Avoiding the Nebula Zone
For families in business together who keep circling the same decisions — and ending every conversation in vague agreement that dissolves by Thursday.
You've had this conversation before. About the business, the house, Mom's care, the succession question nobody says out loud. Everyone at the table is smart. Everyone means well. And somehow the fog wins every time — effort without motion, meetings without decisions, and that quiet, corrosive question underneath it all: why can't we, of all people, figure this out?
That fog has a name. We call it the nebula zone, and families don't drift out of it on goodwill — they build their way out, with structure. Structure is a skill. Nobody is born knowing it, the same way nobody is born knowing how to run a good meeting. This course teaches it.
3 Modules · 34 Lessons · About 4 Hours · Self-Paced
The way out follows a sequence.
You'll learn why capable, loving families stall — and why it was never a shortage of love or intelligence. You'll learn the process of process: the seven gears every family decision moves through, and the exact leaps that get families stuck. And you'll learn how to run your first real family meeting without it going sideways — who steers, who decides, how to hold the floor against the relative you're already picturing, and what to do when the old dynamics show up anyway. They will. That's in here too.
By the end, you'll have a game plan your family can actually run: vision, order, alignment, traction. In that order, on purpose.
One course. Two ways in.
The difference is how much of the doing you want in hand.
What you'll learn.
$297
For the person who needs to see the whole map before calling the meeting.
- The complete Avoiding the Nebula Zone course — self-paced, watch anytime
- Best Practices for Family Decision-Making — the companion field guide (PDF)
What you'll walk away with.
$797
The version where your family actually fills things in.
Everything in Tier 1, plus the implementation layer: the workbook that goes on the table, the scripts you read from, and the cheat sheet in your lap for the moment your brother starts up.
- Everything in Tier 1
- The Family Decision-Making Field Kit — 51-page fillable workbook (PDF + editable Word version)
- Getting Your Family to the Table — the reality-checks cheat sheet: inviting good faith, holding the line against bad-faith drama, and telling the difference
- The 10 Questions Every Family Eventually Has to Answer — print-ready, one for each chair at the table
- Rupture, Estrangement & Repair — full course access at its August 21 release, including the sections built for families working the Nebula Zone method
Not sure which? If you're still deciding whether to call the meeting, start with Tier 1. If the meeting is coming whether you're ready or not — Tier 2 is the one you want in the room with you.
Built for families of means meaning.
The Cohort.
Some families want the course. Some want the course with company — a small group working the material live, with Savannah in the room and other families in the same fog a few steps ahead or behind you. The cohort tier is $2,500, includes everything in Tier 2 plus the live group experience, and it's capped at fifteen seats.
It isn't open yet. The interest list gets first word — and first seats.
One click opens an email — send it as-is and you're on the list.
On the calendar.
2–4pm PDT
The Accidental Bait and Switch: The Real ROI of Sweat Equity
Live virtual session.
Register on Eventbrite →11am–2pm PDT
Rupture, Estrangement & Repair: Navigating the Nuance of Reconciliation — for Families
Free live webinar. The full self-paced course releases August 21 — and comes included, at no extra cost, with Nebula Zone Tier 2.
Register on Eventbrite →Seattle
Mapping Family Systems: A Practical Framework for Estate Planning Professionals and Family Enterprise AdvisorsFor Advisors
Full-day, in-person working session with case study.
Register on Eventbrite →Rupture, Estrangement & Repair — for Advisors to Families in BusinessFor Advisors
Self-paced course, releasing as evergreen content. We're pursuing continuing-education accreditation. If you'd like it to count with your certifying body, send us the body's name and a contact — we'll explore getting certified with them directly.
Project Management Fundamentals for Families
Self-paced course. Coming late August.