Power Up your Productivity
Learnings, teachings and advice for women looking to better understand their menstrual cycle, so that they can use it to their advantage to improve energy and success at work.
5 Signs of Hormonal Imbalance in the Body (and What to Do About It)*
Hormonal imbalance can cause chronic fatigue, mood swings, bloating, cravings, brain fog, and disrupted sleep — yet many women mistake these symptoms for stress or aging. This guide explains the top five signs your hormones may be out of sync and offers science-backed strategies to support balance, including cycle tracking, nutrition tips, stress reduction, and lifestyle changes. Learn how fluctuations in estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and other hormones affect energy, mood, digestion, cravings, and mental clarity — and how to work with your cycle to reclaim productivity and wellbeing.
5 Things you might not know about your menstrual cycle
Most women were taught about periods, but not about the full power of their cycle. In this clinically reviewed guide, discover 5 surprising facts about the menstrual cycle, including how it impacts strength, metabolism, mood, and even your voice 💪.
What Can Cycle Syncing in Sport Teach Us About Productivity?
Elite athletes like Jessica Ennis and the England women’s football team have embraced cycle syncing—a method of tailoring training schedules to the phases of the menstrual cycle—to optimize performance and reduce burnout. This innovative approach involves aligning physical activities and recovery plans with hormonal fluctuations, enhancing energy, focus, and resilience.
In this blog, we explore how cycle syncing principles, commonly used in professional sports, can be applied to productivity in the workplace.
Why Cycle Syncing Could Be a Key Piece in the Longevity Puzzle
Could cycle syncing be the secret to longevity? Women are burning out earlier, juggling more, and spending more of their longer lives in poor health - yet most solutions ignore the hormonal rhythms that shape female energy, cognition, and resilience.
This blog explores how aligning your work with your menstrual cycle (known as cycle syncing) can reduce stress, improve productivity, and protect long-term health.
Introducing the Happy Hormone - The Dance of Dopamine and Estrogen in our Brains
Discover how estrogen and dopamine work together to shape your mood, focus, and motivation throughout your menstrual cycle. In this expert-reviewed guide, we explore why dopamine is known as the “happy hormone,” how estrogen influences its production, and how syncing your work with your cycle can help you unlock flow, energy, and emotional balance. Plus, learn practical tips for supporting your brain chemistry across each phase of your cycle—backed by science and written for real life.
Can You Cycle Sync If You Have ADHD?
Struggling with ADHD and wondering if cycle syncing can help? This expert-reviewed guide explores how hormonal shifts impact ADHD symptoms in women—and how syncing your cycle with tools like Phase can boost focus, motivation, and emotional balance.
Productivity hacks to focus through your menstrual cycle
Staying focused in a world filled with distractions is challenging. Digital devices keep us informed and connected but also contribute to shorter attention spans. Research shows that hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle can further affect focus.
In this blog, we explore how the brain controls focus, the impact of reproductive hormones on concentration, and practical productivity hacks you can use throughout your cycle. Learn how to optimize your time with time blocking, task batching, focus music, and more, tailored to your hormonal fluctuations. By understanding how your brain and body work, you can enhance your productivity.
How Well Do You Know Your Menstrual Cycle?
Menstruation is a natural process, yet widespread stigma leaves many unaware of its four phases and their impact on mood, energy, and cognition. By embracing education and digital tools, we can shift menstrual health from a taboo to an advantage for professional success. Discover how understanding your cycle can boost productivity—read the full blog now!
Cycle Syncing and Productivity: Your hormones are your superpower.
Unlock your productivity potential with cycle syncing! Discover how aligning your tasks with your hormonal phases can transform your work life. From boosting creativity in your follicular phase to mastering detail-oriented tasks during your luteal phase, learn how your hormones are your secret superpower. Start working with your cycle, not against it, and take charge of your success!
2025: Unlock your Peak Productivity for the Best Year Yet
Make 2025 your most productive year yet by aligning your goals with your natural rhythms. In this guide, we explore how understanding your hormonal cycles can optimize productivity, well-being, and work-life balance. Learn to reflect on your past year, set SMART goals, and plan with intention. Discover the power of cycle syncing to harmonize your work and rest, and understand how rest and self-awareness fuel sustained success. With tools like the Phase app, you can track your body's signals, adapt to your unique needs, and achieve your best year by syncing your lifestyle, health, and productivity with your natural cycles.
Train Like an Athlete, Work Like a Pro: Productivity Lessons from Elite Athletes
What can elite athletes like Simone Biles and Serena Williams teach us about productivity? More than you’d think. Just as they train their bodies for peak performance, you can train your mind to achieve sustainable, high-impact results at work—without burning out. This blog explores how principles like goal-setting, strategic rest, and incremental improvement, used by top athletes, can be applied to knowledge work
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Cycle Syncing 101: Everything You Need to Know About Working With Your Cycle
If you’ve ever felt like a superhero some days and a potato on others, welcome to the reality of hormone cycles. Spoiler alert: It’s not just "in your head." Your hormones play a massive role in your energy, mood, and ability to crush your to-do list.
That’s where cycle syncing comes in. If we understand how our hormones ebb and flow throughout the month, we can use that knowledge as a superpower to thrive in everything from work to workouts. Forget trying to "power through" every day like it's the same — it’s time to work smarter, not harder, and embrace hormone-driven productivity.
Unphased: How your menstrual cycle impacts your energy and productivity
84% of women report decreased productivity due to menstrual symptoms. So why don’t we talk about it at work?
Learn how to sync your cycle with your work life for better productivity. Make your phases work for you.