Motivational Speaker

Empowering bold action through stories of risk, resilience and adventure

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Sarah is an international motivational speaker

She is an award-winning adventurer who spent over two decades in the corporate environment.

Both have tested her and given her insights into what it takes to succeed in the most challenging of environments.

Sarah blends powerful storytelling with practical tools to reframe risk, embrace discomfort and build a bold mindset. She has incredible stories to share with insights and lessons and shows audiences how to move beyond fear and hesitation, turn challenge into growth and thrive in the unknown, to help you and your teams explore what’s possible.

KEYNOTES

Sarah helps people do big things.

Through stories from extreme adventure, risk management and a career spent making things happen, I explore what it takes to think bigger, make bold decisions and turn ambition into action.

THE ADVENTURER'S MINDSET

Curiosity, Courage & the Confidence to Go Where You Haven't Been Before

What can we learn from people who willingly head into the unknown? Sarah shares lessons from extreme adventure about curiosity, courage, preparation and adaptability — and how an adventurer's mindset can help us navigate change and uncertainty.

EMBRACE RISK. DO BIG THINGS.

Why the smartest risk isn't the one you avoid

Risk isn't something to eliminate. It's something to understand. Sarah combines her experience as a professional risk manager with lessons from a life of adventure to explore how intelligent risk-taking can help us seize opportunities, make better decisions and do things we once thought impossible.

FROM WOAH → GO → DONE

How to turn big ideas into bold action

We all have ideas, ambitions and things we'd love to do. But getting from "wouldn't it be great if..." to "let's do this" is where things get interesting. Sarah shares a practical approach to turning big ideas into action — and navigating the inevitable roadblocks along the way.

GULP!

Getting uncomfortable on purpose

Growth rarely happens inside our comfort zone. Drawing on her 52 Gulps challenge and a lifetime of deliberately doing things that scare her, Sarah explores what happens when we get comfortable with being uncomfortable — and why a little discomfort can open up a much bigger world.

  • Sarah’s keynote was compelling and engaging, with great stories of her adventures combined with a serious professional look at risk management and why it is important.

    RACHEL SCANLON, THE LAW SOCIETY

  • It was inspirational to hear from someone who is a totally normal person, but has achieved so much - purely through hard work, dedication and resilience.

    ACTING SUB LIEUTENANT TANNER, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

  • Sarah is a truly inspirational speaker! She has a great way of drawing you in and you feel completely immersed in her world. Her story is relatable. She even makes risk management cool!

    ANGELA A,DIRECTOR, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE

  • The audience loved it and I would highly recommend Sarah as a motivational speaker.

    RACHEL S, THE LAW SOCIETY

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Group of young women gathered in a classroom with Sarah Davis, posing for a photo with a large screen in the background displaying a presentation on paddleboarding.
A group of military personnel in camouflage uniforms gathered together for a photo with Sarah Davis in the foreground. The group is seated in a room, smiling at the camera.
Sarah Davis in black professional attire giving a presentation to an audience seated at round tables in a conference room.