A Healthy Shift

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with Meditation? Do you understand the importance of meditation Do you not know how to meditate? I discuss 👉  My journey into meditation 👉🏻  What does the evidence say about the benefits of meditation 👉🏼  What are the two main styles of meditation 👉🏽  5 Steps to a focused meditation 👉🏾  How can meditation help with sleep 👉🏿 ...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with bloating Do you understand what may be causing this? In this episode, I address what can be causing your gas and bloating and strategies to help you to avoid it. I discuss 👉  What is bloating? 👉🏻  I dispel 4 bloating myths 👉🏼  What may be causing bloating? 👉🏽  What specifically causes bloating on night shift? 👉🏾   What ca...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with when to eat? Do you understand the importance of meal timing to your biological health? In this episode, I talk about the developments in research around chrononutrition (the evolving science in the relationship between eating patterns, your circadian rhythm, and metabolic health) I discuss 👉   3 myths that need to disappear fore...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 As a shift worker, you may be very difficult to live with. Have you ever given that any thought? Do you just go through the motions daily to just survive? How on earth do you keep the home fire burning while one or even both of you are doing 24/7 shift work? Ali Flynn has a history in clinical therapy and relationship therapy, runs 3 businesses, and had 3 ch...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 How much do you understand the impacts of shiftwork? Shift work has many impacts on our health and wellbeing The majority of the health impacts are caused by us self-sabotaging through lack of education. In this episode, I talk about the hidden dangers of performing shift work-work so you are aware of what it does if you don't take control of your shift...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with sleep? Not only as shift workers but for everyone, sleep is always a problem but there are ways to create an environment to help us not only get better quality sleep but better quantity too. In this episode, I will give research-backed strategies to improve your sleep. I discuss 👉   How poor sleep impacts so greatly on our health...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really suffer from lack of sleep Could blue light exposure be impacting on that? Are you confused about blue light? Do you understand how blue light can actually be beneficial as well as detrimental?  In this episode I discuss 👉  What is blue light? 👉🏻  How is blue light detrimental to us? 👉🏼  When is blue light beneficial for us? 👉🏽  How does...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Not only as shift workers, but simply as functioning humans we really struggle these days with negative body image and self-esteem issues. Social media and ingrained beliefs really are to blame for this. Negative Body Image leads to so many problems on an emotional level and research clearly shows how it impacts dieting and disordered eating. Shannon Beer wa...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with sleep? Could a nap be the solution for you? Do you know how to nap efficiently?  What are the benefits of a nap? I discuss 👉   How important is it to prioritise sleep? 👉🏻   How does sleep work? 👉🏼   What are the biological processes of sleep? 👉🏽   What is adenosine? 👉🏾   What impact does caffeine have on sleep and why? 👉...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with sleep on night shift? Do you really struggle with Nutrition In today's episode, I take it back to the basics and talk about 8 products that I have found incredibly useful as a veteran shift worker and why. LINK TO THE PRODUCTS I RECOMMEND https://linktr.ee/a_healthy_shift If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and give i...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with the dreaded quick turnaround? The late into an early The late into a rest day, into an early. It's the shift worker's nightmare and not only stresses us out but literally causes us to not sleep for fear of not waking up in time the next day. In this episode, I talk about my strategies for how to best deal with the quick...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with sleep, meal timing and movement around shift work? Dr Olivia Walch is a shift work researcher focusing on circadian rhythms and our sleep/wake cycle. Dr Walch is currently developing a "Shift Work" app which I have beta testers out in the real shift working field to develop this app to reach it's full potential. We...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 We all get bogged down in the negative side of shift work. What are the benefits of doing shift work? I discuss 👉  How mindset dictates how we feel about shift work 👉🏻  Are there any positives to shift work? 👉🏼  I list my top 10 benefits of performing shiftwork and their advantages. If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and give it a rating and re...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 As shift workers we make simple mistakes that have a major impact on our health and wellbeing. Do you know what these mistakes are and why they have such an impact on you? In this episode I discuss 👉    How I come from a position of experience...so many mistakes. 👉🏻  Why it's not your fault. 👉🏼  Why I returned to study at 55 after 35 years of 24/7...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you really struggle with any kind of organisation around shift work? Being organised around shift work sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it? But we absolutely can be organised and I'll discuss how. In this episode I discuss 👉   How failing to plan is planning to fail 👉🏻  What does "not motivated mean"? 👉🏼  Action precedes motivation...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Brianna Jones How does a 24/7 shift worker have the discipline to sleep, train, food prep, fuel her training, practice posing as well as cope with a competition prep to get to the stage....and in her first ever competition walk away with a "Pro Card?" Well strap yourself in and listen to this extremely open and honest chat with my friend Bri. In th...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Do you struggle to find time for movement as a shift worker? Do you feel sluggish and the very thought of trying to get organised, getting dressed, driving to the gym, exercising for an hour and then coming home and showering, overwhelming and you simply don't have the time? In today's episode I discuss 2 bang for buck extremely beneficial exercise...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Stress, As shift workers we know how much stress impacts us, don't we, or do we? We often think of "Mental Health" but stress can also impact heavily on us biologically as well. In today's episode, I go into my own personal story to highlight how, even being fit and healthy, stress can really bite you, and it may even have catastrophic co...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Why the overnight fast? Are you a shift worker? Do you suffer from digestive issues, gas, and bloating when working the night shift? I receive an enormous amount of positive feedback on my recommended overnight fast, particularly from females. Research doesn't tell shift workers what we should be doing, but we can certainly draw from research that tells...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Victoria Devine Things you didn't know about Victoria ( She's on the Money ) but everyone needs to hear. I picked up a tiny bread crumb she dropped while listening to one of her podcasts that she may have been recovering from an Eating Disorder. Eating Disorders are such an important topic and everyone needs to know how individuals end up in such a...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Vitamin D Do you suffer from fatigue? Do you feel like you are always sick? So many shift workers are fatigued and continually ill and also struggle to get sufficient Vitamin D........there is an absolute correlation between these two. Vitamin D has an enormous impact on our health in so many ways. I discuss 👉  What is the difference between fat-soluble and...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 As shift workers we have a highly negative perception of the world purely by the nature of our role. We think the whole world has gone crazy We also think that anyone outside of our own circle are nuts? or Are they? In this episode I discuss 👉  Our lifestyle and people in it are really the problem 👉🏻  Why the above is true 👉🏼  Our Reticular Activating S...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Nightshift - What's the best way to go into and come out of it? Do you really struggle with going into and coming out of night shift? Does night shift leave you feeling totally out of whack with your body for days on end? Napping when you should be awake or wide awake when you should be asleep. A little bit of knowledge can make a huge difference in you...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Grace Cowan As a female do you really struggle with shift work? If you do then you're really going to relate to this episode.  My guest today, Grace Cowan, with a background working in the NHS and Mental Health joined the Police in the UK. It wasn't long into shift work when her weight started to spiral out of control through lack of education and...

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Chronotypes, Social Jetlag, and its impact on Health Does your teenager struggle to get up in the morning and sleeps all weekend? Does having a "sleep-in" bank sleep for you? Are you a "Morning Lark" or a "Night Owl?" What is your chronotype and how does it impact your day and sleep routine. What are the risks to our health of b...