The Healthy Shift Worker
Hosted by: Audra Starkey
In today’s show, I chat with Primal Blueprint Guru Brad Kearns! Brad is a speaker, author and coach in the health and fitness world. In his 9-year career as a triathlete Brad was one of the world’s top-ranked professionals. Brad and Mark Sisson have recently launched a book called The Keto Reset. I have invited… Continue reading Brad Kearns – The Keto Reset Diet, Sleep & Stress
Are you a nurse or midwife? If so, then you’re going to love this episode as I had the pleasure of chatting with Carmen Barry, a nurse based at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne who has been involved in the rollout of a pilot program called ‘Happy People’. The Happy People program is an… Continue reading HSW 44: Happy Nurses & Midwives with Carmen Barry.
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
This week’s episode is all about things that can disrupt our sleep which is not great when you’re already running on a deficit thanks to a sleep-disrupted lifestyle, and include social media and blue-light. Whilst as a Nutritionist, a lot of my clinical focus when working with my patients is around food, nutrition and supplementation,… Continue reading HSW 41: Social Media, Blue Light and Sleep.
In this Episode I share my thoughts on why movement is so important in our daily lives. I speak about how I incorporate movement into my day and all the reasons why it is so important to me. I share ideas and tips on how you can move more and how this has worked for… Continue reading WAY 34: Movement Matters – with Wendy
In Episode 33, meet Audra Starkey from The Healthy Shift Worker. Audra is a Clinical Nutritionist, Accredited Trainer and Shift Work Veteran based up in Brisbane, QLD who has a passion for helping shift workers. Audra went back to study and changed careers and last year completed a Bachelor of Health Science majoring in Nutritional… Continue reading WAY 33: Audra Starkey – The Healthy Shift Worker
As shift workers, we certainly understand how working irregular hours causes havoc on our sleep, but something most of us don’t even think about, is how our home environment may be disrupting our sleep. In this episode I chat with Nicole Bijlsma, a Naturopath, Acupuncturist, Building Biologist and author of the bestselling book – Healthy… Continue reading HSW 37: Sleep Disruption in our Homes with Nicole Bijlsma
In this week’s episode, Audra goes solo for the very first time – without a guest, and shares a little about what she’s been up to, and why she’s so passionate about improving the health and well-being of shift workers around the globe. Having commenced shift work at the tender age of 22, and walking… Continue reading HSW 21: My Journey So Far, and Why I Care So Much With Audra Starkey
