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.

Something that helps me dispel confusion or feelings of resistance in my body is listening to "The Pearl Dive," a 30-minute guided imagery journey created by Dr. Rosalind Watts. This meditation prompts me to dive deep into my body and away from my thoughts, uncovering buried emotions and desires that I have yet to shine light on. It amazes me that ... See more
from Walk and Talk/Close.city/The Pearl Dive
digital xanax
Honor your intentions, honor your values, but please , honor exactly what you need.
from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker
good advice
Back when I was feeling a imless and lost I used to read and reread something Cheryl Strayed wrote about writing: The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering abou... See more
from pacing by Ava
loving the process
Impatience is an argument with reality - Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin and patience
Through my work, I present all my dreams, my fears, my ego, my insecurity, and it takes a level of being OK with being “seen” like that to really create work that speaks to the human condition. I laugh thinking back on an example I can give — I have a dress from one of my first collections that has my nightmares printed on it from when I was a chil... See more
from Thebe Magugu - Brené Brown
living a creative life
No matter how much wisdom you gain from the pages of your favorite author, if you haven’t experienced the visceral events that led to that wisdom yourself, then it’s just knowledge. Sure, you can leverage the hard-earned wisdom of others to help you, but understanding only happens when you earn that wisdom in the tumultuous arena of real life.
from Knowledge Is Not Understanding - More To That by Lawrence Yeo
I’ve been teaching creative writing for many years. And teaching writing is a weird thing, because it’s not just about helping students master a subject. It’s really about helping them discover what stories they’re meant to tell, how best to tell those stories, and how to overcome the inhibitions that inevitably arise when we seize the mantle of na... See more
from Steve Almond Tells Us
the art of writing
To see love, you gotta be love.

The heart is a muscle. Love is a muscle. Grow your heart. Grow your love.
from Anne Gudger Tells Us
“It’s the Italian tradition of dining as a discussion,” the German author Hans von Trotha commented over dessert. At Santa Maddalena, unhurried meals, served with Monti’s century of stories and the camaraderie of table-side banter, break up the workday. The retreat functions like a sleepaway camp for great writers, its ritual group meals and hoursl... See more
from A Tuscan Retreat Where ‘Literature is the Primary Value’
let's gather - ideas & concepts i love

from Walk and Talk/Close.city/The Pearl Dive

from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker

from pacing by Ava

from Thebe Magugu - Brené Brown

from Knowledge Is Not Understanding - More To That by Lawrence Yeo

from Steve Almond Tells Us

from Anne Gudger Tells Us

from A Tuscan Retreat Where ‘Literature is the Primary Value’