Check Out Christy Cattin’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Christy Cattin.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
My story begins at a breaking point. After leaving a high-pressure job, I began experiencing severe anxiety and insomnia. My body was in a constant state of stress, and I felt completely disconnected from myself. I knew I didn’t want to treat it with medication, I was looking for something deeper, something more natural and intuitive.

That’s when I discovered Holographic Memory Resolution (HMR), a trauma-informed, somatic healing practice that uses color and visualizations to safely release stored emotional energy. The first time I experienced it, I slept through the night for the first time in months. It changed everything. I was amazed by how effective it was, and I went on to become certified.

During my healing journey, I continued painting, often late at night when I couldn’t sleep. Color became something I looked forward to. It gave me peace, purpose, and a sense of connection. Through HMR, meditation, and painting, I healed. My insomnia and anxiety faded. Even the asthma and allergies I had lived with my whole life disappeared. It felt like I was returning home to myself working with meditation and color.

Now, I share this work through my online gallery, Christy Cattin Studio, where I offer originals and prints of my meditative paintings. Each piece is an invitation to pause and begin working with color to naturally reset and restore the nervous system. Every painting is created with intention and to help people engage with the colors they personally need to feel grounded and supported.

As this work has evolved, I’ve seen how powerful color can be not just for individuals, but for families, children, and entire communities. My focus now is on making color healing approachable and accessible, whether that’s through meditative art in a child’s hospital room, breathwork paired with a painting in a family’s living room, or through guided experiences that help people find their own emotional color language.

In Spring 2026, I’ll be launching The Color Imprint community, a space where we explore how Color Is Healing through guided breathwork, meditations, creative practices, and personal color exploration. It will be a home for anyone looking to reconnect with themselves and their families through the intuitive, healing power of color.

This is my life’s work: to heal through color, and to help others feel safe, empowered, and connected in their own healing journeys. I believe color is one of the most intuitive and underutilized tools we have for emotional well-being.

Through Christy Cattin Studio and The Color Imprint, I hope to offer that presence, to families, to caregivers, to individuals, one painting, one breath, one color at a time.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Not at all. The road here has been anything but smooth, but it’s been deeply transformative.

Before all of this, I had never once meditated. When I was struggling with insomnia, I tried, but even five minutes felt impossible. It wasn’t until I discovered Holographic Memory Resolution (HMR) that I truly experienced stillness. That first session changed everything. It helped me sleep, and for the first time, I felt safety in my body. HMR became the foundation of my healing. It taught me how to work with color as a way to release trauma, regulate my nervous system, and access an inner clarity I didn’t know was possible.

That clarity opened the door to painting.

I began painting during sleepless nights and after HMR sessions, not to make art for anyone else, but because color gave me something to hold onto. It helped me process. And over time, painting became a daily practice. But even as the work deepened, I had to do the inner work of believing in myself. For most of my life, being a “painter” didn’t feel like something you could claim without others assuming it was just a hobby. I had to unlearn that. I had to rebuild my confidence and claim my identity as an artist. This is my work. This is what I’m here to do.

I spent two full years painting and writing before launching my gallery. That time was essential. I wasn’t just building a body of work, I was shaping a new way of being. I was finding my voice through color. I was learning to listen to my intuition. When a painting feels complete, I walk away. I don’t overwork it. I trust it. That kind of self-trust didn’t happen overnight. It took time, courage, and a lot of healing.

As I was healing, I realized something deeply important. If these colors helped me feel safe, feel love, feel confident, I knew they could help others too. That became the reason behind everything I do. Getting this work out into the community became my focus, especially bringing it into public spaces and places where people go to heal. Hospitals, therapy rooms, wellness spaces, family environments. The art isn’t just for walls, it’s meant to support people emotionally, to be part of their healing process.

Through this journey, I wasn’t just releasing trauma. I was developing a more grounded, resilient way of being. Painting became a mirror for how I was healing. I was learning how to trust, how to feel, and how to let color lead.

So no, the road hasn’t been easy, but it led me back to myself. And for that, I’m grateful.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I create meditative paintings and guided color experiences that support emotional well-being. Each painting is created with intention and paired with breathwork, meditations, or sound practices so it becomes more than something to look at. It becomes something that supports you—a calming presence in your space, a tool you can return to when things feel overwhelming. A reminder that healing can be simple, intuitive, and close at hand. This is art made to be lived with, to hold space for you, and to gently bring you back to yourself, one breath and one color at a time.

I specialize in helping people work with color as an intuitive, healing language. My background in Holographic Memory Resolution taught me how color can gently release stored emotion and bring the body back into regulation. That is the heart of what I offer: color as a path to healing.

I’ve seen children breathe in the colors from a painting to calm themselves after a hard day. I’ve watched families gather around a piece at bedtime, using it as a space for color breathing and reconnection. These moments are why I do this work. The paintings are invitations to pause, reset, and come back to what matters.

What sets my work apart is that it comes directly from my own healing journey. I’m not creating from theory. I’m creating from lived experience. I know what it feels like to be dysregulated, anxious, and searching for something that works. And I know how powerful color can be when used in breathwork, meditation, and visualization.

I’m most proud of the way this work is being used in everyday life, in homes, hospitals, therapy rooms, and healing spaces. My mission is to help others remember that healing doesn’t have to be complicated. It can begin with a single color and a single breath.

What do you like and dislike about the city?
I’m a Colorado native, and my family has been here since the early 1900s. Denver holds a very special place in my heart. I live in Northwest Denver and walk the same streets my grandparents and great-grandparents once did. My studio is in the Highlands, which is especially meaningful—it’s where my grandparents lived, went to high school and where they first met. I’ve always lived in the Highlands, and it’s been beautiful to watch how the neighborhood, and Denver as a whole, has grown, especially in the arts and creative community.

What I love most about this city is its spirit. There’s a groundedness here, and a connection to nature. I love that you can find beauty and inspiration in something as simple as the changing light on the mountains or a mural tucked into an alley. And I’ve seen more people open up to healing work, creative expression, and community-centered spaces, which gives me a lot of hope.

As Denver continues to grow, I hope we start to see more investment in thoughtful architecture and urban design. It’s so important that neighborhoods are built with community in mind. Right now, the development is disconnected, homes and buildings going up without considering how people actually live, gather, and support one another. Community should not be an afterthought. It should drive how neighborhoods grow.

I would love to see more public spaces that invite people to come together. Parks, plazas, creative spaces—places where we can slow down, connect, and feel a sense of belonging. We should continue to use our neighborhoods to celebrate and welcome diversity, to create environments where everyone feels seen and included. These spaces should reflect the people who live in them, honoring different backgrounds, cultures, and ways of being. When we design with intention and care, we make room for healing, connection, and joy to become part of everyday life.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://christycattin.studio/
• Instagram: @christycattin

Image Credits
Photography Taken by Lilit Avakian