SANDRA YOUNGER

You can come back from setbacks.

Transform disaster into opportunity and even loss into legacy
with the power of personal resilience

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Speaking

Book Sandra as a keynote speaker or workshop leader. Past clients include: Intl. Assoc. of Fire Chiefs, Manitoba Disaster Mgmt. Conference, CALFIRE, North Dakota Emergency Mgmt. Assoc., Assoc. of Minnesota Emergency Managers, SDG&E

Consulting

Sandra works with disaster survivors, top-level emergency professionals and other mission-driven leaders to build resilience, the skill that transforms disaster into opportunity, and loss into legacy.

Media

Sandra's media appearances include NBC's Dateline, CBS, ABC, PBS, CBC, Fox, the CW, plus more than 25 print publications, radio shows and podcasts.

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The ComeBACK Formula™
A Resilience-Building Guidebook

You can come back from disaster! Author and wildfire survivor Sandra Younger walks you through five powerful, commonsense practices proven by research and experience to build our natural personal resilience like a muscle, making it possible to transform crisis into possibility, disaster into opportunity and even loss into legacy.

"Equally important as disaster preparedness, Sandra’s ComeBACK Formula™ addresses recovery and resilience on a personal level. Her presentation at the Resilient Salt Lake County conference provided unique insight with meaningful tools and concepts. ***** Five Stars!" Michael Barrett, Salt Lake County (UT) Emergency Services

"Sandra's ComeBACK Formula™ Guidebook is the first of its kind I've come across in my 50 years of firefighting. I believe it will become recommended reading for those in the fire service and necessary reading for those survivors of future tragedies of all types." Bill Clayton, CALFIRE

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#1 Amazon
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The Fire Outside My Window is acclaimed as required reading for residents of wildfire country and studied by emergency professionals. Over and over, Amazon reviewers say,
“I couldn’t put it down!”

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About Sandra Younger

Sandra Younger lost her home, 12 neighbors and nearly her own life in a catastrophic wildfire. Her #1 Amazon best-selling book about the disaster, The Fire Outside My Window, is acclaimed as required reading for residents of wildfire country, studied by top-level emergency professionals, and praised by reader reviewers who “couldn’t put it down."

After the fire, Sandra discovered that personal resilience is both a natural strength and a skill set we can build like a muscle. Combining her own experience with leading academic research, she developed The ComeBACK Formula™—a five-step system of powerful, commonsense practices proven to transform disaster into opportunity and loss into legacy.

Sandra is an international speaker, workshop leader and media guest. She’s appeared on NBC's Dateline, ABC, CBS, PBS, CBC, Fox, the CW and dozens of podcasts and radio shows.

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What clients say about Sandra ...

Unique insight and meaningful tools

Sandra's ComeBACK Formula™ addresses recovery and resilience on a personal level. Her presentation provided unique insight with meaningful tools and concepts.***** Five Stars! MICHAEL BARRETT, SALT LAKE COUNTY (UT) EMERGENCY SERVICES (Retired)

Real-life experience at the heart of emergency management

"Sandra’s real-life experience dealing with a devastating disaster strikes at the heart of Emergency Management. She has a knack of engaging her audience in a very professional manner, which sets her apart from many of our past speakers." GARRY M. JOHANSON, PRESIDENT, ASSOC. OF MINNESOTA EMERGENCY MANAGERS

Relevant to firefighters after a large-scale incident

Sandra's material is relevant to the feelings firefighters have after an event or large-scale incident. The ComeBACK Formula™ is a tool we can utilize for resiliency.
JOE NAPIER, CHIEF, VALLEY CENTER (CA) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Engaging and satisfying with takeaway points for everyone

Sandra was very perceptive to the audience, interested in knowing who we were before speaking, and gave us a passion-filled story with takeaway points for everyone in the room. I would recommend her to all organizations big or small for an engaging and satisfying message. CAROLYN PETERS , PAST PRESIDENT, FAR WEST ATHLETIC TRAINERS

A message of hope; she closed to a standing ovation

Sandra's message of hope resonated well with our audience [of wildfire survivors]. She closed to a standing ovation. OLGA MARTIN STEELE, PAST PRESIDENT, SOROPTIMISTS, LAKE COUNTY, CA