You can come back from setbacks

Five powerful  practices that transform disaster into opportunity

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The ComeBACK Formula™ 
​A Resilience-Building Guidebook
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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. 


"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

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​"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

Work with Sandra

Speaker 

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

Coach 

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Sandra is a certified professional coach who partners with disaster survivors, top-level emergency professionals and other mission-driven leaders to build resilience and maximize potential, both personal and professional.

 Media Guest

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

#1 Amazon
bestseller

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!”

About Sandra Younger

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Sandra Younger lost her home, 12 neighbors and nearly her own life in a catastrophic  California 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 say they “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™— five powerful, commonsense practices proven to transform disaster into opportunity.

Sandra is an international speaker, certified professional coach, and frequent media guest. She’s appeared on NBC's Dateline, ABC, CBS, PBS, Fox and CBC, plus numerous radio shows and podcasts.

Book Sandra for Your Next Event! 

Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader for ​
Emergency Professionals, Disaster Survivors, High-Fire-Risk Communities

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 

Choose your story: Victim or survivor?
​   That much is under your control.