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.

Sometimes, when I’m feeling especially brutal about something I’ve done or failed to do, I imagine I’m one of my own girlfriends, someone I love and who loves me in a way that’s expansive and forgiving. Then I reassess whatever I’m being mean about, through her borrowed POV, or by way of asking – what if she’d done or failed at this thing, how woul... See more
from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us
Millions of people — and white people in particular — would rather endure physical isolation, generalized loneliness, caregiving exhaustion, and financial precarity than relinquish some of their societal power. That’s a far less optimistic foundational myth than individualism. But it’s a far more honest one.
from The Dark Heart of Individualism
power structures and dynamics
The community opportunity often lies in creating an experience that has nothing to do with your topic (ie. a hiking trip for accountants). Our default is to do something focused on the topic like a “talk” or “course” or “discussion group” but sometimes, just having them do something fun together is much more effective. The goal is to get your membe... See more
from The Annual Life Review by David Spinks
on building community
The best executive recruiting in the world starts with you — what you are great at and what you want — and maps that to what the company is looking for.
from Fit
building great work cultures and building great teams
What are you unwilling to feel?
from How to Do Hard Things
questions i keep coming back to
I think that one of the things, again, my son has been such a blessing to me over the past couple of years because I think that is an example of I almost missed him. I was so focused on solving him and preparing the path for him with his ADHD and his challenges there that I was exerting my efficacy on his life, and I almost didn’t know him. And he’... See more
from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238
Life and
If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters.
from The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
Defining time well spent for yourself is one of the most important tasks of going day to day in this life.
As the world grows increasingly fractured, taking the time to engage with strangers has become even more important. The artist and graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton has created a simple but powerful way for people to connect in an isolated world.

In this audio essay, she shares how she brings people together by having them draw each other in publ... See more
from Opinion | A Deceptively Simple Way to Rebuild Trust in Scary Times
cool concepts

from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us

from The Dark Heart of Individualism

from The Annual Life Review by David Spinks

from Fit

from How to Do Hard Things

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238

from The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius

from Opinion | A Deceptively Simple Way to Rebuild Trust in Scary Times