Find Your Colors Podcast

Welcome to Find Your Colors! This is where I am building a conversation around the narrative of The Shards of Color Trilogy and more specifically the first book of this trilogy titled BLUSH BORN . I'm Jeff B. White and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Find Your Colors allows me to provide the breakdown of these chapters exploring the psychological concepts that are present within the...

Welcome to Find Your Colors! This is the publication and podcast where we are discussing The Shards Of Color Trilogy and more specifically the first book in that trilogy titled BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Find Your Colors allows me to provide breakdowns exploring the psychological concepts that are present in the narrative of BLUSH BORN . As we...

Welcome to Find Your Colors! This is the publication and podcast where we are discussing the Shards of Color Trilogy and more specifically the first book of the trilogy titled BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Find Your Colors allows me to provide the full chapters of BLUSH BORN in a serialized format, along with breakdowns of the psychological conce...

You might have noticed my recent silence here on the platform. I had to step away from my apartment in the Bronx and travel south to navigate a severe medical crisis involving my family. Many of you subscribe to Find Your Colors to explore the mechanics of processing trauma. You show up here to learn how to build internal vibrancy and find healing from old wounds through spiritual effort. Over the...

Welcome to Find Your Colors the publication and podcast where we are discussing the Shards of Color Trilogy and more specifically the first book in that trilogy titled BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White and I am the writer and creator of this story. Find Your Colors allows me to share these stories with the world while also discussing the psychological concepts that are present within the narrative a...

I still remember the day you sent me away. The ache of that hour you cast me out to stray. You closed the door, built a wall of stone, And left a young boy to the darkness alone. You were never an easy man, but neither am I, A storm meeting storm in a churning sky. I am just a shattered mirror in this desolate place, Just reflecting the parts of yourself that you couldn't stand to face. You turned...

You can reject me. That's totally fine. You won't be bothered. Neither will I. You're not the first one who didn't recognize the story in their hands. You won't be the last. You think I'm not used to it. You're wrong. I've been rejected my entire life. I cut my teeth on rejection. My first rejection came shortly after I spoke my first words . Something about my voice was just wasn't a good fit. Yo...

Welcome to Find Your Colors , the publication and podcast where I am breaking down the narrative of the Shards of Color Trilogy through an exploration into the psychological concepts within and real life inspiration behind the first book of that trilogy titled, BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White and today I'm going to be discussing something a little bit different from my normal writing. There will b...

Content warning: Psychological manipulation, gaslighting, discussion on lateral violence Welcome to Find Your Colors. Here we are discussing the narrative within the Shards of Color Trilogy and the first book in that trilogy, BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White, and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Through this publication and podcast, I am focusing on the emotional intelligence, radical...

Content Warning: Depictions of Addiction, Trauma, Loss of a Parent, Gravedigging. Welcome to Find Your Colors . Here we are discussing the narrative within the Shards of Color Trilogy and the first book in that trilogy, BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White, and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Through this publication and podcast, I am focusing on the emotional intelligence, radical vulner...

In an effort to make this publication and podcast more accessible to the Spanish speaking fans of the work we are doing, we are currently doing the work to translate all of our previous posts into Spanish. This post your reading currently is “The Gray Ends Here” the first post that was made here on Substack. Bienvenidos a Find Your Colors . Soy Jeff B. White, escritor y creador de la trilogía Shar...

Content Warning: May contain sensitive topics that could upset some readers. Discretion is advised. Welcome to Find Your Colors . Here we are discussing the narrative within the Shards of Color Trilogy and the first book in that trilogy called BLUSH BORN . I am Jeff B. White and I am the writer and creator of these stories. Through this publication and podcast, I am providing breakdowns of the psy...

Welcome to Find Your Colors. I am Jeff B White and I am the writer and creator behind the Shards of Color Trilogy . Find Your Colors is a reader supported publication on Substack and a listener supported podcast on Spotify. Wherever you find us be sure to like, follow, and subscribe. As I prepare to publish BLUSH BORN , first book in this trilogy, I'm using this platform to build awareness of thes...

