Sensory Matrix™
Self-Assessment

The Sensory Matrix™ is a science-backed assessment of your seven senses. It delivers a comprehensive sensory profile — along with practical tools and strategies — to help you reduce stress and digital fatigue, improve focus, prevent burnout, and thrive at work and in life

Discover how your sensory systems shape communication, performance, digital fatigue, wellbeing, and productivity — whether you’re an individual seeking clarity or an organisation building a healthier, more neuro-inclusive workplace

Why You Feel Overwhelmed (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right)

You may not realise it, but your sensory system could be driving: 

  • Constant stress or low-level overwhelm you can’t explain
  • Difficulty focusing, even when you’re trying your best
  • Energy crashes after meetings, screens, or social interactions
  • Feeling irritable, distracted, or mentally foggy
  • Burnout that seems to “creep up” despite good self-care
  • Strained communication at work or at home
  • Productivity struggles in hybrid or fast-paced environments
  • Feeling misunderstood, especially if you are neurodivergent

Most people blame themselves.
Few realise their sensory identity™ may be the missing piece.

A Clearer Map. Smarter Strategies. Lasting Change.

The Sensory Matrix™ provides a science-backed, comprehensive profile of your seven senses — revealing the patterns driving stress, focus, energy, and performance.
Instead of generic advice, you receive personalised insight into how your nervous system interacts with your environment — and what to do about it.

Your report enables you to:

  • Pinpoint where overload is occurring
  • Decode the sensory triggers affecting your attention and mood
  • Protect your energy in high-demand environments
  • Build sustainable self-regulation habits
  • Enhance productivity without increasing burnout
  • Strengthen wellbeing and relationships through greater sensory awareness

How is the Sensory Matrix™ different?

  • The Sensory Matrix™ is a science-backed online assessment that measures your unique sensory processing style — revealing how you are neurologically wired to respond to the world around you
  • Unlike traditional personality or productivity tools, it examines attention, emotion, and behaviour from a bottom-up, nervous-system perspective — identifying how sensory thresholds shape your stress, focus, energy, and interactions
  • You receive a comprehensive, customised report that includes:
    • Detailed sensory threshold results across all seven senses
    • Clear explanations of how your brain unconsciously responds to sensory input
    • Practical, easy-to-implement strategies tailored to your profile
    • Insights that translate directly into stress management tools, workplace performance, wellbeing, and relationships
  • Developed by Dr Annemarie Lombard, PhD (Occupational Therapy, Health Sciences), the Sensory Matrix™ is grounded in more than 30 years of clinical practice, research, and professional training
  • Rooted in occupational therapy science and enriched by interdisciplinary research, it offers a holistic, evidence-based approach to mental health, workplace wellness, neurodiversity, and human performance

Elevate Wellbeing. Unlock Performance. Lead Differently.

Improve wellness and prevent burnout
Strengthen DEIB initiatives through neuro-inclusive insight
Support neurodiversity with practical, personalised data
Reduce digital & AI fatigue in hybrid environments
Increase productivity, focus, and cognitive stamina
Equip leaders and teams with actionable sensory strategies

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The Sensory Matrix™ and debrief is a must for any workplace or married couple. Understanding and acknowledging that people have different sensory thresholds and what those thresholds are will bring out the best in any relationship. This relationship could be personal or work related. So glad I did it for myself as well as for my employees.

Sakkie Basson

Owner of Sakkie Basson Rekenmeesters BK

How does it work?

  • Follow the link to purchase the tool
  • You will receive a welcome email, followed by a second email with your secure username and password, sent to your inbox within minutes of purchase
  • Follow the prompts in the email – it’s super easy
  • Complete the 120 questions; it takes ±15 minutes
  • Don’t overthink – go with your gut and respond instinctively
  • There is no right or wrong!!
  • You will receive an email thanking you for completing your self-assessment
  • You will be asked to log in to view your detailed and customised 26-page report with results, insights and strategies
  • You can view, download or print your report. Please download your report for safekeeping, as we do not store any reports
  • Your details are safe with us – we use best-practice systems to protect your privacy and personal details.

Create a life that works for you

Gain the tools that fit your life for better focus, healthier habits and stronger relationships.

Let's get sensory

  • Your report will consist of the following:
    • An introduction to Sensory Intelligence®
    • Your results for all the 7 senses
    • If you have low, medium, high or fluctuating thresholds
    • The Sensory tree analogy – of root, trunk or leaf
    • Sensory strategies for each sensory system
    • Sensory strategies for home
    • Sensory strategies for work
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The Sensory Tree™

  • Our sensory tree analogy is easy, simple and fun to understand
  • Are you a root, trunk or leaf?
  • Roots are sensory avoiders
  • Trunks are sensory neutrals
  • Leaves are sensory seekers
  • Do you need less or more stimuli?
  • Understand relationships and diversity with the tree positions
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Self-regulation strategies

  • All our strategies use a bottom-up approach
  • We promote sensory-based actions to calm and organise the body and brain
  • All strategies will be customised and based on your unique results
  • Sensory snacks – quick, easy tools to calm and organise yourself
  • Sensory diets – what activities are best for you
  • Sensory ergonomics – adapting the environment to reduce overload
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Sensory strategies for home

  • Home is where your heart is. So take care of both!
  • Should you live in a high-rise in the city, or a quiet cul-de-sac?
  • How does your sensory style influence your parenting style?
  • Do you need quiet time to get away from the rush?
  • Do you prefer an outdoor camping trip or New York as a holiday destination?
  • Do you prefer a strong curry or a lamb stew?
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Sensory strategies for work

  • Are you naturally more risk-aware or stimulation-seeking in leadership decisions?
  • Do you perform best in smaller, focused teams — or in high-energy, collaborative groups?
  • Does your productivity increase in shared environments, or do you need low-stimulation spaces to think clearly?
  • How much routine and predictability does your nervous system require for optimal performance?
  • Do detail-heavy or low-stimulus tasks drain you faster than others?
  • What type of workspace helps you regulate stress — open-plan, hybrid, or private?
  • Where do you position yourself in meetings — and what does that reveal about your sensory needs?
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General insights

  • Self-awareness is the first step in knowing how you respond to your environment
  • Are you aware of the label in the collar of your shirt?
  • Do you hate standing in a full elevator?
  • Do you like to have your hair cut?
  • Do you prefer to go to the gym or running on your own?
  • How often do you need “time out”?
  • Are you energised by people?
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