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.

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
Beautiful reminder to treat each other with great tenderness. Sending big love to everyone feeling the weight of grief. 💜 @rosemerry.trommer words via @alexmammadyarov
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Grief
The monotony of life contains a reservoir of ways to find relief, if we can only muster the courage and energy to dive in instead of opting out. If today you find yourself bored with your work—perhaps surfing around and reading some random essay on happiness—you may have just gotten a signal from the universe that it’s time for your spirit to evolv... See more
from Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully by Arthur C. Brooks
loving the process
"You must cultivate activities that you love. You must discover work that you do, not for its utility, but for itself, whether it succeeds or not, whether you are praised for it or not, whether you are loved and rewarded for it or not, whether people know about it and are grateful to you for it or not. How many activities can you count in your life... See more
from 3-2-1: The beauty of being an amateur, how to respond to a mistake, and finding work that grips your soul
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 saw something wonderful recently about how creatives should never apologize for taking the space to create. How wonderfully, stupidly obvious is that? Whether it’s your work or your pleasure, creating grounds us, fills us, lets the most alive parts of ourselves enter into the world to further germinate and flourish.
from In Kind on Monday: Working in "Airplane Mode" (and Not Apologizing)
Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, said the main motivation of his life was, “To be a good ancestor.”
loving the process
Impatience is an argument with reality - Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin and patience
I think this is probably an experience that many, many, particularly women but probably others feel, is the sense of loss of who we essentially are because of the requirements of what we do. And so I think a lot of people were really funny, and I think a lot of people were really silly, and I think a lot of people were really playful.
from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238
Women In Business

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

from Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully by Arthur C. Brooks

from 3-2-1: The beauty of being an amateur, how to respond to a mistake, and finding work that grips your soul

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

from In Kind on Monday: Working in "Airplane Mode" (and Not Apologizing)

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238