Come find out if these are your people. The Nova Experience, live and free, September 17th.
Curated connection and member-led workshops for intentional women creating their lives and work with clarity, depth, and impact.CONNECT + ELEVATEA Curated Gathering for Women Consciously Creating Their Lives and Who Knows the Room MattersNW Chicagoland | @ Dayhouse SchaumburgYou’re intentional about how you live and how you work. You care not just about what you’re […]
Curated connection and member-led workshops for intentional women creating their lives and work with clarity, depth, and impact.CONNECT + ELEVATEA Curated Gathering for Women Consciously Creating Their Lives and Who Knows the Room MattersDMV Nova | Bear Branch TavernYou’re intentional about how you live and how you work. You care not just about what you’re […]
Small, facilitated circles for women to think out loud, incubate ideas, and draw clarity and momentum from collective wisdom.CATALYST CIRCLESCurated Circles for Women Creating with IntentionDenver | Third Wednesdays @ Kiln Littleton I 11:30 AM – 1:00 PMCatalyst Circles are designed as a place to think out loud, try ideas on, and be supported by […]
Small, facilitated circles for women to think out loud, incubate ideas, and draw clarity and momentum from collective wisdom.CATALYST CIRCLESCurated Circles for Women Creating with IntentionBoulder | Third Tuesdays @ Kiln Boulder I 11:00 AM – 12:30 PMCatalyst Circles are designed as a place to think out loud, try ideas on, and be supported by […]
The Nova Experience is a live, virtual hour with founder Melissa Bauknight and two current members who will tell you, in their own words, whDescription:You were never too much. You have just been in rooms too small to hold you.You have been in a lot of rooms by now. Professional networks, masterminds, the women's circles […]
Curated connection and member-led workshops for intentional women creating their lives and work with clarity, depth, and impact.Curated connection and member-led workshops for intentional women creating their lives and work with clarity, depth, and impact. CONNECT + ELEVATE A Curated Gathering for Women Consciously Creating Their Lives and Who Knows the Room Matters Phoenix | […]
Small, facilitated circles for women to think out loud, incubate ideas, and draw clarity and momentum from collective wisdom.CATALYST CIRCLESCurated Circles for Women Creating with IntentionDMV Nova | Last Thursday form 530-7 PMCatalyst Circles are designed as a place to think out loud, try ideas on, and be supported by the wisdom of the room.This […]
Curated Circles for Women and Non-Binary Professionals Creating with IntentionCATALYST CIRCLESCurated Circles for Women and Non-Binary Professionals Creating with IntentionNW Chicagoland | Last Tuesday of every month @ Dayhouse Schaumburg | 6:30 to 8pmHave you been carrying something you haven't been able to fully put into words yet?A decision you keep circling back to. An […]
Shazia Imam
Shazia Imam is an award-winning speaker, ICF-certified Professional Coach (PCC), and host of the Feminine & Fulfilled podcast. With over 20 years of leadership experience as a Project Management Professional at Fortune 500 companies including Disney, PwC, Accenture, and Booz Allen Hamilton, she brings both strategic clarity and deep presence to her work. Shazia is known for helping women reconnect with their authentic selves, release inherited expectations, and lead lives rooted in purpose, integrity, and fulfillment — making her a powerful guide for the inner and outer work of leadership inside The Orbit.
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Gena Chieco
With a prior legal career spanning the White House, federal agencies, and the startup C-suite, Gena knows what it means to lead at the highest levels. But it wasn’t until she walked away from it all—no plan, no title, just a backpack and a one-way ticket to Europe—that she found her true path: helping others lead from wholeness, not hustle.
Gena is a Life & Executive Coach who guides high-performing women and non-binary leaders through identity shifts, transitions, and bold, soul-aligned evolution.
She has been a trusted advisor to The Nova for the past year and now brings her magic to The Orbit as the first Stellar facilitator.
