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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Christina Merkley — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:38:52 +0000

Hello from the west coast of Canada in rainy March. No real snow this winter; however, the rain is stubbornly consistent, as is customary for a temperate rain forest this time of year. When I go for walks, it’s dramatic, even gothic. Dripping in moody moss and stark sculptural branches. Atmospheric like the British novels... Read more »

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Christina Merkley — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:18:40 +0000

It’s been a busy time. Anneke Lucas and I, with an amazing international cohort, just wrapped a 10-Week Processing Group. We worked right through the holidays, even on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Offering community to Survivors through a period of time that is traditionally difficult. Tomorrow, we move into our Level 2 of Shifting... Read more »

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Christina Merkley — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:56:49 +0000

A nice respite. Enjoying the West Coast summer. Cheers! I celebrated my moon child birthday. I am conveniently bad with time, so they are amorphously blending into one another nowadays. My friends, even the doggedly left-brain ones, know not to remind me which one I’m on! I had a lovely time in Parksville on Vancouver... Read more »

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Christina Merkley — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:38 +0000

Sliding into summer in the Pacific Northwest. Our backyard bank of St. John’s wort has erupted into a sea of yellow. Watching the first bloom emerge, then the winnowing down to the last. Such a wave of exuberant beauty that I delight in each year! The so-called little things in life that summon immense pleasure.... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: GEMMA JONES

Christina Merkley — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:55:29 +0000

All sorts of folks find their way to my training cohorts, and some of them are just ‘on it’ … like Gemma Jones. She helps people see, helps people think and helps people change. I’d also add that she also helps people feel and process their emotions too. Describing herself as a ‘recovering engineer’ given... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: ELISE CRESPIN

Christina Merkley — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 17:52:20 +0000

Elise’s world is multiple … She’s French and German, both analytical and creative, a mother of two boys, and an independent entrepreneur working in five different languages. As a visual facilitator, she uses her creative gift to help groups reveal their potential. A graduate from Paris-Sorbonne in Communication and Marketing, she came to my Visual... Read more »

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Bruce Hostetter: On Fundamentals of Working Visually Workshop

Christina Merkley — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:44:33 +0000

WAS EVERYTHING I EXPECTED IT TO BE AND MORE “The 3-day on the ground Fundamentals of Working Visually was everything I expected it to be and more. I think we were all impressed with how quickly we were creating full-size graphics and able to be very self-directed once we received basic instruction. I can see... Read more »

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