As I sit at my desk pondering what I can write about in this week’s blog post, it occurred to me that I needed to ask you a question and that is: “How ‘adaptable’ are you to working shift work?” By this I mean when you signed up to be a...
Do you have days, weeks, and sometimes months when you have absolutely no energy to exercise? Well this may sound a little harsh, but have you turned into a couch potato coming up with different excuses and reasons why you can’t exercise? Well you’re...
In your search to find the missing link between overcoming insomnia, sleep-deprivation and shift work, have you ever researched websites or purchased a book about sleep? Let me guess. Some of the content of the book read like this. “Get more sleep” they...
As a shift work veteran and trainer, I often wonder is shift work training really necessary. That is, is it absolutely necessary to give people an induction and heads up on what they’re about to get themselves into? The simple answer to that is absolutely....
Now I’m going to show my age again here, but when I first started shift work nearly 20 years ago I desperately needed help with my fatigue. So much so I decided to spend an entire week at a Health Retreat in the beautiful hinterland region of the Gold Coast in...
