But the award-winning young businesswoman is not referring to financial cycles.
She is talking about boom or bust people, who spend eight hours behind a desk, then four hours mountain biking, before going home and wondering why they feel sore.
Mrs Kingan said Wanaka's outdoor lifestyle often resulted in highly motivated individuals and athletes testing their tolerance to pain.
A lot of her rehabilitation work focused on "training the brain", she said, laughing, before admitting she also loved the fast lane.
"I definitely work at a higher pace and that's been hard for people who work with me... But I'm OK with that now, so long as other people don't mind my pace, including my fast talking," she said.
Mrs Kingan has been selected as one of 30 young business owners throughout New Zealand to take part in the 18-month Future Leaders programme, run by the New Zealand Leadership Institute.
Her application has been supported by a scholarship from the Central Lakes Trust.
Three other Otago people are on the programme: Craig Kemp, of Grants Braes Primary School, Dunedin; Peter Ward, The Warehouse store manager, Mosgiel; and Rhys Gardner, entrepreneur, Upstart Business Incubator, Dunedin.
Mrs Kingan was raised in Dunedin and started Central Lakes Physio in Wanaka two years ago, aged 24.
She now employs 4.5 full-time equivalent staff, owns a half share in another business, Core Pilates, and is studying for her certificate in acupuncture.
Mrs Kingan describes herself as a "geek", in constant search for new ideas and further education.
She already has a masters degree in physiotherapy from Otago University and is planning a course of study for a PhD one day.
Mrs Kingan said setting up business was challenging and she had to deal with her demons.
Although she had a smattering of business planning experience she did not know anything about accounting.
Her mentors have included her Dunedin school principal father, Paul Ferris, and her mother's second cousin, the late Peter Boyle.
Mr Boyle, a New Zealander, practised physiotherapy in the United States and sponsored her work experience placement when she was a fourth-year student.
Mrs Kingan also uses the Business Mentors programme and has close relationships with business advisers in Wanaka.
The leadership course includes online work and five residential courses, including a stint at Outward Bound.
Mrs Kingan (nee Ferris) was deputy head girl at Kavanagh College, president of the physiotherapy school student executive, taught speech and drama, organised the Central Otago Relay for Life in February and plays football and cricket.
She married builder Mike Kingan (26) in Wanaka in March.
