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meet rachel sklar

Parenting Expertise


Rachel is a dynamic speaker and an incredible resource for parents who long for an easier life with kids. She supports working parents, industry leaders and their partners with an eye toward brain development, core needs, systems, routines, and relationships. Her approach to parenting is heart-centered, no-nonsense, and fully customizable to the individual strengths and challenges of every family. 

 

Topic Areas

 

Rachel coaches clients and speaks on a variety of subjects related to parenting, such as sibling rivalry, motivating kids without bribes and threats, mindful parenting, raising boys, getting organized in a pandemic, creating family rules, action plans, and more. She excels at helping parents whose children have intense, persistent, and sensitive temperaments and those that struggle with anxiety, anger, and willfulness. 

 

See her full list of workshop topics here, or reach out to request a new topic.

 

Education

 

PCI Certified Parent Coach® 

Seattle Pacific University

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Certification Breakthrough Parenting Instructor

Breakthrough Parenting Academy, Inc

 

Master's Social Work

University of California, Berkeley

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Bachelor’s in Psychology

University of California, Santa Cruz

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parent coach + speaker + writer + consultant
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real-world experience
practical solutions... we don't do theory
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Rachel's expertise offers incredible resources for parents who long for an easier life with kids.

PARENTING COACH, EXPERT SPEAKER

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Reinvents the way parents learn, with cutting-edge, research-based, chatbot technology. 

“Parenting just got easier

CO-FOUNDER+CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER

Cleo

Modern support for working parents, providing parent-focused employee benefits to forward-thinking companies

PARENTING EXPERT

Helping working parents excel during a pandemic. Rachel partners with expert time management and productivity coach, Alexis Haselberger 

PARTNER, PARENTING EXPERT

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Rachel extends her parenting consultations, education and advocacy to a wide community audience 

PARENTING CONSULTANT + EDUCATOR

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