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 »
Writing a post on the left and right brain has been brewing within me for a while. More particularly, I’ve been gathering speed for an impassioned holler for equal respect for the right brain as well as the value of integration between BOTH sides of the brain – taking a decidedly HOLISTIC approach. Holistic Process… Read more »
“Excited. Love This Work! Going For It With Conviction Feels Scary! Ready to Take It To The Next Level. Scared Yet I Want to Feel Confident” Those are some of the conflicting phrases expressed by participants as we kicked off the spring online version of Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals this week (my course that teaches the… Read more »
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING I KNEW I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE “I can’t describe how grateful I am that I invested in Christina’s Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals. What an amazing course. Right from the beginning I just knew I was in the right place. Even though I had been doing Graphic Facilitation and Graphic Recording… Read more »
It’s a fascinating time of catalytic change. My regular drumbeat of classes is proceeding this season plus all sorts of new stirrings are going on inside of me, literally hammering to get out (ouch). The SHIFT-IT Online cohort is up and running. All introduced to each other and to the SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching System® …… Read more »
Have you recently fallen in love with Graphic Facilitation or Graphic Recording … or, has it been a while and you are finally ready to give it a go? Do you use Graphic Facilitators and/or Graphic Recorders in your meetings? Or want to do this role yourself? Did you know these effective visual methods also… Read more »
Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here Every week I do Exploratory Calls with people from various places that contact me because they are attracted to things I do and teach. This week I found myself repeating several statements to… Read more »
As a Process Professional (visual facilitator, visual coach, energy worker and educator), I often have to introduce myself and/or set context about my work before landing or diving into an engagement. A tool that helps me do that, both online and in-person is my “Visual Bio” What a Visual Bio Is: A Visual Bio is… Read more »
Hannah’s given me her permission to blog her biz and website launch … which I’ve been coaching her on. She’s been a client for a few years now (starting with SHIFT-IT Online, then progressing into Visual Coach Certification and Magic Marker Retreats). She came pre-loaded with visual skills, given she was already a fine artist… Read more »
One of my clients left her scientific career in the summer, to pursue her passion for Graphic Recording full-time. As such, one of her first strategies upon leaving (after taking a few weeks to decompress, relax and have some fun) was to dive in and work on her identity, brand and refresh her website …… Read more »
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