Feeding Our Young
Encouragement for today's student nurse... and life lessons for the rest of us!
Have you ever heard the phrase “nurses eat their young?” Feeding Our Young® is more than a podcast – it’s a movement. It’s a desire to see new nurses of all ages be supported and uplifted by their peers.
Join the movement! COME and hear host Eric Miller's vision for a radical culture change - in nursing, healthcare, and elsewhere; then STAY for a stable of all-star nursing students, nurses, and nurse educators!
They might make you LAUGH...
they might make you CRY...
but they will all definitely make you THINK...
and be ENCOURAGED!
Episodes
166 episodes
163 - Katie Kunda Pt 2: You’ve Got to Get the Buy-In
Continue with nurse, nurse educator, and Snohomish, Washington native Honored Guest Katie Kunda as she waxes eloquent about a couple of non-traditional nursing jobs, how her pre- and post-Africa trip prepared her for nursing education, her pass...
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Episode 163
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52:52
162 - Katie Kunda Pt 1: A Jacqueline of All Trades
Join nurse, nurse educator, and Snohomish, Washington native Honored Guest Katie Kunda as she waxes eloquent about her unconventional nursing journey, why she decided to become a nurse, using her voice during COVID, her intro into education, he...
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Episode 162
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51:28
161 - Karli Petruso: Even Your Struggles Become Part of Your Growth
Join recent grad and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Karli Petruso as she talks about perceived flaws being actual strengths, how previous jobs helped her in nursing school, her “ridiculously boring” reason why she chose nursing, getti...
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Episode 161
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52:52
160 - Eliana Lefkowitz: Big Heart, Big Smile
Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Eliana Lefkowitz as she describes jobs she had in high school, who inspires her most in life, challenges she has faced in nursing school including challenging classes that made her ...
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Episode 160
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50:25
159 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 3: People Want One of the Three Hs
Continue with operating theatre nurse, embedded learning facilitator, and Birmingham and Somerset, United Kingdom native Honoured Guest Becky Love-Kerley as she chats about her superpower, helping others transition from handholding to stretchin...
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Episode 159
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46:34
158 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 2: Every Single Day is a School Day
Continue with operating theatre nurse, embedded learning facilitator, and Birmingham and Somerset, United Kingdom native Honoured Guest Becky Love-Kerley as she chats about how board gaming fosters and hones real life skills, how a surgery she ...
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Episode 158
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35:58
157 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 1: I'm an E.L.F.
Join operating theatre nurse, embedded learning facilitator, and Birmingham and Somerset, United Kingdom native Honoured Guest Becky Love-Kerley as she chats about degrees vs diplomas, how bereavement feels for her, being utterly powerless faci...
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Episode 157
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45:03
156 - Crystal Gower: There’s Still Rainbows Through the Storms
Join tenured nurse, entrepreneur, and Arizona native Honored Guest Crystal Gower as she talks about her love of learning, the importance of grit, how she ended up in healthcare (being a respiratory therapist before nursing), the importance of p...
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Episode 156
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41:23
155 - Jenn Moon: Taking the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Me
Join current student and Kent, Washington native Honored Guest Jenn Moon as she discusses her heroes in life, how a car accident drew her to nursing, what she loves most about nursing school, adjusting to being in a new city, the challenges of ...
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Episode 155
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53:35
LX - Three Takeaways from Today! (Bonus Episode)
Join host Eric Miller in this bonus episode as he briefly shares three takeaways applicable to nursing and life in general that he was inspired to share from whatever the "big event" is that is happening later today! (Episode recorded seven hou...
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14:25
154 - Jayde Sagun and Maya Zilberstein: Strength in Numbers
Join current students - Kahului, Maui, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Jayde Sagun and Thousand Oaks, California native Honored Guest Maya Zilberstein - as they describe their favorite parts of nursing school, celebrating with peers, why they chos...
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Episode 154
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56:19
153 - Kim Wiest Pt 2: Consider That Whole Soul That is in Front of You
Continue with nurse practitioner and Grafton, West Virginia, and North Carolina native Honored Guest Kim Wiest as she waxes eloquent about her superpower, how her mother’s journey informed her passion in functional medicine, some of the differe...
