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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.
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You don’t need to earn love — you already are worthy. This guided meditation on self-worth and unconditional love helps you release the belief that love must be earned through performance, perfection, or approval - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. Rooted in Taoist wisdom and inner child healing, this meditation gently guides you back to your intrinsic worth — the part of you that has always been whole, calm, and enough. Through stillness, affirmations, and compassionate awarene...
Break free from seeking love and approval from others and discover how to reclaim your self-worth without performing, pleasing, or proving anything. Are you still trying to earn love by performing, pleasing, or never making a mistake? In this episode, we explore how the belief that love is conditional forms in childhood — and how it shapes people-pleasing, perfectionism, and the constant fear of not being “enough.” We uncover how to break free from the performance trap, heal the Inner Child, ...
Procrastination isn’t laziness — it’s a signal calling you back to stillness, clarity, and aligned action. In this episode of Tao Dialogues, we explore the stillness before action — a Taoist approach to ending procrastination and perfectionism without force, pressure, or self-criticism. Rather than pushing yourself forward, this teaching invites you inward — to the sacred pause where Shen (inner wisdom and clarity) aligns and true action is born. We uncover how procrastination often arises fr...
A guided meditation to reconnect with your wise inner guide and return to calm, clarity, and trust - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. In this guided meditation, we gently reconnect with your wise inner guide (Shen) — the quiet, steady voice of inner truth beneath self-doubt, comparison, and inherited conditioning. Through breath, stillness, and compassionate awareness, this practice helps you recognise the difference between the Inner Child’s fearful voice and your authentic in...
Explore how early conditioning shapes your inner voice, and how to return to your wise, authentic self. Do you know whose voice is guiding your decisions? In this Life Lesson, we explore how the Inner Child absorbs the beliefs, expectations, and emotional rules of authority figures — and how those inherited voices can quietly shape our adult lives. Through Taoist wisdom, we learn how to distinguish conditioned thinking from our true inner knowing and wise inner guide, reconnect with our inher...
Learn why you believe something is wrong with you or that success feels unsafe — this is the Inner Child vow you never questioned. In this episode of Tao Dialogues, we explore The Inner Child’s vow — an unconscious belief formed in childhood that can create self-doubt, anxiety, and self-sabotage, even when life is going well. Through Taoist wisdom, wu wei (effortless effort), and Shen spirituality, we gently uncover how this survival vow shaped our behaviour, and how it can be dissolved...
A calming Taoist meditation to help parents release control and guide their children with trust, presence, and love - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. This mindful parenting meditation invites you to release control, soften fear, and return to presence-led parenting. Rooted in Taoist wisdom, this gentle practice helps parents and caregivers guide without gripping, protect without overprotecting, and respond with calm awareness rather than emotional reaction. Through breath, vis...
A Taoist guide to parenting with trust instead of fear — so love flows without control, criticism, or comparison. Parenting often pulls us between overprotection and emotional distance — both driven by fear, not love. In this episode, we explore the Tao of parenting, the art of guiding without controlling, and how to raise resilient, confident children through trust, presence, and balance. Drawing on Taoist wisdom, Inner Child awareness, and the release of criticism, comparison, and judgment,...
A Taoist invitation to remember who you truly are, reclaim your inner worth, and live aligned with wu wei and your authentic self. In this episode of Tao Dialogues, we explore what it means to return home to your true self. Through Taoist wisdom, wu wei and the remembrance of Shen, your innate spiritual essence and authentic self. We uncover why you were never broken, only temporarily misaligned. This conversation invites you to release striving, heal the Inner Child with compassion, and real...
1A soothing guided meditation to help you let go of perfectionism, embrace your true self, and finally know that who you are is enough - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. Experience a calming guided meditation designed to help you release perfectionism, silence the inner critic, and reconnect with your authentic self. Through gentle visualisation and Taoist-inspired wisdom, this practice helps you let go of old survival patterns, honour your inherent worth, and embrace the freedo...
