Leading with Sensitivity and Strength - With Special Guest, Steph Ellen

Emergence. Leading from the Field — Episode 7: "Leading with Sensitivity and Strength"

In this episode, Steph Ellen shares her transformative journey from a high-achieving, single-focused veterinary career to becoming a multidimensional coach blending science, spirituality, and somatic practices. She discusses how a literal “wake-up call”—being kicked in the face by a horse—led her to question her identity, goals, and fulfillment. This moment sparked her exploration into mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and subconscious reprogramming.

Steph describes her coaching approach as intuitive and evidence-based, supporting highly sensitive, high-achieving individuals to lead with resilience and authenticity. She emphasizes the importance of de-shaming sensitivity, recognizing and dismantling protective patterns like perfectionism and people-pleasing, and reframing sensitivity as a superpower.

A key part of her work involves helping clients slow down, cultivate inner safety, and expand their capacity for presence and impact—without burnout. She also highlights the challenge many face in embodying nervous system work, especially in high-pressure industries like law and veterinary medicine, where operating in constant stress often goes unrecognized.

Ultimately, this episode is a compassionate and empowering look at what it means to lead from a place of alignment, regulation, and self-awareness.

🎙️ Tune in, be inspired, and begin your own emergence. See you in the field.

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Steph is a trauma-informed performance coach, equine veterinarian, and yoga teacher who blends science and spirituality to help highly sensitive high achievers lead with clarity, resilience, and authenticity. With a diverse background that spans from the surgical suite to the yoga mat to transformational coaching spaces, Steph brings a uniquely grounded perspective to conscious leadership.

Rooted in nervous system regulation, subconscious reprogramming, and mindful productivity, her work supports visionary leaders in moving from survival mode to sustainable success—without burning out or betraying themselves. Whether she’s guiding a business owner through shadow work or supporting a fellow vet navigating perfectionism and self-doubt, Steph’s approach is deeply intuitive, radically compassionate, and backed by evidence-based tools.

Through her signature blend of neuroscience, holistic psychology, and somatic practices, Steph helps her clients cultivate inner safety so they can create expansive impact in their careers, communities, and lives.

Steph is based in Melbourne Australia, and you can connect with her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/findingflowstate/, through her website at https://www.finding-flowstate.com or in LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniediplock/

 

Want to connect with our host? Visit www.artemisevangelidi.com to find out more!