Marisa Conway is a writer, speaker, coach, and emergency nurse with over a decade of experience supporting others through crisis. She has furthered her education in Lifestyle Medicine through Harvard Medical School and earned certification in a nationally recognized Transformative Nurse Coach Certificate Program. However, it was the silent, personal crisis of parental alienation that reshaped her life—and, ultimately, her calling.

As both a mother and survivor of alienation, Marisa knows the aching void that comes from being severed from a child’s life through manipulation, legal injustice, and emotional coercion. Shattered Bonds, Resilient Heart is her deeply personal offering: a memoir of heartbreak, yes — but also a guide toward hope, healing, and reconnection.

Through her coaching practice, Presence & Persistence Life Coaching, Marisa now helps alienated parents reclaim their voice, restore emotional stability, and rebuild the inner strength needed to navigate the long road back to their children. Her work blends lived experience, evidence-based strategies, and compassionate support for those navigating one of life’s most misunderstood forms of grief.
She writes and coaches with this message at heart:
“Hope survives where love has lived.”