The Art of Accomplishment
168 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago -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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Episodes
Q&A #3—Ambition, Narcissistic Parents, Addiction to Stress, Parenting Emotional Experiences, Emotional Fluidity
May 24, 2024 19:30 - 48 minutes - 44 MBYou’ve got questions, we’ve got reflections on your questions! Join Brett and Joe as they address topics that have been asked of the podcast since the last Q&A. In this episode, they respond to questions about ambition, relating to narcissistic parents, addiction to stress and dysfunction, supporting children through their emotional experiences, and emotional fluidity. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community! Joe on X: @FU_JoeHudson AOA on X: ...
Happiness, the New Way – Joe Hudson with Stephanie Harrison
May 17, 2024 19:30 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBWhen Stephanie Harrison’s perfect-on-paper life resulted in physical and emotional breakdown, she got curious and went in search of answers to what was causing it and what needed to change. It led her straight to the heart of happiness and flipped the achievement script on its head—much like happened with Joe. In this episode, Joe sits down with Stephanie to talk about her new book, The New Happy, the life experiences that brought them to the work of self-inquiry, and what it means to be hap...
Gratitude
May 10, 2024 19:30 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBWhat is the power of gratitude? How does it impact productivity and growth? In this episode, Joe and Brett talk all about gratitude—how it is often overlooked as a path to solve problems, speeds up transformation, and changes self-perception. They explore gratitude as a practice, the challenges of gratitude, using gratitude as a strategy, and allowing versus forcing it. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community! Joe on X: @FU_JoeHudson AOA on X: ...
What Changed After Master Class?
May 03, 2024 19:30 - 55 minutes - 51 MBWhat brings someone to Master Class? What’s the impact that the course has? Joe sits down with 3 people—one from each year that course has run—to learn about their experiences and what Master Class meant to each of them before, during, and after their journeys. Tune in for a surprising conversation on what happened when they dove head-first into AOA’s Master Class. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community! Joe on X: @FU_JoeHudson AOA on X: @arto...
Question the Assumption
April 26, 2024 19:30 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBWhat’s hidden in plain sight? Our assumptions belie our worldview. In this episode, Brett and Joe explore what it means to question the assumptions you have, what happens when you do it, and how it can change, well, everything. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community! Joe on X: @FU_JoeHudson AOA on X: @artofaccomp Brett on X: @airkistler Visit Us: www.artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at www.v...
How Do I Stop Being Misunderstood? (Coaching Session)
April 12, 2024 19:30 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBWhen it comes to being understood, whose responsibility is it? What do you do when you feel misunderstood? In this episode, Joe coaches Savannah, who is grappling with feeling wilfully misunderstood by people in all areas of her life. Together with Joe, Savannah explores how state of mind, emotional content, and the desire to control an outcome—even just trying to control whether you’re being understood—impact how we are listened to and understood. She experiments with and discovers the diff...
Speaking Authentically with Tristan de Montebello
April 06, 2024 01:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBWhat do public speaking and self-discovery have in common? Tristan de Montebello, founder of Ultraspeaking, and Joe sit down for a conversation. They discover they share similar philosophies and approaches that fuel their respective teachings and compare notes on the power of allowing the present to unfold before you, the importance of listening and silence, and the wisdom that becomes available when you learn to trust that everything you need to know already exists within you. Check out U...
Listening
March 29, 2024 19:30 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBListening! What is it? How do you do it? What’s so important about it, and how does it feel? In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about listening, which is a fundamental component of the VIEW mindset and core to living a fully aligned life. They explore what it means to really listen, how it can change your reality, relationships, and business, and share thoughts on what it is as well as what it isn’t. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community! Joe...
Joy - Emotion Series #14
March 15, 2024 18:30 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBWhy the f$%& don’t we just feel joy all the time!? So much of what we do in life is in pursuit of joy. In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about what joy is, what allows us to feel joy, and what gets in the way of our full experience of it. They also explore how joy is related to feeling safe, some practical tips on experiencing joy, and how joy impacts business and leadership. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @a...
Joy - Emotion Series #15
March 15, 2024 18:30 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBWhy the f$%& don’t we just feel joy all the time!? So much of what we do in life is in pursuit of joy. In this episode, Brett and Joe talk about what joy is, what allows us to feel joy, and what gets in the way of our full experience of it. They also explore how joy is related to feeling safe, some practical tips on experiencing joy, and how joy impacts business and leadership. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @a...
Ali Abdaal - How Connection Can Change Your Life (Coaching Session)
March 07, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn this episode, Ali Abdaal explores with Joe Hudson what comes next after publishing his best-selling book, Feel Good Productivity. They discover what lies behind Ali’s drive to always be doing, the magic of connection, and how being in connection creates more meaning, creativity, and satisfaction in life. Ali is a doctor turned entrepreneur and the world’s most-followed productivity expert. He is the host of the podcast, “Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal,” the YouTube Channels, “Ali Abdaal” and ...
