Helping Families Find Their Way Home
The NICU may have been only one chapter of your family’s story, but its impact doesn’t always end at discharge.
NICU Hearts Collective is the support system for what comes next, bringing together expert guidance, practical resources, live connection, and a community of families who truly understand.
From caring for your baby’s development to navigating your own anxiety, grief, and nervous system recovery, we’re here to help you feel less alone, more confident, and supported as your whole family finds its footing beyond the NICU.
We Know the NICU Doesn’t End at Discharge
You shouldn’t have to explain why coming home can sometimes feel harder than being in the NICU.
The monitors may be gone, but the worry, medical questions, feeding challenges, developmental concerns, grief, and sheer exhaustion can follow you home. We created NICU Hearts Collective for that often-overlooked space between “Your baby is ready for discharge” and actually feeling like your family has found its footing again.
Meet the Founders
Emily O'Sullivan & Atara Parkinson
Professional expertise that supports both parent and baby through trauma-informed mental health care and early childhood occupational therapy.
Personal understanding of the NICU experience, bringing lived experience alongside clinical knowledge to the resources and support we create.
One shared belief: families deserve care beyond discharge. The questions, emotions, developmental needs, and adjustment don’t stop when you leave the hospital, and neither should meaningful support.
We’re Atara and Emily, and NICU Hearts Collective grew from our shared heart for families navigating a chapter that can be incredibly difficult to understand unless you’ve lived or worked closely within it. Together, we’ve created the kind of space we believe every NICU family deserves: expert-informed, deeply compassionate, practical, and built to help your whole family find its way home.
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The NICU Hearts Collective
Join the NICU Hearts Collective for expert-led resources, practical workbooks, live support calls, and a community of NICU families who truly understand life during and after the NICU.
Work with Emily
Emily offers 1:1 grief and parent wellness coaching; support with attachment, bonding, and attunement with your baby,; developmental milestone guidance; and customized nervous system regulation strategies that work within your needs.
Work with Atara
Atara offers 1:1 consulting and support around trauma and processing including somatic sessions and integrative support.
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