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.

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green flags and qualities i admire
But it’s standard in the way that — the way that I get to work with artists is like we’re friends hanging out and talking about whatever comes up. And through that, things get unlocked that allow writing and performances to be more closer to the core. And that’s the goal with all of this.
from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
According to research from 2020 in the journal Behavior Therapy , 91 percent of the things studied participants worried about did not come to pass. This means that for every bad thing that happens, chronic worriers suffer for 10. If nothing else, this is a colossal waste of valuable time, and we should all find ways to avoid it.
from How to Worry Less and Be Happier by Arthur C. Brooks
in my (not so fun) feels
About half of my friends kind of hate their jobs, so they're moderately unhappy most of the time, but never unhappy enough to leave. This is the mediocrity trap : situations that are bad-but-not-too-bad keep you forever in their orbit because they never inspire the frustration it takes to achieve escape velocity.

The mediocrity trap is a nasty way t... See more
from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni
the mediocrity trap
Your premise is the specific, defensible purpose for a project or your overall platform, pulled from your personal vision for your audience . Most work is too generic to resonate, too forgettable to become anyone’s favorite. But by developing our premise — and forcing ourselves to test just how differentiated it truly feels to others — we stand a g... See more
from How to Differentiate Your Ideas: The XY Premise Pitch by Jay Acunzo
If Nike announced that they were opening a hotel, you’d have a pretty good guess about what it would be like. But if Hyatt announced that they were going to start making shoes, you would have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what those shoes would be like. That’s because Nike owns a brand and Hyatt simply owns real estate.
from The elegance of nothing
"There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to be... See more
loving the process
Human anxiety comes from unpredictable environments and fear of anticipated pain.
in my (not so fun) feels
stories trapped in my cells, emotions in my fascia: there was information hidden in my body, and I didn’t know it.
from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube
the body keeps score

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

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

from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni

from How to Differentiate Your Ideas: The XY Premise Pitch by Jay Acunzo

from The elegance of nothing

from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube