You deserve the longest paid leave!

Every parent deserves to know this information

I'm Brittney O'Brien. I'm a working mom in Sacramento, California. My husband and I are both entrepreneurs and small business owners, so I know firsthand how much is riding on getting your parental leave right (financially and personally!). 

I spent nearly a decade in Silicon Valley tech sales. While pregnant with my son, I did everything right. I filed on time. I thought I had it handled.

Then the denial letter arrived from the EDD. My claim was denied for "still working" and I had no idea what to do to get paid.

What followed was weeks of phone calls that went nowhere, setting an alarm every day at 8am (only to be hung up on) and EDD representatives who gave me a different answer every single time I got through. My company also said they couldn't help so I almost gave up on $30,000 of my own tax money coming back to me.

I was exhausted. I was fighting a system that seemed designed to make people give up.

I didn't give up. I recovered $30,000 in benefits.

But I couldn't stop thinking about what came next.

I had years of navigating complex, broken systems. I knew how to be persistent. I knew how to read the fine print. I had the energy and the toolkit to fight back.

Not every expecting parent does.

How many accepted the denial without question? How many went back to work at six weeks because the money ran out and they never knew they had options? Companies are doing the bare minimum to help and it's not okay!

That's why I left corporate tech after 20 years and built Itsyourleave! Since 2024, the California Paid Leave Blueprint has helped over 1,100 California families claim every dollar they're owed. This is my full time career now and I love making parental leave equitable for everyone!

If you came here looking to book a call

Maybe a friend told you she worked with me 1 on 1. Or you saw the word "consulting" and pictured a phone call.

Private support is how this business started. It worked. Those families got real results, and I stand behind every one of them. Here is why the model changed, and what it means for you.

The old model had 1 limit: me

Private support meant I could help 2 to 3 families a week. That was the cap. Not 4. Not 10. Every week, families I could not fit in were stuck refreshing the EDD website at 11pm.

The price had to match how few spots there were. $2,000 per family. Worth it for families who could pay it. Out of reach for most parents who needed it.

I did not want a business where the right answers only reached 3 families a week at $2,000 each. So I spent a year building a version with no cap.

The Blueprint teaches you the whole system in under 2 hours. All 4 programs, in plain English, in the exact order you need them. It was not thrown together. It was built and rebuilt across 1,100+ families. Every lesson exists because real families needed it.

The calendar tool builds your personal plan right away. Your dates go in. Your full timeline comes out, the day you enroll. No waiting for a spot on anyone's calendar. Have a specific question? Join the weekly Q+A Tuesdays at 1pm and I will walk you through it.

Weekly live office hours cover everything that is yours alone. Every Tuesday, capped at 12 people, for 12 months. Your extension question at week 30. Your HR talk at week 34. Your EDD letter at week 6 postpartum. Every call is recorded and sent to you if you miss one.

Here is the math on access. Leave questions do not show up all at once. They come up over 9 or 10 months, and they change as your leave goes on. 

More families. More chances to ask. A fraction of the old price. That is what removing the cap bought you.

This is how the best companies teach

I spent 20 years in Silicon Valley teaching customers how to use complex products. Every serious company does it the same way. Build the training once. Make it excellent. Keep the expert live for the questions the training cannot answer.

You already trust this model. It is how you learned every tool you use at work. Private-only help is not the premium version. It is what a business does before its knowledge is organized. You are buying the organized version.

You are getting my brain, not a script

Every answer in the course, and every answer in office hours, comes from 2.5 years of real California claims. The denial patterns. The edge cases. The timing traps, including the one that caught me on my own leave. When you bring your situation on a Tuesday, the person answering has seen 1,100 versions of it.

This is not for everyone, and that is okay

Some people want their own person on the phone, and no course will change that. Other California consultants offer private support at private-support prices. If that is what you need, go get it. I mean that.

But if what you want is the right answer, on time, with an expert live every week as your leave unfolds, that is exactly what this is.