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Wu Wei Wisdom Podcast

Wu Wei Wisdom Podcast

By: Wu Wei Wisdom
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The Wu Wei Wisdom Podcast is a weekly conversation about life challenges and life lessons, emotional and spiritual health issues, and tools to help you live in effortless flow - ‘wu wei’.

The ancient Taoist principle of wu wei is little understood in the West, and we believe it’s the secret to health and happiness in modern life!

Your hosts are David James Lees, an ordained Taoist monk, emotional and spiritual health teacher and consultant, and Alexandra Lees, a mindset and business coach.

If you are suffering from emotional pain, stress or depression; struggling with self-criticism or self-doubt; seeking a more satisfying life balance, relationships or career; or searching for a deeper sense of meaning and fulfilment in your life - you are not alone.

We want to help you better understand yourself, regain control of your mind, body, and emotions, and inspire you to reconnect with your true self and purpose.

Each episode blends spiritual and philosophical ideas and insight with our real-life professional experience supporting clients worldwide.

New episodes every Saturday.

~ Learn more about us, our online consultations and events, and visit our shop here: www.wuweiwisdom.com

~ Subscribe to our show on YouTube

~ Join our Wu Wei Wisdom Community Facebook Group

~ Follow us on Instagram @wuweiwisdom

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Episodes
  • Your Inner Child Is Shaping Your Life (Here’s How to Recognise It)

    Your Inner Child Is Shaping Your Life (Here’s How to Recognise It)
    Mar 20 2026

    Discover how hidden emotional patterns quietly shape your relationships, work, and self-talk — and why awareness is the first step to real change.

    This is part 1 of a powerful 4-part Inner Child series for 2026.

    In this video, you’ll learn how long-standing behaviours form, how your Inner Child shows up in daily life, and why these patterns once helped you feel safe. Through a grounded wu wei approach, you’ll begin to notice these patterns without judgment — reducing inner conflict and creating space for calm, self-respect, and clarity.

    With your hosts, David James Lees (ordained Taoist monk, emotional and spiritual health teacher) and Alexandra Lees (mindset and business coach).

    Discover our online consultations, events and shop: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com

    Subscribe to David’s FREE Journal: https://davidjameslees.substack.com/

    Other related teachings on our YouTube channel that will help you:

    • Our INNER CHILD PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zICGLRS1b7q1HSJhZRash5qq
    • Our GOLDEN THREAD PROCESS PLAYLIST https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zIAsS_wgdRN7QGBKIk54sbyD

    Is there a question you'd like answered on the show? Submit it at: https://bit.ly/askusyourquestion

    Join our free Wu Wei Wisdom Community Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wuweiwisdomcommunity

    If you love our work, you can now make a small donation to help fund the continued production of our weekly teachings by buying us a 'virtual coffee'! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wuweiwisdom

    Book an online Golden Thread Process & Inner Child Consultation with David: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/therapies-for-body-mind/

    Follow us on Instagram: @wuweiwisdom

    Sign up to receive a relaxing guided meditation gift, plus our weekly newsletter + offers via email: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/signup

    Music by Earth Tree Healing

    Disclaimer: This podcast and any associated teaching and comments shared are not a substitute for professional therapy, mental health care, crisis support, medical advice, doctor diagnosis, or professional healthcare treatment. Our show episodes provide general information for educational purposes only and are offered as suggestions for you and your professional therapist or healthcare advisor to consider and research.
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    36 mins
  • The Strength of Softness | The Taoist Secret to Calm Confidence and True Power | Tao Dialogues

    The Strength of Softness | The Taoist Secret to Calm Confidence and True Power | Tao Dialogues
    Mar 13 2026

    Discover why softness—calm, grounded, and authentic—is often the strongest form of power.

    In this episode of Tao Dialogues, we explore the strength of softness, a profound Taoist teaching that challenges the modern belief that power must be loud, aggressive, or forceful. True strength is not about dominating a room—it is about staying rooted in calm truth, authenticity, and inner alignment.

    Through Taoist wisdom, wu wei, and the understanding of Shen, we discover how gentleness, emotional awareness, and quiet confidence create a deeper and more sustainable form of strength. When we stop performing power and start living from truth, we conserve energy, remain steady under pressure, and respond to life with clarity rather than reaction

    Read the blog post that inspired this episode: https://davidjameslees.substack.com/p/shifting-the-story [third blog on this page]

    Our Tao Dialogues are powerful yet gentle teachings about authenticity, spirituality and finding emotional balance and flow in everyday life. These spoken-word episodes draw from David James Lees’ practice as a Taoist monk and teacher, and expand upon popular posts on ‘David’s Journal’, his Substack blog.

