Emotion Coaching - College Prep for Teen Girls
Welcome to
Academically, she's ready. Emotionally? Not yet.
3
Hours
Live with Coach Laura
2
Date Options
Session 1: June 16 - 12:00pm-3:00pm
or
Session 2: July 14 - 3:00pm - 6:00pm
10
Girls
Max for a Small Group Vibe
The Problem
She knows how to handle anything — as long as she can come find you.
What she hasn't had a chance to build yet is what to do first — how to sit with something for ten minutes, work through some of it on her own, and then know where to turn if she still needs help. That's not a gap in her character. It's a skill that's almost impossible to practice while she's still at home, because you're there, and of course she reaches for you.
Your daughter took every college prep class.
But there's one class nobody signed her up for.
The worry every mom carries quietly.
You're her processing partner. Her sounding board. Her first call for everything — the friend drama, the lunch-table thing, the question she could've Googled, the meltdown from third period. She comes to you with all of it. And you're there. Because that's love, and it works perfectly right now.
But she's about to leave. And the question that lives in the back of every mom's mind is: what happens when all of that has to travel through a phone screen from 1,500 miles away?
Every girl deserves a full toolkit — not just one person.
She deserves to leave home knowing how to handle the everyday stuff herself, and knowing how to reach for real community when she needs more than her own tools. Real resilience isn't doing it alone. It's knowing what she can hold on her own — and having people around her for what she can't.
You've been her processing partner. Now it's time for her to build her own toolkit — so she has options before she reaches for the phone.
The Gap Nobody Talks About
Every time she has a thought, you hear it. Every time something happens — the good, the bad, the random — she tells you. Every time she's overwhelmed, you talk her through it. That's the relationship you've built.
But it means you've become her primary source of emotional regulation, full stop. The big things and the small things. She has other tools — she manages at school, she navigates friendships. What she hasn't built yet is the ability to sit with something — anything, big or small — for ten minutes before reaching for you first.
Right now she can handle her schedule, her grades, her responsibilities. What she's still building is the emotional toolkitshe'll need when she's on her own — how to process some of it herself before she reaches for the phone. How to know what she needs and ask for it from the people around her. How to build a real community she can lean on — so the calls she does make to you are the ones actually worth making.
"Right now I can see how she’s doing.
What happens when I'm not there?
UGH!"
-Worried Mom
Meet Your Coach
Hi, I'm Laura. I understand moms who carry this worry.
I'm a Teen & Parent Well-Being Coach based in Austin, Texas. I've spent years working with teen girls and their moms at exactly this moment — the one right before they leave home, when everything feels high-stakes and there's no roadmap for the emotional side of it.
I've worked 1:1 with college freshmen who are navigating homesickness, trying to find their people, and figuring out who they are with a whole new life of freedom in front of them. What I see again and again is this: the ones who thrive aren't the ones who don't need anyone — that's a myth. They're the ones who already know how to process some of it themselves first, and then reach for support when they actually need it. They have a few tools. They have a few people. They've practiced. The ones who struggle had one tool. Mom. And it worked beautifully — until she wasn't down the hall anymore.
My own daughter is a senior heading to college soon. I know her — and I know she's the kind of girl who runs every thought through me, the way most senior daughters do at this age. That's exactly why I built Positively Healthy University. A live workshop grounded in the science of how the brain actually works, where your daughter gets real skills, real practice, and me — personally, leading every minute.
Quick Facts about Coach Laura
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With a focus on adolescent psychology
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From the American College of Education, which equipped me with the tools to help others with healthy life choices.
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Through its partnership with the National Board of Medical Examiners, the NBHWC establishes professional standards for health coaching and measures the competencies and skills coaches need to be effective.
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I’m able to help where doctors leave off through goals, lifestyle management, diet and exercise.
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I can help people find resilience through practical day-to-day applications that ignite passion and inspire better performance. I earned a HeartMath® Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Self Regulation
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I’m well versed in being able to encode an individual with the proper beliefs and behaviors to produce the results they want to achieve.
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From the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience with Dr. Hayley Nelson
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My certification as a Consciously Digital Coach means I bring specialized expertise in helping families build healthy tech habits, and maintain their confidence in online spaces.
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Trained and certified through my mentor, Veenu Keller, as a Parent-Child Whisperer.
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I can help with everything from ADHD, anxiety and depression to weight issues, mood and sleep disorders.
Ready to give her what no college prep class covers?
The Plan
01
Book a Free Intro Call
Your daughter meets Laura — no commitment, no pressure. She gets to decide if she's in. Buy-in matters at this age. Let her choose it.
02
She Joins the Workshop
She builds the emotional toolkit, practices the skills, and meets a small group of girls in the same season.
