Tag: non duality

A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A Note From Christina, August 2025 Banner has a whimsical fallen cross-section of a log with a smiling face. Surrounded by bright green leaves.

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 »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

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 »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A Note from Christina June 2025 banner shows vibrant closeup of hot pink rhododendrun flowers in Victoria British Columbia

Oh my. These are intense and shifting times, are they not?! As The SHIFT-IT Coach, I continue to shift too. In my personal life, I continue to support my parents to age in place. For privacy reasons, I won’t go into details, but suffice to say, this context adds a bittersweet component. One of the… Read more »


OH MY – A FIRING AND A CARJACKING. DEEP INNER WORK IN THIS WEEK’S PROCESS POPUP.

Process Group #21A & 21 B – 2020 Shifts (October 7, 2020 – Visual Coaching). I GOT FIRED YESTERDAY – Process PopUp 21A Wendi is reeling from being fired yesterday. From a spiritual, community-based not-for-profit. Understandably angry given lack of warning or proper closing. She and her co-workers were callously called ‘dandelions spread to the… Read more »


FLIP IT: OUTER VS INNER PRODUCTIVITY

[Visual Coaching with Christina Merkley – COVID Pandemic #6]. Dorothy’s partner (visual skills student of mine) referred her. So glad she did as I personally found this session extraordinary given the spiritual/soul perspective on leadership, identity, status, aging and mobility issues. Poignant example of struggle between what our personality values versus what our soul does.… Read more »