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by Joe Hudson and Brett Kistler
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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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 get a chance to work with it in real time.→ The Connection Course - practice being yourself without all the correcting: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/rapid-coaching/burnout→ Help us shape the podcast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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 pleasing really is, where it comes from, and why the way out isn't to stop pleasing people but to change who you're trying to please.They navigate the somatic cringe that signals the pattern, the surprising overlap between people pleasing and narcissism, and the hacks that actually help.Together, they explore:What people pleasing actually is: avoiding someone's upset, not seeking their approvalWhere the line is between genuine care and fear-based managementWhy the person being pleased usually feels managed, angry, and untrustedWhy breaking out of people pleasing often creates its own trap (armored, righteous, or shame-inviting)People pleasing as passive narcissism: not feeling emotions, only thinking about yourselfWhy you can't stop people pleasing without being able to be with other people's anger, sadness, or fearChoosing into the freeze or the cringe as a paradoxical way through itThe distinction between mental, emotional, and nervous system readiness to change the patternBeing the loving support to your own nervous system that you needed as a kidConcrete first steps: starting small, giving yourself a break from toxic personalities, visualization, the 4 A'sWhy owning that you're being manipulative can be more freeing than any positive reframeWhat you gain: contentment, less self-doubt, being trusted, real friendshipsWhat you lose: the friends who only loved the version of you that pleased them Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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 in, and the one thing that moves you to the next.Joe mentions emotional inquiry - try it here: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/emotional-freedom-eiYou can't read your way to emotional freedom - it happens in the body, with other people. That's what the Connection Course is for: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/7-emotional-freedom Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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, Joe and Brett explore rest not as inactivity, but as the proper form of recovery for the specific kind of exhaustion you're actually experiencing.They break down the different kinds of exhaustion and the active and passive forms of recovery that work for each. Rather than framing rest as the opposite of productivity, they reframe it as the oscillation that makes real productivity possible.Together, they explore:Why rest is recovery, not inactivityHow we talk ourselves out of resting (and how slowing down can feel like a threat)The many forms of exhaustion: physical, emotional, psychological, mental, sensory, nervous system, and socialWhy misidentifying the kind of exhaustion can keep you from recovering fullyThe computer programmer who optimized his coding by testing rest ratios (and what he found)The Nobel laureate who refused to think about a problem until the full solution appearedThe teenage seven-summits climber who out-hiked everyone by moving slowly and enjoying the processBuilding a portfolio of activities and non-activities that feed each otherSurrogate recovery: doom scrolling, junk food, and other things that mimic rest without delivering itWhy sleep and hunger are the first two things to checkThe "tranquil inertia" that nearly every high performer requiresUsing your mind to ask the question and your body to give the answerHow to do the same activity in a more restful way Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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 relate to yourself and others: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/gratitude-to-enough What if feeling "not enough" is a loop you're running on yourself? You're doing it to yourself hundreds of times a day. This is a practice you do with another person, out loud, for 7 minutes. It's not journaling. It's not saying thanks at dinner. It rewires how you see yourself - from lack to having - by replacing the story you've been telling yourself hundreds of times a day. Joe walks through why it works, how your self-talk defines your reality, and the three ways most people accidentally sabotage it. Then he does the practice with you so you can feel it in your system. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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 this episode, Joe and Brett explore how to end relationships gracefully with attention to the full arc: before, during, and after the big transition. Whether you're parting ways with an employee or boss, a romantic partner, a friend, or a business relationship, the same principles apply. Brett and Joe discuss why the difficulty of the ending conversation is a symptom of conversations that didn't happen earlier, how ending a relationship with awareness can be a great opportunity to break lifelong patterns, and tools you can practice to move through the process without collecting new evidence for the same old story. Together, they explore: Any relationship you're ending is probably repeating a pattern you've been in before The three ways we recreate patterns: manipulate, attract, and prove Why asking for what you want is the practice that saves the relationship (or reveals it isn't a match) If ending the relationship feels like a shock, the garden hasn't been tended How grieving the relationship before it ends allows you to see more clearly How to be open-hearted, undefended, and direct in the big conversation Being open to the relationship transforming rather than ending The trap of keeping the door open in an unhealthy way vs. genuinely staying in relationship Why grief on the other side is the #1 predictor of not repeating the pattern Community implications: doing it consciously vs. forcing someone out Reframing power dynamics changes everything Why expecting another person to meet all your needs for you gives them impossible power Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
→ 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: https://yt.artofaccomplishment.com/rapid-coaching/perfectionism In this session, a woman asks Joe how to stop being a perfectionist "for good" and he points out that the question itself is perfectionist. From there he opens it up. Follow along to learn what may be living beneath your perfectionism and how to meet it with more understanding. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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 episode on self-reliance, Joe and Brett go deeper into the five specific patterns that show up in people who learned early on that their needs weren't going to be met. They walk through each pattern, how it developed, how it self-sabotages, and why the way out is deceptively close to the way that keeps you stuck. It's especially relevant for leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone who has ever felt like it's all on them. Together, they explore: Why self-reliance is rooted in learning as a child that you had to take care of your parent, not the other way around The five patterns of self-reliance: difficulty owning wants, ignoring needs, issues with authority, taking responsibility for others' happiness, and inability to express hurt How to spot the pattern in your own life Why self-reliant leaders create power vacuums and political environments The distinction between wants (evolutionary drive) and needs (nervous system nourishment) Why self-reliant people crave a kind of care no adult can actually provide How resentment quietly builds when your asks come out as demands The "stray cat" analogy: training people to depend on you, then resenting them for it Why every self-sabotage move creates evidence that confirms the pattern The Truman Show trap: how the way out looks almost identical to the pattern itself Why owning your fear of interdependence unlocks real agency How self-reliance limits leverage and prevents the decentralized growth that scales Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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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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