Purpose in Progress
Creative Connection for Purpose Driven Groups
Purpose in Progress is an immersive, story-driven workshop designed to help you release the pressure of "figuring it all out" and instead embrace the unfolding journey of your purpose. Led by creative entrepreneur and founder Leah Beach, this experience begins with her raw, honest account of how personal growth, failure, and a shifting sense of purpose ultimately saved the organization she built from scratch.
Through Leah’s journey, you’ll be invited to get out of your own way—redefining purpose not as something to chase, but something to live, one spark at a time. From there, you’ll be guided through a powerful creative visualization to connect with your current purpose, followed by a collaborative painting experience within small groups, set to immersive sound.
As each group’s painting is brought to the front of the room, you’ll witness a stunning moment: all of the pieces fitting together into one unified masterpiece. This final reveal is a living metaphor—each of us is a different brush, a different color, a different expression of purpose. And together, we create something far greater than any of us could alone.
Purpose in Progress is a 2-hour immersive experience designed to take participants on a powerful journey through storytelling, reflection, visualization, and collaborative creation.
How it Works
The Founder’s Journey
The workshop opens with a powerful 30-minute visual storytelling session, where Leah shares the raw, unfiltered truth of her journey—from jumping on a plane to Africa to document dementia care, to walking away from her global project, to building a nonprofit from the ground up with no roadmap, only to face burnout, loss, and the unexpected rebirth of her purpose.
Through this deeply personal narrative, Leah challenges the myth that purpose is a single destination. Instead, she reveals how it evolves—shaped by our failures, pivots, and growth. This opening moment invites participants into a space of honesty, reflection, and connection, setting the emotional foundation for everything that follows.
Purpose Reframed
The slideshow journey ends with the participants guided to reframe how they think about purpose—from something to figure out, to something they already carry within them.
Leah offers insights and tools based on her experience to offer participants ideas of ways to “get out of their way” and follow what lights them up, not just for personal gain but to move humanity forward.
*This is not any type of therapy or mental health related. Leah is not a licensed therapist or mental health professional.
Next, Leah guides participants through a 10-minute calming and creative visualization, helping each person connect with their current sense of purpose—whatever that looks like to them (and there are no wrong answers.)
It’s a moment of stillness designed to quiet the noise, spark clarity, and ground participants more deeply in the experience ahead. No fluff, no woo—just space for them to listen to themselves.
Guided Visualization
Participants are placed into groups of 8-10 before the creative visualization, and after they finish that portion, they are easily instructed to create a collaborative painting (you’ll have to see for yourself). Participants will have to stand and move around the table.
During this process, Leah incorporates a sound immersion experience to deepen connection, encourage flow, and foster group synergy. This hands-on activity allows the group to create an abstract collaborative painting in only 15 minutes.
Collaborative Creation
After 15 minutes of painting, all participants are instructed to stop, and a representative brings their canvas to the front of the room.
One by one, the paintings are placed together to reveal a larger, cohesive masterpiece—symbolizing how each person’s unique purpose contributes to something far greater than themselves.
This final moment is a powerful visual metaphor about the importance of how all of our purposes come together, leaving a lasting impact!
The Big Reveal
The workshop ends with a short 10-15 minute group reflection, during which participants are invited to share insights and are all encouraged to commit to one small action toward their evolving purpose.
The paintings take about 2 hours to dry and upon completion are cut into pieces so all of the participants can take their piece of the experience home with them.
Closing Reflection
What do people get out of this?
A Reframed Understanding of Purpose
They’ll leave with a new perspective on purpose—not as something to chase or “figure out,” but as something that evolves and unfolds as they do.
A Deep Sense of Self-Connection
Through guided visualization and creative reflection, participants reconnect with what lights them up right now, giving them clarity and confidence in their current season of life.
Tools to Get Unstuck
By hearing Leah’s raw, real founder story, participants will gain practical insight on how to get out of their own way and take aligned action—even when the path ahead is unclear.
Creative Expression & Collaboration
They’ll experience the joy and power of co-creating something meaningful with others through collaborative painting—no artistic skill needed.
A Tangible Reminder of Collective Purpose
The final moment, where all paintings come together to form a larger piece, leaves participants with a visual and emotional reminder that their unique role matters in something far greater.
Renewed Inspiration to Lead, Create, or Serve
Whether they’re leading a team, a family, or just trying to find the next step, they’ll walk away reconnected to why they do what they do—and what comes next.
Connection Between Each Other
The shared experience fosters authentic connection between participants—reminding everyone that while our purposes may differ, we’re never alone in the journey.
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FAQs
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The workshop experience starts at $2500. For larger groups and further travel the experience cost increases.
Leah is happy to support seeking funds to cover her cost and can be helpful in grant pursuits.
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The sooner the better. Leah is a busy lady and we request that you book at least two weeks in advance.
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Once we agree on an experience, we will send you an event contract for both parties to sign. 50% deposit must be made at the time time of booking with the other 50% paid within 7 days of the workshop date.
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The space where this is delivered must have the ability for the lights to be dimmed. The first part is a slideshow (we can bring a projector/screen), which requires a dark space. Part of the painting experience requires the lights to be dimmed and brightened. We have a balloon light if the lights are not on a dimmer.
The experience requires participants to be set up at round or rectangular tables in groups of 8-10 people seated. This experience is best for groups of 50 people or more.
We do use acrylic paint! We put plastic coverings on the tables and can put them on the floor if there is carpet. We never have issues with people getting paint on themselves, but we have aprons if they want them.
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This works best if there are at least (5) groups of 8-10 people. We suggest a minimum of 40 people for the experience. If you have a smaller group 25-39, we can amend the experience to everyone creating one large painting instead of smaller paintings coming together. This is not a good activity for groups of less than 25 people.
Depending on the space, we can accommodate larger groups, but we try to keep it around 100 or fewer people for a more intimate.experience.
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Besides a cool piece of art for them to hold one to…
A Reframed Understanding of Purpose
They’ll leave with a new perspective on purpose—not as something to chase or “figure out,” but as something that evolves and unfolds as they do.A Deep Sense of Self-Connection
Through guided visualization and creative reflection, participants reconnect with what lights them up right now, giving them clarity and confidence in their current season of life.Tools to Get Unstuck
By hearing Leah’s raw, real founder story, participants will gain practical insight on how to get out of their own way and take aligned action—even when the path ahead is unclear.Creative Expression & Collaboration
They’ll experience the joy and power of co-creating something meaningful with others through collaborative painting—no artistic skill needed.A Tangible Reminder of Collective Purpose
The final moment, where all paintings come together to form a larger piece, leaves participants with a visual and emotional reminder that their unique role matters in something far greater.Renewed Inspiration to Lead, Create, or Serve
Whether they’re leading a team, a family, or just trying to find the next step, they’ll walk away reconnected to why they do what they do—and what comes next.Connection Between Each Other
The shared experience fosters authentic connection between participants—reminding everyone that while our purposes may differ, we’re never alone in the journey.
This experience was the perfect team-building activity for our staff. Leah facilitated an activity that allowed staff who don’t usually get to work together to have an immersive art experience. We walked away from our team building activity with both a new appreciation for art and creativity – but more importantly, we were able to make deep and memorable connections with our coworkers
— Cortney Stewart - Deputy Director - State of Delaware Office of Budget Management
