Six weeks after I returned from my second parental leave in early 2021, I quit a job I loved.
When the postpartum fog lifted, the truth became impossible to ignore: my parental leave experience was broken. My employer gave me time off, but I was completely on my own to navigate paid leave benefits, understand job protection laws, and fight to extend my disability coverage for postpartum anxiety. Add a newborn to that chaos, and you understand why so many new parents are drowning.
I knew I wasn't alone. And I was determined that no other parent would go through what I did.
That's why I created Hello Bundle.
The Problem: Billions Left on the Table
Every year, billions of dollars in parental leave benefits go unclaimed. Not because parents don't deserve them. Not because they don't qualify. But because the system is deliberately complex, opaque, and designed to discourage people from asking questions.
States like California, New York, and Massachusetts offer some of the best parental leave benefits in the country. Yet countless parents leave money and time on the table because navigating state disability programs, understanding benefit integration, and knowing which forms to file when feels impossible while you're pregnant or caring for a newborn.
We believe that's wrong.
How We Put Mission First
What makes Hello Bundle different isn't our price… it's our purpose.
Our mission is to help all new parents get the leave they deserve. We do that by making expert knowledge as accessible as possible: free state guides, social media education, blog content, and resources that most people would charge you for. And behind the scenes, we're actively building partnerships with businesses and nonprofits to get these resources into the hands of lower-wage earners, migrant workers, and parents in our communities who don't speak English — because they deserve this information just as much as anyone else.
We're not attorneys, so we don't charge attorney prices. That also means we don't give legal advice, but we do give you real, human advice from a team that has helped more than 2,000 parents secure the leave they're entitled to, totaling $67,429,244 in paid parental leave benefits. We'll also tell you exactly how to strategically stack your benefits in plain language, not the government, legal, or HR jargon that makes most people give up before they even start.
We're an all-women team. Most of us are moms. We've done the research, filled out the forms, gotten denied, and sat on hold with insurance companies, only to hang up more confused than when we called. We get it… because we've lived it. And now we've lived it 2,000 more times alongside the parents we've helped.
Our consulting packages start at $397. We know that's real money; it doesn't go far at Costco these days. But that price is intentional. We pay our consultants exceptionally well, because these women have incredible expertise and they deserve to be compensated for it — even if corporate America decided otherwise the moment they became moms.
And we're not done growing. We're currently building a parental leave management software platform that will allow us to serve far more families, at a lower price point, because not every parent will need to work one-on-one with a consultant. More access, for more people, that's the whole point.
What We Believe
Our values aren't just words they're the foundation of every decision we make:
All parents deserve paid parental leave. Regardless of your path to parenthood, gender, family structure, career, marital status, or tax bracket, you deserve time to recover and bond without financial stress.
We celebrate the unique needs of every family. Parenthood looks different for everyone. Our personalized approach honors your specific situation no matter whether you are pregnant, your partner is pregnant, you’re a surrogate, you’re expecting via a surrogate, you’re planning for your future family, you’re adopting or you’re fostering.
We inspire parents to advocate for themselves. Our goal isn't just to solve your problem, it's to give you the knowledge and confidence to demand what you deserve, during your leave and beyond.
We're committed to systemic change. We don't just want to help individual parents navigate broken systems. We want to change the systems themselves through policy advocacy and cultural shifts that make paid parental leave a standard right.
Give Value First
We've built Hello Bundle on a simple principle: give before you take.
That's why we created a comprehensive guide and made it free. That's why we answer questions on social media, publish educational content on our blog, and share resources that attorneys would bill you for, your boss doesn't know, HR doesn't have time to explain, and the EDD's hold music certainly won't help you figure out.
Because when parents are informed and empowered, everyone benefits. The more people who understand their rights, the more pressure there is on policymakers to expand access. The more success stories we create, the more evidence we have that better parental leave policies work.
We give first because it's the right thing to do, and because focusing on creating value for parents has proven to be the best business strategy anyway.
Every Parent Matters
In the four years since we launched, we've helped thousands of parents across the country get the leave they deserve. From California tech workers to New York nurses to Massachusetts teachers, every parent's story matters.
Every additional week of leave we help someone claim is time they get to bond with their baby instead of rushing back to work. Every dollar of benefits we help them access goes toward diapers, childcare, or just breathing room during an already stressful time.
That impact drives everything we do.
You Deserve Better
If you're reading this, you're probably trying to figure out how to navigate your state's disability program, paid family leave, job protection laws, and whatever alphabet soup your employer offers.
You might be feeling overwhelmed. Maybe even hopeless.
Here's what I want you to know: you deserve better than what the system gives you by default.
You deserve expert guidance that helps you maximize every dollar and every week you're entitled to. You deserve to spend those precious early weeks with your baby, not fighting with bureaucracy or decoding confusing benefit documents.
That's what Hello Bundle is here to do. We're your advocate, your translator, your partner in getting you the leave you deserve.
Thank you for letting us be part of your journey.
Linzay Davis
Founder & CEO, Hello Bundle
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