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
157 episodes
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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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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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Season 1
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Episode 140
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35:58
139 - Tiffanie Rampley Pt 2: This Path Could Have Taken Me So Many Places
Continue with Washington State University’s Foundational Practice and Community-Based Care Department Chair and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Tiffanie Rampley as she waxes eloquent about her career including her reluctant journey int...
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Season 1
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Episode 139
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46:00
138 - Tiffanie Rampley Pt 1: No Regrets
Join Washington State University’s Foundational Practice and Community-Based Care Department Chair and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Tiffanie Rampley as she waxes eloquent about her career including receiving multiple degrees from ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 138
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47:57
137 - Daphne Roberts Pt 2: The Little In-Between Things
Continue with recent graduate and Bay Area, California and Phoenix, Arizona native Honored Guest Daphne Roberts as she discusses her experience taking the NCLEX (and her advice for students), her recommendations regarding how long to wait to ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 137
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46:33
136 - Daphne Roberts Pt 1: A Paper Cut and a SpongeBob Band-Aid
Join recent graduate and Bay Area, California and Phoenix, Arizona native Honored Guest Daphne Roberts as she discusses her inspirational grandparents, how a paper cut and a special band-aid got her into nursing, her love of emotional intellige...
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Season 1
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Episode 136
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36:06
135 - Maia Siemers: Ready to Write Her Own Story
Join soon-to-be nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Maia Siemers as she chats about her family, her activities and hobbies, how her sports background will help her in nursing school, other jobs she has had, how her litt...
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Season 1
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Episode 135
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28:42
134 - Christina Peterson Pt 2: My Soul Was the Color of Overcast Sky
Continue with nurse and Puyallup and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Christina Peterson as she eloquently describes navigating the traumatic grief surrounding her unexpected divorce, the importance of taking advantage of counseling, “g...
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Season 1
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Episode 134
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42:15
133 - Christina Peterson Pt 1: The 1% Rule
Join nurse and Puyallup and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Christina Peterson as she eloquently describes her round-the-world trip from one side of the state to the other, being okay with being weird (and accepting being weird to feel...
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Season 1
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Episode 133
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55:12
132 - Ani Posner Pt 2: A Beautiful Mess
Continue with nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Ani Posner as she discusses the role the VA has played in her education, the Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), advice for working with inappropriate patients ...
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Season 1
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Episode 132
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59:54
131 - Ani Posner Pt 1: It Doesn’t Feel Like Studying
Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Ani Posner as she discusses her special ability to fly by the seat of her pants, addressing the rumor she’s bummed that school is done for the summer, starting out wanting to do ped...
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Season 1
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Episode 131
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