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How to Keep House While Drowning A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

KC Davis LPC

An NPR Best Book of 2022

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

Mel Robbins highlighted the therapist’s title as a bestseller that offered relatable, step‑by‑step advice for managing household tasks without shame. She noted that the author’s gentle approach helped listeners feel relief and encouraged self‑care while tackling chores. The episode remarks emphasized the book’s practical hacks and compassionate tone, positioning it as a valuable resource for listeners seeking easier home organization.

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Episode: The Best Advice I Ever Heard: From Motivation to P...

The author mentioned her book in the podcast episode. It was said that the book provides helpful advice and relatable experiences about keeping house and taking care of yourself.

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KC Davis, who's a therapist and bestselling author of How to Keep House While Drowning.

Episode: 11 Crazy Facts About Laundry, Showering, & Getting...

The book was discussed briefly, mentioning that it was a bestseller and the advice given resonated with Mel and was helpful. The author understands the challenges of housework and provides guidance to remove shame.

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And she is here to show us that there is a way to take the pressure off yourself and get your to-do list done and still manage to take care of yourself because you deserve that.

In fact, within the first two pages of her bestselling book, How to Keep House When Drowning, I actually exhaled because she gets it.

And more importantly, her wisdom, her genius step-by-step advice, her simple hacks are going to help you rise above the dirty dishes to a more compassionate and loving you.

When you can remove the shame from your to-do list, you will improve your life immediately.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

The book by KC Davis offered a gentle, anti-perfectionist approach to cleaning and organizing, focusing on self-compassion rather than shame as a motivator for domestic tasks.

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She's garnered a huge audience on TikTok with more than 1 million followers. She has also written the book, How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing.

— Episode: Messiness Is Not a Moral Failing | KC Da...

Episode: Messiness Is Not a Moral Failing | KC Davis

The book by KC Davis offered a gentle, anti-perfectionist approach to cleaning and organizing, focusing on self-compassion rather than shame as a motivator for domestic tasks.

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She's garnered a huge audience on TikTok with more than 1 million followers. She has also written the book, How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing.

On today's show, she offers a ton of practical tips that are rooted in self compassion and the dogged determination not to use shame as a motivator when it comes to our domestic lives.

Chasing Life

Davis's book is about tackling clutter and offers advice on how to achieve a cleaner house, especially for those who struggle with mental health challenges. It discusses the link between messiness and mental health and how internalized shame about messiness can be a barrier to cleaning.

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In fact years after posting that first TikTok, Kasey wrote a book. It's called How to Keep House While Drowning.

— Episode: Is There Such a Thing as the Organized B...

Episode: Is There Such a Thing as the Organized Brain?

Davis's book is about tackling clutter and offers advice on how to achieve a cleaner house, especially for those who struggle with mental health challenges. It discusses the link between messiness and mental health and how internalized shame about messiness can be a barrier to cleaning.

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In fact years after posting that first TikTok, Kasey wrote a book. It's called How to Keep House While Drowning.

I want people to know that care tasks, whether it's cooking, cleaning, dishes, feeding yourself, getting into the shower, they are morally neutral.

You do make the case in your book that I guess there are some universally applicable tips.

Casey talks about this in her book and has tips for hacking what she calls fair rest.

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