Daniel Wu Coaching (2026)

18/01/2023

Great to be back.

09/09/2022

This trip went by in a flash. 😮

So grateful to finally be able to spend quality time with Nordic, Christine Chang] and really bond with old and new friends.

It’s been really cool to come back after two years and catch up on the different journey’s we’ve all been on. And witness the internal & external challenges/growth that’s transpired as time passes. ❤️

My yes man (surrender experiment)
turned out to be very interesting. Wasn’t expecting the insights, experiences, people and opportunities both personal & business that showed up along the way from simply taking every opportunity to say YES.

And made some important breakthroughs during this trip as a result of letting go/deconstructing internal & external resistance. 🙏

Still processing it all and Looking forward to really integrating the lessons learnt moving forward.

On another note,

It’s been a while since me and CC have had our own time to settle into a solid routine.

My theme going back to Melbourne is to be really focused/intentional with my habits/practices along side sharing insights and coaching.

And to create a solid distraction free routine with Christine Chang] over the next few months in Oz.

Our place in melbs is like work table, river view and bed. No kidding 😅
We curated the place to be conducive to productivity, focus and distraction free.

or how CC likes to put it “The space that will help us Create a better future for Nordic”. ❤️🐕

Thanks for the energy Taipei.

We’ll be back soon ❤️

30/08/2022

Reflecting on the development journey.
Swipe to see where it all began.

I look at the life I am grateful for today and reflect on my journey as an in-person Personal Trainer, entrepreneur, and life coach and where it all began.

It started with nothing.

Initially, I would take on any client and coach them for a low fee and would bike and train them at their place or the park.

My fees at the time reflected my confidence, money mindset and the journey I needed to create a full practice, develop my value, increase my fees and eventually open the studios.

When I shifted to coaching in early 2020, I would offer complimentary sessions for anyone interested while completing my coach training and investing in coaches.

Three months after I decided to become a coach, and many complimentary coaching sessions later, my first-ever client asked, "Can I pay you now!?" And is still my client today.

As my skills developed professionally, I felt comfortable enough to start charging. At that point, I had already coached many people and accumulated hundreds of hours of experience.

Over time my fees increased, my practice grew through referral, or my clients would increase their fees as a reflection of the value/results I was producing.

I didn't see it at the time. Still, when I look back at all that front loading of time, effort and investment, which didn't yield much return initially, it was fundamental experientially.
If I didn't go through all that, I wouldn't enjoy the life I am grateful to have today.

The road of building from nothing can be full of ups and downs.

The results are great, but what you learn and who you become along the way is life.

Often we lose sight of the fact that if we keep showing, we're going to be in a different place further down the track.

Many things that may not seem worth the effort in the moment, will make a lot of sense down the road, and we'll be grateful we went through the journey.

The journey continues. :)

25/08/2022

Since coming to Taipei, I've become a YES man.. have you seen the movie with Jim Carrey? He goes from saying no to everything to yes to everything.

I remember making the decision to say yes on the flight over. 🔥

Yes, to any experiences that, in the past, I would have made excuses to get out of, or I wouldn't say yes to, like Long early morning hikes, circuit training with the ladies at the studio, anything related to cardio. 😅

If an opportunity arises to stretch, it's a yes!

And I'm enjoying it.
But, there's a nuance. I'm enjoying not enjoying the experience.

There's still resistance, but that's the beauty of the experience.

“We often hold on to the experiences we enjoy and push away the ones we don't, instead of enjoying the range of experiences and emotions that life offers.” Micky Singer

I've been watching where the thoughts go before and when taking on these experiences. And it's pretty cool being the observer. 😶
You know when you're in the middle of a challenging experience.
Let's take the fourth round of burpees in a circuit. 🥵

The thoughts start getting noisy, for me anyway.
"I'm so tired. I'm not good at this". My cardio sucks. I don't have cardio genetics. Why did my wife add burpees after weighted lunges!? I'd rather be doing weights".

The thoughts don't stop.

But simply observing and being in the experience while all the noise is happening and embracing it is pretty awesome.

Another experience I'm leaning into includes spending time with people that are entirely different to me. 🫂

With different beliefs, opinions, experiences, and ways of seeing the world, I might have distanced myself from in the past.
And given into thoughts of "We don't vibe. Their stuff is bumping up with my stuff. I'd rather hang out with my own tribe."

