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May 15, 2026 13 min

Weekend Check-in: Do Without Depending

from The Modern Taoist Hosted by Kit Mann

Chapter Two of the Tao Te Ching contains a simple line that becomes harder and harder to ignore once you really understand it: “Do without depending.” In this Taoist Check-In, we look at how modern life trains us to attach our peace to outcomes, validation, praise, attention, and control. Laozi points in another direction entirely. This episode explores the difference between caring and depending, why emotional attachment to results exhausts people, and how Taoism teaches us to move through life with more steadiness and less grasping. Not passive. Not detached. Just no longer emotionally chained to every outcome. Follow The Modern Taoist for new episodes every Tuesday morning and additional Taoist Check-Ins throughout the week. https://linktr.ee/daoananda

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