Welcome to Find Your Colors . I am Jeff B. White, and I am the author of the Shards of Color Trilogy. Find Your Colors is a Substack publication and Spotify podcast through which I am breaking down the psychological concepts that are present within the trilogy, and I explain the true story that inspired the first book in the Shards of Color Trilogy , which is titled BLUSH BORN . Blush Born is a wo...

Welcome to this extra edition of Find Your Colors. I am Jeff B. White and I am the author of The Shards of Color Trilogy . This space is about finding your inner colors and shining your light unapologetically. There is no set of colors more beautiful and no light brighter than that of the flames we ignite when we set the old systems ablaze and burn them away. Let's Discuss I am so interested to he...

Content warning: Abuse of Power, Narcissistic justification, SA, Actual Successful Suicide, Heavy Guilt, Hope in Aftermath Welcome to Find Your Colors . I am Jeff B White and I am the author of The Shards of Color Trilogy. Through this podcast and substack publication, I am breaking down the narrative of the fantasy BLUSH BORN , which is the first book in this trilogy. Here I am discussing the psy...

Content Warning: This chapter and the following breakdown contain depictions of surgical trauma, sudden disability, chronic illness, PTSD symptoms including night terrors. Breakdown begins at the 13 minute mark ​Opening Note I apologize for missing the Friday post. A sudden illness sidelined me, but I am back and feeling better. Happy Monday to everyone. ​Recap Last week, we saw Jethran endure a n...

Content Warning: Systemic social compliance and extremism shown through body horror, addiction, recovery, and amputation. In my previous post on monday, we discussed Chapter 4 of Blush Born titled “Coloring with Kittens.” We got to witness Jethran as he discovered uses for this new power that is growing inside him when he subdued the lioness. And I explained how that translates into my own journey...

I am Jeff B. White and this is the story of Blush Born, A Faded Quest, and Echoes of Foreshadow . I wrote a gritty, honest memoir about that life and that survival called Shards of Hope: A Tweaker Witch's Journey . But sometimes, reality is too jagged to hold. Sometimes you have to melt the shards down and forge them into something else. So I took the addiction, and I turned it into a song of powe...

Content warning: named drug use, attempted suicide, harm reduction, Mental Health, strong personal opinions on aforementioned topics. To go along with the content warning above, I have a personal disclaimer. With the previous chapters, I've given you the breakdown first and then in a separate email I provide the chapter. Today we're going to do things a little bit different. I'm just going to send...

Content Warning: Allegorical Representation of Addiction, and C-PTSD In my previous post I gave a full breakdown of Blush Born, Chapter 3 The Color of Pain. I explained how I took The narrative of my own personal life, and translated into this chapter of a dark fairy tale. This is the moment when he begins to discover the truth of his power and the reality of his existence. Chapter 3 The Color of...

Content Warning: Addiction, Death, Mental Health and Recovery The Color of Pain This breakdown explores how Chapter 3 of Blush Born serves as the bridge between the visceral trauma of my memoir, Shards of Hope , and the magical architecture of the fantasy found in The Shards of Color Saga . Let's Discuss In the gray world, labels are used to maintain order and compliance. When Jethran leaves that...

Content Warning: Harm Reduction, Mental Health, and the reality of Alzheimer’s disease. The Seven Songs of Emotional Intelligence Before I move into the next chapters, I want to introduce the characters who serve as the spine of this story. For Jethran, the story could not happen without them. Likewise, for me, the story would not be possible without the people upon whom these characters are based...

Content Warning: Childhood trauma. Child labor and systemic exploitation. Aftermath of medical abuse. Before You Read In the previous post we looked at the history and linguistics that built this world. You've seen the how and why behind this chapter. Moving from the reality of what I survived into the fiction of Jethran's world is a delicate process. As you read I invite you to step into the gray...

Content Warning: Childhood trauma. SA and trafficking. Medical abuse. I wrote this chapter for the boy who was inspected in the shadows and finally rose to find the light. The vibrancy in my blood was a fire they could not put out. It might have changed shades, but it is still my light. What's Up Next Tomorrow I will post the full text of chapter two for you to listen to and read. I will also be p...