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Annmarie Chereso

Annmarie is an Educational Leadership Coach, Certified Mindfulness Educator and Certified Life Coach. Annmarie is devoted to bringing more mindfulness and conscious leadership into the world of education. She has worked for over a decade in Chicago area schools and is an expert at guiding parents, educators, and students to cultivate well being as a means for authentic success.

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About this course






Calm the college craziness
Use The Power of Presence to Support Your Stressed  Student

Are you and your teen in  the thick of college process ? 

Just dropped your student at college?

Is their stress, stressing you out?

Would you like to:

Drown out all the outside noise and peer pressure? 

Manage the stress that comes with all things college.

Support your teen to make the right decisions and set them up for success?

Empower your senior with clarity through the college application craziness


Whether you are in the thick of applying to college or just settled your freshman into to the dorm, this is a big transition in both your lives.  How can you best support your teen when the stress of big decisions and change kicks in?  One key to supporting your teen through  big transitions is to cultivate presence. Presence unlocks your secret parenting super power...your intuition and allows you to bring all of your innate wisdom, love and compassion forward in a way that builds trust and connection with your child.

“When our kids share with us their anxiety and stress, so often it triggers our stress, we’re listening for a way to solve their problems, eliminate their stress or  it When we tap into the power of presence we begin to understand what is really going on and learn how to truly be supportive.”  - Annmarie Chereso


In this 4 week online course, learn to:

Quiet the noise from others to tune into you and your teens voice

Manage your feelings and reactions to your teens stress so you can best support them

Develop new skills for managing stress that you can teach your teen

Listen in a way that your teen feels seen and heard

Shift quickly from conflict to connection 

Develop awareness around how you are influencing your teen

Reduce stress and find real sustainable success


Course Details:
Monday, Oct. 23 - Friday, Nov 24 (we will skip the week of Nov 6th)
The course comprises of video lessons, guided meditation, embodiment tool and homework practice.
Live Weekly 30 minute calls with Annmarie on Tuesdays at 12pm CST (Oct. 24, Oct. 31, Nov 14th, Nov 21st)
Private online discussion forum
Investment: $75 when you register now (regularly $150)