Don't Eat Your Young: A Nursing Podcast

Angie Bailey joins Beth to talk about the new classes she’s offering to nurses – and anyone else who needs them – that teach how to use calligraphy to find a sense of calm.

Show Notes

After struggling with the ever-shifting challenges of nursing during the pandemic, Angie Bailey realized she’d had enough. That’s when she retired from the profession and moved to a focus on the art of calligraphy. She found an incredible peace with it and now teaches it to help others find that sense of calm. 
Angie joins Beth in this episode to talk about her struggles in the nursing field and how this shift has led to a more positive, peaceful life for not just her but also for the people taking her classes.

About Angie
As a 33-year veteran RN, Angie understands the mounting stresses of working in a demanding and intense hospital environment. After struggling to practice meditation as a form of stress reduction, Angie rediscovered the therapeutic benefits of the art of calming calligraphy, a love from her childhood. Now it's her mission to share this revelation with other nurses, healthcare workers, and hospital staff so they can enjoy the same relief she has obtained from this restorative practice.

Links
  • (00:00) - Welcome to Don't Eat Your Young • Angie Bailey
  • (00:53) - Angie's Background
  • (13:17) - Calligraphy
  • (18:48) - Intention, Attention, Attitude
  • (19:55) - Calming Calligraphy Classes
  • (27:53) - Last Thoughts
  • (29:28) - Wrap Up
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What is Don't Eat Your Young: A Nursing Podcast?

Welcome to Don’t Eat Your Young — the podcast that brings you stories from the trenches of the incredible, wonderful, exhausting, terrifying, joyous world of nursing.

Host Beth Quaas been in the world of nursing for nearly decades and has worked in hospitals large and small. She's worn the hats of the floor nurse, ICU, ER, and anesthesia. She's been a manager, an educator, and a co-worker.

On Don't Eat Your Young, Beth highlights stories from nurses around the country that are doing amazing things for their nursing colleagues to support them and let them know that they are not alone. This is a show celebrating a positive culture of nursing and care, and we can be a part of this culture by sharing wins — and struggles — across the field.

We will also explore opportunities that are unique in nursing that may inspire you to go in new directions. These voices from the field are an inspiration to care for yourself, and those around you.

Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. For more information and to support this show, visit donteatyouryoung.com.

Nurses. Making our world better, one shift at a time!