Book details

  • Genre:self-help
  • Sub-genre:Meditations
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:Mindful Moments
  • Series Number:2
  • Pages:96
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317817923

More Mindful Moments

Meditations & Coloring with ACT Therapy Metaphors to Anchor Your Mind

By Dr. Kimberlee Flatt

Overview


Dear Friend, Welcome back to a space where creativity and mindfulness meet. This second volume in the Mindful Moments series continues the journey of blending therapeutic science with artistic expression. With new meditations and hand-drawn coloring pages, it invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself. Life rarely slows down. Between responsibilities and constant noise, we often forget to breathe. This book offers a gentle reset, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles alongside creative practices to bring clarity and calm. Inside, you'll explore ACT's six core processes: learning to open up to feelings, step back from unhelpful thoughts, return to the present moment, see yourself with compassion, clarify your values, and take action that aligns with what matters most. Each concept is paired with a simple metaphor and a short mindfulness script you can revisit anytime. To deepen the experience, every chapter includes original illustrations inspired by the things I love to color—flowing water, wide skies, and quilted blankets. As you color, you are not only creating something beautiful, you are grounding your nervous system, lowering stress, and giving your mind a chance to rest. This is more than a coloring book. It is a therapeutic companion, a creative reset, and a reminder that you don't need to fix who you are. You only need tools that meet you where you are and help you live with courage and intention. So gather your favorite markers or pencils, settle in with these pages, and color your way back to calm, clarity, and yourself. With compassion and creativity, Dr. K
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Description


Dear Friend, Welcome back to a space where creativity and mindfulness meet. This second volume in the Mindful Moments series was created with the same heart and purpose as the first, but with all-new meditations and coloring pages designed to bring you fresh ways to pause, reflect, and reconnect. Life doesn't often slow down on its own. Between responsibilities, noise, and the constant hum of stress, we rarely make time to breathe. This book invites you to do just that. Blending the science of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with the simple joy of coloring, it offers a unique way to care for both your mind and your spirit. Just like the first book, you'll walk through ACT's six core processes: Acceptance – Making room for feelings instead of pushing them away Cognitive Defusion – Seeing thoughts as passing events, not commands Mindfulness – Returning your attention to the here and now Self-as-Context – Holding your identity with perspective, not judgment Values – Identifying what matters most to you Committed Action – Taking steps that align with your truth Each chapter is anchored by a simple, memorable metaphor paired with a guided meditation. These meditations are intentionally short, easy to revisit during a lunch break, before bed, or in the middle of a stressful day. You'll also find QR codes linking to audio versions, so you can listen as you color, walk, or rest. To deepen the experience, every chapter includes hand-drawn illustrations that bring these metaphors to life. As someone who loves coloring, I filled these pages with the things that soothe and inspire me: flowing water, open skies, quilted blankets, and more. These designs aren't just images, they are invitations to let your hands move while your mind settles. Coloring is more than play. It slows your nervous system, lowers stress, and creates a rhythm of stillness that is hard to find elsewhere. Here, it becomes part of a bigger journey that helps you notice your thoughts, hold your feelings with compassion, and anchor yourself in the values that matter most. Whether you are navigating anxiety, ADHD, burnout, or simply seeking a deeper connection with yourself, this book offers a gentle reminder: you don't need to fix who you are. You only need tools that meet you where you are, tools that help you live fully, bravely, and with intention. This isn't just another coloring book. It's a therapeutic companion. A creative reset. A quiet practice in a loud world. So, sharpen your pencils or gather your markers. Settle in with these pages. And come color your way back to calm, to clarity, to yourself. With compassion, curiosity, and creativity, Dr. K
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About The Author


Dr. Kimberlee Flatt— affectionately known as Dr. K — is a licensed behavior analyst, professional counselor, university professor, and unapologetically creative advocate for misunderstood minds. Her work is rooted in the belief that every brain deserves to be understood, not fixed. As a neurodivergent mom, wife, and therapist, Dr. K lives in a household where unique wiring isn't just accepted — it's celebrated. Her family life, much like her professional one, is filled with sensory surprises, passionate debates, and a whole lot of heart. These experiences inform everything she creates — from therapy sessions to lectures to books designed to educate, empower, and uplift. Dr. K specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a model that resonates with her perfectly balanced dual nature: scientific and soulful. With ACT, she found a therapeutic home that was logical enough to satisfy her behavior-analytic mind, but expansive enough to honor values, presence, and creative expression. She brings this same balance into her writing — equal parts practical wisdom and poetic defiance. Whether she's helping a student become a more compassionate clinician, or guiding a client through emotional overwhelm, Dr. K returns again and again to this truth: **We are far more alike than we are different.** Our stories — shaped by pain, joy, resilience, and everything in between — deserve to be held. In addition to her clinical and academic work, Dr. K is an outspoken advocate for neurodiversity-affirming care. Her books, resources, and social content are crafted to support those who have spent too long masking, apologizing, or feeling "too much." She doesn't write to offer quick fixes, but to encourage meaningful, values-based living — helping people reconnect with who they are and take action on what truly matters, even in the messy middle. When she's not teaching or writing, you can find her chasing quiet moments of creativity: coloring, journaling, or watching her children and her pets live their best, chaos-driven lives. She believes healing isn't a destination — it's a practice. One rooted in curiosity, compassion, and the courage to keep showing up.
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