[56] - 5 Things I wish I'd known before I started shift work

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 beneficial for sleep? 👉🏾 Supplement recommendations for Vegans and Vegetarians If you...

17 Nov 202224min

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) disruption impact on? 👉🏾 Why our CR doesn't adapt to shift work. 👉🏿 How does ea...

13 Nov 202219min

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 sleep 👉🏼 How exactly does technology impact sleep? 👉🏽 Prescribed medications ...

10 Nov 20221h 16min

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 podcast please subscribe and give it a rating and review. _____________________ Shift work ...

6 Nov 202220min

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 to do to put ourselves back to sleep 👉🏽 A visual example of what is occuring...

3 Nov 202226min

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? 👉🏾 The benefits of tracking your cycle 👉🏿 Nutrition strategies to implemen...

30 Okt 202226min

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 important for people to have a coach? 👉🏻 What makes the money you spend such a good investmen...

27 Okt 20221h 31min

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 gradually put 1% at a time in place to work my way back to the gym 👉🏽 How the gym experienc...

23 Okt 202230min