Nurses represent a massive part of the shift working population so I’m super excited to be chatting with a lady who has been working in this field for over 30 years which yes, I agree, is a very long time! Cara Henstridge works at Sandringham hospital in Melbourne and shares what its like to run Listen In

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Ongoing and relentless tiredness is such a big part of being a shift worker, which is why in this week’s podcast, I’ve brought in the expert on all things to do with boosting our energy – nutrition, fitness and fat loss expert Yuri Elkhaim, who is joining us all the way from Toronto in Canada. Listen In

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Self care is super important for shift workers because our bodies are already biologically stressed as a result of working against our natural circadian rhythms or body clock. That being said, for most people, self-care can be an incredibly hard thing to do, as we often feel guilty of assigning some “me time” to ourselves. Listen In

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It’s a change of pace this week as we talk about a topic never before discussed on the Healthy Shift Worker podcast – and that’s “exercise!”  I’m sure you can relate when I say it can be incredibly hard to get all pumped up and excited about exercise, particularly when we’re feeling completely exhausted after Listen In

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Woohoo!  I’m so excited to air this episode because not only is today’s guest, Samantha Gowing, a Nutritionist, but she’s also spent decades working in the hospitality industry as a Chef, so she totally gets what it’s like to work shift work! Sam is a Chef hat-winning restaurateur, who traded her fast-paced city career to Listen In

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OK, so I had lots of fun this week as I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my former lecturer’s, Ananda Mahony, who is the Senior Lecture of Nutritional Medicine at Endeavour College of Health here in Brisbane.  In addition to her role as senior lecturer, Ananda works in clinical practice as a Naturopath Listen In

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Cyndi O’Meara is certainly not your typical Nutritionist.  Despite being in the industry since the 1980’s, she continually questions and challenges a lot of the dietary and nutritional recommendations that we are being subjected to in the media today. Last year, Cyndi embarked on a massive project as she travelled the world interviewing scientists and Listen In

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Shift workers are notorious for experiencing gut discomfort thanks to our disruptive lifestyle, which can certainly impact on our overall health and well-being.  One of which includes increasing our susceptibility to developing Leaky Gut Syndrome, otherwise known as intestinal permeability which can lead to an overgrowth of pathogens, nutritional deficiencies, allergies, autoimmune disease, irritable bowel Listen In

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Holy smokes!  Can you imagine working shift work for over 50 years?  That’s 50 years of disrupted sleep, getting out of bed in the dark, working weekends, public holidays and time away from family at Christmas?  Well my mind boggles at the thought, but Train Driver Jim Ward did exactly that.  In fact, Jim spent Listen In

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In this week’s episode Audra chat’s with Chiropractor, International Speaker and Business Coach Dr Laurence Tham, on all things to do with improving our shift working resilience – from a mindset perspective. Whilst it’s not a topic often discussed, Laurence shares some of his “mindset wisdom” on how we can improve our health and wellbeing Listen In

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