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 short, readable chapters, 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 my approach on social media, I quickly grew to over a million followers. 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 space
· A new way to address division of home labor with your partner
Buy How to Keep House While Drowning now and start feeling better today.
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How to Keep House While Drowning
"I cannot recommend this book highly enough. If you have depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, any chronic condition that interferes with your daily functioning--if you have any reason to beat yourself up for not keeping up with a job and housekeeping and parenting and friends and doing it all perfectly--if you're just suffering pandemic burnout, read this book.”
“KC Davis takes dread about “adulting” and makes the reader examine where the dread came from in the first place. Rather than another shame based how-to that’s impractical for most, this book is compassion based and a why-to guide for anyone struggling with caring for themselves.”
"Growing up, I was taught that perfection is the only answer. I was never given skills on how to cope with my mental health, let alone actually feasibly keep a house clean. I’m so hopeful that I can learn how to do better while being kinder to myself and stop feeding myself so many unhealthy messages. I feel like someone has reached down to help me and meet me where I am about this issue for the first time in my life."
“I am living with more kindness and compassion for myself, my space and others than I ever have. And magically, when you remove the moral value from care tasks, they’re actually easier to do. My space and my life is infinitely more functional because of what I’ve learned, and I’m so much happier for it.”
"I've been working on self care and self love for a few years now and this was a perfect next step for me. Reminding me of some things I had forgotten (like that it's OK for functioning to be the only aim sometimes) and teaching me new methods to make functioning easier on the really hard days."
