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The Nova Orbit

Stop Being the Bottleneck of Your Own Business

Waitlist Open for September 2026 Cohorts

The Orbit is a 6-month founder-led advisory experience for women 3+ years into business who are ready to get Integrated and Resourced — and finally restructure how they operate so they can lead from their zone of genius, build the team they actually need, and start getting paid what they’re worth.

Led personally by Melissa Bauknight, Founder of The Nova. Capped at 12 women. Intimate by design.

The Promise
In six months, you will install the leadership, systems, and support your business needs to grow — without burning out or staying the bottleneck.

*September 2026 cohort — Early Bird pricing now open exclusively for Nova members.* 

This is for you if you are a...

You’ve been building for 3+ years

You know what you’re doing and you’re good at it. You’re on your way to six figures or already there. From the outside, things look like they’re working.

However, you’re doing jobs that aren’t yours to do. 

On the Inside, you’re exhaused

You’re the person everything runs through and you can’t figure out how to change that without everything falling apart. You’ve been people pleasing inside your own business — accepting less than you know you want from your team, your systems, and yourself. 

You’re leading from a dysregulated nervous system 

…and calling it dedication. You’ve been so busy keeping everything alive that you barely have time for the work you actually love. The work you built this for.

You don’t need another strategy. You don’t need more content. You need a room of women who are walking the same path, a founder who has done exactly what you’re trying to do, and the support structures to make the decisions you’ve been circling.


That’s The Orbit.

What You'll Receive

The Stellar Experience

The Orbit is a founder-led advisory container. Twelve women who get deeply known, deeply supported, and deeply challenged across six months of intentional work.

You’ll get full access to the greater Nova ecosystem — local Constellations, global virtual events, Soul Calls, member matching, and a network of soul-led, ambitious women and non-binary leaders.

Now Enrolling for Stellar 2

Portal 1: Your North Star

Get clear on who you want to be inside your business — and what needs to shift to make that possible.


You already have the vision. The work here is bringing it close enough to act on — getting specific about what you need to feel inside your business, what role you actually want to play, and what foundational decisions have been sitting too long. You will leave this portal with a clear plan for the next six months. Not the five-year vision. The right now.

Portal 2: Integrate & Resourced

Stop accepting less. Get resourced at every level. Make the decisions you’ve been avoiding.

This is where the real structural work happens. You will get honest about what you’ve been tolerating — in your team, your systems, and yourself. You will raise the standard. You will bring in the right support across every pillar of how you lead and build. You will have the conversations you’ve been circling and make the decisions that change how your business operates. This portal is where the bottleneck breaks.

Portal 3: Liberated Leadership

Lead from your zone of genius. Finally do your job — not everyone else’s.
You’ve done the inside work. Now it goes outward.

This portal is about learning to lead others the way you’ve learned to lead yourself — with clear communication, high standards, and structures that let your team move without waiting on you. You are no longer the person everything runs through. You are the leader. And that changes everything.

Orbit Guides

Melissa Bauknight

Founder of The Nova
Stellar 2 Guide

Shazia Imam

ICF Certified Coach
Stellar 2 Guide

The Orbit Paid in Full

6 month Commitment
$ 5000 paid in full
  • Pay-in-full ($1000 savings)
  • Includes 90 min human design reading ($250 value)
  • 2 day in person in Golden CO
  • All Activation and Constellation Circle Calls Included

The Orbit Payment Plan

6 payments
$ 999 per month
  • Flexible payment plan
  • Includes a 45 min human design reading ($125 value)
  • 2 day in person in Golden CO
  • All Activation and Constellation Circle Calls Included

I joined looking for strategy, what I found was a community that changed everything.

1 on 1 Coaching Add On

6 month commitment
$ 10,000 paid in full
  • Or $2,000 per month
  • Everything included in Orbit plus 2 private 1on1 calls per month
  • For the woman who wants more specific business, leadership and growth edge support
  • Limited spots available

The Orbit Is Calling. Will You Step In?

