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.

“Reflection matters because it is continuous with practice. How you think about what you are doing affects how you do it, or whether you do it at all. It may direct your research, or your attitude to people who do things different, or indeed your whole life.”
from The Right Side of Thought - More To That by Lawrence Yeo
The world can feel very out of control, especially for younger people. And controlling your own body is a coping mechanism. Part of the solution, if there is one, is to educate about this. There's so much out there right now about diet culture, and no one is really talking about beauty culture in the same way.

At the same time, a lot of this would b... See more
from Is it Possible to Resist the Pressures of the Beauty Industry? — Gloria by Leslie Price
power structures and dynamics
Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We ar
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from The Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu
“Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions
by Molly Graham
mollyg.substack.com
4 highlights
to communicate well and
• About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.

• No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.

• Dont ever work for someone you dont want to become.

• Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.

• Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.

• If you stop to listen
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from 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known by kk.org
good advice
I guess if we’re talking about joy, writing, and being a fully rendered person in the world, my main sources of liveliness are so human and obvious they might seem facile: 1) loving the people I love with full throttle abandon – my guy, our kids, my mom and dad, our gaggle of brothers, my army of girlfriends. So that’s advice, maybe: make as many g... See more
from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us
People are happy enough rich, and people are happy enough poor. But it’s hard to imagine anyone happy without a feeling that their actions have some impact, however small. Even if you’re not going to be remembered by history, you want to be remembered by your barista. The prisoner, though largely robbed of power, is probably happier if he can vex h... See more
from What the Humans Like Is Responsiveness by Sasha Chapin
Finding Meaning and Human Stuff
stories trapped in my cells, emotions in my fascia: there was information hidden in my body, and I didn’t know it.
from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube
the body keeps score
Over the subsequent years, Feÿtopia evolved into a community of people who live at the castle in the ‘off season’, roughly November-April, for anywhere from a few days to the whole season. Community members are encouraged to co-create the experience of living at the castle: meals, parties, and improvements to the grounds can be planned by anyone.
from Case Study: Feÿtopia by Gillian Morris
experiments in community + co-living and Community
I feel totally overwhelmed by the state of the world, but I think music and creativity, to me, is a way of exploring what's possible. There's always something when I'm making music that I didn't see that comes from nowhere and appears. When you go to create something, you're opening yourself up to possibility. It is a way that I continuously touch ... See more
from Maggie Rogers Thinks Joy Can Be a Form of Rebellion by Mélissa Godin
the transformative power of music

from The Right Side of Thought - More To That by Lawrence Yeo

from Is it Possible to Resist the Pressures of the Beauty Industry? — Gloria by Leslie Price

from The Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu

“Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions

from 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known by kk.org

from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us

from What the Humans Like Is Responsiveness by Sasha Chapin

from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube

from Case Study: Feÿtopia by Gillian Morris

from Maggie Rogers Thinks Joy Can Be a Form of Rebellion by Mélissa Godin