Category: Visual Skills

anything having to do with visual skills, graphic facilitation, graphic recording, (working visually with groups and organizations).

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: MICHELLE BASTOCK

Visual coach graduate Michelle Bastock smiling at the camera with a large brimmed hat on, over the water.

Michelle entered Visual Coach Certification with a solid background in team, executive and retirement coaching, as well as course development and workshop design. Contracting with global coaching companies, she coaches executives and leaders in improving effectiveness, time management, and communication, identifying underlying issues, patterns, and challenges, and supports them to develop actionable plans that drive… Read more »


SITTING WITH US

[Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Raising Upper Limits – Lisa Sits with Christina Merkley Video: Visual Maps: Keep it Simple Raising My Upper Limit – Summary: Lisa’s note when she booked her sit said “I have been nominated for a life-changing prize and need your perspective to help showcase my good work”. When we began, her Mind… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events

SHIFT-IT School courses banner shows Christina Merkley working with a group on a Zoom screen as she draws a visual map on the drawing tablet. Backdrop of her abstract art with turquoise, reds and creams.

DROP-IN SATSANGS | Online First and third Sunday of the month (both now at 10 am). Next Gatherings: #82: February 2, 2025, 10 am – Noon, Pacific Time, convert to your zone #83: February 16, 2025, 10 am – Noon, Pacific Time, convert to your zone Details and Registration SHIFT-IT RETREAT | Online Annual visual coaching retreat. For new… Read more »


HOLIDAY GIFT: Mini Visual Coaching Retreat

free annual gift of visual coaching with christina merkley's specialized maps

Happy Holidays! It’s tradition this time of year to gift my Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat. Like a virtual stocking stuffer … Visual Coaching Retreats can happen at any time. However, there are transitional times in our lives that deep reflection can be particularly useful. Like at the close of one year and the beginning of another, on… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events

SHIFT-IT School courses banner shows Christina Merkley working with a group on a Zoom screen as she draws a visual map on the drawing tablet. Backdrop of her abstract art with turquoise, reds and creams.

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE! Play Santa or have someone play Santa for you! The gift of personal and professional development. Email the team at admin@shift-it-coach.com DROP-IN SATSANGS | Online: Non-Dual Processing First and third Sunday of the month (both now at 10am). Next Gatherings: #80: January 5, 2025, 10:00 am – Noon, Pacific Time, convert to your zone #81:… Read more »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DAN DOHERTY

These grad spotlights can be from across the world, however, this one is from my own home town, Victoria BC Canada! Dan and I have known each other for over a decade. First meeting as fellow trainers and facilitators using the same downtown meeting/training facility. He first took my Visual Skills Bundle to improve his… Read more »


Visual Coaching – Upcoming SHIFT-IT Retreat

How are you doing during these unique times?! You shifting ok?! No small feat, with the continued intensity happening. I’m writing to point out that one of my online SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching Retreats is around the corner – which offers a supportive community for figuring out your next moves. SHIFT-IT Retreats are useful for Newcomers… Read more »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: HERMEKA RAY

Visual Coach Spotlight on Hermeka Ray. Hermeka smiles out at the camera. A woman of color with long hair and a geometric sweater in taupe and black agains a geometric wood grain background.

MY LEARNING JOURNEY TAUGHT ME TO SHIFT FROM THE PROVERBIAL “DOING” TO “BEING”. A POWERFUL CATALYST THAT HAS FOREVER SHAPED A PROMISING FUTURE FOR ME AND MY CLIENTS. The work of a coach is all about change and the ability to draw a clarified vision, values, and insights – painting a purposeful picture filled with… Read more »


NOVEMBER’S PARALLEL PROCESSING

Christina Merkley with free visual coaching session with Hannah YouTube Cover has both of them smiling at the camera against a backdrop of Hannah's visual map: The Dial is in Your Hands

Recorded Individual Session [Non-Dual Inquiry] The Dial is in Your Hands – Hannah with Christina Merkley Summary: Exploratory Chat (first 42 minutes): Hannah is a budding visual practitioner. Admiring the unique range of my career, she asks various questions, to which I give answers. Non-Dual Self Inquiry: (jump to Self Inquiry) I draw out Hannah’s own… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events

SHIFT-IT School courses banner shows Christina Merkley working with a group on a Zoom screen as she draws a visual map on the drawing tablet. Backdrop of her abstract art with turquoise, reds and creams.

Upcoming events for 2024/2025: DROP-IN SATSANGS | Online: Non-Dual Processing Now twice a month! First and third Sunday of the month. Next Gatherings: #77: Nov. 17, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, Pacific Time, convert to your zone #78: Dec. 1, 2024, 10:00 am – Noon, Pacific Time, convert to your zone Details and Registration P.S. New In-Person Satsangs… Read more »