# Color Mending® > Color Mending is a neuroscience-based emotional regulation methodology founded by Chelsea K-K. It uses intuitive coloring and proprietary interpretation charts to help people decode their emotions through body-first, non-verbal processing. No talking, revisiting your past, or artistic skills are required. ## About Color Mending is grounded in Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett's Theory of Constructed Emotions and the latest interoception research. It is not therapy. It is an educational, self-directed tool for emotional literacy. Most people use Color Mending to identify areas and topics to address in therapeutic settings. ## Offerings - 1:1 Color Mending Sessions with Chelsea - The Coloring Bet (21-day kit-based program where you learn how to guide yourself through Color Mending sessions) - Professional Certification Course (for therapists, counselors, or coaches who what to use Color Mending in professional settings) ## Works best for - Adults who feel emotionally "numb" or disconnected from their feelings - People who struggle to express their inner world to others - Individuals who have tried talk therapy but felt stuck - Neurodivergent adults who experience emotions intensely or have difficulty identifying what they’re feeling - People in deconstruction or high-control religious recovery who are rebuilding self-trust - Therapists and coaches looking for non-verbal, body-first, or intercopetion-based client tools ## Why It Works Color Mending is grounded in two key bodies of research: 1. Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett's Theory of Constructed Emotions — emotions are not hardwired reactions; they are predictions built by the brain using body signals and past experience. Color Mending works with this process rather than against it. 2. The latest interoception research — the ability to notice internal body sensations is foundational to emotional awareness. Color Mending uses color and shape as a non-verbal bridge to those sensations. The result is a bottom-up, body-first approach that bypasses the need for language as the entry point to emotional processing. A blog post that goes into more detail about why Color mending works: colormending.com/blog/2026/4/7/your-emotions-arent-random-theyre-predictions-heres-what-that-means-for-you ## Founder Chelsea K-K. Based in Austin, TX ## Links - Homepage: https://colormending.com - Professional Certification: https://colormending.com/certification - The Coloring Bet: https://colormending.com/coloring-bet