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Life Wisdom - By Words of Taoism

Life Wisdom - By Words of Taoism

Words of Taoism 55 Episodes Jul 25, 2026

Life Wisdom is a podcast inspired by Taoist teachings, offering guidance on mindfulness and inner peace. Each episode features meditative storytelling, simple practices, and deep reflections to help you reconnect with the present moment. Brought to you by Substack bestseller author Chen Li, from the blog Words of Taoism.

Episodes

The Wisdom of Small Beginnings - Taoism
The Wisdom of Small Beginnings - Taoism Jul 25, 2026 00:19:34 Nothing arrives in the world at full size. Nothing. And yet when we imagine our own beginnings, we picture them arriving at full size, and then we are ashamed when they do not.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:/
How to Be Your Own Ally - Daily Wisdom
How to Be Your Own Ally - Daily Wisdom Jul 24, 2026 00:05:35 Look at what actually happens to people who treat themselves with compassion, and you find they are not less driven but more.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠
How to Forgive Yourself - Daily Wisdom
How to Forgive Yourself - Daily Wisdom Jul 23, 2026 00:06:23 We carry a private grudge against ourselves, sometimes for years, sometimes for decades, over a betrayal, a failure, a way we hurt someone we loved, a chance we let slip through our hands.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠
The Cracks We All Carry - Daily Wisdom
The Cracks We All Carry - Daily Wisdom Jul 22, 2026 00:05:51 Behind every composed surface is a person with their own fears and failures and regrets, their own parts they pray no one will ever see.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠
Speak to Yourself Like a Friend - Daily Wisdom
Speak to Yourself Like a Friend - Daily Wisdom Jul 21, 2026 00:05:51 We are fluent in kindness toward others and strangely mute in it toward ourselves.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠
Why Am I My Worst Critic? - Daily Wisdom
Why Am I My Worst Critic? - Daily Wisdom Jul 20, 2026 00:06:45 Notice, for a moment, how you speak to yourself on a bad day, after a mistake, a failure, something you are ashamed of. There is usually a running commentary in there, and it is rarely gentle; for many of us it is a voice we would never use on a person we loved, and we aim it at ourselves without a second thought.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism
When Everything Changes - Taoism
When Everything Changes - Taoism Jul 18, 2026 00:18:14 Beneath the ten thousand changing things, it says, there is a stillness that does not change. All things rise and flourish, each in its own season, and each in its own time returns to the place it came from.Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music I use, as a playlist:
Coming Home to Yourself - Daily Wisdom
Coming Home to Yourself - Daily Wisdom Jul 17, 2026 00:06:40 Welcome back to Daily Wisdom.Coming home to yourself is the difference between living as a stranger in your own experience and living as someone who belongs there, who can turn inward and find, instead of an empty room or a courtroom, a place that is genuinely theirs.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
How can I stay with Myself ? - Daily Wisdom
How can I stay with Myself ? - Daily Wisdom Jul 16, 2026 00:07:13 Welcome back to Daily Wisdom.To stay with yourself is gentler and far less busy than the fleeing makes us fear. It asks only that you keep the feeling company, letting it be there, noticing where it sits in the body, the tightness in the chest or the heaviness behind the eyes, without running from it and without spinning it into a story.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Why Do I Take Things Personally ? - Daily Wisdom
Why Do I Take Things Personally ? - Daily Wisdom Jul 15, 2026 00:06:58 Welcome back to Daily Wisdom.To take something personally is to place yourself at the center of another person's behavior, to assume that what they did was aimed, that it carried an intention toward you and a judgment of your worth.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.subst
What is Mine to Carry ? - Daily Wisdom
What is Mine to Carry ? - Daily Wisdom Jul 14, 2026 00:08:14 Welcome back to Daily Wisdom.Think of how you feel walking through your own door at the end of a hard day. You are often carrying a weight that is unmistakably heavy, and yet if you stopped to sort through it, you might find that a surprising amount of it is not actually yours.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠
How to feel Closer to Myself? - Daily Wisdom
How to feel Closer to Myself? - Daily Wisdom Jul 13, 2026 00:07:04 Welcome back to Daily Wisdom.We have arranged things so that we are almost never alone with ourselves, and the moment a pause opens, the phone is in the hand, a sound is filling the silence, the next task is already pulling us forward.More resources:Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substa

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