High-Performance Coach to Athletes & Teams đ¤
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Shayamal Vallabhjee is a South Africa born High-Performance Coach with a Double Master's in Organizational & Clinical Psychology. He has spent the better part of two decades training Olympians and Championship Winning Teams on achieving Peak Performance and Flow States. Having lived as a monk for three years, his approach to performance succinctly interweaves mindfulness and meditation as a tool t
02/09/2026
Your body is talking to your brain. Are you listening?
We often think emotion flows one way: the brain decides, and the body follows.
But the signal runs both ways.
Sometimes, the fastest way to shift your state isnât to argue with your thoughts â itâs to change the physical input.
Next time youâre under pressure, change your posture first. Then come back and tell us what you noticed.
150 flights taught me something: travel isnât what destroys your health.
Losing your rhythm does.
You donât need a perfect routine when you travel.
Protect the non-negotiables:
Sleep.
Movement.
What you put into your body.
Sometimes itâs a workout. Sometimes itâs a 10-minute stretch in a hotel room. Sometimes itâs simply going for a walk.
Peak performance isnât about having the perfect environment.
Itâs about learning how to protect your rhythm in any environment.
Whatâs one non-negotiable you never compromise on while travelling?
31/08/2026
You know that âI NEED this right nowâ feeling?
Thatâs a craving â but thereâs usually more going on underneath it.
Your brain learns cues, connects them to rewards, and gets very good at repeating the pattern.
Swipe through to understand whatâs really happening.
Whatâs your biggest craving trigger? Let us know below.
High performance doesnât always mean youâre doing well.
After 25 years of studying high performance, there are three gaps that show up again and again:
The recovery gap â when youâre giving out more than youâre able to restore.
The signal gap â when your body is telling you something, but your ambition has taught you to ignore it.
And the identity gap â when youâve become so good at performing that you donât know who you are without the performance.
That last one might be the most dangerous of all.
Because sometimes, success doesnât just lead to burnout.
It can leave you wondering why success doesnât feel like enough.
Which gap do you think high performers overlook the most? Tell us in the comments.
28/08/2026
Your brain has a terrible habit: it remembers what you didnât finish.đ¤
Thatâs why an unfinished task can follow you from your desk to your dinner table⌠and straight into bed.
The Zeigarnik Effect explains why.
And no, the answer isnât âjust finish everything.â Sometimes, you just need to close the loop on paper.
Try it tonight and tell us if it works.
The best speakers donât need to fill every silence.
They slow down.
They pause.
They stop seeking approval.
Because the moment you stop trying to impress the room, you start commanding its attention.
Speak to move people, not to impress them.
23/08/2026
At ARK in Copenhagen
Extraordinary Vegan Tasting Experience..
I have travelled the world for more than 25 years - over 120 countries and for most of that time, finding good vegetarian and vegan fine dining experiences has been a challenge.
That is changing. Restaurants like ARK are helping set the standard - sustainable, vegan, green and winning awards.
23/08/2026
Dinner at noma with Eve Lemesle
For years, the Noma journey has quietly shaped the way I think about food â deepening my love for cooking and my curiosity for the natural world.
Vegetables. Herbs. Flowers. Fermentation. Fire.
A reminder that extraordinary food doesnât always come from adding more. Sometimes it comes from paying closer attention to what was already there.
Tonight, experiencing that magic with my wife felt particularly special.
Food as craft. Nature as teacher. Curiosity as the ingredient.
So many wellness trends out there.
But how many of them actually work?đ¤
Ice baths. Oura. Ashwagandha. Magnesium. Saunas. Gadgets. Grounding.
And many more..
Some are backed by evidence. Some are overhyped.
So I ranked them.
What do you think belongs in the REAL category?
19/08/2026
One stage of sleep does something no amount of willpower can do.
While youâre unconscious, REM sleep replays the dayâs emotional events and gradually detaches the feeling from the memory. Itâs overnight therapy you donât have to book.
Skip enough of it, and the same event that felt manageable yesterday feels unbearable today. Thatâs not weakness â thatâs an unfinished edit.
Swipe for the three ways to protect it. â
Drop in the comments: what problem felt lighter after a good nightâs sleep?
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