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For those in the DMV area, Summer of Soul Expression includes six Sunday morning Creative Field Trips in parks throughout the Greater Baltimore area. Bring your journal, paints, laptop, book idea, or podcast notes and enjoy protected time to create alongside kindred spirits. Together, we'll make meaningful progress on the projects we've been putting on the back burner while savoring the magic of a creative summer in community.
WE BEGIN ON JUNE 30TH | BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL TODAY
SUMMER of SOUL EXPRESSION
WE BEGIN ON JUNE 30TH
The summer you stop saying, "I'll do it when life calms down."
A 6-week creative summer camp to help you stop putting yourself last, reconnect with your creativity, and finally make progress on the projects you've been longing to birth.
You don't need another productivity system.
You need time to play, permission to create, and a community that reminds you that your creative dreams matter.
This is your invitation to come back to yourself and make something meaningful this summer.
WHAT IS SOUL EXPRESSION?
“The passionate, authentic communication of your true self. It goes beyond logic or words, representing how you naturally bring your deepest essence, values, and creative energy into the world through art, relationships and everyday actions.”
-Sunil Panchal
A CREATIVE RETREAT WOVEN INTO YOUR REAL, FULL LIFE
If you're someone who…
- Keeps saying you're going to start the podcast, Substack, painting practice, or creative business "once things settle down", but somehow they never do.
- Misses the version of yourself who used to make things for the joy of it and wonders where she went
- Has journals full of ideas, screenshots of inspiration, and dozens of notes on your phone, but struggles to follow through because perfectionism keeps getting in the way
- Feels guilty spending time creating because there are always dishes to wash, emails to answer, people to care for, or work that feels more important
- Secretly wants a summer that feels spacious, playful, and nourishing instead of productive, optimized, and over-scheduled
- Is tired of consuming everyone else's ideas and is craving the experience of making something that feels like yours
Then Summer of Soul Expression was designed for you.
“In working with Elyse, I began to remember-find-rediscover my own resources of self-connection and trust in my life. It feels good to be able to access joy when I need it and to be joyous in a way that feels deeply true to me.”
MEENADCHI,
Author of Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication
“If you're someone who wants to learn more about yourself, wants to grow your leadership, wants to step fully into your power and be the boldest and bravest version of yourself, Elyse is an incredible guide and companion on that journey.”
MATTICE HAYNES,
The Art of Community LLC
“Working with Elyse through her 1:1 coaching program helped me begin a process of unfolding that has transformed my life. While I feel it was a very spiritual process, Elyse also has a wealth of practical knowledge that she shared to help me realize my goals.”
jOSIE CAMPBELL,
THE SWEET SPOT
SOUL EXPRESSION IS A PRACTICE
Many of us have been taught to treat creativity like a performance that we're supposed to nail on our first try.
And with all that pressure, you've likely held yourself back from taking action on the creations that are most important to you, because you didn't feel…
Confident enough.
Clear enough.
Inspired enough.
Certain enough.
I hate to be the one to break it to you…but that magical moment of “enoughness” is NEVER going to arrive.
Summer of Soul Expression is built around a simple idea:
As a creative being, your job is to create the conditions for inspiration to land and flow through you, so that you can make the unique impact that your soul is here to make.
Inspiration emerges from presence.
From slowing down long enough to hear yourself.
From treating creativity as a relationship, rather than a result.
Through joy, self-compassion, curiosity, courage, and connection, you'll practice returning to the living creative stream that's already alive within you.
"Inspiration is not some mysterious, unbidden cloud of smoke that descends upon you. It is a well-honed habit, a routine, and an active participation in the flow of life."
-TWYLA THARP
BECAUSE HERE'S THE TRUTH…
The projects that keep tugging at your heart don't go away.
They become tabs left open in your heart and your mind.
The book idea
The podcast
The business idea
The songs
The paintings
The community gatherings you've been dreaming about
Every time you tell yourself "now is not the right time" a little grief starts to build…
Not because you're lazy or undisciplined.
Because a part of you knows you're meant to create these things.
And it hurts to keep abandoning your creative impulses.
HERE'S WHAT I BELIEVE
I don't believe creative expression is something we earn after we've worked hard enough, healed enough, or finally gotten our lives together.
I don't believe we're meant to squeeze our creativity into whatever scraps of time and energy are left after caring for everyone else.
And I don't believe creativity should always become content, a business, or something that makes money.
I BELIEVE…
Creative expression is part of being FULLY alive.
Making things helps us remember who we are.
Play is a worthy and healing pursuit.
Creating in community makes us braver.
And I believe many of us aren't suffering from a lack of ideas.
We're suffering from a lack of permission, support, and protected space to actually bring those ideas to life.
That's why I created Summer of Soul Expression.
THIS SPACE IS FOR YOU IF…
You feel blocked, inconsistent, or disconnected from your creative flow.
You have creative ideas but struggle to follow through on them.
You want to feel motivated and inspired to create again.
You’re done waiting for the “right time” to create.
You want a gentler, more honest relationship with your creativity.
You’re craving structure that supports expression, not pressure that shuts it down.
THIS SPACE IS NOT FOR YOU IF…
You’re looking for a rigid system or step-by-step formula.
You want someone to tell you exactly what to make and when.
You’re not interested in exploring your inner creative landscape.
You want performance-based productivity, without emotional or energetic awareness.
You’re unwilling to slow down enough to actually hear yourself again.
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM DIFFERENT?
This isn't six weeks of sitting on Zoom talking about creativity.
You'll actually create.
Every Sunday, we'll gather for Creative Field Trips, cozy in-person sessions at parks, beautiful spaces in nature, where you'll finally have protected time to work on the things you've been putting off.
You'll leave each session having made real progress, not because someone forced you to be productive, but because you had support, accountability, and space to finally show up for yourself.
THE STRUCTURE
SIX ESSENTIAL PRACTICES FOR SOUL EXPRESSION
EACH WEEK INCLUDES:
💻 A live, virtual workshop
☀️ An in-person creative field trip
💫 A guided meditation
🌿 A plant ally
….and practical tools to help you embody a new way of relating to yourself, your creativity, and your life.
💫 VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
WEEKLY UNLEARNING PRACTICE
Tuesday | 7pm-8pm est (Virtual)
WEEK 1 - BE PRESENT 🧘🏽♀️
Practice: Being in the moment
So much creative energy is lost to rushing, multitasking, and living in a constant state of "what's next?"
This week, you'll practice slowing down, noticing what's here, and reconnecting with the richness of the present moment.
❌ Harmful Myth:
There isn't enough time to slow down. I have to keep moving just to stay afloat.
⭐️ Soulful Truth:
Your creative life deserves space. The more present you become, the more access you have to your intuition, inspiration, and creativity.
Week One: Desire - By the end of this week, you'll know what you're actually craving this summer—and choose one creative project you'd love to devote yourself to.
WEEK 2 - Be SOFT 🌸
Practice: Cultivating inner kindness
Many of us have been taught that pressure, criticism, and self-discipline are the keys to growth. This week invites a different path.
You'll learn to relate to yourself with greater compassion, patience, and care so that creativity can emerge from safety rather than force.
❌ Harmful Myth:
If I want to get things done, I need to push harder and be tougher on myself.
⭐️ Soulful Truth:
Creativity and growth flourish in environments of safety and support. The more nourished you feel, the more naturally inspiration flows.
Week Two: Care - By the end of this week, you'll have a more nourishing rhythm that supports your creativity instead of draining it.
WEEK 3 - Be Curious 🔍
Practice: Listening to your body's wisdom
Your body is constantly communicating with you through sensation, energy, emotion, and desire.
This week, you'll deepen your connection with your body's intelligence and learn to trust its guidance.
❌ Harmful Myth:
Growth and success requires overriding my body's needs.
⭐️ Soulful Truth:
Your body is one of your greatest sources of wisdom. The more deeply you listen, the more aligned your choices become.
Week Three: Respect - By the end of this week, you'll have clearer boundaries around your time and energy so your creativity stops getting whatever scraps are left.
WEEk 4 - Be CRINGE 😜
Practice: Following your heart
The parts of you that feel strange, quirky, passionate, or unconventional are often the very parts that hold your greatest creative gifts.
This week, you'll experiment with expressing yourself more honestly, embracing imperfection, and allowing your authentic voice to take up space.
❌ Harmful Myth:
If people see the real me, they'll judge me or reject me.
⭐️ Soulful Truth:
Your most authentic expression is not a liability, it's your greatest gift. What makes you different is what makes your work most impactful.
Week Four: Knowledge - By the end of this week, you'll understand which hidden aspects of yourself are craving to be brought into the light, and expand your magnetism as a result.
WEEK 5 - BE COURAGEOUS 🔥
Practice: Trying in public
Creative confidence is built through action.
This week, you'll practice sharing, experimenting, and allowing yourself to be seen before everything feels polished or perfect.
❌ Harmful Myth:
It's safer to stay small and avoid drawing attention to myself.
⭐️ Soulful Truth:
Your gifts are meant to be shared. Every act of courage expands what's possible for you and inspires others to do the same.
Week Five: Responsibility - By the end of this week, you'll have a plan for taking right-sized courageous action to continue showing up for the creative work that matters to you.
WEEK 6 - BE GenEROUS 💗
Practice: Embodying abundance
Creativity thrives in connection.
This week, you'll explore giving and receiving support, sharing your gifts freely, celebrating others, asking for help, and remembering that you are part of a much larger web of relationship and reciprocity.
❌ Harmful Myth:
In order to succeed, I have to compete, protect what I have, and do it all myself.
⭐️ Soulful Truth:
There is enough for all of us. Generosity creates connection, and connection creates abundance.
Week Six: Connection - By the end of this week, you'll have made tangible progress on your project and have new supporters of your work, inspiring you to create long after the program ends.
☀️ CREATIVE
FIELD TRIPS
WEEKLY DATE WITH YOUR CREATIVITY
Sundays | 10am-12pm est
(In-Person or Self-Guided)
This is where the practice comes alive.
Each Sunday, we'll gather in a beautiful place in nature for a nourishing morning of creativity and connection.
We'll begin with a guided meditation aligned with our weekly content theme, before settling into dedicated time to create alongside one another.
YOU MIGHT BRING:
• Writing or journaling
• Art or creative projects
• Business ideas and visioning
• Content creation
• Something half-finished
• Something you've been avoiding
• Something you're simply curious to explore
I'LL BRING:
Tea or a light snack that incorporates our plant ally for the week.
A plant ally is a plant, tree, herb, fungus, algae or other member of the green world that we are in a sacred relationship with and that helps us to cultivate an experience of wellbeing in our life. (Weekly plant allies included below👇🏽)
NOT LOCAL TO BALTIMORE, MD?
You can create your own Creative Field Trip, wherever you are!
Each week, you'll receive the guided meditation and creative prompts, so that you can craft your own self-guided field trip in your corner of the world!
📍LOCATIONS & DETAILS
WEEK 1 - BE PRESENT
Zen Garden at Druid Hill Park
Prompt: What is here that I've been too busy to notice?
Slow down and pay attention. What beauty, truth, desire, sensation, idea, or opportunity has been quietly waiting for your attention?
Create something inspired by what you discover when you stop rushing.
🌿 Plant Ally: Rosemary — an herb of clarity, focus, and remembrance.
WEEK 2 - BE SOFT
Cromwell Valley Park
Prompt: What would become possible if I treated myself with deep love and care?
Imagine your inner critic took the day off.
What would you create?
What would you attempt?
What would you stop demanding of yourself?
Create from a place of kindness instead of pressure.
🌿 Plant Ally: Rose — nurturing companion for self-love, emotional ease, and a lighter heart.
WEEK 3 - BE CURIOUS
Cylburn Arboretum
Prompt: What is my body trying to tell me?
Notice your energy, emotions, desires, and sensations.
What wants more attention?
What wants less attention?
What feels nourishing?
What feels draining?
Allow your body, not your mind, to choose today's creative direction.
🌿 Plant Ally: Damiana — a playful and grounding plant ally that helps you reconnect with your senses and desires.
WEEK 4 - BE CRINGE
Patterson Park
Prompt: What wants to be expressed that I've been afraid to share?
What part of you feels too weird, too much, too playful, too messy, too passionate, or too unconventional?
Create something that would make your younger self smile and your inner perfectionist slightly uncomfortable.
🌿 Plant Ally: Dandelion — resilient, wild, and unapologetically itself.
WEEK 5 - BE COURAGEOUS
Lake Roland Park
Prompt: What would I create if I trusted that I couldn't get it wrong?
What conversation would you start?
What idea would you share?
What dream would you pursue?
Create as if courage is simply the willingness to be seen before you feel ready.
🌿 Plant Ally: Yarrow — a plant of courage, healthy boundaries, and energetic resilience.
WEEK 6 - BE GENEROUS
Leakin Park
Prompt: What gift(s) am I uniquely positioned to offer?
Consider your experiences, insights, talents, passions, and perspective.
What do you have that could encourage, support, inspire, or uplift someone else?
Create something as an offering, to one person, your community, or the world.
🌿 Plant Ally: Holy Basil — a sacred plant that supports trust, devotion, and wholehearted living.
HI, I'M ELYSE
I help ambitious, heart-led humans stop overthinking, quiet their inner critic, and make room for the ideas and creative projects that make them feel most alive.
My work supports people in trusting themselves, reconnecting with their gifts, and finding community that nourishes their growth, so they can contribute to meaningful change without abandoning themselves in the process.
A few years ago, I realized I had become incredibly good at helping others pursue their dreams while quietly putting my own creativity on the back burner.
I was tired, productive, and doing all the "right" things.
But I missed my creative self.
I missed making things simply because they delighted me. I missed following ideas because they felt exciting and alive. I missed having spaciousness to play, explore, and create without an agenda.
So I started making room for it again.
I danced. I wrote. I explored new ideas with curiosity instead of pressure.
And something surprising happened.
I didn't become less productive.
I became more myself.
Deepening my relationship with my creativity and intuition brought me home to parts of myself I didn't realize I was missing. My life didn't suddenly become perfect, but it became richer, more meaningful, and much more my own.
Summer of Soul Expression is the kind of space I wish I'd had, a place where creativity isn't another thing to optimize, but something you're gently supported to keep returning to. A place where you can stop waiting for the perfect time and finally make room for the ideas, dreams, and creative projects that keep tugging at your heart.
I'd love to support you in finding your way back to that same sense of creative aliveness.
Learn more at www.elysepreston.com
By the end of THE SUMMER you'LL HAVE…
✔ A creative project you've consistently shown up for
✔ Real progress on something that's been sitting on the back burner
✔ Greater trust in your own rhythms and desires
✔ New practices that make creativity feel sustainable
✔ A community that celebrates your becoming
✔ The cherished memory of a summer where you finally made room for yourself again
EXTENDED payment plan
$44/mo
- 10 monthly payments
- Interest free installments
Pay in full
$444
- Includes a BONUS 60-minute Creative Activation Session.
- Receive a personalized Human Design reading focused on your creativity and self-expression. Together, we'll explore four powerful aspects of your chart so you can understand how you're uniquely designed to create, make decisions, and nurture your courage.
- Less frequent billing
PAY IN FULL BONUS:
Creative Activation Session ($222 Value)
Pay in full and receive a private 60-minute Creative Activation Session where we'll uncover the unique way your design is meant to create, express itself, and bring ideas to life.
This isn't about becoming someone new. It's about remembering who you've always been.
We'll explore four key aspects of your chart that reveal:
🌈 How your creativity naturally wants to flow
🌈 What helps you access courage and inspiration
🌈 Why certain ways of creating leave you energized while others leave you depleted
🌈How to trust your intuition and honor your unique rhythm
You'll leave with a deeper understanding of yourself and a personalized roadmap for creating in a way that feels nourishing, sustainable, and deeply aligned.
FAQs
WHAT IS THE SUMMER OF SOUL EXPRESSION?
Summer of Soul Expression is a 6-week creative reset designed to help you stop over-efforting and start creating from alignment.
Inside, you’ll be supported to reconnect with your natural creative rhythm, release pressure and burnout patterns, and build a more sustainable, soul-led way of expressing yourself and showing up in your work.
