#159: Finding Alignment featuring Aaron Alexander

Aaron Alexander is the author of the Aligned Method and host of the Aligned Podcast. Aaron is best known for his fresh perspective on movement & lifestyle as it relates to overall health. He has worked with professional athletes, celebrities, and everyone in between to help find healing in their bodies and build true health. In our conversation with Aaron we discussed: - Masculinity: Are we missing a right of passage?- Creating a more playful and limitless lifestyle- Waking up to problems with conventional health advice- Nutrition: Is it really that important or that challenging?- The Body: How to heal it and overcome years of chronic stress?Connect with Meat Mafia:Instagram - Meat MafiaTwitter - Meat MafiaYouTube - Meat MafiaConnect with Noble Protein:Website - Noble ProteinTwitter - Noble ProteinInstagram - Noble ProteinSUPPORTING THE SHOWSponsorsThe Carnivore Bar - 10% OFF - Delicious & convenient Pemmican BarHoly Cow Beef - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from TexasOptimal Carnivore - 10% OFF - Replace your daily vitamin with on the road, easy nutritionPerennial Pastures - 10% OFF - Regeneratively raised, grass-fed & grass-finished beef from California & MontanaAffiliatesLMNT - Electrolyte salts to supplement minerals on low-carb dietHeart & Soil - CODE ‘MEATMAFIA10’ for 10% OFF - enhanced nutrition to replace daily vitamins!Carnivore Crisps - 10% OFF - Carnivore / Animal-based snacks for eating healthy on the go!Pluck Seasoning - 10% OFF - Nutrient-dense seasoning with INSANE flavor!Fond Bone Broth - 15% OFF - REAL bone broth with HIGH-QUALITY ingredients! It’s a daily product for us!TIME STAMPS2:06- Backstory and align method6:22- Where to start?9:40- "Waking up" 13:12- Extremism vs. Alignment18:04- Cultivating interest in different physical pursuits22:44- Thoughts on learning and slowing down over time38:23- Work vs. play43:06- Things can just be normal44:00- The reason we do things46:00- Finding purpose50:19- Male relationships51:00- Finding role models58:00- The Body seeks to heal60:00- Experience in isolation1:01:53- Acute and Chronic stressors1:15:20- Stress control1:19:50- Find a professional or coach1:27:43- Having a right of passage1:36:10- Give yourself the right of passage1:40:29- Spiritualness