Love and Obligation
March 01, 2024 20:30 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBJoe and Brett talk about a pattern of obligation and responsibility and how it relates to the emotional experience of love. They discuss why this pattern comes to be, as well as how it manifests itself in different areas of our lives. Watch the full rapid-fire coaching session: https://youtu.be/NJLJJeFvrfQ Related Episodes: How Love Gets Confused What is Selfishness? Who is the Voice in Your Head? Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_...
‘WTF is a Nervous System?’ with Jonny Miller
February 16, 2024 20:30 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBJoe speaks with Jonny Miller about the nervous system, the role it plays in our lives, and how we can work with it to access deeper joy and vitality. Jonny hosts the Curious Humans podcast and teaches Nervous System Mastery, an online course. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
A Workshop for Welcoming Fear
February 02, 2024 20:30 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBJoe interviews Brett about his experience crafting and facilitating a high-flying retreat in the Utah desert and his lifelong journey of learning to embrace fear. For more about the retreat, visit welcomingfear.com Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Emotional Inquiry
January 19, 2024 20:30 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBJoe and Brett share a tool from our courses called Emotional Inquiry. This is a practice that can reduce self-judgment, change bad habits, and improve our ability to communicate with others. To download the guided exercise, visit view.life/ei. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Emotional Inquiry - Emotion Series #14
January 19, 2024 20:30 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBJoe and Brett share a tool from our courses called Emotional Inquiry. This is a practice that can reduce self-judgment, change bad habits, and improve our ability to communicate with others. To download the guided exercise, visit view.life/ei. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Coaching as a Practice
January 05, 2024 20:30 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBBrett interviews Joe about his approach to training coaches and facilitators in the Art of Accomplishment. They talk about the foundations of great coaching, the dangers of coaching with unseen motives, and how a commitment to self-discovery supports the capacity to facilitate others in transformation. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Res...
The Shame Hot Potato
December 22, 2023 20:30 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBJoe and Brett explore a common pattern that underlies conflict dynamics in business, romance, and even geopolitics. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
What's Your Scorecard? (Coaching Session)
December 08, 2023 20:30 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBIn this coaching session with Joe, Khe Hy explores his relationship with money and the pursuit of wealth. He examines the internal scorecard that's been guiding his ambition and what he'd have to feel without it. In these feelings, he uncovers an internal compass that's been with him all along. Khe is the Founder and CEO of RadReads and hosts The Examined Life Podcast. Find him on Twitter/X at https://twitter.com/khemaridh Watch this session in HD on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtub...
What We're Afraid to Lose
November 24, 2023 20:30 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBJoe and Brett discuss what happens when a blessing that legitimately supports us in our path — money, free time, security, or even love — becomes something we’re afraid to lose and a condition we place on our freedom. Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Finding a Romantic Partner — Relationships Series #3
November 10, 2023 20:30 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBFinding love isn't just about meeting the right person, but about being ready for them. Joe and Brett explore the patterns people exhibit while seeking love, from choosing partners who are emotionally unavailable to being overly self-reliant. They talk about how a fear of losing one's identity can cause us to push away love, and how people tend to show up in our lives the moment we're ready. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Emotional Fluidity - Emotion Series #13
October 27, 2023 19:30 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBHow long do you hold on to emotions? How much do they stagnate in your system? How fully you can process your emotions and let them flow through you? Joe and Brett discuss how the capacity to feel all of our emotions and allow them to move through us leads to better decisions, deeper relationships, and a richer experience of life. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Emotional Fluidity
October 27, 2023 19:30 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBHow long do you hold on to emotions? How much do they stagnate in your system? How fully you can process your emotions and let them flow through you? Joe and Brett discuss how the capacity to feel all of our emotions and allow them to move through us leads to better decisions, deeper relationships, and a richer experience of life. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Parenthood
October 13, 2023 19:30 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBPondering their own entry into parenthood, Brett and Alexa chat with Joe about the profound changes in identity, roles, and expectations that come with the decision to have a child. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Finding Community
September 29, 2023 19:30 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBJoe and Brett reflect on how to find or build a healthy community in an era where loneliness has reached pandemic proportions. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Humility
September 15, 2023 19:30 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBJoe and Brett invite questions from listeners on the subject of humility. How can we tell the difference between true humility and false modesty? What does it look like to be humble while fully expressing ourselves? What happens when 'humility' gets used to make ourselves or others small? Send us your questions on Twitter, through our website, or in our Circle community. @FU_JoeHudson @artofaccomp @airkistler artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spo...
