It’s summer here in the Pacific Northwest and the living is easy … or at least warm! Summer is one of two chances throughout the year for me to take a few weeks off from client work and running courses. I love ya all however I need to take a break from time to time… Read more »
VISUAL PRACTITIONER TARA SHANKS SHARES HER EXPERIENCE OF SHIFT-IT SCHOOL
I KEEP COMING BACK BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT IN SKILLS ALWAYS PAYS OFF. COURSES ARE HIGH CALIBRE. PACKED WITH KNOWLEDGE & INSPIRING PEOPLE. “I first saw a Graphic Recorder at a conference. I was smitten. I found Christina’s article – “So You Wanna Be A Graphic Recorder?” I did … however I remember thinking how amazing… Read more »
Ego and Other Deaths
It’s the eighth month of 2018 and this is only my third eZine of the year. The first one was on Ayahuasca, the second one was on my Graphic Recordings of Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry Work with trauma and addictions. And this third one is on death. I know, I’m a laugh a minute right?! The longer… Read more »
A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA
Egads, it’s been ages since I sent out an eZine. I’ve been too darn busy. Please accept my apologies, I intend to get back into a more regular communication drumbeat soon. One of the things that has kept me hopping is the annual in-person offerings of my Visual Skills programs. Big thanks to those of… Read more »
COMBAT IMAGINEER ERIC BAKEY: WEAVING VISUALS INTO VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS
YOUR COURSE HELPED ME GET AWESOME AT SKETCHNOTES HOWEVER IT WAS YOUR MENTORSHIP THAT PUSHED ME TO GO BIG “Hey Christina. Wanted to give you an update re: my visual practice and say thank you. You must SEE a thing before you can achieve it. Fellow VETrepreneurs rely on me to “combat imagineer” force-multiplying marketing… Read more »
Gabor Maté: Real Time Graphic Recordings
Graphic Recording, as many of my readers know, is a real-time visual note taking process done in a public manner, usually with large sheets of mural size paper (although other materials can also be used including digital means). If you are aware of the SketchNotes technique, it’s the same idea, but larger and with the… Read more »
A Note from Christina
Just a Little Note From The eZine About What I (and JJ) Have Been Up To The Last While. Our Nature Odyssey Continues As Maybe Another Year In the Woods. Downtown Construction Taking a Long Time! Online Courses Going Great Via SHIFT-IT School – a Few Spots Left in Online And In-person Visual Skills Training. Plus Visual Coach Certification is Right Around the Corner, Get Your Requisites Done Now. Cohort Forming.
Organizational Development Consultant Louisa Marziali Adds Visual Coaching to her Client Offerings.
BY REFLECTING ON CHRISTINA’S FEEDBACK, IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF HER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS MY VISUAL SKILLS AND COACHING BLOOMED. “I enrolled in Visual Coach Certification to expand my use of visuals within my practice and to learn a foundational methodology, SHIFT-IT. Also to fill gaps from previous coaching courses which lacked a framework… Read more »
Ayahuasca: Info for Process Professionals
Are the exotic names of Ayahuasca, Iboga, San Pedro and the like new to you? As an aware Process Professional if you haven’t already encountered them, chances are they will pop up somewhere in your personal or professional networks soon. All are indigenous Plant Medicines or ethnogens, with deep culturally specific roots, whose use is… Read more »
Bon Voyage Mentor Jim Channon
Hopefully you have special people in your life who are always there for you with a kind word, a thumbs up and a mischievous wink. I had/have one of those in my friend and mentor Jim Channon, who passed away earlier this month at Artesia his Kona sanctuary. I met Jim back in the mid-90s.… Read more »