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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. I ...
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Are you a high achiever who’s worked hard, found success, but still feels like something’s missing? Do you wonder what the point of it all is, and long for deeper meaning or love in your life? Welcome to “Beyond Success,” the podcast for high achievers seeking fulfillment, happiness, and true purpose. I’m David Tian, Ph.D., Leadership Coach, Certified IFS Therapy Practitioner (Level 3), and a former university professor. I’m also a proud father and husband. I bring two decades of experience, ...
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Discover Your Authentic Self | Inner Child Guided Meditation
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A powerful guided meditation to help you set powerful intentions and affirmations for creating the life of your dreams - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. ⚠️ 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 consultat…
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#36: The Hidden Reason Smart People Make Terrible Life Decisions
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Perhaps the most important skill an intelligent person can learn is the Dao of Decision Making. Making tough, high-stakes decisions doesn’t come naturally to high achievers because they’ve been fooled into valuing their intelligence more than their emotions. But every decision has its roots in emotions… and relying solely on logic and data for thes…
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Learn how to identify and honour your true, authentic, spiritual self so you can unlock your greatest potential. Authenticity means navigating life with a balance of human experience and spiritual awareness. Your spiritual side serves as a wise inner-guide, helping you navigate life authentically. It prevents you from being led by ego-driven fears …
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#35: The Silent Way Emotional Avoidance Destroys Success
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High achievers are vulnerable to emotional avoidance. It’s subtle, sneaky, and seductive. It tricks you into thinking you’re making progress or crushing goals. But when everything feels flat - no matter how big the accomplishment - it’s a sign that you’re under the spell of emotional avoidance. And emotional avoidance comes with a devastating cost:…
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Embracing Vulnerability | Be Courageously You | Tao Dialogues
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In this Tao Dialogues episode, David explores emotional vulnerability. Have you ever wondered why you shield yourself from vulnerability? Have you convinced yourself that your protective armour keeps you safe when, in truth, it imprisons you and denies you genuine connection and growth? This episode explores how to choose openness over fear, authen…
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#34: Why Smart, Driven People Struggle Emotionally (& How to Finally Break Free)
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Most high achievers learned at a young age that emotions were distractions. This early lesson inspired much of their success… but it came at a terrible cost: It develops emotional blindspots that quietly, patiently, and relentlessly sabotage you. Here’s the thing about emotional blindspots: No matter how much you try to stuff them down and pretend …
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Guided Meditation for Creating and Shaping an Authentic Life
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A powerful guided meditation to help you set powerful intentions and affirmations for creating the life of your dreams - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. ⚠️ 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 consultat…
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#33: The Myth of Emotional Toughness: Why Suppressing Feelings is Weak, Not Strong
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Most high achievers take pride in the fact that they’re not too emotional. They stay cool under pressure, act like nothing bothers them, wear their emotional armor like a badge. But one day, they wake up and realize that they’re a mere observer of their life. They’re not actually living their own life. Instead, they feel empty, like something’s mis…
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How to Create Powerful Affirmations and Intentions
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Learn how to create powerful affirmations and intentions that will boost your life! In this episode, we're diving into affirmations and intention setting—two tools that can support your personal growth. Let's explore how to create authentic and effective affirmations and intentions that align with the natural flow of life. With your hosts, David Ja…
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#32: Why "Working on Yourself" Can Make Things Worse
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There are 3 distinct levels to personal development and self-improvement. And most high achievers get trapped forever in Level 2—never fully healing or integrating with their internal world because they’re stuck trying to conquer it. While Level 2 is helpful up to a point, if you stay in Level 2 for too long, you’ll never experience true healing or…
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The Power of Self-Love and Self-Compassion | Learning to Love Yourself | Tao Dialogues
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In this Tao Dialogues, David explores the topic of self-love and self-compassion. Have you ever wondered why you find it easy to love others but struggle to direct that same love inward? Do you often seek validation from external sources, believing your worth must be earned? Have you ever felt disconnected from yourself, as if your emotions and tho…