But, I'm learning so much by spending time with people that are far different from me and enjoying the spectrum of wisdom, humour and experiences our time together offers up.
Didn't realize how much I was missing out on. It's awesome!

👇continued

18/08/2022

Why do we do the internal work?

Throughout our lives we take on thought patterns and beliefs from our environment,
some empowering & disempowering.

These beliefs become conditioned into us through repetition and we essentially build the foundation of our lives, our way of being and action in the world from these patterns.

I along with other Coaches, Leaders, Therapists, and Psychologists, often experience this sense of imposter syndrome.

If we don't spend the time and effort to work on ourselves, that's what shows up in our world and when we're with others.

We can only take our clients, staff and others around us as far as we dare to go ourselves.

It takes openness, courage and commitment to show up and do the internal work.

But..

The last place we look is internally when often all we see externally is "I have it all together", more is where it’s at, keeping up with the joneses and the high light reels.

To make things worse we often compare how we feel on the inside with how they look on the outside- Rich Litvin

Luckily there is a shift with heart centered leaders like Brene Brown & Simon Sinek just to name a few who champion vulnerability, openness, communication and the inner work.

I can guarantee that when you get into the inner world, it'll be uncomfortable, emotions will arise, the mind will get noisy, but lots of insights and realisations will be made that lead to transformation and reinvention.

It's worth it.

I've had and still have heaps of patterns to work through. Many a struggle later, I'm reinventing myself and no longer find myself trapped in a permanent personality that I brought into from the past.

If we've been called to a life of service or simply looking to combine achievement with the art of fulfillment and experience more purpose, connection, clarity, energy and spirit.

Then Inner work is a must.

It's for ourselves, our work and as a byproduct anyone we have the pleasure of spending time with.

27/07/2022

And we’re off!

Beyond excited to be heading back!

It’s been two years too long..

Can’t wait to give & Nawwwwdic a big family hug ❤️

See you soon Taipei 😊

21/07/2022

My journey into Minimalism and Letting go.

I used to be a hoarder. It's the environment I grew up in. My family members used to get beaten if they wasted anything. There was a lot of reactivity around letting go.

So, our house was always full of stuff. I modelled this and was comfortable in an environment full of clutter even though I couldn't find anything when I needed to use it.

If you used to work out with me back in my first personal training studio, you'd remember. Still surprised that my clients could even work out there and didn't complain.

My life was all about accumulation and more.

If I was ever stuck in my life, I'd buy something without thinking about whether I really wanted or needed it.

I used accumulation as an emotional crutch instead of embracing my inner world.

It wasn't until I came across the minimalism documentary on Netflix that my perspective started to shift.

I started to let go of a few items, but it was tough. That belief of "You can't waste anything was still hard-wired into my subconscious". It wasn't until an impulsive 30-day trip to Bali that I lived off a tiny suitcase. Met amazing people, chilled out on the beach and enjoyed an effortless, healthy and productive lifestyle that minimalism made sense.

The moment I got back home, I started decluttering.

Anytime, my mind would go back to old patterns. I'd take a leaf from Marie Condo, hold up the thing I rarely used, thank it for its service at the time and then let it go or give it away to someone who would benefit more than me.

It's been 4 years since I started this journey, and I only buy things now that I'll value or hold value. And, I'll sell or give it away when I find I no longer really use it. It's great because of the extra money we have. We put into investments or savings. Also, the freedom from being detached from accumulation allows me to focus on work. There's less distraction, more joy, productivity and meaningful relationships.

Love it!

Not trying to convert anyone. Just sharing my story.

Have you guys been through this experience, or have you had a hard time letting go of stuff?

14/07/2022

reflection of self-care and Service.

When I started coaching, my coach shared why self-care was necessary, but I was stubborn. It took a long time for me to integrate this into my life because I had so much conditioning of Self-care being selfish.

But, he would show up so powerfully to each session, with presence, attention, focus and firm boundaries.

He modelled self-care and preparation through solidity, and I finally got it.

The Health of the helper is important.

First principle: Your life is your preparation.

