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.

She is a maestro of self-determination, of writing her own story
from TIME's Person of the Year 2023
building my own language library
During this final lap I’m paying close attention to the choices that I make. I’m trying to be very intentional. When I say that I’m aiming to create the fullest expression of the work, I don’t just mean the stories. I want to perfect the process too. How exactly am I using the time that each person gives me on the street? How are they impacted by t... See more
from 🎉 Brandon Stanton just shared "What do you mean by that?" for members only
And across my life of conversation, I have learned that wisdom and wholeness emerge in moments precisely like ours, though ours is writ large, where human beings have to hold seemingly opposing realities in a creative tension and interplay, power and frailty, birth and death, pain and hope, mystery and conviction, brokenness and beauty, calm and fi... See more
from Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness by Krista Tippett
Embracing embodied exercise is taking the courageous step to welcome the full breadth of our experiences and unlock the full power of our bodies. The way we approach activities like exercise is often how we live our lives. We can grind through it chasing external accomplishments and rushing to the next milestone. Or, we can deeply connect to our ow... See more
from Discovering Joy Through Embodied Exercise by Sam Sager
loving the process
A crush is a powerful little vial of that pure feeling—the longing, the push and pull. In his poem “The More Loving One,” W. H. Auden compared unrequited love to looking up at the stars, observing their beauty while knowing full well they “do not give a damn.” But he wasn’t mad about it; he saw that that’s how it should be, and anyway, he was more ... See more
from A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself by Faith Hill
I threw a housewarming party after living here for one month and had dozens of people sipping wine out of every drinking vessel I owned, blessing my home with warmth and chatter that spilled out into the streets.
from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker
this is a mf vibe
All of everything in us comes from somewhere else. And we get to take those elements, and I think I use the word in the book, re-present. We have this information, and we get it, and we get to mix it up and reform it and re-present it back to the world. And sometimes we re-present it back to the world in a way that no one’s seen it before. And it’
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from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
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
Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life’s strategy.
from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen

from TIME's Person of the Year 2023

from 🎉 Brandon Stanton just shared "What do you mean by that?" for members only

from Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness by Krista Tippett

from Discovering Joy Through Embodied Exercise by Sam Sager

from A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself by Faith Hill

from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 279 by Glennon

from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen