Mason and Nic with Aligned Union - Why This Couple Refuses to Separate Love and Business

Mason and Nic are the founders of Aligned Union, a mentorship firm guiding couples in divine union toward legacy-level wealth.

Their work focuses on helping couples either enter business together or expand what they already have, while strengthening the foundation of their partnership. Through their Duality Method, Mason and Nic guide couples in balancing the marriage side of their relationship with the business side, navigating both growth and intimacy with intention.

Having experienced significant personal and relational challenges themselves—including a relationship they describe as toxic in its early stages—their mission is to place more money in the hands of conscious leaders, elevate the collective, and contribute to a better world.

Mason and Nic

You’ve gone from a relationship that you’ve described as toxic in the beginning to building multiple successful companies together. What was the biggest turning point for both your relationship and your business partnership?

Nic: For me, the biggest turning point started when I got sober in 2022 and chose to work on our relationship before focusing on money or business. Before that, I was operating on survival. I was building, pushing, and trying to stabilize externally without tending to what was happening between us. Sobriety created enough clarity for me to see that if we did not repair the relationship first, no level of success would feel safe or sustainable.

During that time, I was involved in different business ventures, learning through trial and error and making mistakes privately. That period mattered because it showed me how I responded to failure, pressure, and uncertainty. By the time we decided to go into business together, I had already walked through a lot of that learning on my own, which made it possible for me to show up with more self-awareness and less control.

Mason: Sobriety was the catalyst. It changed how we made decisions and how we trusted each other. What truly shifted everything was when I decided to retire and commit fully to building together. The business was already successful, but when we both committed without one foot in and one foot out, it expanded beyond what it had been capable of before.

That decision required trust on every level. Retiring meant trusting myself without the identity I had relied on for years. It meant trusting Nic’s vision and trusting our partnership. We could not have made that decision earlier in our relationship. We needed to reach a point where trust existed without conditions.

The year leading up to that was filled with hesitation. Nic encouraged me many times to retire and work with her, and I kept saying no. Then she presented an idea that felt grounded and sustainable. I trusted her. She trusted me. That mutual trust made the decision possible.

After launching Auralis Media, you generated over $1.2 million in cash in a single year. How does being deeply aligned as a couple influence your financial and business success?

Nic: For me, alignment in business cannot exist without alignment in the relationship. If the union is not solid, the business reflects that instability. That does not mean we had everything figured out. We were still learning how to work together, how to communicate under pressure, and how to build while sharing the same space and vision.

What made the difference was knowing we could always return to each other. The relationship became the place where tension could be processed, ideas could be refined, and trust could be restored. Over time, the business and relationship stopped feeling like separate realms and became one ecosystem.

“What people don’t see is that the same year we generated over $1.2 million in cash was also the year I was on my knees in the kitchen crying, convinced we were going to have to file bankruptcy.”

That happened in the first half of the year, before Mason officially retired. That reality matters because it shows how quickly things can shift when trust is present. That level of evolution in union and financial success came from staying rooted in the union while everything felt unstable. That foundation allowed us to keep moving forward even when nothing looked the way we thought it would.

Mason: Now we share the entire experience. We understand the wins and the losses because we are living them together. There is no longer a divide where one of us carries stress alone. We both know how the business operates, where the pressure points are, and what is required to move through them.

It is still evolving. We are still finding our rhythm. The strength of the union determines the strength of everything else. When the foundation is strong, the business can grow without breaking us.

Nic: Accepting that we are always a work in progress changed everything for me. I spent many years chasing milestones and believing fulfillment would arrive once something was achieved. Letting go of that belief allowed me to soften and be present in the process. That shift gave Mason room to step fully into his role and support me in ways that were not possible before. The business benefited because the relationship was no longer strained by unrealistic expectations.

Working with your life partner can be both incredibly rewarding and deeply challenging. How do you navigate the balance between romantic partner and business partner?

Mason: At first, it was incredibly challenging. My identity was deeply tied to my career. When that shifted, I struggled internally. I was not supporting myself emotionally, which meant I could not support Nic the way she needed. There were months when I felt lost and unsure of my role, and that uncertainty affected our relationship.

We had to face those blind spots directly. We learned how to have hard conversations without turning against each other. Support became less about fixing and more about staying present and honest.

