How to keep house while drowning A gentle approach to cleaning and organizing

KC Davis

Book - 2022

"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"--

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Published
New York : Simon Element 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
KC Davis (author)
Edition
First Simon Element hardcover edition
Physical Description
151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
ISBN
9781668002841
  • How to read this book
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Care tasks are morally neutral
  • Chapter 2. Kindness to future you
  • Chapter 3. For all the self-help rejects
  • Chapter 4. Gentle skill building: the five things tidying method
  • Chapter 5. Gentle self-talk: mess has no inherent meaning
  • Chapter 6. Care tasks are functional
  • Chapter 7. Gentle self-talk: find the compassionate observer
  • Chapter 8. Organized is not the same as tidy
  • Chapter 9. Susie with depression
  • Chapter 10. Gentle skill building: kick-starting motivation
  • Chapter 11. Care tasks are cyclical
  • Chapter 12. Gentle skill building: setting functional priorities
  • Chapter 13. Women and care tasks
  • Chapter 14. Gentle skill building: laundry
  • Chapter 15. You can't save the rain forest if you're depressed
  • Chapter 16. Drop the plastic balls
  • Chapter 17. Gentle skill building: doing the dishes
  • Chapter 18. When you don't have kids
  • Chapter 19. When it's hard to shower
  • Chapter 20. Caring for your body when you hate it
  • Chapter 21. Gentle self-talk: "i am allowed to be human"
  • Chapter 22. Good enough is perfect
  • Chapter 23. Gentle skill building: changing bedsheets
  • Chapter 24. Rest is a right, not a reward
  • Chapter 25. Division of labor: the rest should be fair
  • Chapter 26. Gentle skill building: bathrooms
  • Chapter 27. Gentle skill building: a system for keeping your car clean
  • Chapter 28. When your body doesn't cooperate
  • Chapter 29. Contributing is morally neutral
  • Chapter 30. Cleaning and parental trauma
  • Chapter 31. Critical family members
  • Chapter 32. Rhythms over routines
  • Chapter 33. Gentle skill building: maintaining a space
  • Chapter 34. My favorite ritual: closing duties
  • Chapter 35. Skill deficit versus support deficit
  • Chapter 36. Outsourcing care tasks is morally neutral
  • Chapter 37. Exercise sucks
  • Chapter 38. Your weight is morally neutral
  • Chapter 39. Food is morally neutral
  • Chapter 40. Getting back into rhythm
  • Chapter 41. You deserve a beautiful sunday
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix 1.
  • Appendix 2.