6 must-read health books like How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis

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How to Keep House While Drowning

By: K.C. Davis

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revol…

"Shame has never helped anyone's mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

If you liked the health plot in How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

By: Dana K. White

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in and learn how to keep it under control. “The dirty littl… read more

Similar categories in Dana K. White's How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I once thought of habits as things I do without thinking. Like stealing candy out of my kid’s Halloween bucket on November 1. A minute ago, I was at my computer, and now I’m standing in a different r…"

-Dana K. White, How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

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2. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant

By: Margareta Magnusson

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more

Similar categories in Margareta Magnusson's The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • audiobook
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3. Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

By: Gretchen Rubin

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a … read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Rubin's Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

By: Cait Flanders

3.47

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the co… read more

Similar categories in Cait Flanders's The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
"I wanted to be surrounded by those who valued living over working, Spending time outdoors over spending time online, and doing things for themselves over paying for every possible convenience"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"Stuff I purchased with every intention of using, but only because I told myself it would somehow help. I wasn't good enough, but this stuff would make me better. I wanted to read, wear, and do everyt…"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"I couldn't ever blame them for trying to get me to shop with them or ship for myself or simply enjoy my money - this was a behavior many people learned and exhibited in all kinds of circumstances in …"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

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5. Counting the Cost

By: Jill Duggar

4.06

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family… read more

Similar categories in Jill Duggar's Counting the Cost book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"He loved spending time with us and told us often that we were his number one hobby."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"Sometimes you have to be okay with other people not being okay with you. And you have to be okay with you not being okay too."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"The dangers were not just out there on the street or in the mall, and they weren't just limited to the summer. They were closer to home as I soon discovered."

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

"It's like roses and thorns, justice and grace. You can recognize the beauty and happy parts of your story while also recognizing the more difficult parts. The two can coexist. The highs aren't automa…"

-Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

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6. Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control

By: Dana K. White

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

So you want to keep your kitchen counter clean but you aren't ready to toss the toaster? You want t… read more

Similar categories in Dana K. White's Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

By: Becky Kennedy

4.55

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"This book is for any parent who has ever struggled under the substantial weight of caregiving--whi… read more

Similar categories in Becky Kennedy's Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

By: Eve Rodsky

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A revolutionary, real-world solution to the problem of unpaid, invisible work that women have shoul… read more

Similar categories in Eve Rodsky's Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live) book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Resentment grows out of perceived unfairness."

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

"From where we sat, this man appeared to be enjoying a luxury all of the women we know couldn't imagine: the freedom to focus on one task at a time."

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

"A reminder, in itself, takes tremendous mental effort by you . It requires knowing what needs to be done, remembering what needs to be done, and reminding someone to get it done, whereas the person b…"

-Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

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9. The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival… read more

Similar categories in Britney Spears's The Woman in Me book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I realized how powerful it can be when women defy expectations. I can make my own way in life. I can make my dreams come true."

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

"But then, when it came time to end the conservatorship, I realized one thing: You can’t fuck with a woman who knows how to pray. Really pray. All I did was pray."

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

"Later, I walked all the way home so I could take in the city, breaking one of my heels along the way. When I got to my apartment, I went to my terrace and just looked up at the stars for hours. At th…"

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

"Giving a person no grace in a hard time is just not nice. Especially when you can't take as good as you give. When I started to speak and throw it back at them a little, God knows they were far from …"

-Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

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10. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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11. The Husbands

By: Holly Gramazio

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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13. How to Keep House While Drowning

By: K.C. Davis

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revol… read more

Similar categories in K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • adhd
  • audiobook
"Shame has never helped anyone's mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

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14. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Montell's The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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15. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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16. One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

By: Kate Kennedy

3.78

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millenni… read more

Similar categories in Kate Kennedy's One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Why would I ever let someone who drafts make-believe football teams make me believe I should be embarrassed by my interests?"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"Pregnancy loss...is an open wound with the most vulnerable scab, forced to constantly replenish its surface-level protection as it's picked at daily, not by you, but inadvertently by other people's j…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"I'm a weird contradiction of someone who pursues and values traditions but tries to reject the parts that are oppressive, unfair or unnecessary, because we can adapt things to who we are, not to who …"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"That's the thing about girlhood. You and your friends have to take yourselves seriously, because no one else will. We had to keep our emotional behavior to diary pages and fangirl in private, perform…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

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17. ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

By: Penn Holderness

4.32

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Hi, friend! Welcome to the ADHD club. You're here because, like me, you've been diagnosed with a… read more

Similar categories in Penn Holderness's ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • adhd
  • audiobook
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18. You Could Make This Place Beautiful

By: Maggie Smith

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Smith's You Could Make This Place Beautiful book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At our wedding, our college creative writing professor read a poem—John Ciardi’s “Most Like an Arch This Marriage."

-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

"How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go. Inside forty-somethin…"

-Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

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19. Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

By: Dana K. White

4.09

Format: 240 pages, ebook

You don't have to live overwhelmed by stuff--you can get rid of clutter for good! While the worl… read more

Similar categories in Dana K. White's Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Remember your goals are “better"

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

"Envisioning perfection inhibits more than it inspires."

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

"An easier-to-manage home will mean less wasted food in the future. Get that? Less wasted food is the goal."

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

"Decluttering is stuff you don’t need leaving your house. And that’s really all it is. If five things leave or five hundred things leave, you’ve succeeded."

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

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20. ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain

By: Tracy Otsuka

4.13

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

An unprecedented guide for any woman with ADHD looking to celebrate her unique brilliance and to em… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Otsuka's ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • personal development
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • adhd
  • audiobook
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21. How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

By: Jessica McCabe

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jessica McCabe's How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) book and K.C. Davis's How to Keep House While Drowning

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • audiobook
"Sure, I have limits, but as fellow YouTuber and ADHDer Hannah Hart told me, creativity loves limits."

-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

"We are acceptable humans as is, not once we stop having ADHD. You do not need to be fixed because you are not a broken version of normal."

-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

15 best-selling adult books like How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis

Transform Your Habits

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Dana K. White

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

3.47

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Counting the Cost

Jill Duggar

4.06

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4.08

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Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess

Rachel Hoffman

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Year of No Clutter

Eve O. Schaub

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

3.47

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4.08

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