coach Archives - SHIFT-IT Coach Become Your Next Self Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:51:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/a-note-from-christina-175/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/a-note-from-christina-175/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:56:49 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=104426 A nice respite. Enjoying the West Coast summer. Cheers! I celebrated my moon child birthday. I am conveniently bad with time, so they are amorphously blending into one another nowadays. My friends, even the doggedly left-brain ones, know not to remind me which one I’m on! I had a lovely time in Parksville on Vancouver... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/a-note-from-christina-175/feed/ 0 A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/a-note-from-christina-174/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/a-note-from-christina-174/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:38 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=103389 Sliding into summer in the Pacific Northwest. Our backyard bank of St. John’s wort has erupted into a sea of yellow. Watching the first bloom emerge, then the winnowing down to the last. Such a wave of exuberant beauty that I delight in each year! The so-called little things in life that summon immense pleasure.... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/a-note-from-christina-174/feed/ 0 LUXURY TO TALK https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/luxury-to-talk/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/luxury-to-talk/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:20 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=103285 [Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Luxury to Talk – Ana Sits with Christina Merkley Video: ? Visual Map: Luxury to Talk – Early Years Summary: We begin with what is – meeting Ana’s current relationship to motherhood. Sadness connected to her own desire and ambivalence, and a series of contradictions and polarities with her own mother. The... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/luxury-to-talk/feed/ 0 CORE OF GOODNESS https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/core-of-goodness/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/core-of-goodness/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:59:02 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=90176 [Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Core of Goodness – David Sits with Christina Video: ?? Visual Map: My Core of Goodness Summary: We begin with what is – David’s current inertia and its impact on his marriage. As a long-time yoga practitioner, he returns to his breath and finds instant relief, plus a message that “courage is... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/core-of-goodness/feed/ 0 SITTING WITH US: RAISING UPPER LIMITS https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/01/rasing-upper-limits/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/01/rasing-upper-limits/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:00:24 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=88159 [Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Raising Upper Limits – Lisa Sits with Christina Merkley Video: Visual Maps: Keep it Simple Raising My Upper Limit – Summary: Lisa’s note when she booked her sit said “I have been nominated for a life-changing prize and need your perspective to help showcase my good work”. When we began, her Mind... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/01/rasing-upper-limits/feed/ 0 NOVEMBER’S PARALLEL PROCESSING https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2024/11/novembers-parallel-processing-the-dial-is-in-your-hands/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2024/11/novembers-parallel-processing-the-dial-is-in-your-hands/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:37:00 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=83975 Recorded Individual Session [Non-Dual Inquiry] The Dial is in Your Hands – Hannah with Christina Merkley Summary: Exploratory Chat (first 42 minutes): Hannah is a budding visual practitioner. Admiring the unique range of my career, she asks various questions, to which I give answers. Non-Dual Self Inquiry: (jump to Self Inquiry) I draw out Hannah’s own... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2024/11/novembers-parallel-processing-the-dial-is-in-your-hands/feed/ 0 Bruce Hostetter: On Fundamentals of Working Visually Workshop https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2016/06/bruce-hostetter/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2016/06/bruce-hostetter/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:44:33 +0000 http://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=22711 WAS EVERYTHING I EXPECTED IT TO BE AND MORE “The 3-day on the ground Fundamentals of Working Visually was everything I expected it to be and more. I think we were all impressed with how quickly we were creating full-size graphics and able to be very self-directed once we received basic instruction. I can see... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2016/06/bruce-hostetter/feed/ 0 Dr. Rita Smith: Corporate Leader Weighs In On Value of Visual Coach Certification https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2016/01/in-your-words-dr-rita-smith-certified-visual-coach/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2016/01/in-your-words-dr-rita-smith-certified-visual-coach/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:43:47 +0000 http://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=21236 THE VISUAL MAPS AND OVERALL PROCESS WAS LIFE CHANGING “Christina tops my professional gratitude list! I knew of her stellar reputation and took 2 flights, a bus, a train, a ferry and a seaplane to work in person with her! During my incredible private Visual Skills training I learned so much about working visually with... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2016/01/in-your-words-dr-rita-smith-certified-visual-coach/feed/ 0 SCARED TO WORK LARGE AND BE SEEN https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2014/09/scared-to-work-large-and-be-seen/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2014/09/scared-to-work-large-and-be-seen/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2014 22:31:33 +0000 http://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=14649 This article is for the visual practitioners who are connected with me (i.e. folks learning and/or already engaged in visual process work with groups and/or individuals: i.e. graphic recording, graphic facilitation, graphic coaching and the like). In particular, this article is for those who notice they have hesitancy about the visual way of working, even... Read more »

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]]> https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2014/09/scared-to-work-large-and-be-seen/feed/ 2 IT’S HERE: NEW EXPLAINER VIDEO ABOUT MY HOLISTIC PRACTICE https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2014/09/its-here-new-explainer-video-about-my-holistic-practice/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2014/09/its-here-new-explainer-video-about-my-holistic-practice/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:00:40 +0000 http://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=14514 You know it’s not easy talking about oneself and trying to explain what you do … especially when you do unusual things that only certain folks have reference points for. Thankfully, with the growth of the Graphic Recording / Graphic Facilitation fields, knowledge and understanding about some of the things I have been doing for... Read more »

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