Beyond the Box: Where Alignment Meets Imagination

A playful, creative experience to explore the boxes we build, reconnect with possibility, and imagine a more aligned way forward. Beyond the Box: Where Alignment Meets Imagination What if the boxes you’ve been trying so hard to think outside of… were never really there in the first place? Beyond the Box: Where Alignment Meets Imagination is an interactive experience that blends creativity, curiosity, play, and personal discovery. Led by Leslie Tankersley Arboleda of Aligned Living & Leadership and Lara Galante of Find Your Inner Parakeet, this experience invites you to explore the invisible “boxes” we build around ourselves: the expectations we inherit, the identities we outgrow, the rules we follow, and the assumptions we rarely stop to question. And we’re not just going to talk about boxes. You’ll create one. Through a playful mini-collage experience, you’ll decorate a box that is uniquely yours while exploring what your own box might represent. What have you placed inside it? What have you kept outside? Which parts were intentionally designed by you, and which were built from someone else’s expectations of who you should be? No artistic experience is necessary. In fact, perfection is definitely not invited. Come ready to cut, paste, play, laugh, reflect, and perhaps see yourself and your possibilities a little differently. Because sometimes the most powerful question isn’t: “How do I think outside the box?” It’s: “Who built the box in the first place?” You may be surprised by what becomes possible when alignment meets imagination. All supplies are provided. Just bring yourself, your curiosity, and a willingness to play.