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The Art of Accomplishment
Joe Hudson and Brett Kistler
189 episodes
Applied self-exploration. The Art of Accomplishment reflects a unique way of relating in business, personal and internal life that leads to more connection and satisfying relationships, awakening your ability to create the life you want with ease and joy. Joe Hudson, a coach sought after by the world’s top companies and performers, partners with wingsuit-flying adventurer and entrepreneur Brett Kistler to examine practical tools for self-exploration that you can readily apply to meaningfully transform your life. Hear Joe and Brett conduct powerful coaching sessions and unpack epiphanies with business leaders, world-class performers, and a community dedicated to self-discovery.
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How To Get Out Of Your Head
Why do so many of us get stuck in overthinking? In this episode, Joe and Brett explore what's actually happening when we're trapped in our minds and why the way out isn't more thinking, but a return to the body. Joe…
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Enlightenment Is Porn for Perfectionists - Teaching from Joe
For years Joe treated spiritual practice like a self-improvement project - perfect diet, perfect posture, perfectly quiet mind. It made meditation miserable, so he didn't do it. In this video: why any practice built on…
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3 Metrics Tell the Health of Every Relationship
What makes a company culture, a family, or a relationship actually functional? In this episode, Joe shares three simple metrics he developed while working with CEOs that turn out to apply far beyond business. Joe and…
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You’re Still Trying Not to Get in Trouble - Coaching with Joe
She recovered from severe burnout and came to this session to rebuild her confidence and self-trust. In fifteen minutes, Joe traces the burnout to its root. Then the pattern shows up in the conversation itself and they…
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A New Definition of People Pleasing
Most of us think of people pleasing as being nice or considerate. But underneath it's often a fear-based survival strategy that leaves someone resentful and burnt out. In this episode, Joe and Alexa unpack what people…
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The 7 Stages of Emotional Freedom - Teaching From Joe
There are seven steps to emotional freedom and trying to rush through them is the surest way to stay stuck in one. In this video, Joe walks the whole map: where each step comes from, how to tell which one you're living…
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The Art of Rest and Recovery
Research shows that top performers cycle between intense output and deep rest yet most of us live in a nearly constant state of doing, mistaking activity for productivity and never truly recovering. In this episode,…
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Replace the Story You Tell Yourself 100 Times a Day - Teaching from Joe
The practice that rewires how you see yourself: one of the foundational practices we teach → For more practices like this, try the Connection Course. A 3-week experience in having the conversations that change how you…
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How You End a Relationship Shapes What Comes Next
When it comes time for a relationship to end in its current form, people often focus on saying the ‘right thing’ to make those final moments as smooth as possible. But this is rarely where the real work happens. In…
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How A Perfectionist Learns to Accept Herself - Coaching with Joe
→ Joe says it at the very end of this one: the stuff that got hurt in groups is often best healed in groups. That's what the Connection Course offers a space for:…
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How Self-Reliance Convinces You That You Can’t Rely on Anyone
Self-reliance sounds like a virtue until you see the ways it quietly runs your life, sabotages your relationships, and keeps you stuck in the very patterns you're trying to escape. In this follow-up to a previous…
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We Read Your Comments on Narcissism
In this special episode, Joe and Brett engage directly with the audience by reading and responding to comments from their recent episode on narcissism. They navigate what's true in the pushback as well as what they'd…
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How Joe & Tara Stopped Trying to Change Each Other
What does it actually take to build a marriage that lasts? In this special episode, Joe sits down with his wife Tara for an honest, unfiltered conversation about the 29 years of their relationship: how it started, what…
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One Word That Changes Your Inner Critic - Teaching From Joe
Learn to have a better relationship to your inner critic - the Connection Course: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/inner-critic-cc That voice in your head that's constantly riding you — telling you you're not…
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How A Narcissist is Made
The word "narcissist" has been thrown around so casually that it has effectively replaced calling someone an "asshole." However, this reflexive labeling often prevents the very thing that could actually heal the…
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What’s Beneath Your Fear of Being Seen? - Coaching with Joe
