Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
There is this idea I return to all the time, talk about all the time, that comes from a quote by one of our late elders, Eddie Benton Banai. He said that to live an Anishinaabe life, to live according to our Seven Grandfather teachings, is to live a life where every footstep becomes a prayer. Isn’t that beautiful? You know how when you walk through... See more
Becoming Little Shell
Encounters with strangers can be a humbling reminder of the vastness of the world and of each other, the impossible-feeling truth that each one of us contains an entire universe of inner life and a singular perspective, that as a species we have an incredible capacity for kindness, cruelty, courage and creativity.
Sophie McBain • The big idea: why we should spend more time talking to strangers
Being trusted to figure things out is a big motivator: A 2014 Citigroup and LinkedIn survey found that nearly half of employees would give up a 20% raise for greater control over how they work.
Paul J. Zak • The Neuroscience of Trust
In filling the well, think magic. Think delight. Think fun. Do not think duty. Do not do what you should do—spiritual sit-ups like reading a dull but recommended critical text. Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery. A mystery draws us in, leads us on, lures us. (A duty may numb us out, turn us off, tune us... See more
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Culture, in compelling but unspoken ways, dictates the proven, acceptable methods by which members of the group address recurrent problems. And culture defines the priority given to different types of problems. It can be a powerful management tool.
hbr.org • How Will You Measure Your Life?
Dear Love, what would you have me know about how to build a new world?... See more
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Oh honey, you ambitious little fire ant! You don’t have to build a new world! There is already a world right here which we have built for you, and it is more of a playground than a battleground, if only you learn to see it the right way. Can you see the world as
LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Shannon Downey!
We will start to realize that being chained to your mobile phone is a low-status behavior, similar to smoking.
Max Fisher • The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World a book by Max Fisher
It’s not that there’s some metaphysical concept of beauty that rules the world — beauty is a human experience. It’s something that has to do with how humans react to the world and perceive the world. And it’s notoriously thought to be subjective, but it’s not entirely subjective. There’s a very rich history of art objects and music and what people... See more
On Being • Beauty as a Compass for Truth
we embody beauty when we recognize and notice it in the world. we are - in part -what we see and notice. we are - in whole - the experiences we integrate into our being. beauty is the act of embodying beautiful qualities from our world