Rising Into Elevated Spaces
How to communicate with Calm Authority when the room feels bigger than you.
You’ve worked hard to get where you are.
Then one day, you find yourself in a room with people who have more visibility, influence, money, experience, or access than you do.
Maybe you were invited. Maybe you earned your seat. Maybe you're working with someone you've admired for years.
And suddenly, you're wondering:
How am I supposed to show up here?
Do you speak up—or listen?
Do you share your expertise—or stay in your lane?
Do you make yourself visible—or risk taking up too much space?
It’s easy to shrink, prove, or overstep when you enter an elevated space.
But there’s another way.
In this complimentary, live, interactive workshop, Stephanie Thoma will explore how to navigate rooms where the dynamics are different—and communicate with confidence without becoming louder, more performative, or less yourself.
You’ll learn how to:
Recognize when you’re shrinking, proving, or overstepping
Read the room and understand why you’re there
Bring your expertise without competing for attention
Communicate your value without making the room about you
Know when to step forward, step back, or stay present
Show up with greater calm, clarity, and authority
Stephanie will share lessons from her own experiences working alongside prominent coaches and being invited into high-level professional ecosystems—including one relationship that went very wrong, and what she did differently the next time.
Because rising into elevated spaces isn't about becoming someone else.
It’s about becoming more at home with who you already are.
Free • Live • Interactive • Q&A
About Stephanie
Stephanie Thoma is a Speaker, Author, and Communication Strategist helping experts communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and Calm Authority.
She is a TEDx Arkansas 2026 Speaker and an Immerse Education TED Summer School Facilitator at Barnard College.