You’ve already done the hard work of building something real. Now it’s time to build it in a way that actually works for you.


The decisions you’ve been circling. The team you’ve been putting off building. The standard you’ve been settling below. The zone of genius you’ve been too busy to operate from.


That’s what the next six months are for.
The first step is a conversation.

FAQ

The Orbit is for women who are 3 or more years into building a business, on their way to six figures or already there, and ready to stop being the bottleneck of their own operation. You know what you’re building. You’re good at what you do. What you need now is the room, the support, and the structure to operate at the level you’ve been building toward.

You get a discount if you were already a member of Nova but you do not need to be a member to apply. You will sign up for a 12 month Nova membership when you join Orbit so you will have full ecosystem access during and after.

Twice-monthly group advisory sessions with Melissa, the Sacred Boardroom energy reading with Heather Wick, a Custom Human Design Business Blueprint, 6-month StarPath membership, the Leveraged Report, a 2-day live retreat in Golden Colorado, a private cohort channel inside The Nova Portal, and full annual Nova membership.

Twice-monthly group advisory sessions with Melissa, the Sacred Boardroom energy reading with Heather Wick, a Custom Human Design Business Blueprint, 6-month StarPath membership, the Leveraged Report, a 2-day live retreat in Golden Colorado, a private cohort channel inside The Nova Portal, and full annual Nova membership.

Yes! Orbit is fully virtual and designed for global access. Sessions are held via Zoom, and you’ll also get access to our private member space in The Nova Portal.

Orbit Group is the core program — the group advisory container, all included resources, and the live retreat. Orbit 1:1 adds two private 60-minute coaching calls with Melissa every month for the full six months. It is for the woman who wants direct access to Melissa for her specific business and leadership edges alongside the group experience. Very limited availability.

The Orbit is not a mastermind with a curriculum. It is a founder-led advisory container where Melissa personally facilitates every session and brings her lived experience of restructuring Nova as the proof of concept. The group becomes each other’s board of directors. The built-in support structures — Sacred Boardroom, Human Design Blueprint, StarPath, Leveraged Report — resource every pillar of how you lead and build. And the experience is designed to create real structural change in how you operate, not just insights you take home and forget.

Yes. Nova members who enroll during the Early Bird window will receive a 1:1 coaching session with Melissa — a $500 value — included in their investment. Limited spots available.

Reach out to membership@thenovaglobal.com or book a call directly and we will make sure you have everything you need to make the right decision for you

Book a call with Melissa

Reach out to membership@thenovaglobal.com—we’re happy to help you feel into whether this is your next right space.

Melissa (Mo)Bauknight

Founder of The Nova

Melissa (Mo) Bauknight is the founder of The Nova, a global community for soul-led women rewriting the rules of leadership, success, and belonging. A former top-ranked corporate sales leader turned business mentor and feminine leadership guide, Melissa helps ambitious women build movements, not just businesses, through the power of community.

Her journey from high-achieving perfectionist to embodied leader began when she realized that checking all the boxes still left her feeling anxious and unfulfilled. That awakening led her to redefine success on her own terms and help others do the same.

As co-creator of The Orbit and the visionary behind its community design, Melissa is weaving a space where real connection, embodied wisdom, and sustainable growth go hand in hand.

 

Shazia Imam

ICF Certified CoachI Orbit Facilitator

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.

Cynthia Stadd

Lead Program Developer & Future Orbit Facilitator

Cynthia Stadd is the founder of The Embodiment Advantage™, a powerful mind-body methodology that helps high-achieving leaders embody their brilliance, sharpen emotional intelligence, and sustain high performance from the inside out.

Cyn’s journey from Broadway stages to embodied leadership began through her own recovery from disordered eating and burnout. That experience shaped her belief: true leadership isn’t about pushing harder—it’s about coming home to yourself.

As The Orbit’s future facilitator and our lead program developer, Cynthia is helping design an experience that’s not just smart—it’s deeply somatic, soul-rooted, and built to last.

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Gena Chieco

Executive Coach I Orbit Facilitator

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.