Transform Your

Strong-Willed Son's Behavior 

With Encircle: For Moms (& Dads!) of Boys Who Want To Raise Connected, Cooperative, and Compassionate Sons 

Do any of these sound like you?

  • Your son overreacts to the smallest triggers, making it hard to respond to him.
  • Your son ignores you, doesn't cooperate, lies, or gets aggressive when he's mad.
  • Rewards, consequences, and house rules don't motivate your son to hurry up and listen - putting you constantly behind schedule. 
  • Your son lacks empathy, and you're wondering if he needs a diagnosis (or a different one)
  • You're tired of repeating yourself, losing your patience, and being ignored.
  • You've read a ton of parenting books but nothing seems to work.

...And do any of these sound familiar?

  • You feel alone because your partner and you aren't on the same page.
  • You're worried your son will have social problems later if he doesn't shift his behavior now.
  • Your son struggles to control his impulses or regulate his emotions.
  • You think therapy might help but don't know where to begin.
  • Your son can't communicate how he feels or he brings others down with him when he has big feelings.  

And do you find yourself exhausted, overwhelmed, and at your wit's end, feeling lost and unsure about what to do? 

 

You're not alone.


As a fellow boy mom, I've been where you are.

I understand the frustrations, the repeated efforts that seem to go unnoticed, and the constant battle guiding our intense, persistent, and sensitive sons.

 

But we have great news for you:

There's a solution that can transform your son's behavior so he can thrive...

Introducing...

ENCIRCLE: FOR MOMS (& Dads!) OF BOYS

For raising a compassionate, cooperative, caring, connected, creative son who will grow up to be an incredible man.

Created by renowned parenting coach and boy mom expert, Rachel Sklar.

With Encircle Group Coaching, you can break the cycle of meltdowns, aggression, and negative behavior.

IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE WHAT MATTERS MOST AS A PARENT...

  • Empower your son to achieve better outcomes at home, school, and socially because he's more confident and cooperative in all he does.
  • Raise an emotionally intelligent son who can handle big feelings without resorting to fighting, lying, aggression, disrespect, or running away.
  • Regain your patience, calmness, and mindfulness during any parenting challenge, so you don't have to succumb to fear, grief, or guilt.

It’s time to be supported to show up as the parent you want to be.

Imagine this life...

Which are you seeking?

  • Your son is responsive, flexible, and meets expectations.
  • Your home is joyful, calm, and peaceful.
  • Your family relationships are drama-free.
  • Your house rules are clear and respected.
  • Your son has empathy and respect for others.
  • You have effective tools to handle tough behaviors.
  • You are confident in your approach.
  • You have a healthy balance between parenting, work, and life.
  • You can stay patient and mindful during any breakdown.
  • You are free of fear, guilt, and grief.
  • You and your parenting partners share a simple approach.
  • You know how to recover from any parenting mistake.
  • Your son can handle his big feelings without fighting, lying, being aggressive, disrespectful, or running away.
  • Your close relationship with your son is forever.

"I haven’t felt this capable in my parenting of my strong-willed child probably ever. I’ve been getting a lot of emotional support and benefits as well, from Rachel and [her community]. I think the biggest benefit for me is solidarity, and the feeling that I’m not alone in these parenting difficulties. I like having a fresh lens on my child and his behaviors, as well as feeling like I can take a more objective look at my own behaviors as well."

 
Natalie, 2 boys

"Nobody is born with an instruction on how to be a parent. It's a process. And as with every process, having guidance, community, and support makes it easier, more effective, and, oh my, so much more enjoyable. Encircle program gave me just this. And so much more."

 
Julia, 2 children

Rachel Sklar, Founder of Encircle, is Trusted By...

Here's How Encircle Works:

Private Launch Call & Customized Plan

Ditch the one-size-fits-all approach. You'll get a private session with Rachel to understand your unique situation and create a tailored plan for your family. (For Sustain Plan clients only)

Weekly Group Coaching Sessions

Each week, Rachel meets with the group to unpack their latest breakdowns and coach parents on how to handle any situation with their son. She customizes each approach while teaching new methods. 

Weekly Encircle Moms' Meetings

This is an intimate space for moms to connect, create community, and get support around topics they may not feel comfortable sharing with the larger group. Moms-only meetings take place weekly.   

Monthly Encircle Dads' Meetings

Dads meet monthly with Rachel to get coaching in a closed container. They share their challenges more honestly and get feedback on how to navigate tensions at home and be great role models. 

Accountability Partners

Rachel will pair you with another member or a small group of parents who are in the same boat and can remind you to stay the course. This is optional but highly recommended.  

Private Facebook Group

Connect, get support, and ask questions any time of day. Rachel co-moderates this group with graduates of the Encircle program. Many parents consider this group a lifeline for their parenting. 

