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.

The most sustainable and potent motivation is experiencing joy and curiosity within an activity. Cultivate joy for exercise and fascination with fitness to remove the need for constant external motivation.
from Exploring Our Why by Sam Sager
loving the process
“I’m just thinking that ... nobody goes for a walk without there being something that supports that walk outside of ourselves. And that maybe we have a false idea that the able-bodied person is somehow radically self-sufficient.”
from The Myth of Self-Reliance - The Paris Review by Jenny Odell
The Dinner Party Labs 2023 FINAL.pdf
drive.google.com
experiments in community + co-living
Then I started thinking about all the other important “nodal points'' (I don’t know what else to call this) of people, places, books, albums, websites, etc. that all played a part in shaping who I am as a person and what I think is important. These points are a combination of seeking things out myself and getting a recommendation that felt like it ... See more
from On Motivation | Are.na Editorial
loving the process
Organizations that share their “flight plans” with employees reduce uncertainty about where they are headed and why. Ongoing communication is key: A 2015 study of 2.5 million manager-led teams in 195 countries found that workforce engagement improved when supervisors had some form of daily communication with direct reports.
from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak
how to build trust
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in w
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from Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova by Anna Quindlen
loving the process
So philanthropy under this rubric is not about creating sanctuaries from or alternatives to the demands of capitalism. The benevolence, if you can call it that, is in giving people from the underclass a chance to succeed by its rules. With, of course, very patronizing and constraining surveillance from the funder. It’s neoliberal brainworms all the... See more
from The Problems of Modern Philanthropy
power structures and dynamics
loving the process and redefining success
At the same time, a crush is beautiful because it’s a little unrealistic, because you see the very best in someone even when they’re flawed. One might argue that even a casual crush is a bit selfish—a way to project positive qualities onto someone, and to get the glowy excitement that comes with that, without really seeing them in all of their diff... See more
from A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself by Faith Hill

from Exploring Our Why by Sam Sager

from The Myth of Self-Reliance - The Paris Review by Jenny Odell

The Dinner Party Labs 2023 FINAL.pdf

from On Motivation | Are.na Editorial

from The Neuroscience of Trust by Paul J. Zak

from Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova by Anna Quindlen

from The Problems of Modern Philanthropy

from A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself by Faith Hill