Tag: personal strategic planning

A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

eZine banner for A Note From Christina: beautiful seashells displayed on weathered driftwook against the green of the forest as a backdrop.

Wherever you are in the world, with so much shifting, I hope you are coping well as 2024 comes down the funnel. Here in the Pacific Northwest of Canada, I’ve had a busy summer using visuals to help folks process their thoughts and feelings. Visual Skills Training: I returned to in-person trainings after a hiatus… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A Note From Christina eZine header featuring a handmade close up of a ceramic bowl filled with sparkling christmas tree balls in blues, golds and silvers on a rich wood desktop

Happy Holidays to you and yours! I’m enjoying a few leisurely days here in a relatively mild Canadian winter – so far no snow. Just the way I like it, as dealing with power outages in the woods is no fun. Mom took a tumble a few weeks ago and broke her shoulder. Dad’s loss… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Beautiful fall colours on Saltspring Island. Bright yellows and oranges along a still lake with moody grey clouded sky. Rainforests of Vancouver Island

Late fall here on the misty coast of western Canada. My dentist is on Salt Spring Island. Takes 4 hours each way to get there … the highway, the parking lot, the ferry, then the road to his office … then the return. It’s a pain in the butt, as it eats up a whole… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Misty morning in the Pacific Northwest. Christina Merkley walks her chocolate lab who is stopped on a log overlooking a pond with the back drop of the evergreen forests and low lying mist.

The season is shifting here in the western rainforest of Canada. Sunny days are more frequently giving way to fall mists. I’ve been harvesting the last of the veggies from my garden, and laying in some flower bulbs for spring. Putting the container beds to sleep with a blanket of maple leafs, incrementally gathered from… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A note from Christina banner of puppy Presley running on the beach with the clouds and olympic mountains as a backdrop for the water and waves on a sunny day.

Thunder is rolling in as I type. An oddity for these parts. The sky is going gray and the wind is picking up. Rain is dumping. Summer of 2023 is being a smidge dramatic here in British Columbia as it closes out. August has flown by. I was intending on taking the month off. Which… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A note from christina banner against Christina Merkley's vibrant hot pink peonies.

My current Visual Coaching season is coming to a close. Several processing groups are wrapping up, as well as the 2023 cohort of Visual Coach Certification. Over July my website will be refreshed with the specifics for this Fall and 2024. A newly revised Fundamentals of Visual Coaching is coming. More Visual Satsangs. Another Shifting the… Read more »


DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

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Visual Coaching Session Video: I continue to offer Recorded Individual Sessions during these shifting times. Sometimes I know these beautiful beings, sometimes I don’t. It’s always my honor, and education, to meet Consciousness through their unique forms. Here’s another from my queue. Hosted on either YouTube or Rumble, depending on the nature of the content. … Read more »


PhD AND/OR SINGLE PARENTHOOD?!

visual coach video PhD and/or Single Parenthood of Christina and Abbey in front of her visual maps

Visual Coaching Session Video: Right-click here to download. Jump To: 00:00 Meet and Greet 02:42 Map Options & Template Choices 06:51 Polarity Square: To PhD or Not to PhD 0:36:44 Flip It, Flip It Good Map: To Be a Parent 1:19:29 Next Steps, Close and Postscript Summary: Abbey works for a bustling academic institution. For… Read more »


FACILITATOR OF THE WORLD!

christina merkley holding a globe with community against a visual map background

Visual Coaching Session Video:     00:34 Julia’s Context 06:32 Map Options & Template Choice 09:07 Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Map 49:00 Next Steps and Close Summary: For 11 years Julia has worked for a European NGO focused on child rights. Her focus is fundraising, including lots of interactions with donors. In short, she… Read more »


FUTURE SELF VISION: FORESTS NETWORK

[Visual Coaching with Christina Merkley – COVID Pandemic #2]. Times of crisis help us get clear on what we do want and how our interests fit into bigger puzzle piece of larger shift going on. See courageous client use the COVID-19 Crisis to get clear about her passion work – environmental education specifically kids (and… Read more »