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 don't know where I'm going, but I know exactly how to get there."

I recently heard this quote from Boyd Varty. It spoke to me, because one of my greatest fears is not getting to where I want to be. Not because I don't think I'll get there, but because I don't know where "there" is. I don't know what I want to be , do or accomplish . I don't know ... See more
from What's in my NOW? — Larissa Fernandes
what do i want?
The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw th
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from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen
Only that nothing works out the way you plan, which is a blessing every hour. Life always takes a different form, if only because life will always be more imaginative — deeper, wiser, more surprising — than you are.
from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!
loving the process
"Big wins tend to be accompanied by some combination of bigger decisions, more uncertainty, and greater risk.

If you want to play at a higher level, you need to be comfortable with greater swings of highs and lows: mentally, emotionally, financially.

You can avoid the swings, but you might be forced to play at a lower level."
from 3-2-1: Two rules for life, the power of reputation, and the peace of wild things
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
The world can feel very out of control, especially for younger people. And controlling your own body is a coping mechanism. Part of the solution, if there is one, is to educate about this. There's so much out there right now about diet culture, and no one is really talking about beauty culture in the same way.

At the same time, a lot of this would b... See more
from Is it Possible to Resist the Pressures of the Beauty Industry? — Gloria by Leslie Price
power structures and dynamics
Innovation in a caring society must not only generate profit but create better outcomes for everyone. This is possible, but it requires care for people and planet to be valued as highly as capital – and for wellbeing to be incentivised as much as shareholder return.
from Sunshine Machines: Towards a Feminist Future of Digital Care by Rachel Coldicutt
building a new world
Embracing embodied exercise is taking the courageous step to welcome the full breadth of our experiences and unlock the full power of our bodies. The way we approach activities like exercise is often how we live our lives. We can grind through it chasing external accomplishments and rushing to the next milestone. Or, we can deeply connect to our ow... See more
from Discovering Joy Through Embodied Exercise by Sam Sager
loving the process
In choosing how we are in the world, we shape our experience of that world, our contribution to it. We shape our world, our inner world, our outer world, which is really the only one we’ll ever know. And to me, that’s the substance of the spiritual journey. That’s not an exasperating idea but an infinitely emboldening one.
from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Krista Tippett
Modern spirituality

from What's in my NOW? — Larissa Fernandes

from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen

from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!

from 3-2-1: Two rules for life, the power of reputation, and the peace of wild things

from The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius

from Is it Possible to Resist the Pressures of the Beauty Industry? — Gloria by Leslie Price

from Sunshine Machines: Towards a Feminist Future of Digital Care by Rachel Coldicutt

from Discovering Joy Through Embodied Exercise by Sam Sager

from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Krista Tippett