Articles & Guides
Sleep science, holistic nutrition, herbalism, and mindset strategies for night shift workers — written by someone who lived it for 26 years without a single sleeping pill.
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Rotating Shifts: Holding Your Sleep Together When Your Schedule Keeps Changing
Rotating or changing shifts? Learn how forward and backward rotation affect sleep and how to keep one steady block of sleep through the changes.
Shift Work Sleep Disorder: Symptoms, and When It's More Than Just Tired
Learn the clinical signs of SWSD, how to tell if you have it using the ICSD-3 criteria and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and where to start if you do.
Best Sleep Schedule for Night Shift Workers
The Anchor Sleep Method explained, actionable steps for your sleep environment, and a real post-shift routine — including herbal remedies that actually worked after 26 years of flying.
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What I Actually Eat Before, During, and After a Night Shift
26 years of figuring out what actually works — not airline food tips, but real nutritional strategy for shift workers from a qualified Holistic Nutritionist.
Herbal Allies for Shift Work: What the Research Says
Magnesium, ashwagandha, valerian, L-theanine — a genuine herbalist's take on what helps, what doesn't, and how to use them safely alongside a shift schedule.
The Loneliness Nobody Warns You About
The isolation, the missed family events, the mental load of being slightly out of sync with the world. A mindset coach who lived it talks about what actually helps.
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