A Healthy Shift | The Shift Work Podcast

It doesn't have to be this way.

Welcome to A Healthy Shift | The Shift Work Podcast, the podcast helping shift workers thrive while changing how organisations think about people working in 24/7 environments.

Hosted by Roger Sutherland, Australia's Night Shift & Sleep Specialist, this is where evidence meets lived experience.

After more than 40 years of working rotating shifts with Victoria Police, followed by years studying nutrition, circadian biology, chrononutrition, sleep, human performance and women's health, Roger is on a mission to challenge the belief that fatigue, poor sleep, burnout and declining health are simply part of working shifts.

Because they don't have to be.

Whether you're a nurse, paramedic, police officer, firefighter, doctor, aged care worker, manufacturing employee, FIFO worker, miner, pilot, flight attendant, truck driver, dispatcher, or anyone working outside the traditional 9-to-5, this podcast will give you practical, evidence-based strategies to help you sleep better, improve your energy, optimise your health and perform at your best.

If you're a leader, manager, People & Culture professional, WHS specialist, or responsible for leading a 24/7 workforce, you'll discover a different way of thinking about shift work—one that focuses on building shift work capability from within through education, leadership and practical systems that create healthier people, stronger teams and higher-performing organisations.

Each episode explores topics including:

• Shift work
• Night shift
• Sleep after night shift
• Circadian rhythm
• Fatigue management
• Shift worker health
• Nutrition for shift workers
• Chrononutrition
• Recovery and resilience
• Women's health and shift work
• Leadership in 24/7 organisations
• Human performance
• Workplace wellbeing
• Fatigue risk management
• Building healthier, safer and higher-performing workplaces

This isn't another podcast offering generic health tips.

It's a podcast about changing the future of shift work.

Because healthier people create stronger teams.

Stronger teams build better organisations.

And it all starts by understanding how to work with biology, not against it.

It doesn't have to be this way.

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[299] - Eat Smart Sleep Better - How Low GI and Overnight Fasting Change the Game for Shift Workers

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Shift work often leads to late-night snacking, energy crashes, and disrupted sleep. But by adjusting when and what you eat, you can regain control of your energ...

9 Okt 202516min

[298] - Relaxing or Ruining You? Alcohol’s Hidden Impact on Shift Workers

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Alcohol consumption compounds the health challenges of shift work by disrupting sleep quality, increasing weight gain, and exacerbating cardiovascular risks. Af...

5 Okt 202512min

[297] - Help, Why am I Gaining Belly Fat

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 We explore why shift workers tend to gain stubborn belly fat and provide evidence-based strategies to combat this frustrating issue. Discover how circadian rhyt...

2 Okt 202513min

[296] - Your host on Radio 3AW - Australia Overnight - Talk Back Radio 02-10-2025

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 We unpack why public anxiety in Victoria is rising while frontline police feel boxed in by policy, politics, and the bail churn. I share how organised youth cr...

1 Okt 202538min

[295] - Tired or Something More? The Hidden Sleep Risks for Shift Workers

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Shift workers often normalise exhaustion and dismiss serious sleep disorders as just part of the job, but this mindset endangers health, safety, and performance...

28 Sep 202514min

[294] - Alana Russell - From Chaos to Connection, Regulating Your First Responder Relationship

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Flexibility and communication are the keys to maintaining strong family connections while navigating the unique challenges of first responder relationships. Pol...

25 Sep 20251h 8min

[293] - Confirmation Bias - The Silent Divider

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Confirmation bias is shaping our world in ways many don't realise, especially through social media algorithms designed to keep us scrolling and engaged with con...

21 Sep 202516min

[292] - The Future of Shift Work - A Solution for leaders

Text me what you thought of the show 😊 Roger Sutherland addresses the critical need for shift worker education and support in 24-7 workplaces, introducing an innovative Shift Work Champions model tha...

18 Sep 202515min