Category: Inner Work

POLARITY SQUARE: DIVISION AND UNITY

Process Group #11 – 2020 Shifts (June 14, 2020 – Visual Coaching).  We are in the midst of intense times.  Our planetary collective is wrestling with hugely important topics of power, privilege, race, restructuring, etc. As a small group sprinkled across North America, we processed the Division/Unity polarity via a Polarity Square. Triggers galore with… Read more »


SARAH SHIFTS SURVIVAL STRATEGIES

Sarah came of age in a racist family and community. To survive she hide her queer/gay self and became an angry bully…


SPIRIT FAMILY GUIDES LOLA’S ELDER YEARS

[Visual Coaching with Christina Merkley – 2020 #17] Lola is a retired Canadian social worker. The pandemic honed her awareness about vulnerability, loneliness, sibling jealousy and her role as an elder. What started as a Future Self journey morphed into a mediumistic dialogue with deceased parents and grandparents. Who offered perspective on repetitive generational patterns… Read more »


Process Pop Up: Sunday, 11:00am Pacific

Another Process Group is popping up. A productive place to deal with the amazing (and challenging) 2020 shifts in all their variety. NEXT POPUP: Sunday, June 14, 2020 11:00am Pacific North American Time Noon Mountain, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern, Europeans: evening, Austral/Asia: early next morning See Time Converter for Your Zone. This is a supportive… Read more »


Connie Meets Anger, Grief and Grace

Process Group #10 – 2020 Shifts (June 4, 2020 – Visual Coaching). Today’s group held space for Connie, an American Academic and Civic Leader to process anger and grief in the wake of pandemic, Central Park Karen, cousin’s covid death, George Floyd’s murder, protests, riots and systemic issues in multiple institutions (civic, academia, catholic church, unions… Read more »


ORPHANS: CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT & VIETNAM

[Visual Coaching with Christina Merkley – 2020 #16]. This was a complex Orphan Rescue session with a retired, female, liberal, boomer, American woman. The present day triggers ranged from riots, masks, social distancing, beaches, lung issues and the euthanasia of her sick pet. And led to inner child and inner adolescent rescues from the Civil… Read more »


Process Pop Up: Thursday, 10:00am Pacific

Another Process Group is popping up. A productive place to deal with the amazing (and challenging) 2020 shifts in all their variety. NEXT POPUP: Thursday, June 4, 2020 10:00am Pacific North American Time 11 Mountain, 12 Central, 1pm Eastern, Europeans: evening, Austral/Asia: early next morning See Time Converter for Your Zone. This is a supportive… Read more »


POLARITY SQUARE – VULNERABILITY vs SECURITY

Process PopUp, Visual Coaching with Christina Merkley

Process PopUp #9 – Pandemic Support (May 24, 2020 – Visual Coaching). As North America ventures out from lock-down the theme of this week was ‘vulnerability’ in its many guises. From a retired social worker grappling with being labeled elderly. To a biz professor wary of the actions of some in her state. To a… Read more »


Process Pop Up: Sunday, 11:00am Pacific

Another Process Pop Up is around the corner. A safe place to process your thoughts, feelings and to determine your actions. NEXT POPUP: Sunday, May 24, 2020 11:00am Pacific North American Time Noon Mountain, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern, Europeans: evening, Austral/Asia: early next morning See Time Converter for Your Zone. This is a supportive eCommunity… Read more »


SLOW DOWN TO WELCOME WHAT’S REALLY THERE

Process PopUp 8 Slow Down To Welcome What’s Really There

Process PopUp #8 – Pandemic Support (May 14, 2020 – Visual Coaching). Working visually to help people see and shift thoughts and feelings during these unusual times. Instead of templates, I did emergent notes via Inquiry – a powerful consciousness technique that works with exactly where one is in the moment. See a busy therapist… Read more »