Neurocycle is a mind-management app from Dr. Caroline Leaf and Switch On Your Brain International that helps people work with stress, anxiety, depression, and toxic thinking.^1 Store listings now title it Stress Therapy: Neurocycle.^3
Each day, users walk through five steps: gather awareness, reflect, write, recheck, and active reach.^5 A session takes 15 to 45 minutes, and the full program runs for 63 days, aiming to find the root of a toxic thought and habit, remove that root, and rebuild a healthier pattern.^2 The app gives personalized results with recommendations, decompression audio guides for a shorter reset, guides for children and parents, and more than 35 mini Neurocycle guides for specific problems such as anxiety and burnout.^2 It runs on iPhone and Android and in a web app, and access is subscription-based after a 3-day free trial; see the pricing page for current plans.^5
Dr. Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a Masters and PhD in Communication Pathology who has researched the mind-brain connection since the early 1980s, including early work on neuroplasticity.^1 She is the author of Switch On Your Brain and other books.^6 Talking about how the method began on the Mere Christians podcast, she says, "Basically, I studied the science of mind and developed a theory. Out of that theory, grew the neurocycle which have refined over the years, then the clinical trials."^6 A user quoted on the App Store, Aaron Smith, says, "This app is a life changer! I discovered and used this program while I was a police officer."^3 Beverly, quoted on the homepage, says, "Since April, when I did the detox, I have been sleeping well, without those nasty, panic-y thoughts!"^1
