The Search for Resilience

Sonja’s journey is equal parts inspiring and life-changing. This book will move you, motivate you, and show you how to build the kind of resilience we all need.

-Heidi Anderson, PR Coach, publicist & radio broadcaster

10⁄10 recommend A Search for Resilience for anyone seeking to take ownership of their life and grow into the person they’re meant to be. It will leave you inspired, empowered, and ready to navigate your own tough seasons with courage.

- Laura Canham Business and Sales Strategist

The Search for Resilience is a deeply moving and empowering insight into personal transformation, resilience, and self-discovery. Sonja vulnerably shares her journey of navigating both personal and professional struggles to find her inner warrior. In true Sonja style, she’s turned her pain into something powerful to help others. It’s both relatable and actionable. This book is a timely reminder that no matter what you’re facing in your personal or professional life, you can choose to awaken your inner strength and live life on your terms. It filled me with hope - Sonja is a true inspiration.

- Tahryn Bolt Messaging and Marketing Mentor

Sonja is not only providing all the insight, experience, and foresight into her story but giving every reader practical, tangible processes and systems to allow everyone to follow through on their dreams by failing forward and being okay. Simply amazing!

- Michael Daisley Leadership Coach

Sonja Pototzki-Raymond MSc is a CEO, Google Search expert, keynote speaker, author, and fertility advocate. Also known as Sonja The Search Queen, her mission is to help her clients outrank their competitors on Google.

A force to be reckoned with, in 2018, Sonja founded The Search Republic and, within five years, generated over $700 million in sales for her clients. With a global footprint and an active client waitlist, The Search Republic is now one of Australia’s most in-demand Google-accredited digital agencies.

Holding an honours degree and a master’s in marketing, Sonja combines her Google Search smarts with her big heart and passion for making a difference to her clients’ bottom line, the environment, and the business community.

With over two decades of global marketing and advertising experience, working for many high-profile international brands including Guinness, Jameson, Nestlé, L’Oréal, Special K, and Benefit Cosmetics, Sonja is renowned for accelerating growth and transforming businesses using ethical, effective, and sustainable Google Search strategies.

After a gruelling fertility journey put her resilience to the test, she became an outspoken fertility advocate, shining a light on what some consider a taboo subject. Through her book, The Search for Resilience, she aims to empower others to awaken their inner warriors, face their biggest challenges head-on, and live their dream lives.

Sonja is a loving wife to husband Kevin and a proud (and oh-so grateful) mum to daughters Saige and Willow, proving that you can have everything you want in life if you’re willing to fight for it.