Nic: I also had to take responsibility for my role in that imbalance. I had spent years operating in my masculine, carrying responsibility alone, and equating control with safety. When I did not allow Mason to fully step into his role, it created confusion and disconnection for both of us.

Recently, especially in January of 2026, we found a balance that feels grounded and sustainable. Allowing the relationship and the business to exist as one ecosystem without forcing separation created stability. Returning to each other consistently became the anchor.

Mason and Nic

Aligned Union and the Duality Method focus on balancing marriage and business. What do you see most couples getting wrong when they try to build together?

Nic: Most couples try to divide roles because it feels safer. If everyone has their lane, there is less exposure, less emotional risk, and less need to be fully seen. What actually happens is separation disguised as efficiency. Two people operating near each other without true energetic alignment. When business is built that way, it quietly becomes transactional. You start relating through tasks, expectations, and results instead of devotion and responsibility to the union itself.

Without deep trust, every decision carries tension. Every setback looks like someone’s fault. Every win feels isolated instead of shared. That fragility shows up under pressure. Money exposes it. Visibility exposes it. Growth exposes it. The structure cannot hold weight when it is built on individual protection instead of shared ownership.

People chase outcomes because outcomes feel measurable. Revenue, milestones, and expansion. Evolution feels slower. It requires humility. It requires letting parts of your identity dissolve while still staying present in the relationship. When couples avoid that work, challenges trigger blame. One person becomes the problem instead of the dynamic being examined. Responsibility gets outsourced instead of embodied.

When everything is approached as shared ownership, the energy changes. There is no escape hatch. There is no quiet keeping score. There is no subconscious bargaining. You stop asking who is right and start asking what the union requires to stay clean, honest, and strong. That is when sustainability becomes possible because the relationship is no longer something you protect yourself from. It becomes the thing you protect.

Mason: When we say everything becomes we, it is literal. Ideas are not mine or hers. Failures are not assigned. Growth is not credited individually. Responsibility does not disappear when things get uncomfortable. It concentrates.

Without that foundation, the structure fractures fast. Pressure will always arrive. Scaling brings it. Money brings it. Public leadership brings it. If the union is not solid, the business becomes the battleground where unresolved patterns play out. You see it in resentment. You see it in control. You see it in withdrawal.

A strong union changes how pressure is experienced. Instead of collapsing inward, it distributes weight evenly. The business becomes something that tests the strength of the partnership rather than threatening it. That only works when both people are willing to take responsibility together, even when neither of you has the answer yet.

Nic: The Duality Method exists because real growth does not require erasing who you have been. Stability does not mean staying the same. Both can exist at once. Most people believe growth requires destruction. Burn it down. Start over. Become someone else. That approach destabilizes relationships and businesses because it creates fear. Fear of being left behind. Fear of becoming irrelevant. Fear of not being enough anymore.

Duality allows both people to walk together through change without abandonment. Who you were is acknowledged. Who you are becoming is invited forward. Nothing is rushed. Nothing is denied. The partnership stays intact while expansion happens. That is what allows long-term creation. That is what allows love and ambition to coexist without one consuming the other.

Valentine’s Day often highlights romance. What does love look like for you, day to day?

Mason: Love shows up in awareness. This morning Nic checked on my hurt back before anything else. It seems small, yet it reflects attunement. Being noticed before the day begins sets the tone for everything that follows.

“Love shows up in choosing each other before choosing the problem, again and again.”

When challenges came up later, the focus stayed on how we would move through them together rather than reacting in isolation. That awareness keeps the relationship grounded even when life applies pressure.

Nic: That presence came from practice. Early in our relationship, we were guarded and self-protective because we did not yet know it was safe to soften. Care did not flow automatically then. We had to train ourselves to stay connected even when discomfort surfaced. Over time, choosing connection became instinctive rather than effortful.

Mason and Nic’s story is not one of effortless alignment, but of deliberate union forged through trust, responsibility, and shared ownership. Their work through Aligned Union and the Duality Method challenges conventional ideas about partnership, success, and wealth, reframing business not as a source of division but as a proving ground for intimacy and integrity. In their world, legacy is not measured solely in revenue, but in the strength of the union that creates it.

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