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.

I have often found myself wondering what it is I could possibly add to such a capable place, so I listen for what this community needs. I commit to perpetually tuning myself to this question and orienting my actions around the answers I find. I commit to de-centering myself, removing ego, and eradicating saviorism in this exploration. I commit to b... See more
from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker
loving the process and good advice
Very few people really have their own opinion. Very often, their opinion is just the opinion of someone else. Perfectly prepared, warmed up and served medium well.
I'm not above this, and I'd argue not many people are. All our opinions are shaped by other peoples' opinion. It's how this all works. The question is just, how many opinions do I require
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loving the process
Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We ar
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from The Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu
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
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare." –Muhammad Ali
the process = small consistent actions x patience
loving the process and nat's integrated learnings
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
from More than just content: building community in the graduate classroom - Nature Biotechnology
We need to stop fearing boredom and be comfortable with what is going on around us, whether it’s exciting or not. This is an argument made eloquently by my colleague Ellen Langer, who defines mindfulness as the practice of actively noticing new things. You can do that only when you are not distracting yourself.
from Eight Ways to Banish Misery by Arthur C. Brooks
Mindfulness and Benefits of Boredom
Most of the time, bad habits are simply a way of dealing with stress and boredom.
from How to Break a Bad Habit and Replace It With a Good One by James Clear
loving the process

from Call me a homebody. by Izabella Zucker

from The Tyranny of Convenience by Tim Wu

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

from More than just content: building community in the graduate classroom - Nature Biotechnology

from Eight Ways to Banish Misery by Arthur C. Brooks

from How to Break a Bad Habit and Replace It With a Good One by James Clear