Let go of perfectionism and discover how to embrace your truest, perfectly imperfect self. In this episode, we explore how perfectionism begins in childhood as emotional protection and how it silently disconnects us from our authenticity, and inner truth. We unpack how to let go of perfection, dissolve people-pleasing, and embrace your perfectly imperfect self. If you’re ready to release perfectionism and remember who you truly are beneath the mask, this conversation will guide you back to fr...
Move forward with hope: healing after painful endings and embracing your next life chapter. In this episode, we explore hope, healing, letting go, and new beginnings through the wisdom of Taoism, wu wei, and Inner Child work. Discover why painful endings trigger fear, how red-light emotions guide your growth, and how to move into your next life chapter with clarity and courage. You’ll learn: • How to let go with compassion instead of forcing • How red-light emotions re...
Step into this calming Inner Child guided meditation designed to help you overcome the fear of the unknown and restore deep emotional safety - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. When the fear of the unknown rises, the mind tightens and the body moves into protection. This soothing Inner Child guided meditation helps you release emotional tension, calm survival-driven thinking, and reconnect with a deep sense of inner safety. You’ll gently explore the root of uncertainty, soften o...
What if the real danger isn’t change, but staying stuck where you are? We often mistake familiarity for safety, creating inner resistance and a fear of the unknown whenever we face something new. This episode explores that subtle fear — the emotional “red light” that appears as change approaches, whether we’re starting something, letting go, or sitting with uncertainty. We look at how fear softens when we stop forcing and instead align with life’s natural flow. You’ll learn why the unkn...
The root of self-sabotage lies in your Inner Child’s fear of failure and rejection — learn how to transform that fear into flow, confidence, and peace. Are you tired of getting in your own way? This Tao Dialogue explores the deeper roots of self-sabotage — why it happens, where it begins, and how to transform it through awareness and compassion. You’ll learn how to: ✅ Recognise hidden self-sabotaging patterns ✅ Heal your Inner Child and reconnect with self-trust ✅ Reprogram ...
Experience deep subconscious healing and release old beliefs keeping you stuck in scarcity. This powerful guided meditation helps you attract wealth, flow, and emotional freedom—with Taoist monk and teacher David James Lees. Reprogramme your money story from the inside out with this Inner Child healing meditation for abundance. Your financial blocks aren’t about money—they’re rooted in childhood patterns of scarcity, safety, and self-worth. Through gentle guidance, you’ll release old fears, o...
Discover how to release scarcity thinking and attract abundance in your life. Have you ever wondered why money seems to slip through your fingers, no matter how hard you work or how carefully you plan? This Life Lesson goes to the root of your emotional and spiritual relationship with money. You might be surprised to learn that your abundance struggles aren’t about money. They often stem from the Inner Child—the part of you shaped by early experiences, beliefs, and fears around safety, ...
Discover how to move from fear and control into effortless alignment through the Taoist teaching of wu wei. Ever wonder why even positive change can feel unsettling? In this Tao Dialogue episode, we explore: Why red-light emotions (fear, anxiety, frustration) are not enemies but messengers.The Golden Thread Process — tracing emotions back to their root beliefs.How to guide your Inner Child back to balance through Shen, your inner truth.The Taoist art of non-doing — how to act with presence, ...
A powerful Inner Child guided meditation to help you replace emotional overwhelm with inner peace - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. So many of us live spinning—mentally, emotionally—tied to old cycles of reaction. Round and round we go: anger, shame, fear, self-doubt. It may be familiar, but familiarity is not truth. That’s the voice of our Inner Child, clinging to certainty. But now, we can choose something different. We can choose to understand and accept that we no longer n...
Discover how to step off the cycle of emotional pain, fear, and self-doubt and enjoy emotional freedom and inner peace. Have you ever felt stuck in an emotional loop where pain, fear, or self-doubt keep circling back, no matter what you try? In this episode, you’ll learn how to gently step off that ‘Carousel of Despair’. We explore how reconnecting with our Inner Child, working with our emotions instead of against them, and embracing the concept of wu wei (effortless effort) can lead us to em...
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