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Guides for getting started and making the most of Habit.

Getting started

How to use Habit

A quick guide to your first guided check-in, reading your insights, and finding your journal library.

Add to home screen

Save Habit to your phone's home screen for one-tap access. Works on iPhone and Android in under a minute.

What is a guided check-in?

Guided check-ins use questions instead of blank pages. Learn how they work and who they help.

How to journal for mental health

A short, practical guide to starting a journaling practice that supports your mental health, even if you only have a few minutes a day.

Journaling for emotional support

How a few minutes of journaling can help you process difficult emotions, with guides for anxiety, sadness, anger, overwhelm, and loneliness.

Using Habit

Best practices

Simple habits that make guided check-ins more useful without adding pressure.

What are patterns?

Patterns are the recurring themes Habit surfaces from your check-ins. Learn how to read them and what they mean.

Privacy & security

How we keep your data private

Learn how Habit separates your personal information from AI processing, interleaves requests, and keeps your reflections private.

Understanding Habit

The insight map

The insight map turns your chosen insight into five explorable nodes: Deeper Current, Ground Truth, Small Step, Pattern, and Reflection. Learn how to read it.

The Deeper Current

The Deeper Current is the insight-map node that surfaces the deeper pattern beneath a check-in. Learn what it means and how it is generated.

The hero's journey

Joseph Campbell found a common story beneath the world's myths. Learn what the hero's journey is and how it connects to your check-ins in Habit.

Carl Jung

Carl Jung studied the hidden layers of the mind. Learn about the unconscious, the shadow, and individuation, and how they connect to Habit.

The reflection node

The reflection node is an optional space to jot down your own thoughts at the end of a check-in. It is private, never shared with AI, and yours to use however you want.

The small step

The small step is one tiny practice suggested at the end of a check-in. It is often somatic: a breath, a posture shift, or a small movement you can do right now.

Research

Research Behind Journal Prompts

A concise, evidence-based overview of the research behind guided journaling, structured prompts, and habit formation.

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