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.

loving the process
“It’s not singlehood, dear friend, that hurts; it’s not casual sex, the fluidity of our bonds, nor their ephemeral nature that causes pain.” Rather, it’s the way that power operates in relationships. Desire isn’t a spontaneous, apolitical passion; it’s shaped by the world around us, and by what we’ve been taught to value. Romance operates like a ma... See more
from Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work? by Hannah Giorgis
power structures and dynamics
That labor amounts to constant self-promotion in the form of cheap trend-following, ever-changing posting strategies, and the nagging feeling that what you are really doing with your time is marketing, not art. Under the tyranny of algorithmic media distribution, artists, authors — anyone whose work concerns itself with what it means to be human — ... See more
from Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. by Rebecca Jennings
“The modern man is always claiming a self-sufficiency which he is unable to achieve. He constantly compares himself with other people and, afraid that they might be superior, he secretly copies their manners and borrows their desires.”
from René Girard, mimetic desire, and society's biggest rat race by Leo Nasskau
A big problem with bubbles is the reflexive association between wealth and wisdom, so a bunch of crazy ideas are taken seriously because a temporarily rich person said it.
from A Few Laws of Getting Rich by Morgan Housel
I used to have these elaborate theories that maybe there was something about the movement of the body and the water that magically sparked a deeper consciousness. But I’ve really come to realize the obvious thing, which is that these are simply the most unburdened spaces in my life, the moments in which I have the greatest uninterrupted intimacy wi... See more
from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova
People are too conscious about choosing the ‘right’ thing that signifies their taste level, or who they are as a person.

“And I get it, sometimes I say, ‘What’s the white tee I should buy?’ instead of, ‘This is what I want to spend and here’s what looks good on me.’ Same with ingredients — ‘Here’s what tastes good to me, f**k what anyone else recom... See more
from Everyone's disrupting and it's exhausting by Blackbird Spyplane
on taste
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
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

from Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work? by Hannah Giorgis

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

from René Girard, mimetic desire, and society's biggest rat race by Leo Nasskau

from A Few Laws of Getting Rich by Morgan Housel

from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova

from Everyone's disrupting and it's exhausting by Blackbird Spyplane

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238

from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak