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How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing

Davis, KC (author.).

Summary: "For anyone tired of staring at the same mess every day but struggling to find the time and willpower to fix it, popular therapist and Tiktok star KC Davis presents a revolutionary method of cleaning to end the stress-mess cycle."--

Record details

ISBN: 1668002841
ISBN: 9781668002841
Physical Description: viii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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Edition: First Simon Element hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon Element, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Care tasks are morally neutral -- Kindness to future you -- For all the self-help rejects -- Gentle skill building: The five things tidying method -- Gentle self-talk: Mess has no inherent meaning -- Care tasks are functional -- Gentle self-talk: find the compassionate observer -- Organized is not the same as tidy -- Susie with depression -- Gentle skill building: Setting functional priorities -- Women and care tasks -- Gentle skill building: Laundry -- You can't save the rain forest if you're depressed -- Drop the plastic balls -- Gentle skill building: Doing the dishes -- When you don't have kids -- When it's hard to shower -- Caring for your body when you hate it -- Gentle self-talk: "I am allowed to be human" -- Good enough is perfect -- Gentle skill building: Changing bedsheets -- Rest is a right, not a reward -- Division of labor: the rest should be fair -- Gentle skill building: Bathrooms -- Gentle skill building: A system for keeping your car clean -- When your body doesn't cooperate -- Contributing is morally neutral -- Cleaning and parental trauma -- Critical family members -- Rhythms over routines -- Gentle skill building: Maintaining a space -- My favorite ritual: Closing duties -- Skill deficit versus support deficit -- Outsourcing care tasks is morally neutral -- Exercise sucks -- Your weight is morally neutral -- Food is morally neutral -- Getting back into rhythm -- You deserve a beautiful Sunday.