A Healthy Shift

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...

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...