Something unlocks in this session when she lets herself speak from the discomfort instead of past it. Connection Course is 3 weeks of practicing exactly this: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/rapid-coaching/beingseen…
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What Joe Got Right (and Wrong) in Parenting… According to His Daughter
What's it actually like to be raised by two parents who teach emotional work for a living? In this special episode, Joe sits down with his 17-year-old daughter, Oona for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what…
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Teaching Series: I Changed My Relationship with Money and the Money Changed
Joe tells the story of his whole life with money: where it started, what he turned it into, and the shifts that took him from debt to plenty. → The key insights from this episode - and the practices to try them…
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The Hidden Mechanics of Self-Sabotage
Why do so many of us self-sabotage right when we're on the verge of success? Bands break up right after getting signed. Entrepreneurs burn out the moment they hit their goal. Athletes choke when they realize they're…
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Teaching Series: After 14 Years of Coaching, This Is What I See Hold Most People Back
7 patterns. Almost everyone I've ever coached. For about six months, Joe wrote down the stuck point he saw at the end of every coaching session, then sorted them. Thousands of sessions collapsed into seven categories.…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? How to Commit Without Losing Yourself
"Should I stay or should I go?" is one of the most common questions people bring to coaching, whether about a relationship, a job, or any major commitment. What if the hang-up is in the question itself? In this…
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Stop Pushing Love Away: How to End Self-Sabotage and Let Love In
Most of us say we want love. So why do we push it away the moment it arrives? In this episode, Joe and Brett explore the surprisingly complex reasons we sabotage the very thing we say we want most; and why love, more…
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The Fear of Being Seen: Overcoming Shame, Invisibility, and Social Anxiety
In this episode, Joe and Brett unpack the fear of being seen. They examine why this pattern is so often rooted in shame, how it quietly erodes intimacy and careers, and what to actually do when you find yourself…
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How to Delegate Without Micromanaging
Most leaders think delegation is about telling people what to do. But what if the real bottleneck isn't your team's capacity but your relationship with control, perfectionism, and hard conversations? In this episode,…
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How to Change Your Interpersonal Patterns
In this episode, Joe and Brett break down a simple but powerful method for turning recognition into lasting behavior change. Joe walks through a real example from his own company, where he caught himself being "too…
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How to Succeed in the Age of AI
As intelligence becomes something we can outsource, what becomes of us? In this episode, Joe and Brett explore what it means to thrive in an era where machines can handle knowledge work, and why the skills that matter…
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“This Is How You Love Yourself" (Coaching Session Breakdown)
In this episode, Joe and Brett analyze a rapid coaching session with an 18-year-old who says he hasn't felt good in years. Despite doing mindfulness, reading Eckhart Tolle, and preparing meticulously for the session,…
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“I Learned Forgiveness by Refusing to Forgive” with Tara Howley and Alexa Kistler
Forgiveness is one of the most charged words in our culture. For many of us, it was coerced out of us as children or held up as something good people do. But what if forgiveness isn't about being good or letting…
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Bite-Sized Teaching Series: "Do I Belong?" Is the Wrong Question
You think you don't belong because you're different. What if you feel different because you're not being yourself? → Learn to be yourself - Connection Course: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/imposter-belonging Joe…
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The Handbook for Accidental Awakening
What happens after awakening actually happens? In this follow-up episode, Brett and Joe dig into the messy, surprising, and often disorienting reality of what it's like when your sense of self starts to shift and what…
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Bite-Sized Teaching Series: Finding Your Purpose is Hard Until You Understand This
The traditional search for purpose is backwards → Practical experiments to transform your life: https://artofaccomplishment.com/experiments After 7 years chasing his "dream career," Joe discovered he'd been running…
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Awakening: Why We Waited 150 Episodes to Talk About It
Awakening is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot, but what does it actually mean? In this episode, Brett and Joe finally tackle the topic head-on after 150 episodes of addressing it indirectly. They…
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Bite-Sized Teaching Series: How To Break Free From Beliefs That Keep You Small
