About this episode

Carey Renee Sharpe shares her journey from pediatric ICU nurse to creating the Off-Broadway musical Blood Love, discussing themes of reinvention and creativity.

What happens when the career you've dedicated your life to no longer feels sustainable? Carey Renee Sharpe details how she went from burnout to Broadway on The Art of Kindness podcast. The creator and star of the Off-Broadway musical Blood Love: A Vampire Opera joins Robert Peterpaul for a moving conversation on how reinvention can help you find your way back to yourself. Before writing musicals, Carey spent years as a pediatric ICU nurse and nurse practitioner caring for critically ill children. When the emotional weight of the work became too much to carry, she made the difficult decision to leave the profession that had defined her for years. What followed was unexpected: restoring a historic theater, writing music during the pandemic, and ultimately creating Blood Love, an original Off-Broadway musical rooted in love, friendship, and the search for light. In this podcast podcast episode, you'll hear: Why Carey left a successful career in pediatric critical care How she pivoted from the ICU to Off-Broadway, creating Blood Love from deeply personal experiences Building a rehearsal room centered on love instead of competition Balancing motherhood, leadership, and creative…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Peterpaul

Guest: Carey Renee Sharpe

Topics covered

• reinvention
• theater
• burnout
• motherhood
• creativity
• hope

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Art of Kindness

Books & works: Blood Love: A Vampire Opera, Blood Love

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