NW Chicagoland Nova Connect + Elevate: Sustainable Success
About this Event
CONNECT + ELEVATE
A monthly gathering for women who want real connection, meaningful conversation, and a room where they can show up as themselves.
NW Chicagoland | Dayhouse Schaumburg
You care about what you’re building in your life and work. But you also care about how you’re building it and who you’re surrounded by along the way.
Connect + Elevate is Nova’s monthly gathering in Schaumburg for women and non-binary seasoned professionals who want something a little different from traditional networking.
No working the room. No collecting contacts. No pressure to have the perfect answer to “So, what do you do?”
Instead, you’ll spend the morning having real conversations with people who care about their work, their lives, and the kind of connections they’re building along the way.
Our NW Chicagoland Constellation is currently a small, intimate community, which gives us the chance to really get to know one another and build connections that go beyond an event.
OCTOBER: SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS
We’re heading into the final stretch of the year. And for a lot of us, this is when the pressure starts to creep in.
Goals we still want to hit. Projects we want to finish. Things we said we’d do this year. Work gets busy, calendars fill up, the holidays aren’t far behind, and suddenly the answer seems to be: do more, move faster, push through.
But what if success didn’t have to feel that way?
What if you could pursue meaningful goals, grow your career or business, and create an impactful life without constantly running yourself into the ground to get there?
This month, we’re talking about Sustainable Success.
Not lowering your ambition. Not giving up on the things you want.
But questioning whether the way you’re pursuing them actually works for you.
THE EXPERIENCE
CONNECT
We’ll begin with guided conversation around this month’s theme.
Not awkward icebreakers or surface-level networking. Just intentional prompts and real conversation designed to help you actually get to know the women in the room.
We’ll talk about our relationships with success, the pressure to keep doing more, and what it might look like to create lives and careers that support us as much as we support them.
You’ll leave knowing a few more people than you did when you walked in and, hopefully, with a few conversations you genuinely want to continue.
ELEVATE
Your Body Is Part of the Strategy
Led by Alysha Webb, Authentic Success & Burnout Coach
We’re often taught to measure our capacity by our calendars, our to-do lists, or how much we should be able to handle.
But your body may be telling you something completely different.
In this interactive session, Alysha will explore what changes when you start treating your body as a source of information instead of something to push past.
You’ll pause and reflect on:
- What your body has been trying to tell you
- The difference between having time and actually having capacity
- Where you may be overriding your own signals in order to keep going
You’ll leave with a simple body-based check-in you can use when you feel yourself slipping into push-through mode, plus one tangible shift you can make toward creating success at a pace you can actually sustain.
Because sustainable success isn’t about never challenging yourself. It’s about knowing when to push, when to pause, and how to listen to yourself along the way.
WHAT WOMEN ARE SAYING ABOUT NOVA
“Every single person I’ve met through Nova has been so generous, kind, and helpful.”
That’s the kind of room we’re creating: one where you can have real conversations, meet women you genuinely want to know, and support one another beyond the event itself.
YOU’LL LEAVE WITH
New connections you actually want to keep.
A better understanding of where you may be pushing past your own capacity.
A simple way to check in with yourself when life or work starts moving too fast.
And one change you can make right away to create a more sustainable way of working and living.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Connect + Elevate might be your kind of room if:
- You want genuine connection, not transactional networking
- You care about your goals but don’t want your whole life to revolve around achieving them
- You’ve caught yourself pushing through even when you know you need to slow down
- You’re building or navigating something in your career, business, or life
- You’re curious about creating success in a way that actually works for you
- You want to meet women who care about both what they’re creating and how they’re creating it
You don’t have to be burned out to belong in this conversation.
In fact, the best time to think about sustainable success is before you get there.
Whether you walk in knowing someone or knowing no one, you’re welcome here.
EVENT DETAILS
Wednesday, October 14th - 11am–12:30pm
Dayhouse Coworking | Schaumburg, IL
Arrive between 11–11:15am to settle in. We’ll begin together at 11:15.
NOVA CURIOUS?
You’re welcome to attend up to two Nova events before deciding whether the community feels right for you.
If you’ve been looking for a room where you can skip the small talk, have a real conversation, and meet women you’d actually like to know, we’d love to have you join us.
Come experience the room for yourself.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 35.00