03
You Watch Her Thrive.
When the moment comes this fall, she's ready.
What’s Included
Everything in the program.
One Live 3-Hour Workshop
A focused live session on Zoom, led personally by Laura. Real skills. Real conversation. Real practice. Not passive video content..
Care Package
A journal and pen, shipped to your home before the workshop. She uses them during the workshop — and the journal becomes her go-to for everything that comes after.
Small Group
A private cohort of 10 girls in the same season. She practices building real emotional community.
Satisfaction Guarantee
If she leaves the workshop and it wasn't what you hoped for, we'll work with you to make it right. Your daughter's experience matters more than the transaction.
The Toolkit
What no college prep class teaches. Built on neuroscience, HeartMath®, and real life.
Future Coaching Credit
Her full workshop tuition applies as credit toward any 1:1 or extended coaching program within 6 months.
The Science Behind the Program
The Science Behind It
Nervous system regulation isn't one thing — it's a full set of skills. The image below shows four quadrants: body-based, mind-based, emotion-based, and support-based regulation. Most teen girls are strong in one — support-based. Talking it out. Co-regulating with someone they trust. Calling mom.
That's not wrong. Co-regulation is a real, healthy, science-backed tool. The problem isn't that she uses it — it's that it may be the only quadrant she's really developed. When the support-based option isn't available at 11pm in a dorm room, she needs the other three. Body-based tools to calm her nervous system in real time. Mind-based tools to slow her thoughts before they pick up speed. Emotion-based tools to name what she's feeling and let it move through her.
Body-Based
Breathwork
Movement
Grounding
Rest/Recovery
Emotion-Based
Naming feelings
Self-compassion
Allowing feelings to settle
Mind-Based
Slowing thoughts
Reframing
Noticing patterns
Support-Based
Building safe relationships
Knowing who to call and how to ask
You gave her roots.
This is where she grows wings.
For Moms
You love that she needs you. Of course you do. You've built something real with her — a relationship where she feels safe enough to fall apart with you. That's not a problem. That's 16 years of good work.
The goal isn't a daughter who doesn't need anyone. The goal is a daughter who's built her own table — and still wants you at it.
The Stakes
Two versions of what happens next.
Without the tools
She calls you about everything — every passing thought, every small thing, all day, every day
She runs every emotion through you instead of building her own processing muscle
She leaves without a real support network — just contacts in a phone and one person she actually trusts
You spend the next few years carrying her from a distance, on top of everything else in your life
She never quite learns to trust herself — and you never quite stop being on call
She processes some of the everyday stuff first — and reaches for support when she actually needs it
She's built real community — people who show up, not just follow back
She knows what her nervous system needs and how to give it to herself
She calls you to share — the wins, the real questions, the conversations you both actually want to have
You watch her thrive — with peace, not exhaustion. The job is done. Well.
With the tools
One Summer.
Skills She'll Use Forever.
Investment
Regular Price
$247
(after May 26 for Session 1)
(after June 30 for Session 2)
Early Bird Price
$197
(early-bird price up to
2 weeks prior to session)
Code: JUNE for Session 1
Code: JULY for Session 2
One live 3-hour workshop, led personally by Laura
Journal and pen, shipped to your home before the workshop
Small group format — 10 girls maximum
Workshop tuition applies as credit toward any future coaching within 6 months
Satisfaction guarantee
Dates & Logistics
Summer 2026
Session 1
June 16th
12:00pm - 3:00pm
via Zoom
Session 2
July 14th
3:00pm - 6:00pm
via Zoom
FAQs
Questions
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It’s for girls who are mostly okay, but whose moms are quietly wondering: when she's there, is every passing thought going to come through a phone — or has she built enough of her own toolkit to handle some of it herself?
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At this age, buy-in matters. A teen who shows up unwillingly won't get much out of it. That's why we offer a free intro call where she can meet Laura with zero pressure or commitment. Most girls who are skeptical going in are surprised by how much the content lands — because it's not about what's wrong with them. But she should choose it. Start with the intro call.
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Therapy focuses on the past. This is coaching — forward-looking, skills-based, and built for girls who are doing okay but want to do better. If your daughter is experiencing serious mental health challenges, we'd recommend a licensed therapist. This program works beautifully alongside therapy, but it isn't a replacement for it.
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Fill out the enrollment form, confirm by email, then submit payment to lock in the spot. You'll receive a welcome email with Zoom links, care package shipping details, and everything you need to get started. Spots are intentionally limited — small group means real relationships.
She's almost ready.
Give her the emotional toolkit to match.
She leaves this fall — and the skills take time to build. Summer is the window.