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#31: You're Not Broken, Your Mind Just Learned the Wrong Lesson
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There are certain emotional scripts you learned in your formative years that are running your life today. These emotional patterns aren’t the enemy. They don’t mean that you're broken as a person or flawed in an insidious way. Instead, it simply means that you’re not aware of these emotional scripts. But if you’re been stuck in the same loops for y…
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Overcome The Fear of Failure – Powerful Guided Meditation
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A powerful guided meditation to help you overcome fear of failure and become confident in your worth and potential - with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MEDITATION WHILST DRIVING OR OPERATING MACHINERY This meditation can be practised daily or whenever you need it. Learn more about our online consultation…
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#30: Why You're Burnt Out, Unfulfilled, & Still Not Enough (& How Wu Wei Fixes It)
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Most people, and high achievers in particular, suffer from a paradoxical problem: Trying too hard backfires and causes your deepest, darkest fears to realize. When high achievers are confronted with a problem in their personal or professional life, their first instinct is to push harder, work longer, go on more dates. They’re desperately searching …
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How to Stop Fear of Failure | You CAN Cope!
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Learn how to manage and resolve the fear of failure and become confident in your worth and potential. This episode explores the fear of failure and how it impacts our lives. Often, life can seem like a race to succeed, and when we stumble, self-doubt creeps in. But fear of failure isn't something to be conquered; it’s something to understand. Failu…
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#29: How to Find Peace by Leaning into Chaos
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Most high achievers have been sold a lie: that Chaos is a threat that will take everything from you, and the only way to handle it is with more control. But if you look into any high achiever’s life, relationships, or business, you’ll see a similar through line: They’re quietly miserable no matter how much material success they’ve accumulated. Why …
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Awakening to Your Inner Greatness | The Courage to Be YOU! | Tao Dialogues
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In this episode David explores limiting beliefs, self-worth and valuing yourself. Within us lies a wellspring of limitless potential - discover how to honour your true essence and create your reality with love, courage, and brilliance. It is your birthright to shine! Read the blog post that inspired this episode: https://davidjameslees.substack.com…
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#28: How to Create Deep Connection, No Matter Who's Around You
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If you wanted to grow bigger muscles, you could read all the strength training books you wanted. But until you go to the gym and apply your knowledge to your body, your muscles will never grow. That’s the same way the muscle of connection works. But for some reason, high achievers especially are prone to fall into the trap of thinking they can buil…
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Heal Childhood Trauma – A Powerful Inner Child Guided Meditation
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A powerful guided Inner Child meditation to help you recover and heal from childhood trauma and neglect – with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MEDITATION WHILST DRIVING OR OPERATING MACHINERY This meditation can be practised daily or whenever you need it. Learn more about our online consultations, events a…
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#27: Why Success Kills Connection (& What To Do About It)
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Most people who struggle with connection chalk it up to a personality trait. They think their personality, which benefits them in other areas, just makes connection harder for them. But this is actually a defense mechanism in disguise, created by a protective part of you that was created by an old wound. This wounded part of you whispers into your …
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How to Overcome Childhood Rejection | Understand and Resolve Rejection Trauma
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Understand the impact of childhood rejection in adulthood and discover transformative techniques to help you heal and thrive. Childhood rejection and neglect often leave a lasting imprint on our emotional and mental wellbeing and shape how we perceive ourselves and interact with the world as adults. Those who experienced childhood rejection might e…
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#26: The Hidden Reason You're Unfulfilled (Even If You're Successful)
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Successful high achievers think they can always rely on themselves more than on other people. This idea helped fuel their success. But it’s also why their success isn’t fulfilling, and why they feel on the verge of burnout. In fact, a deep-rooted drive to do everything yourself is a sign that something's off under the surface. Isolation isn’t a str…
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Sensitivity Is Your Superpower - NEW TAO DIALOGUES!
