Tag: Christina Merkley

Visual Coaching Templates: Pros & Cons to Native and Foreign Language Use

As per usual, we have a great cohort in SHIFT-IT Online (online coaching group using my Visual Maps to aid professional and personal shifts).  I run this program twice a year and it’s also a pre-requisite for Visual Coach Certification (for coaches, therapists and other helping professionals to work visually with their own clients and… Read more »


A Note from Christina

It’s a fascinating time of catalytic change. My regular drumbeat of classes is proceeding this season plus all sorts of new stirrings are going on inside of me, literally hammering to get out (ouch). The SHIFT-IT Online cohort is up and running. All introduced to each other and to the SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching System® …… Read more »


[Drone Operators Quit in 100s] Now There’s a SHIFT

There are different kinds of shifts in life. Some are easy. Some are difficult. Some come with having to completely reorient your life and figure out how to reconcile your past. Apparently the U.S. Government is having problems with drone operators leaving their jobs in droves. They say it’s overwork … others say it’s because… Read more »



ARE YOU FOOLISH TO WANT TO USE INNOVATIVE METHODS?

Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here Every week I do Exploratory Calls with people from various places that contact me because they are attracted to things I do and teach. This week I found myself repeating several statements to… Read more »


The Visual Bio: A Handy Marketing Tool

As a Process Professional (visual facilitator, visual coach, energy worker and educator), I often have to introduce myself and/or set context about my work before landing or diving into an engagement. A tool that helps me do that, both online and in-person is my “Visual Bio” What a Visual Bio Is: A Visual Bio is… Read more »


IT’S HERE: NEW EXPLAINER VIDEO ABOUT MY HOLISTIC PRACTICE

You know it’s not easy talking about oneself and trying to explain what you do … especially when you do unusual things that only certain folks have reference points for. Thankfully, with the growth of the Graphic Recording / Graphic Facilitation fields, knowledge and understanding about some of the things I have been doing for… Read more »



WHY I ATTENDED CONTACT IN THE DESERT

Contact in the Desert is a conference dedicated to the wide-ranging fields connected to what is popularly known as UFOs. It was held (for the 2nd time) in Joshua Tree, California, U.S.A on August 8-11, 2014. And I attended, along with 2000 others from around the world. Why? Well, for a lot of reasons …… Read more »


7 TIPS TO BUILD YOUR 50-300K BIZ

Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here Download MP3 I’ve operated my own facilitation- coaching-training biz since 2001. When I made the leap to the independent lifestyle, I was excited but scared as heck. Along the way I have learned… Read more »