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 »
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATIONS
Ok, a little warning to start with. Those of you in my client base who are more Left Brained (and I love you), you may want to take a pass on this particular article, haha. As I’m going to write about a method that is decidedly more Right Brained. Some of my readers know that… Read more »
GRAPHIC RECORDERS: HOW TO BUILD A THRIVING PRACTICE
Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here If you are new to me, hello I’m Christina Merkley. I’m a seasoned Visual Practitioner and teacher of various process skills including Studio Work, Graphic Recording, Graphic Facilitation and Graphic Coaching (which are… Read more »
7 TIPS TO BUILD YOUR 50-300K BIZ
Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here Download MP3 I’ve operated my own facilitation- coaching-training biz since 2001. When I made the leap to the independent lifestyle, I was excited but scared as heck. Along the way I have learned… Read more »
What Abraham-Hicks Told Me on the Hot Seat
Abraham-Hicks, one of my favorites for Law of Attraction info, is currently touring their way through the Pacific Northwest … in the general vicinity of where I live. Every year they make a stop in Portland and Seattle and an unofficial one in Victoria, British Columbia (my town), as we’re the last port of call… Read more »
WHY WORKING FOR NADA CAN BE SMART
I’m in the biz of helping grown adults SHIFT. And I do a lot of SHIFTing myself in the process too – as like attracts like. Often my clients are in the midst of a big developmental step. They are either younger folks (25-45) who really want to get clarity and traction on their professional… Read more »