Cultivating Compassion in Times of Fascism
About the book
This affirmational coloring book is an invitation—to remember the power in our hands and the colorfulness of our hearts. To root into our interdependence. To cultivate a resilience that does not flinch in the face of horror but meets it with steady presence.
You are likely well-aware that we are living through a time of so much crisis, state violence, and corporate greed. Genocide keeps unfolding before our eyes—in Palestine, in Congo, in Sudan, and beyond. These are not isolated tragedies but threads in a vast fabric of systems that prioritize profit over life.
This book names fascism for its present reality—and holds compassion as a righteous way through. Compassion is not a sentimental nice-to-have, but an embodied and necessary practice. A form of resistance. A muscle we can build in creativity, in community, and in the colorful rituals of care that remind us why we’re here.
It includes…
Over 50 hand-drawn illustrations paired with original affirmations inspired by compassion research and healing justice
Art across four core themes: Mindfulness, Self-Kindness, Inter-Being, and Service
A grounding introduction about compassion as resistance amidst personal and collective crisis
Insights from nervous system literacy and trauma-informed care woven into the affirmations
Sparks for self-reflection, contemplative dialogue and meaningful connection
a soft place to land in hard times
a soft place to land in hard times
Each page is a portal to ritual, rest, and resilience. Thoughtfully designed for care pods, classrooms, therapeutic and healing spaces, and creative activist circles, this book is a soft place to land in grief, joy, rage, celebration, and solidarity,
Join an Upcoming
Coloring Party
"Color in Compassion” Coloring Parties are locally-hosted gatherings for the tender hearts, creative rebels, care workers, changemakers, burnt-out dreamers, and anyone seeking soothing in the fire
No art experience is needed—
just a desire to slow down, color and share care in community
Each session includes:
Light bites and beverages
Art supplies and free coloring pages
Opening and closing rituals
An embodied mindfulness practice to ground together
Guided prompts for mindful connection
Time to color, co-regulate, share and witness in community
Coloring books and stickers available for purchase
Suggested donation: $25
no one is turned away for lack of funds, space is intimate
The theme of this coloring party is
GRIEF & COMPASSION
Hosted by Lakshmi Nair at Womb House
There'll be a conversation between Leena Sharma Seth and Chetna Mehta about the origins and intentions of the book, including "why coloring in times of fascism?!"