Monthly Seminars & Guest Experts

Rachel uses humor, storytelling, and honesty to teach you how to raise boys with confidence and compassion. She also hosts authors and field experts to teach about topics chosen by the group. 

The Portal

All meetings are recorded and accessed via an online portal or phone app. While you'll receive lifetime access to the recordings, you don't need to attend every meeting to get the full value of the program. 

Some Of The Training Topics For Transforming Your Relationship With Your Son Include...

Navigating Boyhood

Learn the secrets to raising a cooperative, compassionate son who wants to stay close to you for life. In this workshop, discover new insights into the inner workings of your son's brain and gain practical tools to fulfill his basic needs, boost his confidence and improve his behavior at home, school, and beyond.

The Mother-Son Relationship

Discover the essential things that boys need from their moms and the unique characteristics of the boy brain. From non-coercive parenting to avoiding harsh criticism and emotional over-involvement, explore the research-based practices that can help establish a deep mother-son bond.

The Explosive Child

Learn collaborative problem-solving tools for easily frustrated 'explosive' kids. You'll learn to improve executive functioning, emotional regulation, and social skills. You will learn to handle frustration without using rewards and punishments. You will map out a collaborative problem-solving approach for one of your son's recurring issues and create a record-keeping system to help you track and solve future problems.

Mindful Motivation

Discover how to motivate your son intrinsically and extrinsically, leveraging their strengths to teach new skills and resilience. Learn about the benefits of mindful motivation, problem-solving skills, and emotional resilience, and differentiate it from heated motivation. Plus you'll understand what you can and cannot control to influence your child's cooperation.

 

Hormones Through The Ages

Prepare for your son's hormonal changes, starting from adrenarche to physical puberty and beyond. You'll get insights into how hormones affect boys' behavior, emotional phases, and physical development. You'll learn to align your expectations with your son's behavior and get tips on how to support boys through these changes.

Understanding Temperament

Learn about your child's temperament traits to identify your child's energy levels, adaptability, sensitivity, and more. By using this sorter, parents can gain insights into their child's strengths and interests, and understand how their child copes with new situations.

Building & Breaking Habits

In this insightful presentation, you'll discover how to help your son build and break habits that will shape his life for the better. Learn the pattern of every habit and how to use rewards or payoffs to create positive behaviors. Get practical tips on how to build habits that stick, including convenience, habit stacking, and pairing. You'll also learn how to break bad habits through replacement, inconvenience, and trigger elimination.

Parenting With Mindfulness

This training will reveal why you likely default to yelling, bribes, and/or threats, even when you know they don't work. You'll learn to shift from triggered and reactive to responsive so you can parent your child from your values - with empathy and compassion, instead of defaulting to automated responses that tend to make behavior worse.

ENCIRCLE IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY THERAPY, BOOK, OR TRAINING COURSE OUT THERE...

 

This program is not about just trying to fix the boy, instead, it teaches moms and dads how to build a strong, trusting, and collaborative relationship with their sons.

Unlike therapy, the Enircle program offers support between sessions to help you implement what you're learning and practice the tools.

 

Books and training courses tend to offer a one-size-fits-all approach that does not account for the unique needs of children and their parents. 

 

Encircle offers a personalized approach tailored to each parent and boy's specific needs.

 

Encircle's techniques and methods are backed by science and have been proven to be effective in improving parent-son relationships, developing emotional intelligence, and reducing even the most challenging behavior.

Encircle stands out from other options because it offers a personalized, research-backed approach that addresses the needs of both parents and sons, and offers ongoing support from an experienced coach.

I'M RACHEL.

As a mom of 3 strong-willed boys, I spent my first few years as a parent lost, confused, overwhelmed, and quite frankly, ashamed that despite my background in psychology and social work and helping other parents, I was totally failing as a mom.

Of course, all of that changed when I pursued my parent coaching certification and multiple accreditations since then, but more importantly, I learned what makes strong-willed boys tick and how to parent them effectively.

I am proud to say that today I have an incredibly strong bond and unique connection with each of my sons, and I have helped 1000s of parents to create a strong bond and unique connection with their sons (and daughters!) too.

Our strong-willed sons think, behave, and are motivated differently than other children, and it's my personal mission to change the world, 1 boy at a time by helping parents understand their sons and learn how to show up as a connected parent and as their son's strongest advocate. 

As a coach, speaker, educator, and mom I know what works, what doesn't, and what it takes to customize a plan that's right for every boy. 

"I would recommend Rachel to anyone who feels challenged by raising kids who push limits and continuously act in defiance. After working with Rachel, there is less yelling and arguing with our teenagers."

 
Nancy, California

"Finding Rachel was like a breath of fresh air. Talking with her is a great balance of letting off steam and getting practical tips that actually work! The days after I connect with Rachel are by far the easiest ones I have with my kids."

