Your free masterclass

Find out what’s really pulling you and your teenager apart. Then learn the way back.

You did the hard part by showing up. Find a quiet spot, press play, and give yourself this time. Everything I teach starts with you, so it works even if your teenager won’t talk about it.

Sound on. Watch it all the way through; the most important part is near the end.

Keep watching. About ten minutes in, I’ll open up your next step right here.

In this masterclass

What you’ll walk away with.

  • What’s really causing the disconnection.Why the fights keep happening even though you’ve given your teen a great life, and the need underneath the behavior that nothing has reached yet.
  • The path back to closeness and peace.The shift that turns a house of slammed doors and one-word answers back into a home your teen wants to be part of.
  • How to hold boundaries without the blow-up.Stay calm, stay firm, and stop being cast as the bad guy every time you hold a line.
  • Why boundaries matter more in the teen years than ever.What your teenager is actually building right now, and why a steady parent is the thing they need most while they push you away.
  • The PACE Setter Method™, step by step.The four-part framework that starts with you, so it works even if your teenager won’t sit down and talk about it.

Before you book

Working with me is for some parents, and not for others.

I’d rather tell you that now than after you’ve spent your time.

It’s for you if

  • You’re willing to invest in changing your relationship with your teen.
  • You’re open to starting with yourself, not just your kid.
  • You’ve tried consequences, therapy, or taking the phone, and it didn’t hold.

It’s not for you if

  • You’re looking for a quick fix.
  • You’re not willing to change your own approach.
  • You’re not ready to make this relationship a priority right now.

Client stories

Parents who were where you are now.

My teenager has moved back home with me full time

Before working with Mike in Present Solution for Parents, I felt really hopeless about my relationship with my teenager. The biggest challenge was navigating how to handle my son’s disrespect and refusal to communicate due to his father’s influence. After working with Mike, I learned how to stand up for myself, regulate difficult emotions, and most importantly, how to show up as a confident parent.

Now, my teenager has moved back home with me full time. He communicates respectfully and he often asks for my advice. The most valuable thing I gained was letting go of fear and trusting that I could be a better parent by working on myself first and then applying Mike’s lessons to my situation.

MJ

My highest recommendation, both professionally and as a mom

As a psychologist, it was difficult for me to admit to needing help with my parenting. I felt like a failure as a mom, and this made me doubt myself as a professional. My friends would tell me, “don’t let your kids talk to you like that,” but I didn’t know what to do. Mike’s program and coaching have helped guide and empower me to grow into the mom I want to be.

The program is very comprehensive, and Mike is an amazing coach. He helped me navigate challenging situations with my kids as well as a difficult coparenting relationship with my ex. In addition to learning about adolescence and parenting skills, Mike’s thorough and very supportive coaching helped me understand myself and change patterns. That aspect of his coaching has been the most valuable, as I develop my own voice and style as a mom.

I give Mike and his Present Solution for Parents coaching program my highest recommendation, both professionally and as a mom.

JanePsychologist and divorced mom of 2

We found Mike at the right time

We adopted our three beautiful sons much later in life and didn’t know how difficult it was going to be to raise teens with the right values. We were losing our minds and our hope. Mike’s guidance is so personal, and he was so available to our needs we felt supported the entire time he coached us. We’re grateful that we have grown more connected and finally understand each other.

The Paine’s

We felt lost before we met Mike

We have three kids who share time between our two families and the stress and constant moving kids around was getting to us. Plus, trying to understand our teen daughter as she started a new school was tough. Mike always listened and always knew exactly how to guide us in our relationship with our teens.

The Browns

We felt understood by Mike

We came to Mike with a lot of stress and feeling like we had failed our kids. We were in conflict almost every day, their grades were dropping, and the disrespect toward us was out of control. He cared for us and never judged us. Working with Mike and making the changes we talked about, we saw changes in our family that we wanted.

The Ruiz Family

Stay calm and confident as a mom

What I learned from Mike really works and I’m proud of how I’m able to stay calm and confident as a mom.

T.K.

One more thing

You don’t need your teenager’s permission to start.

Everything I teach is something you do. Nothing in the first few weeks asks your teen to agree to anything, sit down for a conversation, or even know you’re working on it.

I know how much it took to press play on this. I’m glad you’re here. Doing the quiet work of changing yourself first is the hardest version of this, and it’s the one that works.

Haven’t finished the video? Go back and watch it first.

I’m a coach, not a therapist or a psychiatrist, and coaching is not therapy or medical care. My client is the parent. If your teenager needs clinical care, that’s a clinician’s job and I’ll tell you so. If your teenager is in crisis, in the US call or text 988.

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