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)

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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

As we approach the winter solstice and the turn of the year, most people are busy setting New Year’s resolutions. But with 80% to 90% of resolutions failing within the first few weeks , it’s time to ask: Are we just trying to fix symptoms?.

In this episode, David and Nick discuss why typical resolutions—like dieting, quitting a substance, or hitting the gym—often fail because they target the coping mechanism rather than the root cause. Using the "Chiropractor Perspective," they explore how the solution to your "knee pain" might actually be in your "hip".

Discover how to move from "discomfort-based decision-making" into a state of vibrancy and aliveness that makes old habits simply lose their interest.

In This Episode, You'll Hear About:

• The Resolution Statistic: Why only 9% to 10% of people achieve their New Year’s goals and the common pitfalls like vague goals and all-or-nothing mindsets.
• Symptoms vs. Causation: Why trying to change a habit (like substance use) without addressing the underlying lack of fulfillment is just "changing your addictions".
• The Chiropractor Perspective: Learning to look past where the "pain" is to find where the true adjustment needs to happen.
• Accelerating Out of the Slide: A driving metaphor for using forward movement and clarity to straighten out your life when things feel like they are slipping.
• The "Five Questions" Technique: A simple but artful leadership tool to get to the root of a behavior by repeatedly asking "Why?".
• The Vibrancy Scale: How raising your baseline frequency through exercise and alignment makes "flatness" feel painful and unacceptable.
• Alcohol and Vibrancy: Nick shares his personal "choice point" when he realized that even one beer caused a week-long drop in his energy and aliveness.

Upcoming Opportunities:

• 12-Week Group Program: David is launching one of his final small-group trainings (5-7 people) starting in January.
• Presence-Based Coaching: Nick is currently taking new one-to-one clients using Aligned Living methodologies.
• Websites: davidwaldas.com and nickmusica.com.

Learn more at www.DavidWaldas.com