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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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HOLIDAY GIFT: Mini Visual Coaching Retreat

Christina Merkley — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:23:49 +0000

Happy Holidays! It’s tradition this time of year to gift my Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat. Like a virtual stocking stuffer … Visual Coaching Retreats can happen at any time. However, there are transitional times in our lives that deep reflection can be particularly useful. Like at the close of one year and the beginning of another, on... 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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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: HERMEKA RAY

Christina Merkley — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:37:13 +0000

MY LEARNING JOURNEY TAUGHT ME TO SHIFT FROM THE PROVERBIAL “DOING” TO “BEING”. A POWERFUL CATALYST THAT HAS FOREVER SHAPED A PROMISING FUTURE FOR ME AND MY CLIENTS. The work of a coach is all about change and the ability to draw a clarified vision, values, and insights – painting a purposeful picture filled with... Read more »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: CARLA YETTER

Christina Merkley — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:10:51 +0000

All sorts of folks find their way to Visual Coach Certification. Some of the bravest are those in conventional environments looking for a different, deeper, more creative way of working. When Carla travelled in person to one of my Magic Marker Masterminds, she’d already discovered the visual way of working and was courageously applying it... Read more »

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