Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

instinctual adventurer
from Sculpting the wild: Discover A Sculptor's Paradise in South Africa
descriptions of people
A Korean Secret to Keeping Friendships Strong: Savings Groups
nytimes.com
adult friendship
I’ve spent my whole life finishing the sentence: It’s going to be ____________. Sometimes I’d say great, because I’d damn well make sure of it. Or I’d say really dangerous , because I had convinced myself that catastrophizing or dress rehearsing tragedy helped me feel a sense of preparedness. Now, all I can do is tell you, Here’s what we’re doing, ... See more
from Hard Seasons and Wild Hearts - Brené Brown by Brené Brown
Very few people really have their own opinion. Very often, their opinion is just the opinion of someone else. Perfectly prepared, warmed up and served medium well.
I'm not above this, and I'd argue not many people are. All our opinions are shaped by other peoples' opinion. It's how this all works. The question is just, how many opinions do I require
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loving the process
After all, not to be corny, haven’t we all become selective autobiographers in the digital age as we curate our lives for our own audiences of any size—cutting away from the raw fabric of our lived experience to reveal the shape of the story we most want to tell, whether it’s on our own feeds or the world’s stage?
from TIME's Person of the Year 2023
I used to have these elaborate theories that maybe there was something about the movement of the body and the water that magically sparked a deeper consciousness. But I’ve really come to realize the obvious thing, which is that these are simply the most unburdened spaces in my life, the moments in which I have the greatest uninterrupted intimacy wi... See more
from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova
I now feel confident that when executive hires fail, the most common reason is that the CEO didn’t take the time to specifically and clearly define what they were looking for at the start. They just assumed that one CMO is the same as another CMO.
from “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions by Molly Graham
According to research from 2020 in the journal Behavior Therapy , 91 percent of the things studied participants worried about did not come to pass. This means that for every bad thing that happens, chronic worriers suffer for 10. If nothing else, this is a colossal waste of valuable time, and we should all find ways to avoid it.
from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks
in my (not so fun) feels
Allowances — for grief, for pain, for childbirth, for illness — have been so hard to come by, I think, because we discount the body. Worse, we hold it in contempt compared to the mind, a proxy for religious spirit, so that the reality and risk of cruelty and brutalization are minimized and ignored.
from The Resilience Myth
the body keeps score and in my (not so fun) feels
Like Diana, Princess of Wales, whose royal status, beauty and untimely death made her into a legend, Ms. Bessette Kennedy exists less as a person than an idea. Because she was so notoriously private, because she married into a family that had already colonized part of the public imagination, and because our memories of her are essentially preserved... See more
from Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Ghost Influencer by Vanessa Friedman

from Sculpting the wild: Discover A Sculptor's Paradise in South Africa

A Korean Secret to Keeping Friendships Strong: Savings Groups

from Hard Seasons and Wild Hearts - Brené Brown by Brené Brown

from TIME's Person of the Year 2023

from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova

from “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions by Molly Graham

from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks

from The Resilience Myth

from Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Ghost Influencer by Vanessa Friedman