Category: Misc.

This last week there has been tons of traffic to my site, from people who are searching for information on Vision Boards … I think that is in large part due to Oprah’s recent show with Louise Hay, Cheryl Richardson and Martha Beck. They talked about The Law of Attraction, visioning and they must have… Read more »

Time flies when you are having fun. First off, our new SHIFT-IT Tele-group was kicked off this last month. Sixteen folks from all over the place: Netherlands, New Zealand and many different North American locales phoning in for our special calls on Sunday mornings. I love leading folks thru my SHIFT-IT Process® – working with them… Read more »

This article is from Christina’s monthly SHIFT-IT e-Zine (delivered to your mailbox the first Friday of each month). For an archive of past issues, and to sign up for your own personal subscription, please visit EZINE ARCHIVES.  Ok, if you have been reading me for a while, you know my current idols are Jerry and… Read more »

As discussed in my e-zine, I took another Abraham-Hicks cruise this past month. This was my third and it was to Mexico. Below are some photos … … and also a booklet of my (somewhat) graphic notes from the sessions. (If you are one of my graphic recording / graphic facilitation students you aren’t allowed… Read more »

In January’s issue of The SHIFT-IT e-Zine I wrote about exciting ‘frontier’ tools that I use and recommend if you are open to more alternative or cutting edge personal growth tools. I want to make a quick mention of another one here. The work of James Ray via James Ray International. You might remember James… Read more »

Year in Review Chart Originally uploaded by graphiccoach   As per last post, this ‘twilight’ week between Christmas and New Years is a great time to reflect on ourselves and our evolutionary journey. Here is a quick chart I created to help me ‘see’ my 2007 year and all of the many things that have… Read more »

There’s a new article in my articles section – a summary of the presentation I gave at the Int’l Forum of Visual Practitioners Conference 2007. Once a year the professionals of my diverse field gather to celebrate, have fun and learn from one another. This year I was asked to come share the journey of… Read more »

Ok, this one is a little out of the range of my usual coaching and graphic facilitation / recording theme – so I hope you will forgive the intrusion of a very personal topic. My local friends and clients have been mentioning how they saw my picture and quotes in a newspaper story that was… Read more »

Chameleon’s 2009 Magnetism Map Vision Originally uploaded by graphiccoach   Facilitated a very inspiring tele-session on Thursday with two powerful Vancouver coaches (Denise and Theresa) who are building a coaching, speaking, facilitation practice for First Nations and relationship systems work called Chameleon Strategies (strategies for creative change). They asked me to guide them through some visioning work… Read more »

6. Another “At the Crossroads” Map Originally uploaded by graphiccoach   Hi, Christina Merkley here. As you hopefully know, I’m The SHIFT-IT Coach … and I’m an innovator in the use of visual thinking techniques with individuals, couples and biz partners. After working for over a decade as a Graphic Facilitator in all sorts of… Read more »