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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DAVID TIEJIE

Christina Merkley — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:38:11 +0000

I came to Christina’s work via her alliance with Anneke Lucas in Shifting the Power. That program was intense. At first, I didn’t think I was in the right place. However, as I stayed with it, my eyes really opened to power dynamics and trauma. Not only power dynamics in our world overall, but also... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: ANNA ENGSTROM

Christina Merkley — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:18:28 +0000

Anna and I first met in 2012 through my collaboration with Ask Theo. Helping Sheila Gillette (the pioneering medium who coined the term “5D”) and her family team make the shift from an old-school travelling schedule to working online (back in the tele-meeting days before Zoom… yes, I’m that old). While Sheila was the star... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: SARAH HERD

Christina Merkley — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:51:51 +0000

As an HR Executive and a Digital leader, Sarah is well-versed in large system change. In her corporate leadership role, she’s responsible for large digital transformation projects across HR … sometimes several at the same time! It was my sacred task in Visual Coach Certification to hold space for her. Give her the room, resources,... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: JAN RICHARDS

Christina Merkley — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:29 +0000

Today’s grad, Jan Richards, is located in Silicon Valley (where I was based in the 90s). A longtime business consultant and former National Baldridge Examiner, she’s a Grove Consultants aficionado (my former employer back in the heady dot-com days). Jan knows the efficient practicality of ‘working visually’, having successfully used the Grove’s Strategic Visioning and... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DONNA CHEWNING

Christina Merkley — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:59:23 +0000

Donna has both personal and professional reasons for working visually. On a personal level, she is the mother of an adult son with a lifelong disability and limited communication abilities. Professionally, her career in Restorative Justice, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation – including her work with her state’s Supreme Court and Alternative Dispute Resolution Department, as... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: MICHELLE BASTOCK

Christina Merkley — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:00:41 +0000

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 »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DAN DOHERTY

Christina Merkley — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:52:47 +0000

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 »

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Announcing SHIFT-IT eCommunity

Christina Merkley — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:55:21 +0000

I’m in my fifth year of offering free Public Satsangs, which began back in 2020 when the pandemic restrictions hit. Thank you to the brave and generous folks who have made these co-creations so beautiful over these years! FYI, since the start of this year, videos are no longer being publicly shared on YouTube, or... Read more »

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7 TIPS TO BUILD YOUR 50-300K BIZ

Christina Merkley — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:49:05 +0000

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 »

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