Talks, workshops, and keynotes that give the working parents on your team a way to handle the hardest job nobody trained them for.
A lot of your senior engineers are also new parents, and that stress doesn't stay home — it shows up as distraction and a short fuse at work. The usual wellness webinar doesn't reach them. This does, because it speaks in the terms they already think in.
Same core idea — pause, inspect your internal state, respond on purpose — scaled to the format that fits your event.
~60 minutes
One session that introduces the Breakpoint Protocol — the pause-inspect-respond tool at the center of the whole thing. Fits a lunch-and-learn, a parents ERG, or a wellness slot.
Half day
A half-day where your team practices the protocol instead of just hearing about it. We run the Breakpoint Protocol (SET → INSPECT → STEP) against real situations they walked in with.
Keynote
A keynote built for your stage — an all-hands, an offsite, a conference. Same idea, scaled up and shaped around your event.
Hi, I'm Justin — software architect, parent of three, and the person who built Parenting in the Debugger because the parenting advice out there never spoke my language.
I've spent 20+ years in tech building and explaining complex systems. I first gave this talk to a group of parents at the company I worked at, and it connected more than I expected — engineers don't want to be told to "be present," they want something they can use.
I keep it concrete and a little irreverent — no stock-photo slides, no "just be present." Just a way of thinking your people can try the same night they hear it.
Tell me about your team and your event, and I'll send back formats and a quote.
Email Justin