Book one of twelve · The 12-Step Coloring Series
Published on AmazonStep One: Surrender
An adult mindfulness coloring book for recovery
The first step is to stop fighting.
The path
Twelve steps, twelve quiet practices
You are on Step One. Step One: Surrender and Step Two: Restoring the Balance are out now. The rest of the path will be announced as each book nears release. See the whole series.
Companion meditation
Step One: Surrender, a guided meditation
Ten quiet minutes to go with the book.
About the book
What is inside
Step One is the moment the fighting stops. This book is a quiet companion for that moment: original reflections, affirmations and line art about loosening the grip, setting down what is too heavy to carry alone, and letting the water settle.
Each spread pairs words to read with a picture to color. The images are pictures of letting go: grips unclenching, doors opening, things held too tightly set free.
It is the first book of the 12-Step Coloring Series. A preview of its guided meditation is on the site now, and more are being made for a Colors in Recovery YouTube channel.
Words, then a picture
Original reflections and affirmations on every spread, written in plain, gentle language.
Pictures of letting go
The line art is built around release: loosening, opening and settling.
Meditations to match
A preview of the first guided meditation is on the site now. More are being made, and each will be linked as soon as it is out.
Book one of twelve
The first book in a series that follows the twelve steps one quiet practice at a time.
Look inside
Pages from the book
Step One: Surrender is on Amazon now. Pages from inside the book will be shared here later.
A note for gel pens
Gel inks vary from brand to brand. Try each pen on a spare sheet first, and slip a blank page behind the one you are coloring. Then work as slowly as you like.
- Format
- Paperback, 8.5 x 11 in
- Series
- 12-Step Coloring Series, book 1
- Author
- JC M.
- Guided meditation
- Watch it on YouTube