A Note From Christina

I am LONG overview due sending out my SHIFT-IT eZine. Every year I take the month of August off to have some ‘me’ time, important for those of us who help others for a living. I use that precious time for my own personal development and to do things on my bucket list. Going to… Read more »


Learning & Development Consultant Christy Gharbo Adds Real Time Visuals To Her Practice

Gained Invaluable Knowledge And Skills AND The Confidence to Draw and Visually Represent Idea Real Time in Front of Clients. “Early in my corporate career I realized the visual aspects of my work brought me the most joy and fulfillment AND allowed me to be more effective.  Whether I was designing instruction, developing e-learning, facilitating… 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 »


A Note from Christina

Hello from South America! As you read this eZine (if you are reading it on the day it is published) I am at spectacular Machu Picchu in Peru. Today is my 49th birthday. I’m in the midst of a 3-day sightseeing excursion. Then I’m participating in a week-long spiritual retreat led by pioneering ethnobotanist Dennis… Read more »


Tracy Knutson applies her coaching and graphic facilitation skills on a daily basis

TRACY KNUTSEN: SKILLED PROCESS PROFESSIONAL FROM FORT QU’APPELLE  SASKATCHEWAN ADDS WORKING VISUALLY TO HER PRACTICE “I was introduced to the concept of graphic facilitation many years ago through the use of PATHS and MAPS with individuals who have disabilities and their support networks.  Through this work, I gained a sense of both the practicality of… Read more »



A Note From Christina

Finished the Spring 2017 season off with a bang – 5 days of back-to-back Visual Skills Trainings. Thank you to all who came, I don’t know how it gets more delicious each year, but it does! Already getting very impressive progress reports about how these skills are getting used back in your home turfs, bravo! We are refreshing our sites for the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters, see overview for what’s coming.


ALINA GUTIERREZ MEJIA: MONTREAL FACILITATOR EMPLOYS VISUAL TOOLS WITH GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS

SHIFT-IT AND VISUAL COACH CERTIFICATION: LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES! “After several years of using visuals in my practice as a facilitator, I joined Christina’s Visual Coach Certification. Having experienced many changes in my personal and professional life (marriage, MA from Concordia in Human Systems Intervention, birth of my two children, and creating an independent practice) I knew… Read more »


Two eCommunities for Your Outer/Inner Balance

Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here Download MP3 When I moved back to Canada in the early 2000s, after close to a decade in San Francisco, I had decisions to make about my process practice and what I called… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Our spring semester here at SHIFT-IT School is quickly coming in for a close.  Just one more week until courses are complete and we use July to refresh for the coming 18 months.  So hang tight if you are wanting to know what/when we are doing in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 … we’ll get… Read more »