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.

Things like music, books, art, family, friends, the inner life, etc. will increasingly play a larger role in quality of life (and hence progress) than gadgets and devices.

Over the next decade, the epicenter for meaningful progress will be the private lives of individuals and small communities. It will be driven by their wisdom, their core values, a... See more
building a new world
“The modern man is always claiming a self-sufficiency which he is unable to achieve. He constantly compares himself with other people and, afraid that they might be superior, he secretly copies their manners and borrows their desires.”
from René Girard, mimetic desire, and society's biggest rat race by Leo Nasskau
Alchemize the pickle. You will be relentlessly confronted with conundrums, situations, pickles, and dumpster fires for which you do not yet have the knowledge or skill set because you have not had to navigate it before.4 Take a moment to reflect on why, check whether your privilege has anything to do with it, then send a sweet, loving, and forgivin... See more
from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker
loving the process and
Where we invest our time also has a Return on Energy (ROE).
from Return on Energy
reframing ROI
We don’t build community .

We build containers where community has a chance to emerge.
from How Communities Emerge
on building community and building a new world
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 just feel like, “You know what? I don’t suck. Things don’t suck. I am just doing what is in the proper life cycle of a winning team to intentionally and strategically have a rebuilding year.”
from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 279 by Glennon
loving the process
I believe that new ideas are born from demand. They are born from the courage and patience required to sit in the uncomfortable void of Not This while humbly waiting for an answer.
from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco
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

from René Girard, mimetic desire, and society's biggest rat race by Leo Nasskau

from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker

from Return on Energy

from How Communities Emerge

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

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 279 by Glennon

from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco

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