Name: How to Keep House While Drowning
ISBN: 9781529159424

KC Davis

Have you ever looked at a pile of dishes in the sink and wanted to crawl back into bed? Or found yourself staring at the overflowing recycling bin thinking, Why is my life such a mess? But what if we stopped seeing a clean house as a reflection of our worth and instead as a kindness to our future self? How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles to revolutionise the way you approach domestic work, all without a single to-do list. Most importantly, it will help you get free of shame and guide you in coping with stress... and that ever-mounting laundry pile. This is a book for anyone who feels overwhelmed by life and is looking for an accessible and gentle way to care for their home - and themselves. This book will help you: · Find ways to make your home serve you · Break down domestic work into manageable tasks · Stop negative self-talk around housework · Give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren't finished _________________________ What readers are saying: 'So simple it's brilliant' 'This book is a revelation' 'I highly recommend this book to anyone' 'Absolutely loved this book ... It felt like [KC] had seen into my soul and written it directly for me' 'Profound and life-changing' 'It has had the biggest impact on me out of every book I've ever read'

A gentle guide to caring for your home – and yourself

How to Keep House While Drowning

Daisy Marmion

I loved this book! My therapist recommended it to me a few months ago and I couldn’t put it down. There are so many helpful suggestions. It’s helped me to be kinder to myself! 

Krissey Browder Masotti

If you are struggling with chores and feeling a lot of shame about it I highly recommend this book! How to Keep House While Drowning is conversational and incredibly easy to read. It takes into account all of the reasons folks struggle with daily care tasks, like being disabled, neurodivergent, or depressed, and offers advice and work arounds for where ever you’re at. Most importantly the objective of this book is to release shame and make your space work for you rather than to obtain a state of perfect organization and cleanliness and maintain it forever. This book cannot solve the systemic problems that make taking care of yourself difficult but it can help you stop beating yourself up about it, which I have found to be pretty impactful on its own.

Kell Pitt

I could scream this book's praises from the mountains. It's written from a nonjudgmental, elevated peer (if that makes sense?) level with a focus on accessibility and inclusion and some of it is stuff I already knew on a technical level but hearing her say it made things click into place. It's the kind of book that now that I've read it through my library I want to go buy a copy.

 left me so hopeful. It made things come together for me in a way I hadn't considered. I'm gonna see if my therapist's read it because this is exactly their kind of thing and it's given me stuff I wanna bring up in therapy. (We're working on helping me accomplish care tasks right now.) I need someone to write me an essay in the style of this book about spending money as a value neutral activity LOL

This book is a three hour audiobook and written in super short sections. There were never points I felt the author dragged on and on about a point. She even has a guide on how to read the book in an abridged way and still get the main points so that if three hours is still too long you can get the general gist.

If you can, I would definitely go pick up this book. I can feel the impact on my life and i still have to implement things haha.

Jules

I could scream this book's praises from the mountains. It's written from a nonjudgmental, elevated peer (if that makes sense?) level with a focus on accessibility and inclusion and some of it is stuff I already knew on a technical level but hearing her say it made things click into place. It's the kind of book that now that I've read it through my library I want to go buy a copy.

It left me so hopeful. It made things come together for me in a way I hadn't considered. I'm gonna see if my therapist's read it because this is exactly their kind of thing and it's given me stuff I wanna bring up in therapy. (We're working on helping me accomplish care tasks right now.) I need someone to write me an essay in the style of this book about spending money as a value neutral activity LOL

This book is a three hour audiobook and written in super short sections. There were never points I felt the author dragged on and on about a point. She even has a guide on how to read the book in an abridged way and still get the main points so that if three hours is still too long you can get the general gist.

If you can, I would definitely go pick up this book. I can feel the impact on my life and i still have to implement things haha.

How wonderfully said. Your space is meant to function for you -- and your life should not revolve around having it pristine. Loved hearing coping mechanisms that I actively use mentioned in this!

(Bre)anne✨

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How wonderfully said. Your space is meant to function for you -- and your life should not revolve around having it pristine. Loved hearing coping mechanisms that I actively use mentioned in this!

Casey W. 

I love her tiktok channel. This book was helpful in reframing how I thought about care tasks, but it felt a little repetitive.

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Kc Davis

Why is it so hard for me to stay on top of housework? What's wrong with me?Depression, anxiety, ADHD, parental trauma, chronic illness, postpartum, bereavement, lack of support...Cooking, cleaning, laundry, and sometimes hygiene can become almost impossible during these struggles, yet that's rarely the focus of books about these mental, physical, and social barriers. Until now.How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revolutionize the way you approach home care-without endless to-do lists. Presented in 31 daily thoughts, this compassionate guide will help you begin to get free of the shame and anxiety you feel over home care.How do I know? I'm KC Davis, licensed professional counselor and mother of two. I birthed my second baby in a new city right as the world shut down from COVID-19. Without access to a support network for months on end, I used every tool in my therapy training arsenal and created a self-compassionate way to address my stress, depression, and ever-mounting laundry pile. After sharing this unique approach on social media, I gained hundreds of thousands followers within a few months. I realized the shame over not being able to keep up with housework is universal and that's why I wrote this book. Inside you will learn: - How to shift your perspective of care tasks from moral to functional- How to stop negative self-talk and shame around care tasks- How to give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren't finished- How to motivate yourself to care for your spaceBuy How to Keep House While Drowning now and start feeling better today.

How to Keep House While Drowning A gentle guide to caring for your home – and yourself

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