About Colournostics
Change Your Colours.
Change Your Perspective.
Colournostics is a practical self-development process that uses intuitive colour choice to help people explore what they are experiencing, uncover what may be holding them back and see a situation from a new perspective.
Created by Mary Ashby-Green and Thelma Bregman, Colournostics brings together decades of experience in NLP, education, colour psychology and mind-body awareness.
Our Story
Born From Decades of Practice
Colournostics grew from the combined professional experience of two women who had spent many years helping people understand themselves and create meaningful change.
Mary worked extensively with NLP, education and learning, while Thelma’s work centred on colour psychology, psychosomatic awareness and the relationship between the mind, body and emotions.
Over time, they noticed that people did not always make their greatest breakthroughs by talking more about a problem. Often, change began when someone was invited to choose a colour that represented what they were experiencing.
That intuitive choice created a different way into the conversation, helping move attention away from overthinking and towards the person’s own emotional response, insights and possibilities.
Colour bypasses the logical verbal mind and reaches the hidden depths of the subconscious.
Meet the Founders
Two Lifetimes of Experience.
One Transformative Process.
Colournostics brings together Mary and Thelma’s complementary experience in learning, communication, colour psychology and personal development.
Mary Ashby-Green
NLP Master Practitioner and Educator
Mary is an NLP Master Practitioner with a background in English and educational psychology.
Her career as a teacher and principal, including work with children experiencing learning difficulties, gave Mary a deep understanding of how people process information, respond to challenges and discover new ways forward.
Mary has shared her educational knowledge internationally, training teachers in New Zealand, Namibia, the United Kingdom and Dubai.
Areas of Experience
- NLP Master Practitioner
- Educational psychology
- Teaching and leadership
- Learning and behavioural change
- Communication and facilitation
- The Journey process
Thelma Bregman
Colour Psychologist and Author
Thelma is an author, colour psychologist and the creator of the Colour Comfort Method.
Her background includes psychosomatic therapy, body-mind analysis and complementary approaches that explore the relationship between colour, thoughts, emotions and physical wellbeing.
Thelma has written six books and has spoken and trained internationally, sharing the practical application of colour psychology with therapists and practitioners.
Areas of Experience
- Colour psychology
- Colour Comfort Method
- Psychosomatic therapy
- Body-mind analysis
- Aura-Soma
- Six published books
Together, Mary and Thelma transformed decades of professional knowledge into a practical process that helps people uncover their own insights through colour.
Why Colour?
Sometimes Colour Can Express What Words Cannot.
We naturally respond to colour. A colour can feel calming, uncomfortable, energising, heavy or hopeful—often before we have consciously decided why.
Colournostics uses that immediate response as a starting point. There is no good colour, bad colour or correct answer. What matters is what the chosen colour represents to that person at that particular moment.
Through guided questions, the participant begins to explore their own associations, feelings and beliefs. This can reveal aspects of a situation that may be difficult to recognise or explain through conversation alone.
The practitioner does not choose or interpret the colours for the participant. The participant’s own responses remain at the centre of the experience.
A Different Starting Point
Colour creates a way into the conversation without first needing to find all the right words.
The Starting Question
Which colour represents how this feels to you?
- Identify what is really troubling you
- Recognise an underlying block or pattern
- Create space between yourself and the problem
- Imagine a more positive outcome
- Develop a more empowered perspective
Our Purpose
Making Insight More Accessible.
Our purpose is to make the language and psychology of colour available to people who want to understand themselves more clearly, change unhelpful patterns and create greater balance in their lives.
Intuitive
The process begins with the participant’s own colour choices, rather than assumptions or interpretations made by someone else.
Structured
A clearly defined five-step framework guides the participant from identifying a concern towards imagining a different outcome.
Practical
The physical toolkit, colour cards, board and supporting resources make the process easy to understand, use and repeat.
Adaptable
Colournostics can be explored personally, used in professional sessions, delivered in workshops or incorporated into online work.
Empowering
Participants are encouraged to discover their own insights and possibilities, rather than simply being told what their experience means.
The participant remains at the centre of the process—their colours, their meanings, their insights and their way forward.
Who Is Colournostics For?
One Process. Many Ways to Use It.
Colournostics can support personal discovery, professional conversations, facilitated workshops and online sessions.
For Personal Development
Use the Colournostics toolkit to explore personal concerns, decisions, emotional patterns, goals and the changes you would like to create in your life.
Explore Personal PackagesFor Coaches and Practitioners
Add a visual, intuitive and structured process to coaching, counselling, wellbeing or personal-development sessions, while keeping the client’s own responses at the centre.
View Professional PackagesFor Educators and Facilitators
Use selected Colournostics materials and training to support workshops, group conversations, vision-board activities and age-appropriate work with children.
Explore Workshop ResourcesFor Online Sessions
The digital coaching platform allows trained practitioners to guide clients through the Colournostics process remotely using common video-meeting platforms.
Discover Digital OptionsNot sure which Colournostics option is right for you?
Compare the available packages and choose the level of tools, training and support that best suits how you plan to use the process.
Begin Your Journey
Discover What Your Colours Can Reveal.
Whether you are exploring Colournostics for personal growth or looking for a practical process to use professionally, there is a package designed to help you begin.
Important information: Colournostics is a self-development and educational process. It is not intended to diagnose or treat medical or psychological conditions and is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological or therapeutic care.