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TIRED OF MAKING BAD CHOICES?
ON THE BRINK OF BURNOUT?
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Empowering founders to crush self-sabotage, level up mental fitness, and 2x their business with clarity and confidence.

READY TO RECLAIM YOUR ENERGY?
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Increase Your Impact (& Income) by Overcoming Self-Sabotage, The Must-Attend Workshop for Every Founder and Entrepreneur

Are you a founder or entrepreneur feeling stuck, held back from achieving your full potential? Chances are, your inner saboteurs are standing in your way—and it’s time to break free.

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HEY! I'M SANDY.

A coach, speaker & joyful optimist dedicated to helping you change your mind in order to change your life.

Change.

George Bernard Shaw once said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

As a first-generation immigrant, third-culture kid who’s lived in four different countries and traveled all over the world, I‘ve experienced change every step of the way.

Here's a secret...

I USED TO THINK THAT COACHING WAS ONLY FOR
EXECUTIVES WITH BIG BANK ACCOUNTS
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Who needed coaching? I could just work harder - it was my problem, I should be able to solve it. But by choosing to go at it alone, I slowed down my progress because I couldn’t see my own blind spots.

The magic of coaching is that you have an objective set of eyes looking at your life to help you identify areas for improvement and move you forward with your goals.

Seriously, what would your life be like if you could speed up your results, lower your stress levels, and find the clarity you need to succeed faster than ever before?
MY CAREER AND PERSONAL JOURNEY HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT CONVENTIONAL. I’VE EXPERIENCED BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM.
From waitressing 12 hours a day to running the show at a huge international company; from not being able to afford a place of my own to living all around the globe, I’m proof that rules were meant to be broken.

But despite looking like I had all the answers on the surface, I was, in fact, a bit lost. I wanted to figure out how to uncover the answers to the questions I had been asking myself for as long as I could remember.


What exactly makes us genuinely happy, successful and creatively fulfilled?

Why do some of us struggle and suffer, while others seem to find a way to thrive, in spite of life's adversities?
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I joined Ignite during a difficult leveling-up period in my life, and I think it was a huge help in steering me into the right direction. Life is a lot, but learning to navigate everyday with my Sage in the driver seat has given me a lot of peace and motivation

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John Ainsworth
Founder
Data Driven Marketing

It's an incredible experience. You're going to have access to these insights and resources you didn't even know you had, you're going to work through things much faster, you're going to improve your business. 

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Betsy Nunez
Co-Founder/COO @Sword & Plough

 Sandy's strategic coaching allowed for our team to double in size, provide a quality interaction with all customers upon multiple platforms, and thrive as an online sales team. I have also received invaluable advice on everything from the operational aspects of the business to how to build a strong team. 

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Clarity Call

DO YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIOURS 
KEEP YOU FROM CREATING THE LIFE YOU WANT?
Book a Clarity Call with me to get insight into the root causes to your habits that are holding you back.
Clarity Call
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ONE-ON-ONE COACHING

Get to where you want to be in a much shorter time and achieve the success you want in life without doing it all on your own.

When you coach with me, we partner in a thought-provoking and creative process to allow you to have space to discover, clarify, and align with what you want to achieve.
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IGNITE

​Change the way you think and behave forever with a complete brain & emotional upgrade program.

Ignite is a combination of personal coaching, app-guided practices, and powerful educational tools that will help accelerate your mental fitness by boosting the three core mental muscles that control how you feel, think and act.
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