I run a variety of Public Trainings in beginner and advanced Visual Skills throughout the year (both online and in-person). However, some clients, for various reasons, prefer to reserve me all for themselves through my Private Training and Apprenticeship options. That was the case this week with trainee Lindsay Risling. Her First Nation organization employs… Read more »
Category: Visual Skills
anything having to do with visual skills, graphic facilitation, graphic recording, (working visually with groups and organizations).
SHIFT-IT eCommunity Drop-In Webinar, November 10, 2018
Hosted The SHIFT-IT eCommunity on Saturday – for grads of my Visual Coaching Courses (SHIFT-IT, Practical Energy Work and Visual Coach Certification). Helped a member rescue her 8 Year Old Orphan … stuck at the kitchen table with her Father learning some mixed messages about money (in her present day life she’s an accountant writing… Read more »
Mexican “Fast and Loose” Sketching Retreat
I’m in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico accomplishing a multi-layered trip. First off, I’m attending the Day of The Dead festivities … which if you have been reading my posts of the last year you know I’m doing a deep dive on the theme of death thanks to Mother Ayahuasca. Secondly, I’m working on my… Read more »
SHIFT-IT eCommunity Drop-In Webinar – October 20, 2018
Nice drop-in of participants for The SHIFT-IT eCommunity today – for grads of my Visual Coaching programs (SHIFT-IT, Practical Energy Work and Visual Coach Certification). Helped one member recognize the cues from her subconscious about a new dawn breaking in her life. Using a technique from my Practical Energy Work course called AlphaMind. Which allows… Read more »
Great Quote For New Visual Practitioners
So good! I do take umbrage at the ‘nobody tells this to people who are beginners’ though. That’s not quite true as I say this in my own way to my Visual Skills students all the time … ‘the only out is through’ and ‘mileage, mileage, mileage’. And ‘it’s normal to mimic others for a… Read more »
Working Visually eCommunity: September’s Drop-In Webinar
I’ve been a Visual Practitioner for 22 years now and a trainer of Visual Skills for 17 years. I’ve educated A LOT of people about the strategy of and joy of Working Visually … and personally trained 2500+ from across the globe. It’s a fascinating field, with warts and all like any field. Having trained… 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 »
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 »
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 »