Meet the Heart Behind the Coaching

Learn about Marisa’s unique experience as a nurse and survivor, shaping her compassionate approach to guiding others toward healing.

Presence & Persistence Life Coaching

Marisa K Conway, Harvard-Certified Parental-Alienation Coach

As a parental alienation coach and industry educator, Marisa K Conway supports alienated mothers and fathers, adult children impacted by alienation, and extended family. Marisa’s coaching blends trauma-informed practice, practical strategy, and compassionate advocacy to help you stabilize today and plan for sustainable reunification steps tomorrow.

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Combining science-backed principles of lifestyle medicine with compassionate, personalized support, Marisa empowers clients to heal deeply, grow confidently, and reconnect with their inner strength. Her coaching approach is rooted in both professional expertise and lived experience, offering a safe, empathetic space for transformation.

Marisa believes healing isn’t just possible it’s powerful. She partners with clients to break free from limiting beliefs, rebuild meaningful relationships, and cultivate lives anchored in peace, purpose, and self-trust. Whether you’re recovering from parental alienation, working toward better physical and emotional health, or seeking clarity and direction, her coaching meets you exactly where you are with the tools to move forward.

Presence & Persistence Life Coaching offers flexible support through both remote and in-person sessions. Based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Marisa works with clients locally and worldwide, providing a hybrid model that eliminates the stress of commuting while honoring your need for privacy, convenience, and consistency.

No matter your story, healing begins with one courageous step. Marisa is here to walk beside you helping you reclaim your voice, restore your well-being, and build the future you deserve.

Building Resilience Together

Helping you reclaim resilience, rebuild connection, and rise – one mindful step at a time.

Guiding Your Healing Process

Welcome to Presence & Persistence Life Coaching. If you've found your way here, know that it is no accident. This is a sanctuary for those who have walked through heartbreak, who have carried invisible burdens, and who are ready to step - gently, and bravely - toward healing and hope. Here, we believe that healing is not a straight line, but a path shaped by presence, nurtured by persistence, and guided by compassion. Whether you're navigating the aftermath of parental alienation, rebuilding your strength after emotional trauma, or simply seeking a new beginning, you are seen, heard, and deeply honored here. You dont have to walk this journey alone. Step by step, we will move forward - together.

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Combining Expertise and Compassion

At Presence & Persistence Life Coaching, I bring a deeply personal and professional perspective to the challenges of parental alienation. Having experienced parental alienation both as a child of divorced parents and as a mother, I also served as an emergency nurse caring for patients facing similar struggles. This unique combination of lived experience and clinical insight allows me to understand the emotional complexities and urgent needs of those seeking healing and reconciliation. My approach is rooted in empathy and practical knowledge, enabling me to offer coaching that truly resonates. I know that parental alienation is not only an emotional burden but a complex issue requiring both compassion and informed guidance. Drawing on my diverse experiences, I strive to create a supportive environment where you feel understood and empowered to take meaningful steps toward recovery and renewed connection.

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Healing Through Experience and Time

Some journeys are not chosen, they are survived. For years, I thrived in the fast-paced world of emergency nursing, bringing calm and clarity to life’s most critical moments. Yet, the greatest battles I faced were not inside hospital walls, but within my own life as I healed from emotional abuse and endured the heartbreak of parental alienation. Through this journey, I learned to rebuild not just my life but also my identity, discovering a resilience that textbooks never taught. Pain became my teacher, showing me that resilience is more than endurance, it is rising again. Healing is not passive; it is a determined stand against despair. Today, as both a survivor and a guide, I offer coaching grounded in compassion and personal experience. I believe that no matter how fractured life may feel, wholeness is still possible. I am here to help you reclaim your voice, rebuild your strength, and rediscover hope, because healing is not just a destination, it’s a way of living, leading, and loving again.

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Why Choose My Services?

At Presence & Persistence Life Coaching, I offer more than just goal-setting and motivation. I guide you through a transformative process that helps you reconnect with your authentic self, get clear on what truly matters, and take consistent, aligned steps forward.

What sets my coaching apart:

Mindful Support – I help you stay grounded and self-aware, so your growth is rooted in clarity, not chaos.

Practical Progress – We turn insights into action. With personalized strategies, you’ll build habits and routines that last.

Whole-Person Approach – You’re not just a to-do list. I consider your emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.

Accountability with Compassion – You’ll be held accountable in a way that’s encouraging, not overwhelming.

Real-World Results – Whether you’re navigating a life transition, building confidence, or chasing a big dream, I help you move forward with intention and resilience.

Care Rooted in Experience

I bring over a decade of hands-on nursing and personal healing experience to every session, offering empathetic support that’s informed by both professional training and lived reality.

Coaching With Compassion

I create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can speak freely, feel seen, and receive consistent encouragement as you move through your personal growth and recovery journey.

Tailored to Your Needs

No two healing paths are the same. I take time to understand your story and shape our work together around what feels right for your goals, strengths, and pace.

Focused on Real Change

My coaching is practical, intentional, and rooted in evidence-based methods—designed to help you build clarity, resilience, and confidence that lasts far beyond our time together.

Who We Help

Alienated parents (mothers and fathers) experiencing signs of parental alienation or alienated parent syndrome.

Parents seeking clarity on the definition of parental alienation, its meaning, symptoms, and consequences.

Families exploring reunification therapy for parental alienation or wondering how to reverse parental alienation.

Adults navigating the long-term impact of parental alienation syndrome in adults.

Individuals looking for parental alienation support, counseling coordination, or support groups (including online and “near me” options).

Common Signs & Symptoms We Help You Map

Unfounded fear/hostility toward a loving parent; child symptoms of parental alienation syndrome.

Rigid “all-good/all-bad” thinking; parental alienation signs and symptoms.

Coached language, rejection of extended family; symptoms of parental alienation.

Pressure to choose sides; confusion about what is considered parental alienation.

Ongoing denigration, interference with contact, or parental alienation against mother/father.

Accessibility

“Marisa K Conway, Harvard-certified parental alienation coach in King of Prussia, PA, offering virtual coaching”

“Coaching for alienated parents support, strategy, and reunification planning”