Welcome to Positive Presence
The Leading 1+1 Mentor‑Coaching Program for the Next Generation
We take Life Coaching to the next level with our proprietary Mentor-Coaching program helping teens and young adults build confidence, emotional wellbeing, resilience, and direction through trusted human connection.
Trusted by families across North America
Families choose Positive Presence Global for real connection, proven support, and meaningful results.
For Parents
Does Any Of This Sound Familiar?
- You know they’re capable of more, but you’re struggling to help them see it.
- Conversations often turn into reminders, frustration, or conflict instead of connection.
- They seem unmotivated, distracted, or unsure of what they want for their future.
- You worry about their confidence, decision-making, or ability to navigate life’s challenges.
- You find yourself wondering if they would listen better to someone other than Mom or Dad.
- You want to support them, but you’re not always sure how to help.
Where Positive Presence helps them arrive
Where so many families startDo You Want Them To Feel...
Why This Matters
Modern Teens Are Facing A Different Kind Of Pressure
Today’s teens and young adults (GenZ) are growing up in a world filled with constant comparison, digital pressure, influencer culture, AI-driven feedback, and nonstop noise telling them who they should be.
Many are struggling to build confidence, trust themselves, and understand who they are beneath the pressure. Some openly show it. Others appear “fine” while quietly feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, or unsure of themselves.
At Positive Presence, we believe teens deserve more than advice or discipline alone. They deserve trusted human connection, personalized guidance, emotional tools that apply to real life, a trusted mentor who offers consistent support, and a safe space to grow into who they’re becoming.
When I read through the Positive Presence website for the first time, it felt like someone finally understood what our family has been experiencing behind closed doors.
Every Family Starts In A Different Place
Feeling excited and ready to explore support? Don’t wait – we’d love to learn more about your teen, your goals, and how mentor-coaching may help.
Who We Help
Every Teen & Young Adult's Journey Looks Different
Navigating Life Changes & Direction
Transitions into school, college, or the workforce; navigating direction, purpose, or future goals.
Seeking Growth, Accountability & Confidence
Needing stronger accountability; preparing for leadership, athletics, academics; developing confidence and emotional resilience.
Feeling Overwhelmed or Disconnected
Struggling with confidence, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm; feeling disconnected, withdrawn, or unmotivated.
Real, Measurable Growth At Every Age
Outcomes families see across our full age range
Our son wasn’t struggling in a major way – he just felt lost and unsure of himself. Positive Presence helped him regain motivation, direction, and confidence. He became a whole new person.
Our Approach
The Kind Of Support Many Adults Wish They Had Growing Up
Positive Presence Founder Michelle Marie King created the mentor-coaching model after years of working with teens, young adults, and families who needed something more personalized and practical than traditional support systems alone.
Our mentor-coaches help teens and young adults build confidence and emotional wellbeing, strengthen communication and self-trust, develop healthier habits and decision-making, create clarity around goals and direction, and improve focus and motivation.
It’s personalized, relationship-based support designed to help teens and young adults navigate life with greater confidence, clarity, and direction.
Virtual Coaching
Virtual Support Without Sacrificing Real Human Connection
Many families are initially unsure whether meaningful connection can happen virtually. What they often discover is that teens and young adults are already deeply comfortable building relationships and opening up online – especially when paired with the right mentor-coach.
For many families, virtual mentor-coaching also provides greater flexibility and consistency, access to the best mentor match regardless of location, increased comfort for teens opening up from familiar environments, and continuity during busy schedules, travel, sports, and transitions.
What matters most is not the screen. It’s the relationship built through it.
We were initially hesitant about virtual coaching, but the connection our son built with his mentor-coach became incredibly meaningful. The flexibility and consistency ended up being one of the biggest advantages for our family.
Meet Michelle
Our Founder
Founder & CEO · Author · Mentor
Michelle Marie King is the Founder & CEO of Positive Presence Global, one of North America’s leading mentor-coaching organizations for teens and young adults. Over the last decade she has grown it into an internationally recognized organization helping families navigate confidence, emotional wellbeing, resilience, motivation, and life direction.
