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Cycle, body, and the feminine

Shapes the Cycle today card, the Archetypes lens, the energy-curve graph, the "plan around your body" framing.

Empowerment
Period Power
Maisie Hill

Inner Seasons framework.

Wellness
WomanCode
Alisa Vitti

Cyclical living, food & energy by phase.

Planning
In the Flo
Alisa Vitti

Plan work around the cycle.

Healing
Period Repair Manual
Lara Briden

Functional medicine, PCOS, perimenopause.

Spirituality
Mysteries of the Dark Moon
Demetra George

Crone / Maiden / Mother / Enchantress.

Myth & archetype
Goddesses in Everywoman
Jean Shinoda Bolen

Archetype work in psychology.

Transitions
The New Menopause
Dr Mary Claire Haver

Perimenopause symptom literacy.

Wellness
The Menopause Brain
Dr Lisa Mosconi

Cognitive changes in perimenopause.

Empowerment
The Menopause Manifesto
Dr Jen Gunter

Evidence-based perimenopause care.

ADHD-aware design

Shapes the Top 3 cap, the Pomodoro timer, the brain dump, body-doubling language, the "name the resistance" boring-task tag.

Focus
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
Russell Barkley

Executive function, the now / not-now brain.

Focus
ADHD 2.0
Hallowell & Ratey

Body-doubling, structured externalisation.

Focus
Driven to Distraction
Hallowell & Ratey

The original ADHD primer.

Empowerment
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder
Sari Solden

Diagnosed-late, masking-late.

Planning
Pomodoro Technique
Francesco Cirillo

25-minute focused work blocks.

Postpartum + early parenthood

Shapes MomOps, the Wonder Weeks card, the Bedtime ritual, the postpartum safety surfaces.

Care
The Wonder Weeks
Plooij & van de Rijt

Developmental leaps in the first 20 months.

Healing
The Fourth Trimester
Kimberly Ann Johnson

Postpartum recovery, body and identity.

Care
The First Forty Days
Heng Ou

Postpartum nourishment and ritual.

Research
EPDS
Cox, Holden & Sagovsky

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (1987).

Calm productivity + planning

Shapes the Mode system (Deep / Light / Move / Vibe Coding / Reset / With kids / Idle), the no-streaks rule, the time-honesty language.

Focus
Deep Work
Cal Newport

Deep mode terminology + the 3-hour cap.

Philosophy
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman

Finite time. The lie of completion.

Planning
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte

PARA. Externalising memory.

Planning
Getting Things Done
David Allen

Inbox + Top 3 as universal capture.

Mental load + household ops

Shapes MomOps, the Co-parent lens setting, the Partner load notes.

Empowerment
Fair Play
Eve Rodsky

Mental load. The "cards" framework.

Research
Cognitive Labor in Households
Allison Daminger

Anticipation. Identification. Decision. Monitoring.

Breathwork + nervous-system regulation

Shapes the Bedtime wind-down + the stress-reset minute.

Healing
4-7-8 Breathing
Dr Andrew Weil

Parasympathetic activation before sleep.

Spirituality
When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön

"You are the sky, the rest is weather."

Calm literary voices

Rotate daily in the closing quote ribbon. One borrowed voice per day, above our own closing line.

Poetry
Devotions
Mary Oliver

Attention as devotion.

Poetry
Upstream
Mary Oliver

Essays. Pay attention.

Philosophy
All About Love
bell hooks

Love as action.

Philosophy
Teaching to Transgress
bell hooks

Art as imagination.

Empowerment
A Burst of Light
Audre Lorde

Self-preservation, not self-indulgence.

Philosophy
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde

Daring to be powerful.

Poetry
The Writing Life
Annie Dillard

How we spend our days.

Poetry
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard

Spending the afternoon.

Poetry
The Hurting Kind
Ada Limón

Becoming more yourself.

Philosophy
Emergent Strategy
adrienne maree brown

What we pay attention to grows.

Philosophy
Toni Morrison
Essays & interviews

Surrender to the wind, ride it.

Safety + privacy

Shapes Quick Exit, the safety helpline section, the SYNC_EXCLUDE rules for sensitive data.

Safety
Tech Safety Guidance
Refuge UK

Persistent-exit pattern.

Safety
IPV Tech Safety Playbook
NNEDV Safety Net

Photos and audio stay device-local.

Design + voice influence

Shapes the calm tone. The "never weaponise" rule. The no-streaks decision.

Research
Vulnerability & Shame Research
Brené Brown

"You are not your output."

Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Richard Schwartz

"The version of me at 3am."

Poetry
Goldenrod
Maggie Smith

Gratitude work without preachiness.

Poetry
Good Bones
Maggie Smith

"Look for the good."

Poetry
The Book of Delights
Ross Gay

Paying attention to small good things.

Holistic + non-Western traditions

Referenced in planning conversations and the holistic AISuggest cards on Body. Not medical advice.

Tradition
Ayurveda
Tradition · India

Dosha-aware suggestions, ADHD + cycle.

Tradition
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tradition · China

Hypothyroid, cycle support, food-as-medicine.

Tradition
Brazilian + South American Wellness
Tradition · Latin America

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Last updated 23 May 2026.