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How to Maintain Your Energy and Healthy Habits During Holiday
August 21, 2026 4 min read Travel

How to Maintain Your Energy and Healthy Habits During Holiday

Your calendar has finally cleared for the holiday you’ve been waiting all year for. That’s exactly when the real question shows up: do you let go completely, or do you protect the energy and mood you spent the whole year building? If you try to follow every rule on holiday, you take away from the ... <a title="How to Maintain Your Energy and Healthy Habits During Holiday" class="read-more" href="https://www.melekgur.com/healthy-habits-during-holiday/" aria-label="Read more about How to Maintain Your Energy and Healthy Habits During Holiday">Read more</a>

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Why Executive Energy Crashes in the Afternoon
August 20, 2026 4 min read Energy & Focus

Why Executive Energy Crashes in the Afternoon

You did everything right, or you thought so. No dessert, no fries, no proper lunch or breakfast, maybe only a salad. By 3pm, your energy is gone and your patience is shorter than it was in the morning. Focus and mood usually drop together, not separately. Eating healthy and eating for stable energy are not ... <a title="Why Executive Energy Crashes in the Afternoon" class="read-more" href="https://www.melekgur.com/executive-afternoon-energy-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Why Executive Energy Crashes in the Afternoon">Read more</a>

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Self-Empathy and Self-Discipline for Sustainable Habits
August 20, 2026 6 min read Mindset

Self-Empathy and Self-Discipline for Sustainable Habits

Most executives are used to pushing through. We call it either discipline or willpower. It’s what got you there. So when a new habit doesn’t last, they usually blame their self-discipline first. However, it’s rarely the real problem. I always questioned my discipline when I was on strict diets or hitting the gym every day ... <a title="Self-Empathy and Self-Discipline for Sustainable Habits" class="read-more" href="https://www.melekgur.com/self-empathy-and-self-discipline-sustainable-habits/" aria-label="Read more about Self-Empathy and Self-Discipline for Sustainable Habits">Read more</a>

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How Sleep Affects Executive Performance
August 18, 2026 5 min read Sleep

How Sleep Affects Executive Performance

Most executives will protect a client dinner, a board deadline, an early flight, or a PT session. Sleep is usually the first thing to give. It usually feels replaceable, until the cost shows up somewhere else. The list is long: a slower read on a negotiation, a shorter fuse in a difficult meeting, constant food ... <a title="How Sleep Affects Executive Performance" class="read-more" href="https://www.melekgur.com/how-sleep-affects-executive-performance/" aria-label="Read more about How Sleep Affects Executive Performance">Read more</a>

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How Executives Can Eat for Stable Energy and Mood
August 18, 2026 4 min read Nutrition

How Executives Can Eat for Stable Energy and Mood

Running on coffee, skipping meals, drinking juices for the sake of “health”, then eating whatever is available between calls are common patterns for busy executives. However, later in the day, they may feel very tired, experience an energy dip at 4pm, get annoyed more easily, be temperamental to the team, or find it hard to ... <a title="How Executives Can Eat for Stable Energy and Mood" class="read-more" href="https://www.melekgur.com/how-executives-can-eat-for-stable-energy-and-mood/" aria-label="Read more about How Executives Can Eat for Stable Energy and Mood">Read more</a>

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Why Generic Wellness Advice Fails Senior Executives
August 16, 2026 6 min read Coaching

Why Generic Wellness Advice Fails Senior Executives

Most senior executives have already tried the standard advice. They’ve tried eating better, walking 10k steps a day, sleeping eight hours and managing their stress. Yet many still hit an energy dip at 3pm, experience fluctuations throughout the day, or notice their mood and focus slipping exactly when they need them most. Executives already have ... <a title="Why Generic Wellness Advice Fails Senior Executives" class="read-more" href="https://www.melekgur.com/wellness-advice-for-executives/" aria-label="Read more about Why Generic Wellness Advice Fails Senior Executives">Read more</a>

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