The beliefs you can't question keep you stuck → Experiments to find freedom: https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/experiments Most people never realize their deepest beliefs are holding them hostage. Joe Hudson shares a…
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Ending The War With Your Wants (Joe Hudson and Alexa Kistler)
Wanting is one of our most powerful levers for change. Not what you want, but your relationship to wanting itself. In this episode, Joe sits down with AOA facilitator Alexa Kistler to unpack why so many people are at…
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Bite-Sized Teaching Series: The More Stuck You Feel, The Closer You Are To Freedom
You're about to discover why that promotion you won't ask for, that business you won't start, and that conversation you keep avoiding all come from the same illusion. → Turn your fear back into excitement (free…
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How I Learned To Stop Fighting Myself
Joe let Brett ask him anything at all about his life, and there were SO many questions, but ultimately his curiosity lead him to explore the story beneath the teaching: what was Joe’s path? How did he come to the work…
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Bite-Sized Teaching Series: Ambition and Doubt
Doubt isn't protecting you from failure, it's protecting you from your feelings. For every ambitious person, doubt is the silent killer of greatness. Joe breaks down what he's learned from working with Silicon…
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Perfectionism
Brett and Joe have nailed the PERFECT episode, which means they can finally get this podcast launched! Now they just need to get the perfect album art, title, set…and the perfect list of everything they need to do…
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Bite-Sized Teaching Series: Why Chaos Is Good For You (The Forest Fire Theory)
Chaos is evolution's favorite tool, learn how to use it for growth. When faced with chaos, we often react with fear, limiting our thinking. In this short format episode, Joe encourages us to fully feel the fear and to…
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Slimy vs. Authentic Charisma — Joe and Dr. K on Charisma on Command
In this special crossover episode, we are republishing Joe’s appearance on Charisma on Command with Charlie Houpert alongside Dr. Alok “Dr. K” Kanojia. They explore what charisma really is and why genuine presence and…
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Overcoming Procrastination (Coaching Session Breakdown)
If you struggle with perfectionism, fear of success, or feeling like you have a "tyrant boss" inside your head, this breakdown reveals exactly how to shift that dynamic. In this episode, Joe and Brett analyze a rapid…
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A Company Culture That Moves At The Pace of AI
In this episode, Joe sits down with Johannes Landgraf, CEO of Ona, to dive deep on how bringing the tenets of AOA’s teachings to the company has transformed their leadership, culture, and performance in the fast-moving…
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What To Do About Imposter Syndrome
Why do so many high achievers feel like frauds? In this episode, Brett and Joe explore a topic near and dear to the hearts of anyone who has ever thought they needed to be someone else to be loved: Imposter Syndrome.…
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Leadership Is For Everyone
In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about leadership—not just the title or position, but about what it truly means to lead and be a leader. They explore how leadership emerges in every moment of life, from boardrooms…
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How to End Procrastination Now
Brett and Joe deliver a long-awaited episode on procrastination, exploring its real contours—the shame, the avoidance, the misplaced priorities. They reveal how it stems from self-criticism and avoidance, and show how…
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Why You Never Have Enough Time
According to some studies, over 80% of Americans experience time scarcity. In this episode, Joe and Brett explore what’s going on when we feel time scarce. They unpack why so many of us feel starved for time in an era…
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How to Break Free from Loneliness
In this episode, Brett Kistler and Joe Hudson dive into the epidemic of loneliness and its impact on our lives. They explore the roots of loneliness, how it differs from solitude, and why shame and self-perception…
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What To Do About Stage Fright
Tara Howley and Janine Parziale dive into stage fright and performance anxiety. Drawing from personal experience and professional expertise, they share how to work with fear rather than fight it—transforming it into a…
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How To Get Unstuck
In this episode, Brett and Joe break down the dynamics of feeling stuck and what to do about it. They reveal how subtle patterns from childhood continue to shape our adult experiences. They also share practical…
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What It’s Like To Live Your Purpose
Three former VCs turned coaches walk into a room…Steve Schlafman of the podcast Downshift sits down with Joe Hudson and Jerry Colonna (author of Re-Boot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up) to explore the journey of…
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