Natalie Audelo
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yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
Creating high density of not only people, but ideas and energy = serendipity and aliveness. Lewis Mumford writes that the primary purpose of the city is “to permit—indeed, to encourage—the greatest possible number of meetings, encounters, challenges, between varied persons and groups, providing as it were a stage upon which the drama of social life... See more
Imagination is our gift as a species to move purposefully towards what does not yet exist and walk willingly through the unknown to get there. It has a power to change what seems possible and so to shift what becomes possible. Moral imagination looks inward as much as it acts outward. It works with a long sense of time and opens its eyes to assumpt... See more
Three Callings for Your Life and for Our Time | The On Being Project
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
– William Fitzjames Oldham
– William Fitzjames Oldham
333 / Knowingness: a modern disease
The ease of technology has given us unrealistic expectations for our real lives. And in real life, someone or something will always come knocking on your door. You can let it drive you absolutely mad, or you can fling the door open and tell them how happy you are to see them.
By all means, do your work and decorate your room. You’ve been afforded t... See more
By all means, do your work and decorate your room. You’ve been afforded t... See more
Catherine Shannon • The fantasy of independence
If there were ever a time to get clear about who we are, it’s this one. We each have a unique part to play in this transformative moment. We must shed our skin and become more ourselves as we molt the ways of being that are no longer serving us. And that begins with clear vision. It falls to each of us to learn how to make medicine from poison. Thi... See more
Shedding Skin: The Year of the Wood Snake | Atmos
What a joy to know someone who truly walks their talk.
Undoing Individualism: Learning from Elizabeth Oldfield
Self-actualization means, at least partly, that you have designed a life that fits you—that allows you to express your human potential. And as I talked about in the last part, to make a good design, to find a fit, you need to perceive the context you are designing for clearly.
Henrik Karlsson • Henrik Karlsson | Substack
The four pillars of our approach are enabling meaningful interpersonal connection, facilitating participation to prime learning, sharing insights into scientific careers, and validating student competence and potential. According to data we collected in a post-course survey (Fig. 1), students attributed these strategies to helping them connect with... See more
More than just content: building community in the graduate classroom - Nature Biotechnology
Women are in the midst of a revolutionary reckoning with our ambitions. We’re not resigning en masse—because who can afford to quit her job in this economy?!—but we are trying to figure out a new set of goals and guidance for our professional lives. Thanks to long-simmering inequality and stubborn sexism, clarified by the pain of the pandemic, our ... See more