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 more fear we have on the inside, the more our perception of the world is changed to a fearful, guarded expectancy. To the fearful person, this world is a terrifying place. To the angry person, this world is a chaos of frustration and vexation. To the guilty person, it is a world of temptation and sin, which they see everywhere. What we are hol
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from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender a book by David R. Hawkins by David R. Hawkins
My claim is that luxury goods are gradually becoming a noisier signal of one's position in society. This isn't to say that they don't still confer status — they clearly do. People still buy material items to signal their status. But because they've become a noisier signal over time, people are starting to signal their status with their beliefs and ... See more
from The Profile Interview: Author Rob Henderson on Why We Hold ‘Luxury Beliefs’ and Develop ‘Status Anxiety’
power structures and dynamics
Remember, people are often drawn to things that are done imperfectly. Whether it’s art, movies, or books, people tend to talk more about the flawed things that get stuck in their heads than they do the obvious, perfect things.

As Malcolm Gladwell says, “You want an aftertaste, and that comes from not everything being perfectly blended together.”
from The Profile: The parenting guru offering practical solutions & the player re-defining basketball
loving the process
Cowie posits fantasy as a “mise-en-scene of desire”: a setting forth of an elaborate scene of drawn-out pleasure, of almosts and near-misses, of denial and the controlling of masculine and feminine subject positions. In Cowe’s words, “fantasy depends not on particular objects, but on their setting out; and the pleasure of fantasy lies in the settin... See more
from You Only Like the Beginning of Things
Where we invest our time also has a Return on Energy (ROE).
from Return on Energy
reframing ROI
Awareness needs constant refreshing
from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being
I’ve spent my whole life finishing the sentence: It’s going to be ____________. Sometimes I’d say great, because I’d damn well make sure of it. Or I’d say really dangerous , because I had convinced myself that catastrophizing or dress rehearsing tragedy helped me feel a sense of preparedness. Now, all I can do is tell you, Here’s what we’re doing, ... See more
from Hard Seasons and Wild Hearts - Brené Brown by Brené Brown
Experience must be followed by reflective thought and an internal processing that links the experience with previous learning, transforming the learner’s previous understanding in some manner. Learning, therefore, takes place within a cycle that includes action, reflection, and application.
from Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice by Bruce Wrenn
"To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life."
from Image
living a creative life

from Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender a book by David R. Hawkins by David R. Hawkins

from The Profile Interview: Author Rob Henderson on Why We Hold ‘Luxury Beliefs’ and Develop ‘Status Anxiety’

from The Profile: The parenting guru offering practical solutions & the player re-defining basketball

from You Only Like the Beginning of Things

from Return on Energy

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from Hard Seasons and Wild Hearts - Brené Brown by Brené Brown

from Enhancing Learning by Integrating Theory and Practice by Bruce Wrenn

from Image