SHADOW

Face what you've been avoiding.

A dark, private PWA for shadow work — the Jungian practice of confronting the parts of yourself you've buried. No accounts. No cloud. No one watching. Just you and the void.

Enter the shadow →

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What is this?

Shadow work is the process of making the unconscious conscious. The traits you deny, the emotions you suppress, the patterns you repeat — they don't disappear. They run you from the dark.

This app gives you structure to face them.

Features

• Daily Check-In — A 4-step ritual. Rate your presence. Name the emotion. Track the trigger. Write what surfaced.
• Guided Exercises — Shadow Journaling, 3-2-1 Process, Inner Child Work, Active Imagination, Mirror Work, Trigger Tracking, Dream Work. Categorized by depth: Surface → Deep → Abyss.
• Journal — Freeform writing with prompts designed to pull things out of you.
• Dream Journal — Track the figures and emotions your unconscious sends you at night.
• Trigger Patterns — Log what sets you off. See the pattern. Break it.
• Progress — Streaks, heatmaps, stage progression. Not gamification — accountability.

Privacy

Everything stays on your device. IndexedDB. No server. No analytics. No telemetry. Your shadow is yours.

Stack

React 19 · TypeScript · Vite · Dexie (IndexedDB) · Framer Motion · PWA · CSS Modules

Install

git clone https://github.com/ChrisBrooksbank/shadow-work.git
cd shadow-work
npm install
npm run dev

Or just use it at shadow-work-app.netlify.app — it installs as a PWA on your phone.

The Work

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." — Carl Jung

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