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Episode 153
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37:42
152 - Kim Wiest Pt 1: I Became a Nurse By Accident
Join nurse practitioner and Grafton, West Virginia, and North Carolina native Honored Guest Kim Wiest as she waxes eloquent about her hero, how she accidentally became a nurse, her “messy twin,” her incredible career progression (and funny stor...
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Episode 152
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44:10
151 - Jae McKinney: You Have Your Own Worth
Join nurse educator, nurse practitioner, and Spokane Valley, Washington native Honored Guest Jae McKinney as she discusses how a television show helped get her into nursing, how a life event side railed her into her chosen specialty, the huge t...
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Episode 151
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53:47
150 - Jamie Clark Pt 2: The Diverse Universe that is Nursing
Continue with nurse, farmer, and Yakima, Washington native Honored Guest Jamie Clark as she chats about the importance of grit and character in nursing, using tact and kindness while rocking the boat, moral injury/secondary trauma in healthcare...
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Episode 150
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51:54
149 - Jamie Clark Pt 1: The Horse is the Gateway Drug
Join nurse, farmer, and Yakima, Washington native Honored Guest Jamie Clark as she chats about why going to work is a stress relief sometimes, the intersection of nursing and farming in her life, her myriad influences leading her to nursing, be...
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Episode 149
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41:34
148 - State of Feeding Our Young® 2025-2026
After listening to a very special intro, join host Eric Miller as he gives thanks to those that helped make 2025 a success, touches on why 2025 was both a “glass half-empty” and “glass half-full” kind of year, celebrates how far the Feeding Our...
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Episode 148
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34:18
147 - Chandy Thorn: I Never Considered Anything Else
Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Chandy Thorn as she talks about the challenge of attending clinical during COVID, navigating nursing school after her mother’s death, her involvement in the Big Sister Little Sister progra...
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Season 1
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Episode 147
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43:55
146 - Christopher Vertefeuille: Running Towards the Fire
[explicit - opening swearing and brief discussion about gun violence] Join nursing student and Cle Elum, Washington and Pacific Northwest native Honored Guest Christopher Vertefeuille as he discusses an oddly deeply impactful pizza party, previ...
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Episode 146
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49:32
145 - Katelyn Makemson Pt 2: I Find Sanity in the Insanity
Continue with very recent graduate and Jasper, Alabama native Honored Guest Katelyn Makemson as she describes her short- and long-term career plans, how she’s prepping for the NCLEX, working through nursing school with a jaw-dropping diagnosis,...
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Episode 145
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41:32
144 - Katelyn Makemson Pt 1: Nursing Externships FTW!
Join very recent graduate and Jasper, Alabama native Honored Guest Katelyn Makemson as she describes her love of the Lord and trusting in Him for her future, the importance of her family, how she pictures her family during labs/sims, nursing ex...
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Episode 144
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33:51
143 - Haleigh Gibson: Sometimes it Stings at First, and It’s Okay
Join nurse and Curlew, Washington native Honored Guest Haleigh Gibson as she articulates the oddity of wearing masks, her initial foray into dental hygiene, following your heart and gut, how to develop that gut instinct, how to communicate a cl...
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Episode 143
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1:03:21
142 - Aysia Ramos: It’s Just a Little Hiccup in the Road
Join very recent graduate and O’ahu, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Aysia Ramos as she chats about her touching inspiration behind becoming a nurse, prep work advice for taking the NCLEX, the importance of self advocacy and asking for accommodati...
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Episode 142
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46:15
141 - Brooke Peterson Pt 2: Everybody has Their Own Journey
Continue with hot-off-the-presses graduate and Meridian, Idaho and Oregon coast native Honored Guest Brooke Peterson as she talks about books, her favorite parts of nursing school, not being the best student in high school, her practical study ...
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Episode 141
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37:54
140 - Brooke Peterson Pt 1: Are You a Nurse Now, Brooke?
Join hot-off-the-presses graduate and Meridian, Idaho and Oregon coast native Honored Guest Brooke Peterson as she talks about how she prepared for the NCLEX, her most helpful NCLEX resource, cramming, the importance of keeping busy post NCLEX,...
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Episode 140
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