A Healthy Shift | The Shift Work Podcast

It doesn't have to be this way.

Welcome to A Healthy Shift | The Shift Work Podcast, the podcast helping shift workers thrive while changing how organisations think about people working in 24/7 environments.

Hosted by Roger Sutherland, Australia's Night Shift & Sleep Specialist, this is where evidence meets lived experience.

After more than 40 years of working rotating shifts with Victoria Police, followed by years studying nutrition, circadian biology, chrononutrition, sleep, human performance and women's health, Roger is on a mission to challenge the belief that fatigue, poor sleep, burnout and declining health are simply part of working shifts.

Because they don't have to be.

Whether you're a nurse, paramedic, police officer, firefighter, doctor, aged care worker, manufacturing employee, FIFO worker, miner, pilot, flight attendant, truck driver, dispatcher, or anyone working outside the traditional 9-to-5, this podcast will give you practical, evidence-based strategies to help you sleep better, improve your energy, optimise your health and perform at your best.

If you're a leader, manager, People & Culture professional, WHS specialist, or responsible for leading a 24/7 workforce, you'll discover a different way of thinking about shift work—one that focuses on building shift work capability from within through education, leadership and practical systems that create healthier people, stronger teams and higher-performing organisations.

Each episode explores topics including:

• Shift work
• Night shift
• Sleep after night shift
• Circadian rhythm
• Fatigue management
• Shift worker health
• Nutrition for shift workers
• Chrononutrition
• Recovery and resilience
• Women's health and shift work
• Leadership in 24/7 organisations
• Human performance
• Workplace wellbeing
• Fatigue risk management
• Building healthier, safer and higher-performing workplaces

This isn't another podcast offering generic health tips.

It's a podcast about changing the future of shift work.

Because healthier people create stronger teams.

Stronger teams build better organisations.

And it all starts by understanding how to work with biology, not against it.

It doesn't have to be this way.

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[265] - Shift Work and Loneliness - The Silent Struggle No One Talks About

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 In this episode, I open up about a side of shift work we don’t talk about enough: the loneliness. Even when we’re surrounded by colleagues, shift work can creat...

29 Kesä 202511min

[264] - Why Your Workplace Needs Shift Work Health Education in 2025

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Shift Work Doesn’t Have to Wreck Your Health – Here’s How to Thrive In this episode, I talk about why shift work doesn't have to come at the cost of your health...

26 Kesä 202510min

[263] - Shift Work & Your Health The Risks You Can't Ignore (And The Solutions You Need)

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 In this episode of A Healthy Shift, I break down the long-term health risks of shift work — and more importantly, how to reduce your risk and protect your body ...

22 Kesä 202521min

[262] - Reclaiming Your Rhythm Navigating Shift Work's Impact on Your Body Clock

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 In this episode, I’m breaking down how your circadian rhythm impacts every part of your health as a shift worker — and why managing it is the difference between...

19 Kesä 202527min

[261] - Magnesium v Ashwagandha for Shift Workers

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 In this episode of A Healthy Shift, I break down the differences between two popular supplements: ashwagandha and magnesium. Both are known to support stress r...

15 Kesä 202517min

[260] - Nuts About Shift Work - A Small Snack with Big Benefits

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Shift work wrecks your body. Long hours. No sleep. Crappy food. But what if one of the simplest things you could do for your health... fits in your pocket? In t...

12 Kesä 202510min

[259] - Your host on Radio 3AW - Australia Overnight - Talk Back Radio 12-06-2025

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 In this episode of A Healthy Shift, I take you through my journey—from being a 16-year-old Kiss fan camping outside Waverley Park to spending 40 years with Vict...

12 Kesä 202541min

[258] - The Danger of Normalising Exhaustion

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Burnout has silently become the baseline for too many shift workers—especially those in healthcare and emergency services. You're waking up exhausted, pushing t...

8 Kesä 202512min