Sandra is proudly neurodivergent. She completed a Davis programme in mid-life, which was transformational and inspired her to bring this beautiful work to the world. She came to understand that she thinks differently, and became very excited about the possibilities before her.
Outside of the Davis facilitation work, she has extensive experience working in an NGO with people with mental health struggles. This has strongly influenced her passion and knowledge when working with neurodiversity, and recognition of the myriad of difficulties that can coincide living within a neurotypical world.
Sandra’s passion is for people to securely imagine a sense of belonging, to know they can effortlessly contribute to their own and others lives. To participate in everything that thrills them; seeing the opportunities, taking action, and making connections and decisions with ease.
While walking along the Waikato river bank, Sandra discovered an interactive waka (Māori canoe) sculpture, named ‘Tōia mai’. The narrative of the sculpture inspired her to imagine the Davis journey as an invitation into the vessel of change – a vessel that symbolizes unity and strength. From there, opportunity exists for transformation as individuals are guided to connect with their inner resources. Allowing them to uncover their true potential, and releasing the blocks that are withholding them from living their best life. Sandra believes in calling in the person, their family and Whānau, ‘pulling and working together’ to create change, as they navigate their way to feeling whole.
Sandra started working with 'Remarkable Minds' after moving to Auckland in 2021. She values unity and growth and is inspired by the global intention to work together to move Davis from 'unknown to unforgettable.' Her purpose is to empower individuals of all ages to have the ability to achieve what they set out to do through a Davis programme.
Licensed to provide:
Licensed since: July 13, 2008
Certifications:
Travel: I am willing to travel to clients
Online services: I coach online or in person
Delivery Languages: EnglishEnglish
It has been a wonderful process watching James work with you and develop a much stronger and clearer sense of self. He has become more assertive in who he is and we look forward to guiding him further in this journey as he continues to grow. We have been so appreciative of your patience, skills and wisdom in working with James. It has been invaluable.
Gina – Mother, Davis Autism Approach (11 years)
Doing the Davis Programme with Sandra has really helped my ability to read, write and focus. Since completing the programme I no longer accidentally re-read the same sentence and my spelling and writing have improved significantly. Sandra has also equipped me with tools to help me focus if I get disorientated which are extremely helpful. I would recommend this programme to anyone who has difficulty reading, writing or spelling. It’s impact on my life has been huge and really positive.
Student - Mastery for Dyslexia (15 years)
I was finding it hard to make big decisions before Davis, Sandra gave me a framework to take responsibility and own my decisions for which I am ever grateful.
Stu – Davis Concepts for Life (Adult)
Looking back, the stand out for me was that my life was stuck in a loop. I so desperately wanted growth in areas like responsibility and accountability, emotional regulation, managing highs and lows and my mental health, but no matter what I did, I never really made traction or true change.
During the course the physical world concepts, like cause and effect, sequence and order really opened my eyes to see things that I had never seen before. I became so much more aware of order and how it’s all around us. These concepts enabled me to see the steps that were involved in tasks, which reduced overwhelm. I quickly noticed the change in my understanding of the physical world concepts.
It’s only been two years after completing the course that I have really started to see the development and integration of the internal concepts around responsibility and motivation. It has been these internal concepts that have made the difference in producing deep internal change. The old loop is no longer running.
I am seeing exponential growth in my understanding of self, others and relationships. Most significantly I have a new understanding of responsibility that has opened up
the world of self-determination and autonomy to me.
The life concepts programme has been absolutely pivotal to the healing journey that I’ve been on for many years.
Laura – Davis Concepts for Life (Adult)
Sandra has been phenomenal with myself and my son. We learnt how to slow down, regulate, and orientate our attention to a task that we would like to focus on. My son started to immediately feel more confident and curious about things that he had never noticed before. And because of doing the course I have become more connected and understanding to how my son thinks, feels, and learns. It has been a wonderful experience.
Simonne – Mother, Mastery for Dyslexia (Son 11 years)
