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.

These folks are the guardians of the party’s communal energy. Their charisma is mature and thoughtful, not narcissistic. They can subtly refine and recalibrate social dynamics by introducing strangers, tweaking the lights, or suggesting the next activity—all without stealing focus from the moment itself. They’re observant, present, and able to reco... See more
from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei
the art of gathering and qualities i admire
loving the process
I have been thinking a lot about the continued and increasing lack of importance being placed on the idea of conversation , things over the past few years can feel so transactional. Thing is, like everyone, I love the one-way form of conversation that exists via the abundance (and abundance of forms) of content that is out there that drives me to c... See more
from Chris Kaskie, Varyer by Thought Enthusiast
She is a maestro of self-determination, of writing her own story
from TIME's Person of the Year 2023
building my own language library
Answers rise or fall to the questions they meet. And it is a deep, deep truth in science as in life that at any given moment we are being shaped as much by the questions we're carrying as by the answers we have it in us to give. Those moments when a new question rises up in us, stops us in our tracks, those are pivot points. Those are moments when ... See more
from Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness by Krista Tippett
loving the process
I have always loved and learned from @wendymac’s work. In the very early days of the pandemic, she was one of the first artists to offer free virtual daily drawing practice to everyone — especially kids — sheltered in place. Posting her drawing practice as a small act of seeing. It’s been a horrific week plus. As a generous host, to practice protection as well as connection, I’m turning the comments off for a period. Social media is creating even more separation. One antidote to horror is connection. Sending love. Thank you, @wendymac for reminding us to see each other. Not what we expect to see. But the stranger in front of us. Via @nytopinion
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loving the process
Prentis Hemphill's definition of embodiment—the understanding of what is habituated in us; the process of becoming more aware of and practiced in our behaviors.
from Baila turns one, part 2.
relationship with self
One of the fundamental choices that you face on Earth is the degree to which you’ll pursue deeper but riskier fulfillment or practice avoidance that exempts you from bad feelings but leaves you bereft of good ones.
from You Are You. We Live Here. This is Now. by Freddie deBoer
loving the process

from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei

from Chris Kaskie, Varyer by Thought Enthusiast

from TIME's Person of the Year 2023

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

from Baila turns one, part 2.

from You Are You. We Live Here. This is Now. by Freddie deBoer