Skills & Experience at a Glance

from ‘01: Administrator, research assistant and facilitator, consulting to city councils, state government agencies and private developers. from ‘01: Accredited JourneyTM practitioner with experience in Australia and overseas. ‘03: Eco-Village and Sustainable Communities Training Certificate. ‘04: Cert IV in Workplace Assessment and Training. ‘04: B Sc Australian Environmental Studies (Social Policy and Development). ‘05: Event Manager, Journey Seminars Australasia.

I was born in the Adelaide Hills to parents who were both educators, and grew up in South Australia. Living in an average middle-class family, I became very aware of the privileges that I have – access to food, clothes, education, transport, entertainment. I thought of those in Australia and overseas who weren’t so lucky and I resolved to make the most of my life. I wanted to make a difference.

As a teenager, I moved to Brisbane and completed my secondary education at a progressive school that encouraged free-thinking, creativity, innovation and initiative. I was elected School Captain in my final year.

“Yollana is a person of tremendous energy, commitment and initiative. She has always involved herself heavily in a broad range of school activities including musicals, athletics, social action and environmental groups.” John Brew, Head of Department, English, Indooroopilly State High School, 1997.

Still seeking ways to make the world a better place, I enrolled in an environmental science degree at Griffith University. I knew this to be the longest established environmental course in Australia with a unique multidisciplinary focus and a broader, more visionary, perspective. I received an award for academic excellence and finally majored in social policy and development, gaining a deeper understanding of the intricate interconnections between social and environmental issues.

While completing my degree, I travelled through Europe, researching eco-villages and sustainable communities that were seeking solutions to environmental and social problems. This research continued in Australia and was integrated with my tertiary education.

Read my paper on eco-villages (right click the link and choose "save link as..." to download).

“Yollana is committed to our future and the prospects of future generations… she is someone who could take a leading role in the development of sustainability theory and practice in this country” Dr Graham Meltzer, Author, Sustainable Community (2005).

For five years I worked for and with Sarkissian Associates Planners, a private consulting firm which specialised in running community consultation events and giving social planning advice. As an administrator, research assistant and facilitator, I had the opportunity to work on major projects across Australia with City Councils, government agencies and private developers. Through this process, I began to understand the power of small business, private corporations and public sector organisations to make real differences to people’s lives and futures.

“Yollana Shore has made an impression upon me as a woman who has the capacity to undertake any task she turns her hand to. I really mean that. The pressures of a small business are often difficult to imagine, but Yollana has shouldered responsibilities which have more than demonstrated her capacity for flexibility and responsiveness.”
Wendy Sarkissian, Director, Sarkissian Associates Planners Pty Ltd www.sarkissian.com.au

In 2001, I met international presenter and mind-body healing expert, Brandon Bays. I then began an in-depth training program, learning her ground-breaking healing and empowerment technique The Journey TM. Since 2001, I have been using this technique in a one-on-one context with clients to support them to clear out all sorts of personal issues, so that they can live their full potential. I have also become clearer and freer myself!

“… a big Thank You for a life changing process!... Since that wonderful process I am off all medication for both depression and asthma. It has totally changed my life and the life of my family and they cannot thank you enough.” Julia, Blenheim, NZ.

Having experienced the power of individuals to heal personal issues, I turned my attention from the macro-origins of global social and environmental problems to the micro-origins within each of us as individuals. I began to understand how it is that human beings can (often inadvertently) come to hurt each other and the environment and how those cycles of destruction might not only be stopped, but reversed.

Read my paper on healing the trauma of colonisation in Australia (right click the link and choose "save link as..." to download).

“Yollana synthesised information from her academic foray into indigenous issues with her community work, and delivered a powerful and comprehensive treatise that clearly demonstrates her ability to think laterally, and across disciplines, about intricate interpersonal and social issues.” Dr Cathy Howlett, Associate Lecturer, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, 2004.

Since 2001, I have continued to work one-on-one with individuals, introducing them to The Journey. In 2004-5, I worked with the Journey Seminars Australasia as an Event Manager. In this role, I was able to develop my skills and understanding of the seminar and training industry and deepen my skills and experience as a Journey practitioner.
However, what was personally most rewarding for me was that I learnt a unique business approach which has completely transformed my understandings of business for the better. I now apply these principles in my own business and share them with others with extraordinary results.

Discover the difference was launched in 2006 to focus and empower my experience and skills in one place. Through discover the difference, I offer The Journey, coaching, facilitation and speaking to empower individuals and organisations to reach their potential.

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