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 call these experiences our dark teachers. The lessons that hurt, scare, scar, wound, and almost destroy us are very often the things that make us who we are because they require us to muster what we thought we could not muster—courage, compassion, kindness, forgiveness, love, resilience, strength, generosity of spirit, ferocity of heart. The time... See more
from Happy Anniversary to This
Self-explanation practices deepen conceptual understanding by making connections with related concepts and elaborating on learned concepts by asking why or how questions. For example, when learning about a circuit model of a neuron, a student could deepen their understanding by going beyond solving a problem to consider the meaning of one part of t... See more
from Help Students Retain, Organize and Integrate Knowledge | Teaching + Learning Lab
Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.

David Foster Wallace,
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from carry yourself lightly by Nix 🕊
loving the process
When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.
from Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
building great work cultures
Out of all the “regulars” I’ve interacted with in all the places I’ve worked, the strongest bonds have always been with the people that made me feel safe to be myself no matter what emotional state I was in.
from Community in Capitalism
how to build trust and a practical guide to connecting with others
feeling safe in someone’s presence >
Even IRL socializing becomes a numbers game, where networking and schmoozing become the standard and everything needs to be a Brand Actvation or pop-up or pseudo- Community event with 3 fliers. True, quality intimacy seems to be going the way of cursive handwriting.
from It’s All Sweetgreen by Mark Sabino
branding and building a new world
The sense of connectedness and compassion characteristic of individuals with high levels of personal mastery naturally leads to a broader vision. Without it, all the subconscious visualizing in the world is deeply self-centered—simply a way to get what I want. Individuals committed to a vision beyond their self-interest find they have energy not av
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from The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
becoming an electric and magnetic being
I think our competitive aim is always been... This is going to sound like very basic but it’s true. It’s just we do what we say we’re going to do when we say we’re going to do it. We just try to practice extreme reliability. And it’s an accruing advantage because the more people know that you’ll do what you say you’re going to do, you’re going to t... See more
from Brent Beshore – Building And Growing A Competitive Advantage At Permanent Equity – Ep. 76 - Searchfunder
I believe that new ideas are born from demand. They are born from the courage and patience required to sit in the uncomfortable void of Not This while humbly waiting for an answer.
from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco

from Happy Anniversary to This

from Help Students Retain, Organize and Integrate Knowledge | Teaching + Learning Lab

from carry yourself lightly by Nix 🕊

from Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

from Community in Capitalism

from It’s All Sweetgreen by Mark Sabino

from The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge

from Brent Beshore – Building And Growing A Competitive Advantage At Permanent Equity – Ep. 76 - Searchfunder

from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco