You feel everything and can name nothing.
10 minutes and crayons will move a feeling out of your body and give you words for what you’re feeling. So you can tell others what’s actually going on.
Free. 10 mins. All you need: crayons & paper.
You’ve tried tools built for everyone else.
❌ Meditation told you to sit still and breathe.
❌ The planner promised it would sort out your life.
❌ The journal sat open and blank while your mind raced in 10 directions.
None of it stuck, and you started to think the problem was you.
It isn’t.
You were handed tools built for a different kind of brain.
Give the feeling somewhere to go.
A feeling shows up. It's big and loud and doesn't have a name.
It sits in your body until it turns into a short fuse, a bad mood, or a night where you can't sleep.
You don't think your way out of that. You move it.
You notice what's happening in your body, pick up a crayon, and put the feeling on paper.
10 minutes. There is no wrong way to do it. You're giving a busy brain something to do with its hands so the feeling finally has somewhere to go.
4 skills, in order.
Shift how you feel in about 10 minutes, by coloring it out onto paper.
Move it.
Name it.
Every color and shape you reach for means something. Once you can read them, you have words for what's going on inside you.
Need it.
With words, you can see what you actually need and go get it. A conversation. A nap. A different job. Time with a licensed therapist, counselor, or coach.
Update it.
The more you color, the clearer you see the story you keep telling yourself and the reason you keep reacting the same way. Then you decide what you're ready to change.
I built Color Mending before I knew I had ADHD. I needed something that worked for my brain, and nothing I found did.
Six years later, I've colored with hundreds of people. Every one of them walked away feeling better. Not most of them. Every one.
I'm not going to tell you what's wrong with you. Nothing is. I'm handing you the thing that worked for me.
— Chelsea K-K, creator of Color Mending
I built this for myself.
What people experience
—William, Florida
“Coloring has helped me move through intense emotions and find the language to express what’s happening internally for me to my therapist. I’ve made a lot of progress in a short amount of time.”
—Amber, Colorado
“I’ve been able to release stuck emotions and move forward instead of staying trapped in my head. ”
—Malerie, Michigan
“I used to spiral easily and needed someone to listen to my feelings before I would listen to myself. Now, I’m able to listen to myself and not trauma dump on others!”
—Christina, Missouri
“I was surprised at how insightful my colorings can be, even when they’re minimal. I gain a lot of valuable information about myself, no matter how detailed the coloring is.”
FAQs
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Correct!
I don't know what you've been through, and I'm not going to guess.
Color Mending doesn't tell you what you feel. It gives you a way to hear how you’re feeling for yourself.
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Absolutely not.
Art therapy is its own licensed profession, and it’s doing a different job.
During art therapy sessions, you make something and then a licensed professional asks you what it means. That question sends you back up into your head, hunting for words, which is the thing you walked in unable to do.
Color Mending never asks you to explain. The colors and shapes already mean something, and there's a system that helps you discover what they mean for you. You stay in the feeling until it moves. The words come after, and you don't have to dig for them.
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Color Mending is built on the psychology of how emotions are made (the Theory. of Constructed Emotions by Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett), and how they start as signals in your body (interoception).
You don't need to know any of the science for Color Mending to work for you.
If you want to diver into the science, download the free ebook.
What Color Mending is and is not.
Color Mending is NOT therapy and is NOT a replacement for it.
Color Mending hands you language and self-awareness that you can take anywhere.
✅ Into a session with your licensed therapist, counselor, or coach.
✅ Into a hard conversation with someone you love.
✅ Into a quiet moment with yourself.
Color Mending does NOT give you the answers.
Color Mending helps you hear your own.
You’ve been carrying feelings you couldn’t name for years.
Give one of them 10 minutes and somewhere to go.
@colormending