Managing stress levels
Working in a high-pressure environment is one of the largest contributors to increased stress levels. Throw in a pandemic, a young family...
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Sunny Dhingra
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Benefits of taking cold showers
With the hype of over-the-top New Year’s resolutions behind us, let’s talk about tangible changes we can make in 2022 to set us up to be...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Year Compass
We have a great resource to share with our Peak Play community in our first blog post for 2022. It's called the YearCompass. This single...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
6 Lesser-Known Ways to Get Better Sleep
You may have already come across a multitude of sleep solutions and hacks. If they seem too onerous and daunting, you might want to try...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Oct 2, 2021
- 1 min
Deep Dive into Wearable Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Monitors
Heart rate variability (HRV) measurements provide information on the autonomic nervous system and the balance between parasympathetic and...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Aug 29, 2021
- 1 min
Want to get great at something?
"It's not how good you are now; it's how good you're going to be that really matters," - Dr. Atul Gawande Coaching isn’t just good for...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
Critical Thinking Cheatsheet
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein Critical thinking is...
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Sunny Dhingra
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
Taking the first step
“Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu Safe to say a lot of us have grand ideas within our minds that – if...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
How boredom can lead to most brilliant ideas
Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while having a shower, folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular?...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
ANTs in our heads
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so -William Shakespeare Have you ever wondered why, even before facing a...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Jun 6, 2021
- 1 min
How playing sports benefits our body... and our brain
Are sports as good for us as we make them out to be, or are they just a fun and entertaining pastime? Engaging in sports has multi-level...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
Five Things You May Be Doing Wrong With Your Coffee
Whether it's choosing the wrong glass for your wine or abiding by old-school whisky rules, we make mistakes every day when it comes to...
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Sunny Dhingra
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
How to create more strong, more lasting bonds within our families
Busy, over-worked, over-burdened professionals with young families can often struggle to create meaningful experiences with their...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Don't suppress negative thoughts
What exactly is a negative thought? Suppose your boss or a shop assistant suddenly gave you a mean or irritated look. How would you...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- May 6, 2021
- 4 min
I have no time syndrome
Case study Jenny is a mother of two toddlers, aged 2 and 4. Jenny is also a senior finance manager at a boutique financial consulting...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
A deep dive into grit: six layers of grit
Grit is often presented as one of the great tools of peak performing people. Grit means "a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
5 practical and proven tech tips to eliminate distractions
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, text messages, loud cars, noisy neighbours - these are all distractions that could lead to time wasting...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Three ways to get into flow state
What is a flow state? There are eight defining characteristics of flow, which Csikszentmihalyi documents in his book, “Flow: The...
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Kush Kahadugoda
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Breathing for energy and focus
Case Study: Lisa, 41, is a senior sales executive working in a high stake technology and consulting services company. She often finds...
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