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.

We have a public imagination that cannot conceive of what exactly to do with children, especially smart children. We fail to properly respect them through adolescence, so we have engineered them to be useless, and so they shuffle through a decade of busywork. Partly, the length of schooling has increased simply because it could—because we no longer
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from School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris
Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice
Enhancing learning by integrating theory and practice in professional degree programs, with a focus on a Social Work course in Death and Grief.
by Bruce Wrenn
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I also think a lot about the old, iconic structures around the world that have stood the test of time and, in many cases, where we aren’t quite sure of all the details of how they were constructed. Marvels like the Colosseum, Roman aqueducts, or the Great Wall. Incredible architectural feats that were, by necessity, built to last and built slowly –... See more
from Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures) by Mario Gabriele
going slow
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
redefining success and building a new world
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loving the process
I’ve been teaching creative writing for many years. And teaching writing is a weird thing, because it’s not just about helping students master a subject. It’s really about helping them discover what stories they’re meant to tell, how best to tell those stories, and how to overcome the inhibitions that inevitably arise when we seize the mantle of na... See more
from Steve Almond Tells Us
the art of writing
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
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
Human anxiety comes from unpredictable environments and fear of anticipated pain.
in my (not so fun) feels

from School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris

Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice

from Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures) by Mario Gabriele

from Steve Almond Tells Us

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238

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