Preparation for Service looks like:
Sticking to your routines
Keeping your agreements with yourself and others
Study till integration
Notice the distinctions you are living into.
Keeping everything in good shape
Mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually and in relationships.
Playing, resting and travelling.
Maintaining boundaries and open, honest communication with yourself and others.

This flows into the second principle.

The people you serve get all of you and none of you.

All of you - Your energy, attention, deep listening and focus in their world.

None of you - Anything that would get in the way of all of you. *the expression of love.

He called this the little nothing *Your problems, issues, need for validation, need to prove/impress or self-serving patterns.

Anything that gets in the way of you showing up empty.

This is why we do the deep work on ourselves.

I hope this serves the ones committed to this journey of Service.

Don't be stubborn like me. It'll save you a lot of time, money and burnout. 😅

Go for that swim 🏊‍♂️

14/06/2022

The last month hasn’t been easy

It wasn’t in our expectations or plans to move into a new apartment this soon.

But, hey when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

Now we’re just waiting for Nawwwwdic to join us ❤️🐕

17/03/2022

A reflection on Service.

For a lot of my life, my work wasn't service. Although I was in the service industry (Personal training and healthy meal delivery), the heart of service wasn't there. And although there was success and money. A life created for yourself isn't a great life, I always felt like something was missing, and I would try to fill that void with more stuff, more money. I remember having everything I thought I had wanted but feeling empty.

I started to self-sabotage, procrastinate, attend endless parties and travel to find myself. I squandered money on distraction and self-indulgence. And lost a lot of clients and businesses that I had previously worked tirelessly to build.

After months/years of this, I took time off to be in solitude. In that experience, I remembered a moment from childhood. As a child, I wanted to connect and make people happy. I remember having a friend who came to school sad, and all I wanted to do was make her happy. I didn't care what I said or how I looked, or what I got. All I wanted to do was see a smile on her face, ease her suffering and bring her back to her joy. It was an incredible experience to reconnect with this.

So armed with my 7-year-old kid coaching skills, I said, "You're cute." Now, calling someone cute was a big no-no in primary school. Because if you did, that meant you loved them.
I found this out the hard way because later on, other kids would ask me whether or not I was in love with so and so? 😂 I just called her cute because my family called me cute, and it always put a smile on her face. Or maybe I did love her? I dunno...

Anyway, she immediately snapped out of her sadness (shocked) but then brightened up with, "OMG, that's what my mom says to me!"

Her smile meant the world to me. And, I remember after that experience looking for situations or moments where I could make other people happy just through a smile and a word of affirmation.

This remembrance shattered my reality at the time because I realized who I really was and that somewhere down the line, through my experiences and my own negative interpretation of those experiences.

I locked/masked it all up.

Continued 👇

08/03/2022

When Christine and I came into our relationship, we had gone through many painful experiences.

Although we were attracted to each other and did fun activities, we were pretty cynical and adamant about protecting ourselves because we'd both been burnt in the past.

We put our best face on and avoided confrontation, but there was a lot of blame and gossip in the background. We'd listen to the advice of others instead of talking it out ourselves.
We played to protect ourselves and win.

"When it comes to relationships, if you're playing to win, you've already lost." Michael Neill

Over the years, we've faced lots of struggles, taken breaks, wanted to call it quits but somehow managed to work at it and stay together. We've done a lot of deep work to heal our own traumas, release emotions, forgive ourselves, each other and how we mistreated others.

Much peace, mutual trust, and agreement/commitment are present as we've grown. Far gone is the cynicism of relationships. We're not afraid to be ourselves, and relationships are no longer a place to win or get but really a place to give.

We've dropped a lot of expectations of each other and worked at taking ownership of our own thoughts and emotions. And consciously work at deep communication and understanding towards each other. Which isn't always easy, but you get better as you go.

Falling into the relationship comfort zone is common because life gets in the way, which has happened to us many times. Our own internal struggles, work/busyness, kids, hobbies, pets, etc.

We've realised that building a great relationship is a constant commitment. To create, you need to put energy and focus. As the great Steve Hardison says, "What you focus on grows" and "React and Create have the same words but create has an extra E, and that stands for energy".

Without committed energy, the relationship fades, and people grow apart.

And yet, a great relationship is fundamental to a great life. If we have everything in the world and no one to intimately share it with. We're missing out.

👇Continued.

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