And the wall won.

It took me 10 years to learn something that changed everything. The way out of chronic illness is not through fighting. It is through allowing.

Allowing the discomfort. Allowing the fear. Allowing the uncertainty of not being in control.

That is the move that actually takes courage. And it is the way out of suffering.

Are you still at war with your body? Or are you ready to try something different?

Comment ALLOW if you are ready to learn how to let your body lead the way.

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