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

How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing / KC Davis.

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"-- 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.

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.
Subject: Housekeeping > Psychological aspects.
House cleaning.
Orderliness.

Available copies

  • 8 of 16 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Terrace Public Library 648 DAV (Text) 35151001142017 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -


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