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.

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
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare." –Muhammad Ali
Why would I care about the “way things are” if I’m actively trying to change that?
from Camus and Curren$y: Why I Preach Indie by Mark Sabino
how i want to live my life and building a new world
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
redefining success and building a new world
I see this so often at the end of life. People who still try to handle things themselves that they clearly can no longer. It’s heartbreaking to watch someone struggle with vulnerability and at the same time, totally understandable. We live in a culture which values individuality and ‘strength’ and learning how to rely on others and receive is a great big work to be done at the end of life when there is no choice. How have you practiced receiving today????? 💜 @mindfulmft
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This is, for many of us, the dream: unfettered commitment to externalizing our innards without concern for any gaze but our own. Reclaiming one’s time, you could say. But it requires nothing short of a battle.
from When a hobby becomes a job by Marian Bull
loving the process
brilliantly funny, always authentic, and full of essential and glorious and relatable humanity
from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Samantha Irby!
descriptions of people
Poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire explains how great ideas arise:

"Inspiration is merely the reward for working every day."

Source: Curiosites Esthetiques (1868)
from 3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking
loving the process
Obama's career advice for young people -- Just learn how to get stuff done. What I mean by that is I've seen at every level people who are very good at describing problems, people who are very sophisticated at explaining why something went wrong or why something can't get fixed. But, what I’m always looking for is, no matter how small the probl... See more

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

from Camus and Curren$y: Why I Preach Indie by Mark Sabino

from When a hobby becomes a job by Marian Bull

from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Samantha Irby!

from 3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking