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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

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

Holds

  • 1 current hold 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 Checked out 2024-06-09

How to read this book viii
Introduction 1(9)
Chapter 1 Care tasks are morally neutral
10(2)
Chapter 2 Kindness to future you
12(2)
Chapter 3 For all the self-help rejects
14(5)
Chapter 4 Gentle skill building: the five things tidying method
19(6)
Chapter 5 Gentle Self-Talk: Mess has no inherent meaning
25(4)
Chapter 6 Care tasks are functional
29(5)
Chapter 7 Gentle Self-Talk: Find the compassionate observer
34(3)
Chapter 8 Organized is not the same as tidy
37(4)
Chapter 9 Susie with depression
41(2)
Chapter 10 Gentle Skill Building: Kick-starting motivation
43(7)
Chapter 11 Care tasks are cyclical
50(3)
Chapter 12 Gentle Skill Building: Setting functional priorities
53(3)
Chapter 13 Women and care tasks
56(1)
Chapter 14 Gentle Skill Building: Laundry
57(8)
Chapter 15 You can't save the rain forest if you're depressed
65(2)
Chapter 16 Drop the plastic balls
67(5)
Chapter 17 Gentle Skill Building: Doing the dishes
72(4)
Chapter 18 When You Don't have kids
76(1)
Chapter 19 When it's hard to shower
77(7)
Chapter 20 Caring for your body when you hate it
84(2)
Chapter 21 Gentle Self-Talk: "I am allowed to be human"
86(2)
Chapter 22 Good Enough is perfect
88(2)
Chapter 23 Gentle Skill Building: Changing bedsheets
90(1)
Chapter 24 Rest is a right, not a reward
91(5)
Chapter 25 Division of Labor: The rest should be fair
96(8)
Chapter 26 Gentle Skill Building: Bathrooms
104(2)
Chapter 27 Gentle Skill Building: A system for keeping your car clean
106(1)
Chapter 28 When your body doesn't cooperate
107(2)
Chapter 29 Contributing is morally neutral
109(2)
Chapter 30 Cleaning and parental trauma
111(4)
Chapter 31 Critical Family Members
115(2)
Chapter 32 Rhythms Over Routines
117(5)
Chapter 33 Gentle Skill Building: Maintaining a space
122(6)
Chapter 34 My Favorite Ritual: Closing Duties
128(3)
Chapter 35 Skill Deficit Versus Support Deficit
131(2)
Chapter 36 Outsourcing Care Tasks is Morally Neutral
133(3)
Chapter 37 Exercise Sucks
136(2)
Chapter 38 Your Weight is morally neutral
138(2)
Chapter 39 Food is morally neutral
140(2)
Chapter 40 Getting Back into rhythm
142(1)
Chapter 41 You Deserve a beautiful Sunday
143(2)
Acknowledgments 145(2)
Appendix 1 147(2)
Appendix 2 149


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