Matt Wallden • Primal Lifestyle — The Threat, The Lies & The Facade Of Loyalty

This is the full truth about Matt Wallden of Primal Lifestyle / MattWallden.com, someone I barely knew — someone I’d even bought equipment from, who turned on me, threatened me, and joined the rest to erase me the moment I spoke the truth.

I first saw Matt Wallden at a seminar, then later met him up in Lancashire. We never sat down or had a proper conversation — it was just a quick hug, a quick “Hello mate, how are you?” and “Hello Scott” — that was all. Then I sat down, and straight away I heard Paul Chek spouting absolute bollocks saying you might see him in a nightclub taking ecstasy. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

Matt Wallden / Primal Lifestyle Limited Company: Primal Lifestyle Limited — No. 06288089 | Director: Matthew James Wallden

Key dates: Liquidation began 13 April 2017; Final Gazette notice GAZ2 — dissolved officially 12 April 2021 — exactly five years ago Accounts last filed up to Nov 2015

I could feel straight away something wasn’t right with Matt’s energy — distant, like he was already keeping me at arm’s length. I later found out his father had passed away, so maybe he was grieving — but when my own dad was diagnosed with dementia, I stayed away from events because I was so stressed and very fragile — I knew I couldn’t handle being around everyone and keep my cool.

I also remember him selling Vibram products back then — a company that later went bust. I bought the eyebrows and the neutraliser directly from him. Public records show he runs Primal Lifestyle Health & Performance as a sole trader — no active limited company showing for this work.

I know he completed his HLC and Level 3 training around 2005 or even earlier — so he’s been around a long time. Yet he’s posted videos saying how embarrassed he is that he’s got diabetes — and it makes you ask: why are you telling your clients they have to walk everywhere, pushing them hard, bullying them into it… when you can’t even do it yourself? It’s pure hypocrisy — one rule for them, another for everyone else.

Everything changed when they wiped me completely from the official C.H.E.K website listings — once, that was it. They never wrote to me, never called me, never gave me any explanation at all. I made all those videos out of pure anger because what they did was totally out of order — taking me off for no reason at all, and not even having the decency to pick up the phone and tell me why. That’s typical of how they operate.

That’s when Matt called me.

At first he sounded concerned — but now I believe it was a trap, just fishing to see where I stood. I told him plainly: “You’ve taken me off the site for no reason — it’s completely wrong.”

That’s when the mask fell off. When I told him I was going to go public with everything Paul Chek and the Institute were really doing — he threatened me straight in no uncertain terms: “We will sue you.”

I told him: “Go ahead then — sue the truth.”

He switched tone fast. Suddenly he was saying: “Okay, what do you want?” I told him exactly what any fair person would ask for: “I just want to be recognised for what I’ve achieved. I’m a Level 5 Master Practitioner, I’ve worked my arse off — why can’t I contribute more to the Institute and get the support I’ve earned?”

He promised me everything I wanted: “I’ll arrange a meeting with Gavin Jenkins. We’ll give you all the new updated course materials for free. We’ll sort this out properly.”

They gave me access to the courses — but then I ended up doing work for the website, speaking to people in America, all completely for free, no pay at all. That is totally against the law. And I later found out I wasn’t the only one — other practitioners and trainers were doing proper work over in America, and all they got back was free courses instead of the wages they were owed.

But then I asked him the hard questions — about Paul Chek, about the student who died on his watch, about Paul’s drug use and how it damages the reputation of every single one of us.

And Matt’s answer? “Oh that’s just Paul Chek.”

That was it — that was all he had. As if being “Paul Chek” excused anything. As if endangering people, lying, behaving recklessly was somehow just part of the act. I told him plainly: “There is no excuse. It looks bad for all of us — and it’s wrong.”

He set up that meeting with Gavin — and that’s exactly where the gaslighting started, the lies, the games, the empty promises.

The worst part? Matt wasn’t just complicit — he joined in. He’d stand there treating Paul like some untouchable guru to your face — then turn around and mock his handwriting, call him names, and slag him off in private videos. They’re all the same — backstabbers, hypocrites, saying one thing to your face and another the second you turn your back.

Matt never hit me, never physically attacked me — but threats, lies, exploitation and betrayal hurt just as deep. Especially when you’ve paid him and treated him fairly. He had every chance to do the right thing — and he chose to side with the lies instead.

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