The path to mastery is a three-stage journey, and many people get stuck along the way. Some spend their lives endlessly learning in the Training Grounds. Others skip training and suffer constant overwhelm in the Proving Grounds (the battlefield of real-life execution).

In this episode, David and Nick discuss how to successfully navigate these stages to reach Embodiment (or mastery). Embodiment is the state where the "middleman disappears" , and execution becomes pure instinct, allowing you to function as a channel for higher knowing.

Learn why you must trust your intuitive "knowing" to step onto the battlefield, and why the ultimate goal is not just becoming better at planning, but learning how to disappear completely.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• The Three Stages of Mastery:
  • Training Grounds: Acquiring knowledge and skills
  • Proving Grounds: Applying skills in real-time under pressure.
  • Embodiment/Mastery: The skill is baked in; there is no conscious thought or strategy in the moment.
• The Danger of the Middleman: The goal of mastery is to eliminate the "middleman" (conscious thought or strategizing). If the middleman is present during the proving grounds, you get overwhelmed and self-doubt prevents you from reaching embodiment.
• Trusting Your Training: In real-time situations like sports, success comes from trusting the subconscious practice ("trust your training"), not stopping to strategize in the moment.
• Disappearing is the Goal: David realized his goal was not to get better at figuring things out quickly, but to "lose track of myself" and become the experience.
• The Channeling State: Anyone at a mastery level is channeling. In this state, David often knows the answer before hearing the question, and sometimes his "rational mind is finding out after the fact" what he has just said.
• The Connective Tissue: The wisdom of Aligned Living (which came through in a downloaded knowing) is validated because it matches scientific findings (like heart math) and spiritual texts (like the Bible)

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

What does it truly mean to align your will with God's will or the organizing energy of the universe? David and Nick argue that the original choice of free will is not about having "unlimited options," but about answering one fundamental question: "Am I going to be who I truly am?"

When we choose to align as our authentic self, everything else—from decisions to expression—becomes simple. When we allow the ego to split us from that truth, we enter a state of endless complication.

Listen in as we connect human complexity to animal nature, explore the trap of creating "overlays" of truth, and discuss the critical role of trusted advisors in ensuring your alignment isn't just your ego sneaking in.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• The Original Free Will Choice: Free will is not about having an unlimited array of options; it's the choice to be who you truly are, recognizing that your true self is one with the organizing energy of the universe.
• Wild vs. Domesticated Nature: We look at how wild animals operate purely by instinct and next right action, contrasted with domesticated animals (and humans) who have overlaid their truth with micro-ecosystems and human structures.
• The Unemployable Guarantee: David jokes that the Aligned Living journey often makes people unemployable within three months because they become so clear on their truth they cannot operate in someone else's ecosystem or "be somebody else's house pet".
• The Ego's Seduction: Our ego, along with our sneaky wounds and traumas, is constantly trying to bend our greatest truth to match what it currently desires or what feels easier.
• The Blacklist Example: David uses a scene from the show Blacklist to illustrate deep inner stability—the main character remains completely unshaken, even when the head of the FBI is screaming in his face, demonstrating radical self-sovereignty.
• The Need for Checks and Balances: Alignment doesn't work unchecked. You need trusted advisors or coaches to ensure your perceived "truth" or "alignment" isn't just your sneaky ego going rogue.

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

We hit 100 episodes!

To celebrate this milestone, David and Nick dive into one of the most powerful concepts in personal mastery: moving beyond the need to constantly battle the world and learning, instead, to simply hold your power.

The discussion, inspired by guidance to "sheath the sword", focuses on the shift from operating as a Warrior to stabilizing as a King (or Queen). This is the key difference between fighting for your purpose and effortlessly holding your purpose.

Using the framework of the four classic male archetypes—King, Warrior, Magician, and Lover—we explore why the overuse or avoidance of any single archetype leads to toxicity and chaos, both personally and externally.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• Sheathing the Sword 🗡️: The core lesson is moving from leading with aggressive Warrior energy to leading with King/Queen energy, which is characterized by stability and order.
• Warrior in Reserve: The Warrior energy (the ability to hold power and take action) is a capacity you must possess, but it should be kept in reserve, not constantly exercised. When the Warrior leads, you are "out looking for skirmishes".
• The King/Queen's Domain: The King/Queen is not "out in the world of chaos"; they are responsible for creating and maintaining a peaceful, organized inner kingdom.
• Overuse and Avoidance: Using the Harrison assessment model, we discuss how leading with one archetype (an overuse, like David's previous 9/10 Warrior score) often causes us to avoid or undervalue its opposite (like an avoidant King).
• The Tyrant Paradox: A King who has not healed their trauma and lacks the complementary archetypes (Magician, Lover) becomes a tyrant, a victim, or undermines their kingdom.
• Humor and Archetypes: Nick and David analyze the characters in the Daddy's Home movies (Will Ferrell as the "soft" Lover/sensitive father and Mark Wahlberg as the toxic Warrior/King) to illustrate the comic and toxic results of imbalance.
• Wholeness is Imperative: None of the four archetypes—King, Warrior, Magician, Lover—work in isolation. Developing the wholeness of self and valuing all aspects is necessary for a healthy, stabilized self.

