This week I’m off to speak at The Wellness Basecamp here in Brisbane, and I’m going to be talking about one of my all time favourite topics – that being sleep. As a result, I’m going to replay one of my most popular episodes this week, with sleep expert Dr Carmel Harrington on the relationship… Continue reading HSW 54: Sleep Deprivation and Weight Fluctuations with Dr Carmel Harrington
In today’s episode we’re chatting all things to do with Dental Health, Nutrition and Sleep with Dr Steven Lin who is a board-registered dentist, writer and speaker based in Sydney, Australia and has recently published a book titled – The Dental Diet. Dr Lin shares his insights on how our current highly processed diet is… Continue reading HSW 53: Dental Health, Nutrition and Sleep with Dr Steven Lin
Today we’re delving into a hot topic amongst many shift working workplaces these days, and that’s workplace fatigue, along with that magical “R” word we’ve come to know and love which of course, stands for Rosters! Professor Drew Hanson is the director of the Appleton Institute at Central Queensland University, and has spent the last… Continue reading HSW 52: Workplace Fatigue with Professor Drew Dawson
Over the past 2 years or so of recording podcast episodes, I’ve occasionally mentioned the words ‘sympathetic dominance’, as it’s a condition that I quite often see in many of my patients who work 24/7, in particular those who struggle to get good quality sleep. Otherwise known as the ‘fight or flight’ arm of our… Continue reading HSW 51: Sympathetic Dominance with Dr Wayne Todd
This week is super special as not only is it the Christmas festive season, but it’s also our 50th episode so to celebrate this occasion, we’ve got a special guest featuring on the show today, all the way from the North Pole in Alaska! Erin Buchanan is a 911 Dispatch Officer for the State Troopers, and… Continue reading HSW 50: Shift Working with Santa with Erin Buchanan
Do you struggle with poor memory? Perhaps you leave sticky notes everywhere as a reminder so that you don’t forget things? Well if you work shift work, chances are you answered “yes” to that question and have experienced bouts of ‘forgetfulness’ thanks to your sleep deprived lifestyle. In this episode I chat with Emily Breese,… Continue reading HSW 45: Shift Work Cognition with Emily Breese
Happy People Program? How good does that sound?! Considering a happy workforce is always going to be way more productive when morale is high, and staff are feeling well, my first impression when I heard about this program is that it sounds too good to be true! Just to put things into context, when I… Continue reading HSW 43: Happy People Pilot Program with Sharon Richens.
Sleep deprivation undeniably plays havoc on our hormones, so today’s show is all about how shift work, or more specifically how sleep deprivation affects the function of our reproductive hormones. Dr. Nat Kringoudis is a doctor of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncturist, Author, Speaker and all-round natural fertility expert based in Melbourne, Australia and discusses why sleep deprivation is essentially a form of stress… Continue reading HSW 42: Fertility, Stress and Sleep with Dr Nat Kringoudis
It’s currently winter here in Australia, and many of my clients are showing signs of being struck down by various things like colds and flu so today’s episode is going to be all about that – your immune system, and how shift work, or more specifically sleep deprivation impairs its ability to function as it… Continue reading HSW 40: Shift Work and Your Immune System.
This week I chat about my all time favourite topic – Food Timing, or the more fancier, scientific way to describe it is Chrononutrition. Chrononutrition involves the study of how nutrition impacts on our metabolism, via our internal body clock, which includes meal regularity (or in the case of a shift worker, meal irregularity), frequency… Continue reading HSW 39: Weight Gain, Food Timing and Chrononutrition.