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 think of as each of us having built up an intangible asset over the previous chapters of our lives, a distributed reservoir of credibility that is held in trust by your friends, mentors, and former colleagues. Your task is now to convert that intangible asset into a tangible asset
from Letter to a friend who may start a new investment platform by Graham Duncan
The only things I allow myself to feel regret about are past food, clothing, and hair choices. Everything else, I think of as part of my path, my journey. All the steps we’ve taken have led us to where we are. For some reason, in this culture, we always want to win, be right, comfortable, and happy. There is, however, tremendous value in losing, in... See more
from Nana-Ama Danquah Tells Us
loving the process and in my (not so fun) feels
A number of psychological theories have been advanced to explain chronic worry. One of the most prominent is called the avoidance model, which explains how worry can become obsessive and intrusive in our lives. This model argues that inveterate worriers replace thoughts of clear outcomes of problems, especially potentially catastrophic ones, with a... See more
from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks
in my (not so fun) feels
I’ve spent my whole life finishing the sentence: It’s going to be ____________. Sometimes I’d say great, because I’d damn well make sure of it. Or I’d say really dangerous , because I had convinced myself that catastrophizing or dress rehearsing tragedy helped me feel a sense of preparedness. Now, all I can do is tell you, Here’s what we’re doing, ... See more
from Hard Seasons and Wild Hearts - Brené Brown by Brené Brown
good marketing
Anxiety, of which worry is a component, is essentially just unfocused fear.
from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks
One of the things that surprised me the most was to see that for any piece of work being shared, designers would put together a keynote deck for it. It could be the smallest thing, like a quick look at the latest work progression, or big presentations, of course. At Apple, designers use the power of storytelling to influence others, instead of just
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from What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple by Andrea Pacheco
building great work cultures
Sometimes, when I’m feeling especially brutal about something I’ve done or failed to do, I imagine I’m one of my own girlfriends, someone I love and who loves me in a way that’s expansive and forgiving. Then I reassess whatever I’m being mean about, through her borrowed POV, or by way of asking – what if she’d done or failed at this thing, how woul... See more
from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us

from Letter to a friend who may start a new investment platform by Graham Duncan

from Nana-Ama Danquah Tells Us

from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks

from Hard Seasons and Wild Hearts - Brené Brown by Brené Brown

from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks

from What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple by Andrea Pacheco

from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us