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

Is the universe chaotic, or is there a hidden order to everything?

In this episode, David and Nick explore the undeniable reality of the Organizing Energy of the Universe—from the biology of our autonomic nervous system to the spiral of a hurricane.

The core premise of Aligned Living is simple: align your will with this organizing energy. When we do, life flows. When we don't—when our ego hijacks us to pursue safety, greed, or fear—we enter into an "antagonistic relationship" with God.

Listen in as David and Nick discuss why we are conditioned to build "small containers" of safety, why "figuring it out" is actually a trap, and why true stability requires constant expansion.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• The Organizing Energy: Evidence of a higher order is everywhere, from how our bodies circulate blood to how weather systems form.
• The Antagonistic Relationship: When things feel hard or stuck, it is often because we are in an antagonizing relationship with the organizing energy, rather than flowing with it.
• The "Small Container" Trap: We are taught to create a "safe" reality. We try to "lock it down" once we think we've figured life out, but this leads to stagnation because the universe is dynamic.
• Life is a Box of Legos: A Forrest Gump inspired metaphor—without instructions, we build what is familiar, but the organizing energy wants to help us build something beyond our imagination.
• The Laptop Metaphor (Hardware Upgrade): Nick shares a story about his failing laptop battery. Just like old hardware cannot run a new Operating System, our bodies and minds must upgrade to hold higher frequencies and expanded capacities. If we don't, we experience the pressure (or "bulging") of resistance.
• The "Cast Away" Lesson: Getting off the island (survival) is just step one. You still have to survive the waves. Life is never static; it is a constant state of dynamic expansion.
• Simple Navigation: How to make decisions by simply asking, "Which path feels more expansive?".

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Movies: Forrest Gump and Cast Away (Tom Hanks).
• The Aligned Living Coach Training Academy: Visit DavidWaldas.com for details.

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

The Aligned Living System Podcast: Episode #98 - The Business of Being Psychic: An Origin Story

What does it really mean to be psychic?

It's a word that often brings up images of crystal balls and costumes, but for David and Nick, it’s a practical, grounded tool for navigation and growth. As "business people" who work with high performers, they’ve found that their abilities are most powerful when they are normalized, not sensationalized.

In this episode, David and Nick share their personal "origin stories"—the undeniable moments that opened up their intuitive abilities and changed the course of their lives. From David's first, life-altering "Not now" message to Nick's "time-traveling" clairvoyant dreams, this conversation demystifies the psychic experience and charts a course for how these gifts develop.

Listen in to hear hilarious, specific, and powerful stories of psychic guidance in action—including a pounds of weed in a school teacher's trunk and a cat solving a relationship problem —and learn why sovereignty is the key to it all.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• David’s Origin Story: How a psychic's prediction came true the very next day, when a simple "Not now" message led to a perfectly synchronized (and mind-blowing) encounter with a difficult realtor.
• Nick’s Origin Story: His 20-year history of "clairvoyant dreams" that felt like time travel, and how he finally set out to understand what was happening.
• Hilarious & Hyper-Specific Guidance:
  • The time David was guided to ask two friends about their "trunk" during a Tarot reading, only to uncover a secret involving a school teacher, a dispensary, and a few pounds of weed.
  • How Nick received the message "table, comma glass" and uncovered the symbolic reason a client's cat was peeing on her old couch.
• The Evolution of the Gift: The journey from using "languages" like Tarot cards to developing "Gnosis"—a direct, instant, and deep knowing that appears like a memory.
• The Body's Role: Why clearing your own energy and "gunk" is essential to raise your frequency, which allows you to receive clearer information from your guides.
• Sovereignty is the Key: The most important lesson—you cannot have this clarity without sovereignty. The Aligned Living tools create a "fence line" that allows you to know what is "mine" vs. "not mine," which is the foundation for all clear intuition.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• The Aligned Living Coach Training Academy: The first official cohort launches on November 24th. Visit https://certification.davidwaldas.com/ to apply.
• Websites: davidwaldas.com and nickmusica.com.

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

The Aligned Living System Podcast: Episode #97 - Why We Coach: From Personal Trauma to Aligned Service

What truly drives someone to become a coach?

In this episode, David and Nick explore the powerful, personal missions that call people to this work. It's rarely just a career choice; it’s a deep-seated desire to change something in the world, often stemming from one's own greatest challenges.

David shares a core philosophy behind the Aligned Living coach: this work turns your greatest traumas into your greatest gifts. He discusses the journey through the "healing trough" to a place of "resolve". Once you've completed that energetic signature, you can fast-track others through the same process.

Listen in to discover how coaching transforms empaths from a place of contraction ("me and my cat") to one of expansion , and why the responsibility of service makes your own alignment an absolute prerequisite.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• Coaching in Motion: Nick discusses the idea of "walking and coaching" and how movement can help clients open up and flow.
• The Healing Trough: Coaches are often people who have been through a traumatic event, moved through the "healing trough," and found a state of "resolve".
• Resolve as a Prerequisite: Having this "completed energetic signature" allows you to help clients move through the same issue much faster. It also holds you to a higher standard: your alignment becomes a prerequisite for your work.
• The Empath's Mission: Many empaths have a frustrated or antagonistic relationship with the world, causing them to contract and keep their world small ("me and my three friends and my cat").
• From Anger to Service: Coaching flips this energy. It turns that frustration with the world into a powerful commitment to service and a mission to create something better.
• The Ultimate Accountability: We often take better care of our pets than we do ourselves. When your mission is service to others, your own self-love and self-care become non-negotiable prerequisites.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• The Aligned Living Coach Training Academy: The first official cohort launches on November 24th. There is still room for a couple more people. Visit DavidWaldas.com to learn more and apply.

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

Are you still making decisions based on contrast?

It's the most common way we operate: "I don't like this, so I'll move toward that." But this logical, discomfort-based approach is deeply limiting. It keeps us trapped in a "small container," fighting for scraps and often just choosing the polarity of what we don't want.

In this episode, David and Nick explore a more powerful way to navigate your life: making decisions based on resonance. This approach moves beyond your ego's "likes" and "dislikes" and into a deeper sense of knowing.

Listen in to discover why true resonance often feels scary, why it's not always logically defensible, and how following it (even when it leads to a "failure") is the key to breaking out of incremental change and stepping into an exceptional life.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• The "Contrast Trap": Why making decisions based on what you don't like just keeps you in a small, limited container.
• Discomfort-Based Decisions: How this common strategy leads us to jump to the opposite polarity (e.g., from a boring job to a chaotic one) instead of finding what's truly right.
• Choosing Resonance: What it feels like to make a choice based on deep resonance, which is often a feeling of "I have to do this," rather than "this will solve my problems".
• The "Logically Indefensible" Choice: Why a major trap for people is the fear of making a move they can't logically explain to themselves or others.
• Reason, Season, or Lifetime: Following resonance is about your path and growth, not necessarily a "forever" outcome. The "sure thing" is that it will serve you, even if it blows up.
• Perfection in the "Suck": David shares a recent story of how following resonance led to a "punch in the face," but provided a far more valuable lesson than the original goal.
• The Critical Caveat: You must be in alignment to trust your resonance. If you're out of alignment, what feels "resonant" will just be more of your own misaligned state.
• The "Retire and Die" Trap: A discussion on why a life of purpose is essential, and the problem with a "lackluster" vision of retirement.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Bo Eason (Story Coach)
• The Aligned Living Coach Training Academy: The first cohort is forming now and will start at the end of November. Visit the website to apply.
• Websites: davidwaldas.com and nickmusica.com

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com

With so much happening in the world, many of us are finding it challenging to hold our center. In this powerful episode, David previews the material for his upcoming masterclass, reframing high performance as Inner Stability.

David shares a deeply personal story from his childhood—how his bedroom was literally a hallway for his brother to pass through—as a perfect metaphor for the empathic experience. When we don't have boundaries, we become a "throughfare," allowing the world's energy and emotions to run through us, hijacking our sense of self.

Listen in to learn about the three essential pillars of the Aligned Living System that are designed to help you stop "bleeding" energy, reclaim your sovereignty, and build the unshakable inner stability needed to thrive in chaotic times.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• The Empath as a "Hallway": David's personal story about his childhood room and how it reflects the empath's struggle with boundaries.
• The 1st Pillar (The Consciousness Lock): The foundational tool to create a clear distinction between your inner world and the outer world. It’s not about protection; it’s about focus—moving your awareness from 90% external to 90% internal.
• The 2nd Pillar (Internal Stabilization): Once you have focus, the next step is to ground your energy and align your will with the "organizing energy of the universe" (or "God's will"). This is how you attract synchronicities from a place of stability, not as a "space cadet".
• The 3rd Pillar (Expanding to "Hold"): It’s not enough to just receive new opportunities, clients, or abundance. Your current life is your exact threshold for your self-worth. You must actively expand your capacity to hold these new levels, or you will unconsciously self-sabotage and undermine your success.
• Why Empaths Isolate: When empaths are drowning in the world's energy, their only coping mechanism is to isolate. These tools provide a new way to engage with the world without being overwhelmed.

Special Announcement:

• Free Masterclass: David is hosting a free masterclass to dive deep into these tools for Inner Stability.
• Date & Time: This Thursday, October 30th, at 3 p.m. Pacific / 6 p.m. Eastern.
• Click Here to Join: https://training.davidwaldas.com/education

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com