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.

In the early 20th century, Rilke wrote a wonderful series of letters to a young poet in which he counseled, "Be patient with all that is unresolved in your heart." He said, "Try to love the questions themselves as though they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language." He said, "Don't try to reach for the answers which could not... See more
from Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness by Krista Tippett
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cool concepts
Imagine you are at the end of your life and you are granted the ability to repeat one day. Which period of your life do you choose to repeat? Which phase of life would you want to go back to? Does that tell you anything about how you should be spending your time today?
from 3-2-1: On managing expectations, and the importance of trial and error
good questions
Letting go is not difficult—processing loss is.

from Simplify Simplify Simplify

in my (not so fun) feels

I’m uncomfortable with the idea of going public, but only because I haven’t been practicing. I guess I have to suck it up and accept that my practice now entails growing my capacity to deal with the unknown variables of other people even more than I already have.

from Hurry Slowly

on being seen

As the years unfold, you’ll see that all your questions aren’t so urgent. The only ones to care about are the ones you’ll never answer. And you don’t have to get caught up in your plans as you did when you were in your twenties.

from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!

loving the process

Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life

by Shaun Usher

news.lettersofnote.com

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Life and

When Amabile analyzed 12,000 diary entries of employees from a variety of industries, she found that 76% of people reported that their best days involved making progress toward goals.

from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak

how to build trust

But with less separation between art and commerce, Montgomery says, “there’s some self-censorship that happens. If you’re a little too knowledgeable about PR, you start to become way too aware of things like posting schedules, and it’s impossible to be punk anymore.”

from Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. by Rebecca Jennings

No matter how much wisdom you gain from the pages of your favorite author, if you haven’t experienced the visceral events that led to that wisdom yourself, then it’s just knowledge. Sure, you can leverage the hard-earned wisdom of others to help you, but understanding only happens when you earn that wisdom in the tumultuous arena of real life.

from Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness by Krista Tippett

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