As the creator of the perspective coaching model, author of Made of Magic, speaker, and youth advocate, she has dedicated her life to helping teens and young adults feel seen, supported, and empowered. As both a mother and mentor, she has built the organization around emotional safety, meaningful human connection, and hope.
This felt like the kind of support I wish I had growing up. I’m so glad I was able to find this for my daughter – it genuinely helped her think differently, communicate better, and believe in herself again.
Success Stories
Real Families. Real Growth. Real Stories.
We finally felt like someone understood our daughter.
Liz · California
Our son started opening up again… and cleaned his room for the first time in years without us asking.
Arlinda · Wisconsin
Positive Presence helped our child rebuild confidence and reconnect with themselves and our family.
Kristen · North Carolina
This became one of the most meaningful support systems our family has experienced.
Ofer · California
We didn’t realize how much our child needed a mentor until we saw the transformation.
Kavita · New York
How It Works
How Families Typically Get Started
1
Parent Support Call
We begin with a confidential conversation with the parents/guardians to understand your concerns, goals, family dynamic, and the support you’re seeking. We’ll answer questions and thoughtfully identify a mentor-coach aligned with your loved one.
2
Complimentary Meet & Greet
Your teen meets their mentor-coach during a complimentary Meet & Greet designed to build comfort and authentic connection before coaching begins. Over 95% of teens who complete the Meet & Greet choose to move forward with coaching.
3
A Fully Personalized Growth Journey
Once coaching begins, every journey is customized to the unique needs, personality, goals, and growth pace of the individual. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.
Bonus Support for Parents. Parents may connect with a dedicated Parent Liaison for encouragement, perspective, and family-centered guidance throughout the journey.
The Meet & Greet completely changed everything for us. Within minutes she felt comfortable and genuinely excited to continue. She came out with the biggest smile on her face. For the first time in years, I felt hopeful again!
Common Concerns
What If My Teen Isn't Sure They Want Support?
This is one of the most common concerns – and it’s completely normal. Many teens initially feel hesitant, skeptical, or emotionally guarded. At Positive Presence, we understand that meaningful growth rarely begins with pressure. It begins with trust.
Our mentor-coaches focus first on creating emotional safety and authentic connection. Many families are surprised by how naturally connection forms once a teen realizes they’re not being lectured, analyzed, or forced to perform – and they finally have someone in their corner who truly listens and cares.
We were convinced our son wouldn’t participate. He resisted everything we tried before Positive Presence. Michelle and her team brainstormed with us how to present this to him just to get him to that meet & greet. Once we did, we were so surprised that he naturally opened up once he realized he wasn’t being judged.
What If We’ve Tried Other Support Before?
Many families come to us after therapy, tutoring, or other programs that didn’t quite fit. Mentor-coaching works differently. It meets your teen where they are, builds a genuine one-on-one relationship first, and focuses on real-life confidence and direction rather than a fixed curriculum.
For many families, it’s the approach that finally connects after others fell short, not because their teen was the problem, but because they finally had support built entirely around who they are.
Good To Know
Frequently Asked Questions
Is mentor-coaching the same thing as therapy?
Can meaningful connection really happen virtually?
What ages do you work with?
What if my teen is resistant or unsure?
How are mentor-coaches selected and trained?
Why Do Families Invest In Mentor-Coaching?
Most parents invest in mentor-coaching for the same reason they invest in athletics, tutoring, music lessons, camps, or education: because the skills their child develops today can impact their confidence, relationships, decisions, wellbeing, and future for years to come.
Unlike many short-term programs, mentor-coaching provides personalized support, accountability, trusted connection, and ongoing guidance tailored to the individual.
Our goal is not simply to help students succeed this month - but to help them develop the confidence, resilience, and self-awareness that support them for life.
Ready When You Are
You Don't Have To Navigate This Alone
Whether your child is struggling emotionally, seeking greater confidence, navigating transitions, or simply needing additional support and mentorship, we’re here to help.
“Positive Presence became one of the most impactful investments we’ve ever made in our child’s future. The confidence, communication, and emotional growth has been life changing for our daughter and our family.”
Helping teens and young adults rise, thrive, and discover who they’re becoming.
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