by Audra Starkey | Jun 1, 2016 | HSW, Nutrition, Podcast
Healthy Shift Worker Podcast Episode 9: This week Audra chats with fellow health professional and Paediatrician Dr Katrina Hurley who is an Emergency Doctor based in Halifax, Canada and has a similar interest in nutrition to support shift workers. Dr Hurley is a...
by Audra Starkey | Nov 24, 2015 | Mindset
When I signed up to work shift work all those years ago, nobody told me how hard it was going to be. Nobody warned me that walking around in a zombie-like state was actually going to be “the norm” for the next two decades of my life. Not only did...
by Audra Starkey | Aug 10, 2015 | Nutrition
As shift workers we’re certainly prone to eating all of the wrong types of foods as we often feel too tired to cook thanks to a lifestyle dictated by ongoing sleep deprivation, particularly when we’ve experienced a run of early or night shifts. But is your shift...
by Audra Starkey | Dec 27, 2014 | Mindset
If you struggle with working shift work – you are not alone. In fact a question I get asked often is “How on earth did I manage to work shift work for over 20 years?” And that’s a really good question, because I struggled – I really did....
by Audra Starkey | Dec 1, 2014 | Sleep
Do you have days when your brain is foggy and you forget even the littlest of things? Well it’s not surprising as more and more research shows a direct link between sleep deprivation, cognitive impairment and memory loss. As so many of our occupations require...