The Burnout Cycle
September 01, 2023 19:30 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBDo you ever feel like you’re stuck in a relentless cycle of burnout? You’re not alone. In this episode, Joe and Brett dive into the nuances of cyclical burnout — the dependence on adrenaline, the self-perpetuating sense of urgency, the inevitable fiery crash. Learn to feel the difference between stressed idleness and deep rest, exploring the interplay between fear, joy, and excitement. Explore alternative ways of working that may be more energizing than relying on adrenaline, and see how ...
Business as a Spiritual Practice
August 18, 2023 19:30 - 37 minutes - 34 MBTo engage in spiritual practice is to bring awareness to our evolution. In this episode, Joe and Brett unpack the relationship between exploring our inner depths and getting things done in the world, and how both can be achieved together when we see business itself as a fertile ground for self-discovery. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Addressing Conflict Avoidance: Finding Connection in Disagreement
August 04, 2023 19:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBHow much tension in your life comes from using or avoiding conflict in order to get what you want? What would change if you allowed conflict to deepen your connection with others and find great solutions? In this episode, Brett and Joe unpack the nature of conflict avoidance. They take a deep look at its root causes and symptoms and how it can lead to stagnant relationships, substandard solutions, and a lack of internal alignment. Learn to navigate the turbulent waters of discord with lo...
Helplessness: The Cayenne Pepper of Fear — Emotion Series #12
July 21, 2023 19:30 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBAll of us came into this world completely helpless. In many ways, we remain so throughout our entire lives. How does the emotion of helplessness serve us, and what happens when we embrace it? In this episode, Joe and Brett explore helplessness and its role as a crucial component of fear. Examine this commonly-avoided feeling in the contexts of raising children, running a team, or teaching a loved one to BASE jump. Learn to discern between the raw feeling of helplessness and feeling stuc...
Much Ado About Money
July 07, 2023 19:30 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBBrett probes Joe about his history with money, from avoiding it entirely at first to recognizing the role it played as a surrogate for his father's love. They discuss how our projections of money can be traced back to their emotional roots. We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Exploring Depression in the Head, Heart, and Gut — Emotion Series #11
June 23, 2023 19:30 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBJoe and Brett focus on depression and how it shows up in our thoughts, emotions, and nervous systems. Learn how to examine your direct experience to uncover the root causes of depression and get unstuck by relating to yourself in a different way. The conversation includes pointers for showing up for friends or loved ones who are feeling depressed. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at https://artofaccomplishment.com/ We invite you to experience our work. Reserve you...
Marriage, Love, and Death
June 09, 2023 19:30 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBBrett, Alexa, and Tara talk about marriage, commitment, and the fears of loving and losing a life partner. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at https://artofaccomplishment.com/ We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Tara Howley — From Insight to Wisdom
May 26, 2023 19:30 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBBrett chats with Tara Howley, coach and Art of Accomplishment co-founder, about how a flash of insight integrates into embodied wisdom. Tara is facilitating the weekly small group sessions for the Master Class + Deep Dive cohort. Applications for 2023 are open until midnight PDT on May 29th. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at https://artofaccomplishment.com/ We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Who Owns Your Authority?
May 12, 2023 19:30 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBJoe and Brett talk about what they watch for when looking for a leader or teacher or when exploring a new path or practice. They elaborate on how patterns of saviorhood, superiority, and delegation of authority can show up anywhere in society — in the workplace, in the political sphere, or at the dinner table. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
How Love Gets Confused
April 28, 2023 19:30 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBWhat is love? We all have a felt sense of love and opinions around what it is. How do our feelings and ideas about love form? What happens when our experience of love gets confused with our complex past? And how can we unwind our conditioning and open up to the deepest, richest love available to us? Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
The Opposite of Trying
April 14, 2023 19:30 - 34 minutes - 32 MBHow much of your life do you spend straining and efforting only to spin your wheels and ultimately burn out? In this episode, Joe and Brett peel apart the layers between 'trying' and effortless action. They acknowledge the value of each way of being across various life contexts and discuss the role emotional fluidity plays in freely navigating the spectrum — from trying to its polar opposite. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you...
