Hi my name is Yanna, and I am here to share my story.
Planning is not my thing – so I step and strategize my way to success, and my business KnowingandAbility is about teaching people how to do just that – knowing how to step and strategize for you to have the ability to achieve with your mental health, your overall health, having fun, fashion, family, fitness, and friendship.
I‘ve had both mental health problems and learning disabilities from the day that I was born, and I’ve had to work out ways to navigate my way through life and it hasn’t been easy. But, since discovering why my life has been so difficult, I have discovered a way to make my life less chaotic and more reliable and I have learned how to make sense of my thoughts and how my mind works to make a system that works for me, and now I am here for you.
I love to help people connect with themselves and break the internal overwhelm, of a disordered mind. Mental health is about the overwhelm within you. Overcome is about the learning that you apply that helps you get through.
During my four years of being a teacher’s assistant in physiotherapy, speech therapy, and assisting small groups of children within the classroom setting, I have guided children to face their feelings, by jotting words down and talking about what matters to them.
This world needs to change for others also, The experiences have been so different from what I have ever known about mental health and learning. I have changed my life. I no longer consume large amounts of chocolate and have
nails. I strive to look after myself. Feelings matter and so too does jotting words down. It is about being creative.
“By pracicing facing my own feelings, through jotting words down in pieces, the energy has flowed differently within my body. I prioritize myself. My learning matters. I am happier. My mind matters, I cherish peace, and music in my life. Life has changed”.
A little more about me
I have studied toward a degree in teaching. My majors ( subjects that I was interested in: English language and linguistics, the arts – drama and music, technology, and ICT ie: the internet and health and well being)
I am a mother, sister, aunty, and daughter. I am a New Zealander and I live in New Zealand.
What makes me different? I have a passion for anything involving education through engagement. That engagement requires learning, in steps.
What I do
I teach, in steps. Those steps come in a variety of ways, poetry, ebooks, courses, membership a service and more.
The products and service are where I share with you my experiences of struggle with mental health and learning disability.
I am a content and curriculum creator of lessons through a set of steps and around resources.
I teach a set of steps, where I start and finish with mental health and then with learning.
Why do I do this work?
I have great pleasure in doing this work as I wish there was someone there for me when I was a child, a teen, and even as an adult.
As you have read, I know about struggle, and it is from this pain, that I worked out a system for success for myself to know how to create a business and be able to provide products and services, with the intention of helping others.
So, who are the others that I do this work for? Who? Is it you that is my ideal client? Let us see, shall we?
I do this work mostly for children and adults who are like me. That is, you have mental health and learning difficulties in which you benefit greatly, from one to one. And as a result, you need to learn, in steps.
From here, the intention is to help you overcome overwhelm and feel okay, to continue going about your life and your day.
The aim is to always feel and be okay.
Q&A
How Long have you been in business?
Before I owned and ran my business, Clean&gleam for 11 years where I repeated the same 5 cleaning actions for different costumers, I was a Teachers Aide, for 3 years. KnowingandAbility was born from my combined knowledge and ability in these occupations (cleaning and teaching) – to offering help to people who wish to learn how to step and strategize their way to success.
Do you use your own equipment and supplies?
I prefer to use my own equipment and supplies as I know what is needed and why.
What do you love most about your job?
I get to be myself. I have always been drawn to helping others as I have a natural ability to want to show and tell what I do, why I do things the way I do and how. My work is about your mental health, overall health, having fun, fashion, family and friendship, and all of this is me being me.
What inspired you to start your own business?
At the time I needed work and an income (cleaning was easy – clean&gleaming) and I knew that I had a wealth of knowledge in different areas of life and that I also had the ability to carry out tasks related to that knowledge – that knowledge and ability started with a cleaning business.
Why should people choose you?
If you are like me and planning is not your thing – then allow me to talk you through stepping and strategizing your way to success, so that planning is your thing.
Can you provide your services online and in person? If so, please add details.
Yes I can through one of the communications channells, and I can carry out tasks.
What changes have you made to keep your customers safe from Covid-19?
All of the consultations are done online, and for the cleaning I prefer an empty house. Makes completing the work easier.
“By practicing facing my own feelings, through jotting words down in pieces, the energy has flowed differently within my body. I prioritize myself. My learning matters. I am happier. My mind matters, I cherish peace, and music in my life. Life has changed”.
Through my practice, I have changed the way in which I do things, so that I have time to listen to music, and laugh when I need to.
I now spend my time helping others to discover facing their feelings and learning to jot and journal words down in pieces, as I can do. Because I know and I am able.
A little more about me
I have studied toward a degree in teaching. My majors ( subjects that I was interested in: English language and linguistics, the arts – drama and music, technology, and ICT ie: the internet and health and well being)
I am a mother, sister, aunty, and daughter. I am a New Zealander and I live in New Zealand.
What makes me different? I have a passion for anything involving education through engagement. That engagement requires learning, in steps.
What I do
I teach, in steps. Those steps come in a variety of ways, poetry, ebooks, courses, membership a service and more.
The products and service are where I share with you my experiences of struggle with mental health and learning disability.
I am a content and curriculum creator of lessons through a set of steps and around resources.
I teach a set of steps, where I start and finish with mental health and then with learning.
Why do I do this work?
I have great pleasure in doing this work as I wish there was someone there for me when I was a child, a teen, and even as an adult.
As you have read, I know about struggle, and it is from this pain, that I worked out a system for success for myself to know how to create a business and be able to provide products and services, with the intention of helping others.
So, who are the others that I do this work for? Who? Is it you that is my ideal client? Let us see, shall we?
I do this work mostly for children and adults who are like me. That is, you have mental health and learning difficulties in which you benefit greatly, from one to one. And as a result, you need to learn, in steps.
From here, the intention is to help you overcome overwhelm and feel okay, to continue going about your life and your day.
The aim is to always feel and be okay.