The Authority Gap:
Why your nervous system might be sabotaging your success - and how to finally get seen, heard, & respected (without overcompensating or burning out) 😮💨
Your body is sending signals that undermine your expertise - and others can feel it, even when they can't name it 🚨
This isn't about what you know. It's about how your nervous system expresses your authority in the moments that matter most 🧠
Now this is not a programme for charlatans or snake oil salesman or people who want to 'fake it til they make it' 🐍
You're here for the long game. To serve your people. To make a genuine impact in your career 🧨
You've actually built the expertise. You care deeply about your work - maybe even a little too much? 👀
Yet something invisible stands between your knowledge and the recognition and results you know you deserve 🤔
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Embodied Authority is for you if:
👉 You're a sensitive or neurodivergent high-achiever who excels professionally or 'on paper' but battles internal self-doubt
👉You find yourself over-explaining, over-apologising, or over-preparing to compensate for imposter thoughts
👉 You watch less qualified peers advance or sign 'your' dream clients while you remain overlooked for opportunities
👉 It feels like your nervous system betrays you in key moments (client calls, presentations, negotiations
👉 Your ruminate on negative feedback or rejections for 3-5 business days but the memory of any successes go *POOF* within 3 minute
👉 You find yourself procrastinating but don't know why, then feel guilty for not working so you overcompensate with a 12 hour day, then feel too burnt out to do anything the next day... (rinse and repeat
👉 Even when you do achieve your goals, you feel like you are on edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop or someone to rip it all away
This Is Not About:
❌ Adding yet more credentials to your resume (please please please you don't need yet another another certification)
❌ Forcing yourself to be more 'professional'
❌ Memorising confidence scripts, reciting superficial affirmations or 'fake it til you make it'
This Is About:
✅ Crushing imposter syndrome by aligning your nervous system with your expertise
✅ Transforming how others experience your authority so you attract opportunities with ease
✅ Commanding respect before you speak your first word whilst feeling at home in your own body
Introducing: Embodied Authority
This is a programme delivered in bite-sized audio lessons with powerful somatic practices and targeted practical tools - designed specifically for busy professionals and entrepreneurs who want to hit the ground running, not spend hours consuming content you've already heard before.
Results you can expect:
🔥 Confident Visibility - Don't be surprised when you are genuinely excited to put yourself forward for opportunities, speak up in meetings or sharing your expertise publicly without the paralysing fear of being "exposed" as a fraud
🔥 Authentic Presence in High-Stakes Moments - The ability to remain grounded and centred during client pitches, launches and difficult conversations without your nervous system hijacking your expertise
🔥 Freedom from Comparison Spirals - The ability to witness others' success without your inner critic descending into a shame spiral, allowing you to connect and collaborate rather than compete
But HOW?? Here's A sneak peek at the curriculum:
🧠 Nervous System Literacy🧠
- Identify your unique nervous system patterns in high-stakes situations
- Build capacity to handle new levels of success & visibility - even amongst those dreaded 'who do they think they ARE?!' comments
- Master practical up-regulation and down-regulation techniques (I'm not going to lie, this feels like a cheat sheet for life when you integrate these practices daily)
🔍 Inner Critic Navigation 🔍
- Recognise and work WITH your inner critic rather than being hijacked by it (because self awareness without self compassion is just giving your inner critic a megaphone)
- Interrupt shame spirals before they derail your professional presence or make your ghost your launch
- Identify which of the 5 key imposter syndrome patterns is limiting your impact
- Release out-dated societal or generational conditioning that keeps you playing small
🤝 Authentic Authority Presence 🤝
- Develop genuine presence that invites attention and respect
- Communicate with clarity even when stakes are high
- Navigate leadership shadows without falling into unhelpful patterns
🛠️ PLUS: Practical Application Toolkit 🛠️
- Access to a growing library of on-the-go practices including breathwork, somatic tools & self-hypnosis to use in specific situations where self-doubt or imposter syndrome gets particularly noisy
- Highlights include a public speaking activation to access embodied presence prior to & a clearing breathwork becoming a clear channel for flow state creativity
The nitty gritty details:
🤘 Bite-sized, potent audio lessons (most will be 10-20 minutes) to effortlessly integrate into your routine. Listen on your walks, in the car, keep living your life whilst rewiring your nervous system for success.
💬 x3 monthly LIVE calls (EXCLUSIVE) for this first live round followed by a year's worth of quarterly Q+As (6 calls over the year)
When? Also I hear there's bonuses...
🔐 Access will be unlocked 30th April 2025
📲 This programme is designed to be consumed as a mostly self-guided journey with weekly lesson drops for the first 6 weeks PLUS x3 monthly LIVE group coaching/somatic breakthrough sessions followed by quarterly live sessions for one year & a group chat for accountability
Client Testimonial
"Before finding Steph’s work, I felt embarrassed about having had so much potential earlier in life and not feeling that I was living up to it.
As an actor and artist, I kept trying to toughen up and work harder to try to catch up with how much I thought I should be achieving, creating, producing and earning. It was sending me into depression and anxiety spirals, with overwhelm stifling my creativity down to zilch. I would berate myself for not doing self-compassion well enough…
The shifts I have experienced are HUGE. I’ve been creating and sharing my work with a sense of joy and love rather than fear and comparison; a heavy personal relationship has been feeling lighter by the day; and at two recent public events where historically I’d have cringed and ruminated out of my mind at my behaviour on stage/camera, I felt calm, compassionate and confident. All this is thanks to Steph’s enlightened and gentle approach to regulating the nervous system, embodying authority, expanding visibility, and taming the rampant inner critic of a perfectionist.
I will take what I’ve learnt forward with me in work and life, and hold this experience close to my heart forever! "
- Ros, London, UK.
Client Testimonial
"Steph has a gift for holding space and the somatic practices are so helpful for shifting beliefs"
- Belinda, Melbourne, Australia
One-time payment
$333
Enrolment ends April 30th
🎧 Convenient audio lessons dropped weekly for 6 weeks
🧬 Growing library of meditations, somatic practices & breathwork to re-wire your nervous system
🧨 x 3 monthly LIVE Q+A/group coaching calls then access to quarterly calls for 1 year
💸 Lock in this rate forever if prices increase for future round
Pay in instalments
$111 x 3
We start April 30th
🎧 Convenient audio lessons dropped weekly for 6 weeks
🧬 Growing library of meditations, somatic practices & breathwork to re-wire your nervous system
🧨 x 3 monthly LIVE Q+A/group coaching calls then access to quarterly calls for 1 year
💸 Lock in this rate forever if prices increase for future round
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About your mentor
Steph Ellen is trauma-informed performance coach who blends ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience to empower highly sensitive high-perfomers, entrepreneurs and ambitious professionals to heal, grow and reach their full potential.
Steph is a certified life coach, Aaruka® Healer, 350hr yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator, equine veterinarian and life-long learner with a passion for educating and empowering others.
Steph's coaching style is a holistic blend of potent mindset work, subconscious reprogramming, energetics and working with the nervous system to transform your inner and external reality to feel more productive but with a deep sense of purpose and inner peace.
When she's not working, you'll find Steph trail running in the Aussie bush, dancing at a music festival (with zero rhythm but mad enthusiasm 🤘) or snuggling her two cats, Freddie and Elton.
