Shift work presents a unique set of challenges that can disrupt work-life balance, making it difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle. We all know that sleep, healthy diet, nutrition, vitamin D and exercises, are especially important when being a shift worker but how can you make healthy habits a consistent part of your life? How can you juggle family and social life when you don’t work 9 to 5? Listen to LNER Train Driver, Ross Clark, who shares what works for him in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and family life. Ross is interviewed by the one and only Heather Waugh.
Drawing from his experience in the music industry, Dr Simon Rowbottom shares insights into how long hours, night shifts, being on the road and time away from home can contribute to some significant mental health issues. He also offers practical tips on how to improve health and wellbeing when working irregular and long hours and sometimes away from home.
At our high-energy, martial art workout session, we blend cardio, strength, and flexibility training using dynamic martial arts techniques. Perfect for all fitness levels, this session boosts endurance, enhances coordination, and sharpens your mental focus. Get ready to punch, kick, and sweat your way to fitness!
Discover the secrets to restful, rejuvenating sleep in this session with Mike Oliver from The Sleep Charity. Learn practical tips and techniques for creating the ideal sleep environment, establishing a consistent bedtime routine, and managing stress and technology use before bed. Gain insights into the importance of sleep hygiene and how it impacts overall health and wellbeing. Unlock the benefits of a good night’s sleep and wake up feeling refreshed and energised every day.
Dr Sophie Mort helps you understand why we all feel anxious, stressed, insecure and down from time to time. Her three-step methodology helps you to identify problems arising from past experiences and current life events, and look at the patterns, bad habits and negative cycles that may make you feel stuck. Then, by drawing on established, proven therapeutic techniques, provides a toolkit of go-to techniques to use whenever you need them. This session offers support to those feeling lost at sea in today’s troubling times and gives you the tools to help get the most out of life.
Through the many interactions you have with your colleagues, you get to know how they behave. Perhaps you've noticed changes in someone's behaviour, and you're concerned as to how they might be coping? Everyone's experience of mental health is different, so there are no hard and fast rules, however, there are certain signs that you can look out for which may be indicative of low mental wellbeing. In this session, Sean Liddell, a Mental Health First Aid Trainer helps you to recognise them.