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A Healthy Shift | The Shift Work Podcast

Author: Roger Sutherland | Founder, A Healthy Shift | Night Shift & Sleep Specialist | Shift Work Educator

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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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Text me what you thought of the show 😊 In this morning's chat with Tony McManus on 3AW Australia Overnight, we took a lighter look at shift work and some of the benefits that often get overlooked. From quieter roads and fewer bosses to the friendships and funny moments that make night shift memorable, listeners shared what they love about working outside the usual 9 to 5. We also talked about the importance of consistent sleep routines, my recent trip to beautiful Port Fairy, and my November ...
Text me what you thought of the show 😊 After more than 40 years of working shifts, some of my greatest memories aren't about the work itself. They're about the people I worked alongside. In this episode of A Healthy Shift, I'm continuing our positive look at shift work by reflecting on the friendships, laughter, unforgettable characters and shared experiences that made even the toughest shifts enjoyable. Whether you've worked in policing, nursing, emergency services or any other 24/7 workplac...
Text me what you thought of the show 😊 The Funny Side of Shift Work: Things Only Shift Workers UnderstandIf you've ever woken up and had absolutely no idea what day it is, eaten breakfast at three in the afternoon or tried explaining to someone why being home during the day doesn't mean you're available, this episode is for you! After more than 40 years working shifts with Victoria Police, I've experienced just about every strange, funny and frustrating situation that comes with living outsid...
Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Why I Loved Shift Work After 40 Years | The Benefits Nobody Talks AboutShift work gets plenty of negative attention. Poor sleep, fatigue, disrupted routines and the challenges of working outside normal hours. But after more than 40 years working shifts with Victoria Police, there were things about shift work that I absolutely LOVED. And I reckon we don't talk about them nearly enough. In this episode of A Healthy Shift, I'm changing the conversation and ...
Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Across the last few episodes, I’ve talked about what I believe is missing in the way many organisations support their shift-working workforce. In this episode, I want to turn that conversation around and look at what we could actually build instead. What does a shift-work-capable organisation look like? For me, it isn’t an organisation where nobody gets tired, nobody struggles with nights, and we somehow remove the biological challenges of working around...
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