This isn’t about pushing harder or becoming someone new, it’s about returning to what’s already true for you, and learning how to trust and work with it.
DO I NEED TO ATTEND EVERY CALL TO BENEFIT?
Not at all.
You’re welcome to join live when it feels supportive, but everything is designed to be flexible and sustainable.
All sessions are recorded, and you’ll have access to revisit them in your own timing. The Teachable portal holds the core materials and prompts, so you can stay connected to the experience even during fuller weeks.
WHEN ARE THE LIVE SESSIONS?
We’ll meet two times a week for the 6 weeks of the program, which will run from June 30th to August 11th.
- Tuesday Evenings - Virtual Workshops (Virtual, 7pm-8pm): For grounding, teaching, and recalibration
- Sunday Mornings - Creative Field Trips (In-Person, 10am-12pm): For creative practice and community connection
Exact locations for the Sunday sessions are included above, in the locations and details section of the sales page.
NOT LOCAL TO BALTIMORE, MD?
You can create your own Creative Field Trip, wherever you are!
Each week, you'll receive the guided meditation and creative prompts, so that you can craft your own self-guided field trip in your corner of the world!
HOW WILL THE MATERIALS BE DELIVERED?
You’ll be able to join the weekly virtual calls via Zoom.
If you can’t make it live, all calls will be recorded and in your Teachable platform within 24 hours.
Your recordings, resources, and prompts will be stored inside your Teachable portal, your central space to move through the experience at your own pace and revisit the material as needed.
WHAT'S UP WITH THE PAY IN FULL BONUS?
Be More Connected is a very small, intentionally run business. When you choose to pay in full, it creates more spaciousness and stability on my end, which allows me to pour even more into the experience for everyone.
As a thank you, you’ll receive a BONUS 60-minute Creative Activation Call, where we’ll look at your unique energy, decision-making, and creative flow so you can move through the program (and your life) with greater clarity, joy and self-trust.
What if I'm super busy?
Honestly, this is exactly who this work is for.
Most people who join my programs are busy and often a bit burned out from trying to do everything on their own.
A program like this doesn’t add more noise, it helps you simplify. You’ll be encouraged to be more discerning and more intentional with your energy, so that you have more time for what matters most to you.
THIS IS THE CREATIVE SUMMER YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR…
You don't need to push harder.
You don't need another productivity system.
You don't need to have everything figured out before you begin.
You need space to slow down.
To notice what you've been longing for.
To make room for the ideas, dreams, and creative projects that keep tugging at your heart.
I believe a more beautiful future is built through the contributions of ordinary people who dare to create, imagine, and share what is uniquely theirs to offer.
Every poem, gathering, art piece, conversation, and act of creative expression sends ripples outward in ways we may never fully know.
Your creativity matters, not because it has to change the world, but because it changes the way you move through it. It helps you feel more alive, more connected, and more fully yourself. And from that place, what you create naturally becomes a gift to others.
I would be honored to spend this summer creating alongside you!
$444
payment plans available
“Working with Elyse is soul affirming and thought provoking. Ultimately her energy is trustworthy, it's solid, it's compassionate and it makes me want to do the deep work. I already feel so bolstered emotionally and spiritually by the work that we are doing together."
SALIMAH PERKINS,
HIGHEST GOOD WELLNESS
“Elyse gave me the tools, illuminated limiting beliefs that kept me from growth, and fueled my confidence to break out of the reliable mold in which I had become so comfortable. I strongly recommend Elyse to anyone looking for a coach who can support you in both a logistical and soulful way.”
MIMOSA COLLINS,
REJOYN WHOLENESS
“When I first met with Elyse 1:1 I had no idea what I wanted out of our sessions. She truly gave me the space to reflect, but most importantly, helped me through my blocks and fears! This was needed and I am not sure I would had done it on my own. She definitely helped me get my business started and I am so grateful for her help!”
TERESA OPORTO,
THE HYE WITHIN
HAVE QUESTIONS?
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Reach out via email to [email protected] or @iamelysepreston on Instagram.
WE BEGIN ON JUNE 30TH