 
Jodee, New Jersey

"Nobody is born with instruction on how to be a parent. It's a process. And as with every process, having guidance, community, and support makes it easier, more effective, and, oh my, so much more enjoyable. Encircle program gave me just this. And so much more."

 
Julia, Poland

Meet Alexis

I'm a mom of 2 boys, both of whom could definitely be described as "strong-willed".

Like most moms, I'm doing the best I can. But sometimes that doesn't feel like quite enough.

Enter Rachel.

Over the course of several sessions, Rachel helped me to better understand the underlying dynamics in my family and to identify areas where I could influence or shift those dynamics.

She also helped me to understand the needs and motivations of each of my kids, and how I could improve our relationships by changing my own behavior and how I interact with my kids.

She gave me valuable scripts that worked like literal magic, and which I still use to this day. Her focus on increasing connection to strengthen relationships, even when your instinct is the exact opposite, worked wonders for my family.

Rachel is supportive, non-judgemental, an expert in her field, and an absolute joy to work with. I'm so grateful for Rachel.

"This program has given me the skills I needed (so very badly) to help strengthen my relationship with my twin boys and improve our connection immensely."

 
Melissa, 9 y/o twin boys

"I'm loving this program! I'm learning so much about how boys communicate in ways I didn't understand before, how they connect and how they DISCONNECT from us. I've already connected more with my son and can see the benefits."

 
Mia, 12 y/o boy

"Throughout the Encircle Boys program, Rachel gave me concrete ideas about how to connect with and support my son. After each session, I was able to implement what I learned and my relationship with my son blossomed."

 
Leah, 2 boys

ENROLL TODAY!

Everyone’s journey is different. Find the right package for you:

GROW PLAN (3 Months)

$2,399

contact Rachel if you need a payment plan

Total Value: $14,500
Ends August 2, 2024

  • Weekly Group Coaching
  • Weekly Mom-Only Sessions
  • Monthly Dad-Only Sessions
  • Monthly Seminars on Raising Boys
  • 3 High-Level Guest Speakers 
  • Accountability Buddy Matching
  • Quizzes, Worksheets, Scripts, & Tracking Tools
  • Exclusive 24/7 Facebook Group
  • Web & App-Based Portal of Session Recordings  
  • Total Transformation of Your Family Life
SELECT THIS PLAN

ELEVATE PLAN (9 months)

$3,799

or customize any payment plan

Total Value: $20,400
Ends January 17, 2025

  • Weekly Group Coaching
  • Weekly Mom-Only Sessions
  • Monthly Dad-Only Sessions
  • Monthly Seminars on Raising Boys
  • 6 High-Level Guest Speakers
  • Accountability Buddy Matching
  • Quizzes, Worksheets, Scripts, & other tools
  • Exclusive 24/7 Facebook Group
  • Web & App-Based Portal of Session Recordings
  • Total Transformation of Your Family Life
  • PLUS: Elevate Parent Mastermind
  • 2 Private Coaching Sessions with Rachel Value $700
Program Closed

SUSTAIN PLAN (12 Months)

$4,999

or customize any payment plan

Total Value: $26,800
Ends April 18, 2025

  • Weekly Group Coaching
  • Weekly Mom-Only Sessions
  • Monthly Dad-Only Sessions
  • Monthly Seminars on Raising Boys
  • 6 High-Level Guest Speakers
  • Accountability Buddy Matching
  • Quizzes, Worksheets, Scripts, & other tools
  • Exclusive 24/7 Facebook Group
  • Web & App-Based Portal of Session Recordings
  • Total Transformation of Your Family Life
  • PLUS: Elevate Parent Mastermind
  • 2 Private Coaching Sessions with Rachel Value $700
  • Sustain Parent Mastermind
  • Personal Kickoff Plan To Create Immediate Breakthroughs
  • SOS Text Messaging with Rachel  (priceless)
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The Scholarship & Solidarity Option

Let's work together to change this world one boy at a time...

We offer scholarships for families that don't benefit from current and historical financial privileges. 

Let's talk if:

  • You're a single parent trying to make ends meet
  • You don't have access to regular, affordable healthcare
  • Your family income doesn't allow for any savings
  • You'd be willing to share your parenting wins and struggles on video
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"Having this program as part of my life and schedule keeps parenting and the connection with my son a priority. I can break the cycle of parenting techniques that don’t serve me or my family. I could participate as much or as little as made sense for my family...with what I know now - I can make it thru the tough moments with more ease, I can make a repair when things don’t go the way I hoped, and I know my son and I can keep our relationship strong through whatever we face."

 
Jessica, 1 boy
I'M IN! TAKE ME TO "SELECT A PLAN"

Come change the world with me, starting with your son.

Having a more cooperative, connected, and compassionate relationship with your son is possible. It starts with you.

Let's partner together to help you be the parent he needs.

- Rachel

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