8 Seconds of Oneness — Joe Hudson’s Story (Part II)
March 31, 2023 19:30 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBWe return to Joe's journey, where his years-long chase after a momentary experience of oneness slowly expires. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Privilege, Pain, and Projection — Joe Hudson’s Story (Part I)
March 17, 2023 19:30 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBJoe takes us on a walk through his childhood and early life, from the suburbs of Connecticut to fleeing the revolution in Iran. A green mohawk and an 8-second hit of oneness. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Q&A #2 — Connecting with Difficult People, Calling Up Latent Emotions, Limitations of Joe and Brett's Perspective, Body Contraction and Eye Contact
March 03, 2023 20:30 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBJoe and Brett answer more questions from listeners. Is it helpful to connect to difficult people to discover one's triggers? Am I delusional for feeling okay when the money's running out? How do Joe and Brett benefit from being purveyors of knowledge? What kinds of experiences are outside of their reach? How can I call up emotions that aren't presently triggered? How can I make peace when I don't feel affection from my partner? How to feel through contraction or 'gunk' in my body? How...
Wrestle With Your Principles — Decisions Series #4
February 17, 2023 20:30 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBJoe and Brett talk about how principles drive decision-making and shape our lives -- whether we're aware of them or not. They distinguish between principles and values and examine what gives a set of principles their clarifying power. Joe shares the principles he's used in life and business, and the process by which he's grappled with them over time. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot ...
The Golden Algorithm — Decisions Series #3
February 10, 2023 20:30 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBIn the third episode of our series for the Decisions Course, Joe and Brett dive into a common emotional pattern that shows up anywhere decisions are made. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Making Great Emotional Decisions — Decisions Series #2
February 03, 2023 20:30 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBJoe and Brett talk about how to dismantle patterns that cloud our judgment and make decisions that include the wisdom of our emotions. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
I Can't Hold It All Anymore (Coaching Session)
January 20, 2023 20:30 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBOur guest Christofer returns with his wife Sadie for a powerful couples coaching session with Joe. They uncover how a pattern of self-reliance and appearing strong for each other has created stress in their relationship. What happens when they try a different approach? Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
Q&A – Expressing 'Anger At', Playing with Depression, Alone But Not Lonely, Following Connection, Desire and Patience Through Deep Work
January 06, 2023 20:30 - 40 minutes - 37 MBJoe and Brett celebrate a banner year of podcast growth by answering questions directly from listeners. In this episode, we explore: (3:20) Anger – feeling, expressing, and receiving ‘anger at’ a person (11:07) Presence – staying with ourselves in complex and fast-paced group situations (15:23) Depression – what is it, and how can we play with it? (21:26) Alone, but not lonely – how our sense of connection evolves through deep work (25:16) Desire – staying in touch with our wants as cravin...
Joe and His Daughter Discuss Fatherhood
December 23, 2022 20:30 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBJoining us for today's episode is Joe’s daughter, Esme. Esme was given a school assignment to make a podcast about where she came from by interviewing a person from her family about a meaningful experience in their life. She decided to deviate from the task and follow her interest. She wanted to know what it was like for her Dad to raise her. When her assignment was complete, she offered to share it with our listeners. Enjoy this touching interview between Esme and her Dad Joe. L...
How Do I Stop Postponing My Enjoyment? (Coaching Session)
December 09, 2022 20:30 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBToday’s episode is a coaching session with a guest who wants to stop postponing his enjoyment into an abstract future that never arrives. The session opens up into a deep exploration of what can happen when we bring enjoyment into any moment -- even while experiencing chronic pain. Learn more about our free workshops and online courses at artofaccomplishment.com We invite you to experience our work. Reserve your spot at view.life/explore
How Can I Make Better Decisions? — Decisions Series #1
November 25, 2022 21:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBJoe and Brett discuss how to find deeper clarity in decision-making, whether in the office or on the edge of a cliff. Decisions are emotionally-driven, and we navigate them based on how we think we’ll feel when an outcome arrives. When we’re willing to feel any emotion, our decision-making becomes clear. Tune in to see how becoming more aware of our emotions and using guiding principles can help us quickly identify the next obvious step in any decision-making process. Learn more about...
What is Safety? Applying Lessons From Extreme Sports to Life and Business
November 11, 2022 20:30 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBIn our previous episode, Joe and Brett talked about how seeing through limiting beliefs can be scary because we're not sure we'll be safe. This is an especially relevant concern in the realm of high-risk activities like skydiving and BASE Jumping. In today's episode, we explore how Brett's relationship with the idea of safety has changed over the course of a decades-long career in adventure sports. They discuss: 1:54 - What is safety? 5:32 - Safety as an idea can bring us comfort or distre...
How to See Through Limiting Beliefs
October 28, 2022 19:30 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBRevisiting the topic of limiting beliefs, Joe and Brett explore what prevents us from seeing them, what keeps them stuck, and how to see through and integrate these beliefs in a way that enables a more free and easeful existence. In this episode, we discuss: The logical fallacies, ignorance, and avoided consequences that make us not see many of our hidden beliefs How we can see a belief and still be limited by it Exploring the “latticework” of beliefs that hold structures of identity in ...