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How to Keep House While Drowning

A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organising

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How to Keep House While Drowning

By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis, Dr Raquel Martin
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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.

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 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 KC Davis (P)2022 Penguin Audio Cleaning & Organizing House & Home Personal Development Personal Success Inspiring Feel Better

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This book has honestly changed my life. I have health issues, mobility issues, chronic pain and chronic fatigue, work and oh and am a single Mum to 2 children and have always felt guilty about the ‘state’ of my house.
This book has helped me to let go of the guilt, to start to make my house work for me rather than the other way round. It’s challenged my assumptions and really helped me to shake off the ‘shoulds’.
It’s so easy to listen to and digest - just brilliant 🙂

Everyone should read this book!!!

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This is not just for the neurodivergent, but those with depression, trauma, burn out or overwhelm around housework for any reason.

Like many reviewers, I was surprised to find myself in tears as KC identified some of the deep emotional interactions I have with this area of my life and how it related to my self worth.

KC is indeed gentle in her approach. The book feels like having a chat with a good friend who holds your hand and says "you're not alone. You can do this and I'm here to help". She is extremely compassionate and understanding.

She offers lots of practical tips and hacks as well as helping the reader make profound shifts in the way they relate to housework.

The book is really broken down into bitesize chapters, with a fast track option for those who are really overwhelmed and key points highlighted and reiterated as you go through. It is expertly structured.

I'd reccommend this book to any who are overwhelmed by housework or who live with someone that struggles. I'd be inclined to preemptively gift it to any new mother.

It sounds weird but I didn't want to put it down because it was so helpful.

For anyone who feels overwhelmed by housework

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I will be definitely be listening to this again. Full of wisdom and super practical

10/10 recommend

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Reframed the overwhelming idea that my house needs to be perfect, starting with the steps made life more achievable

Reframed the overwhelming idea that my house needs to be perfect, starting with the steps made life more achievable

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I cried my way through the first part of the book, I don’t think I had realised how much I equated household tasks or rather my failure to complete them as moral failing and how this way of thinking was not being kind to myself. I love the way this book is written, short chapters easy to digest with practical ideas through out, I didn’t want it to end

Freeing, emotional, practical

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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. the idea of care tasks as opposed to chores is liberating.

realistic and practical. based on similar experience.

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This book is everything I have been missing for the past year.
I bought my first home last year and have been immensely struggling with all aspects of general upkeep as I have autism & ADHD, and my partner and I both work full time.
It has put me in a really bad place mentally and no matter what I seem to try in an attempt to claw my way out, nothing works.

I stumbled upon this book and it feels like somebody has lived my life and come back to tell me how to tackle my biggest struggles! I couldn’t help but sob through most of it, I’ve never felt so seen.
Thank you so much KC, you have given me and many others hope in the darkest place, I wish I could repay your kindness.

Feels like it was written for me

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Absolutely loved this book. It has completely changed my outlook on my home and I am so grateful to KC Davis for writing and reading it.

Life changing book

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This book puts a whole new meaning into cleaning de cluttering and still surviving guilt and shame that has perhaps stemmed from childhood, critical parenting or simply your own interpretation of lifes expectations. This book is a great listen and has the power to be life changing.. Thankyou

Excellent book

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Great for refocusing and reframing tasks in a way that reduces overwhelm. Gave me motivation to start and keep going, and to stop feeling bad about it all.

Reduced overwhelm

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