A Healthy Shift

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Shift workers often find themselves awake in the middle of the night unable to go back to sleep. The body scan is a mindfulness meditation practice involving scanning your body for pain, tension, or anything out of the ordinary. It can help you feel more connected to your physical and emotional self. This guided meditation by Dr Hannah Sehl (my guest from ep...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 As a shift worker do you always feel like your mind is racing a million miles an hour all the time? You've tried what you thought was meditation and gave up because you just can't quieten your head down enough to focus. Do you know why meditation works? Do you know how to meditate properly? In this episode, I have my meditation teacher, Dr Hannah S...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 As shift workers, we are exhausted most of the time. One of the most common questions I get is "How do I find motivation?" In this "A quick chat with...." episode I asked Grace Cowan (the shift workers coach) "How do we find motivation" You can find Grace at Website : https://theshiftworkerscoach.co.uk/ Instagram :  @theshiftwor...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with shiftwork? Do you have strategies on how to best cope with certain aspects of shift work? I honestly believe that you can thrive in  shift work and not just survive In this episode, I discuss 5 things that I wish I'd known to better cope with shift work when I first started. If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and giv...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 You're great at your job and do it really well but have now found yourself at the supermarket, completely overwhelmed, and can't decide what to have for dinner...you don't even remember driving there. As shift workers, we make countless decisions throughout our shifts and then have a complete inability to make a simple decision out of work. Yo...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 As shift workers, we are exhausted most of the time. The benefits of resistance training are ridiculously underrated for health. In this "A quick chat with...." episode I asked Coach Mark Carroll if 3 x 40min sessions a week is enough to get benefit from. You can find Mark at Website : coachmarkcarroll.com Instagram :  @coachmarkcarroll ___________...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with the impacts that shift work has on your health as a female? Do you really know what an Infradian Rhythm is? Do you understand the importance of a healthy menstrual cycle? Maddy Smith is the founder of "The Fertility Collective" and a 24/7 registered nurse, In this episode we discuss 👉  What impact can shift work have on...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Season 2 - I'm back and excited to bring season 2 to you. In this episode, I discuss where I've been, what I've been doing, and what's coming. Most importantly, I've missed podcasting for you and I'm back in front of the mic Thank you for your patience and thanks for coming back. Shift work can be brutal, but it doesn't hav...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Guest: Jeff Ash - Intuitive Eating Coach Do you really struggle with dieting Do you understand the damage that yoyo dieting causes and why? Do you actually understand what Intuitive Eating is? In this episode we discuss 👉  Why IE is sustainable and the way forward 👉🏻  The framework around IE 👉🏼  What the research says 👉🏽  What are the advantages of IE...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 To mark the milestone of Episode 50 I put a call out to followers for any questions they would like me to answer.  This episode answers these questions 👉  Why do I get brain fog? 👉🏻  Tips on stretching/mobility to counteract wearing kit 👉🏼   Why should I fast over night? 👉🏽   What to do if I can't fast overnight? 👉🏾   I don't have time to...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with brain fog in the morning? Have trouble getting going? In this episode I will give you a morning life hack that may just change your life forever   I discuss 👉   The enormous benefits of hydrating before we caffeinate when we first wake up. If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and give it a rating and review. ______________...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with sleep? Do you fully understand the impact of caffeine on sleep? Do you not know how to overcome this?   I discuss 👉   What foods do we find caffeine in? 👉🏻   What is a safe dose per day? 👉🏼   How does caffeine actually affect us? 👉🏽   When is the best time to have caffeine and when should you stop? If you enjoyed the podcas...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 I'm thrilled for you to hear from my long-term client Fiona. Fiona came to me almost beaten by shift work. A PCOS sufferer where shift work had an even bigger impact. Hear all about what led Fiona to me and about our journey together. We discuss 👉   Fiona's background and PCOS diagnosis 👉🏻   Her shift work life and the toll it took on her. 👉🏼...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you feel like you are always sick? Do you know how to support your immune system? Are these herbs and vitamins you see in the pharmacies any good?  In this episode I discuss 👉  Can you boost your immune system? 👉🏻  Strategies to support and strengthen your immune system 👉🏼  The myths dispelled   If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and give it...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Have you ever wondered if you need supplements? Did you know that 99% of them are a waste of money? Do you know why? I discuss 👉   3 Common Supplements that people take that do absolutely nothing. 👉🏻   I give you 3 recommendations from an evidence-based perspective 👉🏼   I give you two considerations as a stressed shift worker 👉🏽   Is magnesium benefic...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Are you really struggle with fat gain on shift work? Do you understand why this is happening? Would you like to learn how to navigate this? In this episode I discuss 👉  How limited the research content has been in the past 👉🏻  How we interpret that research for interventions 👉🏼  What is the biological night? 👉🏽  What does Circadian Rhythm (CR) disrupt...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with sleep? Do you understand what it is that causes problems with sleep? Do you know how to get proper sleep? Thrilled to have specialist sleep coach Tom Coleman on this episode talking about everything sleep and stress and the impact both have on us. Tom discusses 👉  Our Circadian Rhythm 👉🏻  How people self-sabotage their own slee...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with brain fog on shift work? Do you know why this happens? Do you know how to avoid it? In this episode I discuss 👉  The Circadian Rhythm 👉🏻  Social Jetlag and it's impact 👉🏼  The Zeitgebers to our Circadian Rhythm 👉🏽   How to best use these Zeitgebers to get back in sync with our internal body clock If you enjoyed the pod...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with waking up in the middle of the night? As a shift worker do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night after a run of night shifts? Do you not know how to put yourself back to sleep?  In this episode I discuss 👉  Identifying what it is that is occurring that wakes us up 👉🏻  What to avoid once we do wake up 👉🏼  What...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really understand your menstrual cycle? Do you know what impacts shift work can have on your monthly cycle? I discuss 👉   What is the Infradian Rhythm? 👉🏻  What systems in the body does the Infradian Rhythm impact? 👉🏼  What are the two main phases of the Menstrual Cycle? 👉🏽   What roles do Estrogen and Progesterone play throughout the cycle? 👉...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Thrilled to have my friend Kate Morris PT on this episode. Kate is passionate about helping people to "live their best life" and shows everyone how to go about it. The best way to do this is to have a coach to show you the way in every aspect of your life. Is it beneficial to have a coach, and if so why? In this episode we discuss 👉  Why it’s impo...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with where to start? Did you know it's never the habit that failed it was the processes you put in place to achieve that habit? Did you realise that all or nothing just ends up nothing because it's all too much at once?  In today's episode I discuss 👉  Why I stopped going to the gym 👉🏻  How it affected me 👉🏼  How I...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with night shift? Could you be self-sabotaging, without realising,  by your own behaviours around night shift In this episode, I give you 5 strategies to best cop with night shift I discuss 👉  My Top 5 strategies to best cope with night shift 👉🏻  I also detail my 1:1, one-off coaching sessions giving you the opportunity to ask quest...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you know how we burn the calories we've eaten? Do you freak out when you can't get to the gym for fear of gaining body fat? Then this episode is for you I discuss 👉  Energy balance 👉🏻  How does our body burn the calories that we've consumed? 👉🏼  What activity is the best to manipulate to change our weight? 👉🏽  How can we increase tha...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Is shiftwork sucking the absolute life out of you? Are you literally just crawling from one shift to the next but love your job. Can you not find a way to literally just live between shifts? In this episode, you will hear how a simple message from Laura to me started a hell of a health journey. Learn how Laura went from totally broken in shift work to thrivi...