Introducing Colour & Identity: A New Conversation About Colour, Confidence and Wellbeing

Introducing Colour & Identity: A New Conversation About Colour, Confidence and Wellbeing

Over the past few months, I've been exploring something new.

Many of you know me through my work as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, trainer and author, where I spend much of my time thinking about identity, belonging, wellbeing, lived experiences, anti-oppressive practice and selfcare, and the stories we carry about ourselves.

For over sixteen years, I have been interested in one central question:

How do we fully support and honour ourselves, our wellbeing and self-care?

I've explored that question through therapy, supervision, training and writing.

More recently, it has led me somewhere unexpected—into the world of professional colour analysis.

At first glance, psychotherapy and colour analysis might seem worlds apart.

But the more I learned, the more I realised they were connected by the same themes that have shaped my work throughout my career: confidence, identity, self-expression and authenticity.

We rarely think of colour as part of our wellbeing.

We talk about sleep, nutrition, movement, mindfulness and relationships.

We recognise the importance of our environments, our communities and our sense of belonging.

Yet one aspect of our everyday lives quietly shapes many of these experiences without attracting much attention: colour.

Colour is often discussed in terms of fashion, trends or interior design. We ask which colours are "in", which colours "suit" us, or which colours make us look younger.

These conversations are useful, but they are also limited.

They overlook a more interesting question:

What if colour is also part of how we support ourselves, our wellbeing and part of our self-care practice?

Our relationship with colour is rarely just about appearance.

It is shaped by culture, family, memory, identity and lived experience.

Some colours help us feel confident.

Others feel comforting.

Some remind us of important people or places.

Others help us feel visible, creative or quietly ourselves.

The meanings we attach to colour are deeply personal.

That is why I don't believe colour analysis is only about discovering your ‘tone’ or ‘season’.

It can also become an opportunity to reflect on how we express ourselves, how we want to show up in the world, and what helps us feel most like ourselves, to support us to feel good, find joy, build confidence and self-esteem, and practice self-care, all for bettering our wellbeing, emotional health and mental health.

This doesn't mean colour has magical psychological powers, nor that wearing the "right" colours will transform our lives.

But I do believe colour can become one of the many ways we support our confidence, identity, self-expression, personal style and wellbeing.

That belief is what inspired me to create Colour & Identity.

Introducing Colour & Identity

I'm delighted to introduce Colour & Identity, a new strand of my work that combines professional colour analysis with a thoughtful, reflective wellbeing-focused approach to self-expression and identity.

At the heart of Colour & Identity is a simple belief:

Colour is more than appearance. It is one of the ways we express our identity, cultivate confidence, develop our personal style, support our wellbeing and practice self-care.

Through Colour & Identity, my hope is to begin a wider conversation about the relationship between colour, identity and wellbeing.

Not because colour is the answer to everything, but because it is one of the many ways we communicate who we are - to ourselves and to others.

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My Signature Experience

Bookings are now open for my Signature Experience: Full Colour Analysis Consultation.

 
This personalised consultation helps you discover the colours that naturally harmonise with your skin tone, hair, eye colour and features, giving you practical guidance to shop with confidence, build a wardrobe that works for you and express yourself more authentically, and a way of supporting your wellbeing and emotional health.

While my Colour & Identity consultations are informed by the same values that underpin my work as a psychotherapist - curiosity, compassion, authenticity, respect and value - they are not therapy.

 
It is a reflective, wellbeing-focused colour consultation informed by my values as a psychotherapist.

 
Many people come wanting to know which colours suit them.

 
My hope is that they leave with something even more valuable:

Greater confidence in themselves, where colour becomes the starting point for exploring confidence, self-expression, personal style, identity and wellbeing.

 
Whether you're navigating a new chapter in life, refreshing your wardrobe, developing your professional image or simply curious to discover how to use colours for your wellbeing, I'd be delighted to welcome you.

 
Appointments are available from 1st July.

 
You can find full details here:
www.myirakhancounselling.co.uk/colour-and-identity

 
To book your consultation or make an enquiry, please email:
myira@myirakhancounselling.co.uk

 
You can also find me on the Colour Me Beautiful Consultants Directory:
www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk/consultants/leicestershire/leicester/myira-khan/

 

I look forward to welcoming you to Colour & Identity - and to beginning this new conversation together.

 
Because colour is not simply something we wear.

It is one of the many ways we express who we are, support our wellbeing and practice self-care.

 
Wishing you a colourful day!

Myira.