Hosted by Amanda Holyoak · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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Holyoaks Rise is a podcast for families and parents navigating medical complexity. Hosted by a NICU nurse and medical mom of five, this show blends professional insight with personal experience to help you feel calm, informed, and anchored in the midst of diagnoses, “all the ologies” and unexpected journeys. Through honest stories and practical guidance, we rise through hard circumstances together. If you’re in the NICU, parenting a medically complex child, or navigating life that didn’t go as planned — you belong here.Follow and share with families who need steady and practical support.
Amanda Holyoak hosts Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Unexpected, a health show with 17 episodes published.
For years, survival mode was necessary. Medical motherhood, NICU life, caregiving, night shifts, trauma, responsibility, and simply trying to hold everything together can slowly become an identity. But what happens when
Show notesRise Story In 1987, the world held its breath as 18-month-old Jessica McClure fell 22 feet into a narrow well in Midland, Texas. For 58 hours, rescue crews dug through rock by hand while millions watched and prayed. But
Show notesRise Story Series. In this episode, we’re talking about the life of Christopher Reeve—a man most people knew as Superman… until everything changed in a single moment. After a devastating accident left him paralyzed from
Show notesRise Series What does Rising actually look like in medical motherhood? Not the dramatic moments— but the everyday ones. In this episode of Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Unexpected, I’m sharing what that se
Show notesYou think rising comes after survival mode. After the crisis. After the fear. After everything finally settles down. But what if you are already rising? In this episode of Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Une
Show notesMedical Motherhood series. You make it through the emergency… and everyone expects life to go back to normal. But what happens when it doesn’t? In this episode of Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Unexpected,
Show notesNext up in my Medical Motherhood series.. If you feel like you’re constantly on edge… exhausted but unable to rest… forgetting everything and just trying to make it through the day—you might be living in survival mode. I
Show notesMedical Motherhood series: There’s a part of medical motherhood no one really prepares you for… Not the appointments. Not the diagnoses. Not even the relationships. But you. Because somewhere along the way, while you’re
Show notesMedical Motherhood Series Medical trauma affects more than just the child— it reshapes the entire family system. In this episode, we discuss how chronic illness, NICU experiences, and prolonged medical stress impact marr
Show notesNICU Rise Series Mom guilt doesn’t start when you leave the NICU… and it doesn’t end when your baby comes home. In this deeply honest episode, we talk about the many layers of guilt medical moms carry — from not bonding
Show notesNICU Rise Series When your baby is in the NICU, suddenly there are a dozen specialists involved in their care. Neonatology. Cardiology. Neurology. Gastroenterology. Ophthalmology. Genetics. It can feel overwhelming fast.
Show notesNICU Rise Series What should you expect in the NICU? What actually happens in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)? And what does a typical NICU day really look like? If your baby has just been admitted to the NICU —
Show notesNICU Rise Series When your baby is in the NICU, some fears never fully leaves your mind: Will my baby have long term problems? What will their future look like? Will life ever feel normal again? Even after survival feels
Show notesSometimes the signs are quiet before they are loud. Sometimes the story begins long before we know what we’re looking at. In this episode of Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Unexpected, I share our daughter’s
Show notesI met “Busy Bee” as her nurse. At the time, I didn’t know I was meeting my daughter. In this episode of Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Unexpected, I share the story of how a hospital shift turned into somet
Show notesIn this first episode of Holyoaks Rise, I share how I went from being a NICU nurse to becoming a medical mom myself. From navigating my daughter’s NICU journey to facing an unexpected chronic GI diagnosis with my older c
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Holyoaks Rise: Stories of Rising Through the Unexpected is hosted by Amanda Holyoak. The show is categorised under health (fitness) and has published 17 episodes.
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