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Welcome to our new Tao Dialogues – powerful yet gentle teachings from David James Lees about authenticity, spirituality and finding emotional balance and flow in everyday life. These special spoken-word episodes draw from David's practice as a Taoist monk and teacher and expand upon popular posts in David’s Journal, his Substack blog. You can subsc…
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#25: Why You're Not Happy & Fulfilled (Even Though You "Should" Be)
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If you’re a high achiever, you probably have a tendency to prioritize work above all else. Results are the most important thing to you. And all the other stuff—like deep relationships that offer true connection—are treated as “nice to haves.” But this is perhaps the biggest tragedy a high achiever could face. Because when something hits the fan one…
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Live in The Now & Be Fully Present - Guided Meditation
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A powerful guided meditation to help you calm your mind, enjoy the present moment and navigate life's challenges with greater peace and clarity – with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MEDITATION WHILST DRIVING OR OPERATING MACHINERY This meditation can be practised daily or whenever you need it. Learn more …
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Why You Keep Attracting the Wrong People (& How to Attract the Right Ones)
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Most people chalk up their attraction problems to external sources: Maybe they think they need better strategies and skills. Or they believe that dating apps are against them. Or maybe it’s just that they’re unlucky. Here’s the bad news: If you've been struggling with attraction, confidence, or relationships, the problem isn't some external force w…
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How to Live In The Now – Enjoy the Power of The Present Moment
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Learn how to live in the now, enjoy the present moment's richness and navigate life's challenges with greater peace and clarity. Do you often find your mind racing ahead to the future or stuck in the past? You're not alone. Many of us struggle to stay rooted in the present moment, letting our Inner Child draw us away with worries and regrets. But w…
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The Dark Psychology Behind Attraction Strategies (and Why They Always Backfire)
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As a former player myself, I know first-hand how crushing the “Grandiosity-Shame Cycle” is. Almost all players fall into this psychological trap that only leads to rage, doubt, depression, and despair. But you know what? It’s not just players who are at risk of falling into this sabotaging cycle. Any one who builds his or her identity around extern…
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Be Happy Now – A Powerful Guided Meditation with Inner Child Work
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A powerful guided inner child meditation to help you find and dissolve the blocks to happiness that are holding you back – with Taoist monk and teacher, David James Lees. ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MEDITATION WHILST DRIVING OR OPERATING MACHINERY This meditation can be practised daily or whenever you need it. Learn more about our online consul…
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The Dating Lies You've Been Sold (And Why They're Keeping You Single)
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Men who have a desire to improve at dating often fall into the trap of tactics. And they fundamentally believe that their lack of success is not because of them, but because of the modern dating world. So they seek to “optimize” individual tactics involved in modern dating—fixing their profile on dating apps, becoming more successful in their caree…
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Do you believe you don't deserve happiness? Many of us carry guilt, shame, or unworthiness that blocks our joy and inner peace. In this episode, you’ll discover how these feelings arise from deeper beliefs such as "I'm a bad person" or "I'm not good enough." These beliefs stem from experiences where we felt unloved or unworthy. You’ll learn how the…
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The Missing Ingredient for Lasting Attraction: Investment (It's Not What You Think)
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Does your relationship feel like it's dying a slow death? The passion is gone. The original spark has been extinguished. And resentment for your partner may even be surfacing. Here’s the truth: This is a “stress test” almost all relationships go through. But if you’re a people pleaser, then, well, this is usually where your relationship goes to die…
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Guided Meditation for Balancing Innocence & Wisdom
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A powerful guided meditation to help you balance the innocence of your Inner Child and the wisdom of your authentic self (Shen) – with Taoist monk and teacher David James Lees. ⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MEDITATION WHILST DRIVING OR OPERATING MACHINERY This meditation can be practised daily or whenever you need it. Learn more about our online …
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