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We make a direct call to leaders of 24/7 teams to stop relying on recruitment and start building real support that reduces fatigue and burnout. Practical education, risk-aware supervision, and retention-first strategy create safer, more stable workplaces.

• Why recruitment cannot fix fatigue and burnout
• The compounding loop from errors to understaffing
• Evidence-based education on sleep, circadian rhythm, nutrition, recovery
• What genuine support looks like beyond posters and EAP emails
• Retention as a core safety strategy
• Leadership duties, difficult conversations, and early intervention
• The gap between advertising and the lived job
• How to assess whether staff feel supported
• Immediate steps to stabilise a 24/7 workforce

Let’s have a conversation. Follow the link in the show notes to the Seminar Experience, download the e‑brochure, and book a call.

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Disclaimer: Roger Sutherland is not a doctor or a medical professional. Always consult a physician before implementing any strategies mentioned in this podcast. Use of this information is strictly at your own risk. Roger Sutherland will not assume any liability for direct or indirect losses or damages that may result from the use of the information contained in this podcast including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness, or death.

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We break down how shift work disrupts circadian rhythms and why that drives metabolic, cardiovascular, gut, immune and mental health risks. Then we lay out practical, evidence-based steps for sleep timing, light control, meal timing, movement and routines that protect your body.

• Circadian disruption as the root driver of health risks
• Metabolic strain, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
• Cardiovascular load, elevated blood pressure and resting heart rate
• Gut issues, poor nutrient absorption and late heavy meals
• Immune suppression from short or broken sleep
• Mental health effects, fatigue and decision fatigue
• Unhelpful coping tools like alcohol, nicotine and energy drinks
• Core strategies: sleep timing, light exposure, caffeine cut-off
• Meal timing with earlier calories and lighter dinners
• Simple movement targets and daily walking
• Routines that anchor the body across seven days

If this episode helped you, can you do me a favor? Could you please share it with another shift worker? Share it to your wall. Share it to your Instagram story. Share it everywhere so they know.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe so you get notified whenever a new episode is released. It would also be ever so helpful if you could leave a rating and review on the app you're currently listening on. If you want to know more about me or work with me, you can go to ahealthyshift.com.

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"The Shift Workers Collective"

https://join.ahealthyshift.com/the-shift-workers-collective

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YOU CAN FIND ME AT

Website

Instagram

LinkedIn

• Shift Work Health and Wellbeing Seminars
• One2One Coaching

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Disclaimer: Roger Sutherland is not a doctor or a medical professional. Always consult a physician before implementing any strategies mentioned in this podcast. Use of this information is strictly at your own risk. Roger Sutherland will not assume any liability for direct or indirect losses or damages that may result from the use of the information contained in this podcast including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness, or death.

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We unpack how circadian disruption drives low mood, anxiety, and poor sleep for shift workers and why timing—not willpower—is the real lever. Roger shares lived experience and simple anchors that steady the mind: light, routine, food, movement, and deep sleep.

• circadian rhythm as a mood and hormone regulator
• how desynchronisation raises stress and lowers emotional control
• frontline roles and increased vulnerability to mental ill health
• common coping tools that backfire: alcohol, nicotine, energy drinks
• morning light and outdoor time as foundational anchors
• simple routines for wake, meals, and wind-down on changing rosters
• steady nutrition with protein, fibre, and lower GI foods
• movement over exercise and why short walks work
• caffeine cut-off at 12 for better sleep
• sleep hygiene, blackout rooms, and masks for deeper rest
• practical steps to break the sleep–mood spiral

If you need help with this, I’ve got 40 years of experience and I’m happy to help you to work through how to synchronize your circadian rhythm in a desynchronized world. The link is in the show notes
If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe so you get notified whenever a new episode is released
It would also be ever so helpful if you could leave a rating and review on the app you’re currently listening on
If you want to know more about me or work with me, you can go to ahealthyshift.com

Support the show

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ANNOUNCING

"The Shift Workers Collective"

https://join.ahealthyshift.com/the-shift-workers-collective

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YOU CAN FIND ME AT

Website

Instagram

LinkedIn

• Shift Work Health and Wellbeing Seminars
• One2One Coaching

_____________________

Disclaimer: Roger Sutherland is not a doctor or a medical professional. Always consult a physician before implementing any strategies mentioned in this podcast. Use of this information is strictly at your own risk. Roger Sutherland will not assume any liability for direct or indirect losses or damages that may result from the use of the information contained in this podcast including but not limited to economic loss, injury, illness, or death.

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