How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing / KC Davis.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668002841
- Physical Description: 151 pages : colour illustrations ; 19 cm
- Edition: First Simon Element hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon Element, 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. |
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Subject: | Housekeeping > Psychological aspects. House cleaning. Orderliness. |
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Terrace Public Library | 648 DAV (Text) | 35151001142017 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
100 Mile House Branch | 648 DAV (Text) | 33923006457950 | Non-fiction | Not holdable | Lost | 2024-03-07 |
Beaver Valley Public Library | 648 DAV (Text) | 35144000257233 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-19 |
Creston Public Library | 648 DAV (Text)
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35140100108797 | Adult Non-Fiction | Not holdable | Checked out | 2024-06-28 |
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | 648 DAV (Text) | DCL176219 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Elkford Public Library | 648 DAV (Text) | 35170000461228 | Adult Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fernie Heritage Library | 648 DAV (Text) | 35136000637216 | Adult Non Fic | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-14 |
Fort Nelson Public Library | 648 DAV (Text) | 35246001053345 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort St. John Public Library | 648 DAV (Text) | 35211000558496 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Houston Public Library | 4452 DAV (Text) | 35150001776659 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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