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.

Allowances — for grief, for pain, for childbirth, for illness — have been so hard to come by, I think, because we discount the body. Worse, we hold it in contempt compared to the mind, a proxy for religious spirit, so that the reality and risk of cruelty and brutalization are minimized and ignored.
from The Resilience Myth
the body keeps score and in my (not so fun) feels
Humans fear, most of all, the loss of the capacity to experience.
from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender a book by David R. Hawkins by David R. Hawkins
There’s also something to be said about collating and curating in the slow writing process—facts, knowledge, smells, descriptions, stories, passport stamps, headlines—until the collection becomes part of the transformation process. Through acute and critical attention, away from the drive of production, toward the singularity of studying a branch, ... See more
from A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing
loving the process
When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.
from Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
building great work cultures
But having an enviable career is one thing, and being a happy person is another.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is o... See more
from Calvin and Hobbes at Martijn's - Bill Watterson by web.mit.edu
loving the process
from The New Stack of Entertainment, Tensions of the AI Age, & Navigating Cambrian Explosions by Scott Belsky
building a new world
if you know me, you know that #richardpowers is one of my favorite authors. his pulitzer-prize winning novel #theoverstory was a formative text for me, one that has informed so much of my work with @atmos. we were already working on volume 06: beyond when i saw that his next book was about an astrobiologist looking for life in space as well as the meaning of it here on earth. i knew that it would be a perfect fit for the issue. i read it in two days and i was right. the stars aligned and we were able to have a conversation about it, one that left me with a single word: #bewilderment. link is in outer space which is to say my bio ✨ special thanks to @michael.hauptman for the out-of-this-world photos and for the amazing team that brought this issue to life: @jakesarge @ranatoofanian @lolabe @anthonybones_ @tessaforrest @yessfun @mgregory7 @michellegolden. more to come 🪐
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Everything Is Connected and Kinship
From The Lily comics archives: Why are adult friendships so hard to make (and keep)? “It can be really difficult to find someone who vibes with you,” writes cartoonist @kagwheeler. Plus, she continues, “We may not have the same opportunities to make new friends that were available to us in school or at that terrible bar gig.” Read more through the link in our bio. #wapocomics
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building a new world and friendship

from The Resilience Myth

from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender a book by David R. Hawkins by David R. Hawkins

from A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing

from Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

from Calvin and Hobbes at Martijn's - Bill Watterson by web.mit.edu

from The New Stack of Entertainment, Tensions of the AI Age, & Navigating Cambrian Explosions by Scott Belsky