    Subscribe to David’s Journal here: https://davidjameslees.substack.com/

    Discover David’s online consultations, events and shop: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com

    Other related teachings on our YouTube channel that will help you:

    • TAO DIALOGUES PLAYLIST https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zICamFP2zMyey3KGTnfm2aUq&si=AW_ZOUeldKv3nHhF
    • SHEN (THE SPIRITUAL SELF) PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zIBmp50wYcmU7jCBLp1Qvl-j
    • INNER CHILD PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zICGLRS1b7q1HSJhZRash5qq

    Join our free Wu Wei Wisdom Community Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wuweiwisdomcommunity

    If you love our work, make a small donation to help fund the continued production of our teachings by buying us a 'virtual coffee'! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wuweiwisdom

    Book an online consultation with David: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/therapies-for-body-mind/

    Follow us on Instagram: @wuweiwisdom

    Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter + offers via email: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/signup

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    Disclaimer: This podcast and any associated teaching and comments shared are not a substitute for professional therapy, mental health care, crisis support, medical advice, doctor diagnosis, or professional healthcare treatment. Our show episodes provide general information for educational purposes only and are offered as suggestions for you and your professional therapist or healthcare advisor to consider and research.

    Music by Earth Tree Healing
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    22 mins
  • Calm Your Fearful & Anxious Self-Talk | Guided Meditation for Controlling Negative Overthinking

    Calm Your Fearful & Anxious Self-Talk | Guided Meditation for Controlling Negative Overthinking
    Mar 6 2026

    A calming meditation to rewire negative self-talk and replace fear-based thinking with trust, clarity, and self-compassion - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees.

    This guided meditation will help you rewire negative self-talk, release fear-based thinking, and move from emotional reactivity into calm self-trust. Learn how to pause before believing anxious thoughts, recognise emotional logic for what it is, and shift your inner dialogue from control to clarity.

    Through breath, affirmations, and gentle visualisation, you’ll reconnect with your authentic self (Shen) and cultivate a kind, grounded inner voice rooted in trust rather than fear. Perfect for reducing anxiety, calming overthinking, and building emotional resilience.

    ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MEDITATION WHILE DRIVING OR OPERATING MACHINERY

    This meditation can be practised daily or whenever you need it.

    Learn more about our online consultations, events and shop: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com

    Subscribe to David’s FREE Journal: https://davidjameslees.substack.com/

    Other teachings and guided meditations you may enjoy:

    • End Toxic Self-Talk | How to Release Limiting Beliefs and Rewire Your Inner Dialogue https://youtu.be/KiD3Zgnhtyw
    • GUIDED MEDITATION PLAYLIST https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zIA12P7BftG6a18lIWFDjL35&si=bWWub6YyoZpXhFub
    • LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS PLAYLIST https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9NQ_PWX4zID3yxrdCbbZFuKHCwgV6qhX&si=-zdah_z6MiSZIl0t

    Is there a question you'd like answered on the show? Submit it at: https://bit.ly/askusyourquestion

    Join our free Wu Wei Wisdom Community Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wuweiwisdomcommunity

    If you love our work, you can now make a small donation to help fund the continued production of our weekly teachings by buying us a 'virtual coffee'! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wuweiwisdom

    Book an online Golden Thread Process & Inner Child Consultation with David: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/therapies-for-body-mind/

    Follow us on Instagram: @wuweiwisdom

    Sign up to receive a relaxing guided meditation gift, plus our weekly newsletter + offers via email: https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/signup

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    Disclaimer: This podcast and any associated teaching and comments shared are not a substitute for professional therapy, mental health care, crisis support, medical advice, doctor diagnosis, or professional healthcare treatment. Our show episodes provide general information for educational purposes only and are offered as suggestions for you and your professional therapist or healthcare advisor to consider and research.

    Music by Earth Tree Healing
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    29 mins
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If you can be receptive and open to this meditation, you will have one of a kind experience. I was able to connect and recognize the child and parent relationship within me. It was truly a healing experience.

A very healing meditation

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Grateful to listen! Thankful for the peace and the wisdom shared. Being here now! One

Grateful to listen!

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Thank you so much David for introducing me to the concept of the inner child and helping me heal in a way I had never imagined.

Gratitude for this podcast

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Terrible and horrible pop psychology and manipulative NLP techniques. It's neither taoist, nor psychology, and governed by neither. This man claims to be an ordained taoist priest from China after having lived there for many years, to have played professional soccer, to have been an executive, to have met world leading celebrities etc. but there is no evidence of any of this anywhere and he never states where exactly either, So i think his claims merit detailed scrutiny and investigation because they are entirely unverifiable and need to be verified. They provide enough information in their videos, which are basically advertisements that resonate with your personal experiences, to draw you in but then provide few specifics other than a highly mainpulative and flawed model based on circular reasoning that I found to be laughable. It's as follows.
1. things are like this (without any proof). 2. therefore things are like this. The aim is to get you to spend tens of thousands of dollars @ over $400 per hour for individual sessions. I know because I paid tens of thousands of dollars and at the end of it found it utterly useless. Don't waste your money. Why do you think you've never heard of them?

Pop psychology

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