12 Best Cleaning & Caretaking, Self-Help Books
Cleaning & Caretaking, Self-Help is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Cleaning & Caretaking, Self-Help audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 12 Cleaning & Caretaking, Self-Help audiobooks below.
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How to Keep House While Drowning
- By: KC Davis
- Narrator: KC Davis
- Length: 3 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.4(11099 ratings)
4.4(11099 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDAn NPR Best Book of 2022 USA TODAY Bestseller This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home.If you’re struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably have aAn NPR Best Book of 2022
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USA TODAY Bestseller
This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home.
If you’re struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably have a good reason: anxiety, fatigue, depression, ADHD, or lack of support. For therapist KC Davis, the birth of her second child triggered a stress-mess cycle. The more behind she felt, the less motivated she was to start. She didn’t fold a single piece of laundry for seven months. One life-changing realization restored her sanity–and the functionality of her home: You don’t work for your home; your home works for you.
In other words, messiness is not a moral failing. A new sense of calm washed over her as she let go of the shame-based messaging that interpreted a pile of dirty laundry as “I can never keep up” and a chaotic kitchen as “I’m a bad mother.” Instead, she looked at unwashed clothes and thought, “I am alive,” and at stacks of dishes and thought, “I cooked my family dinner three nights in a row.”
Building on this foundation of self-compassion, KC devised the powerful practical approach that has exploded in popularity through her TikTok account, @domesticblisters. The secret is to simplify your to-do list and to find creative workarounds that accommodate your limited time and energy. In this book, you’ll learn exactly how to customize your cleaning strategy and rebuild your relationship with your home, including:
-How to see chores as kindnesses to your future self, not as a reflection of your worth
-How to start by setting priorities
-How to stagger tasks so you won’t procrastinate
-How to clean in quick bursts within your existing daily routine
-How to use creative shortcuts to transform a room from messy to functional
With KC’s help, your home will feel like a sanctuary again. It will become a place to rest, even when things aren’t finished. You will move with ease, and peace and calm will edge out guilt, self-criticism, and endless checklists. They have no place here. -
The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living with Less
- By: Christine Platt
- Narrator: Christine Platt
- Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.16(939 ratings)
4.16(939 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDForget the aesthetics of mainstream minimalism and discover a life of authenticity and intention with this “warm, engaging guide” (Laura Fenton, author of The Little Book of Small Living) to living with less…your way.When ChristineForget the aesthetics of mainstream minimalism and discover a life of authenticity and intention with this “warm, engaging guide” (Laura Fenton, author of The Little Book of Small Living) to living with less…your way.
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When Christine Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never intended to become The Afrominimalist. She just wanted to tame the chaos in her closet! But after struggling with the austerity and whiteness of mainstream minimalism, Christine realized why minimalism often seems unattainable for so many: the emphasis on all-white, barren aesthetics distracts from the practice of living with intention. And so, she decided to do things her way by curating a life of less influenced by the African diaspora.
In The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less, Christine gets right to the heart of how childhood experiences and expectations manifest in adulthood, the delicate dance between needs and wants, and the complicated weight of familial and societal pressures. A far cry from Konmaried closets, capsule wardrobes, and conspicuous consumption, Christine’s brand of “living with less” is more than a decluttering regimen. “By detailing her own maximalist-to-minimalist transformation, Platt puts readers at ease” (The Washington Post) and presents a radical revisioning of minimalism, one that celebrates the importance of history and heritage, and gives you permission to make space for what really matters…your way.
Beautifully illustrated with original black-and-white prints and line drawings, The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less is a testament to the idea that anyone can be a minimalist and a warm invitation to a life curated with intention, perfect for readers of Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus (The Minimalists), Marie Kondo, Joshua Becker, and Courtney Carver. -
Uncluttered
- By: Courtney Ellis
- Narrator: Courtney Ellis
- Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.14(435 ratings)
4.14(435 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThis guide is not a formula about what stuff you need to give up. It’s about slowing down long enough for God to remind you of his truth and what it means to be his child. Through heartwarming, relatable, and hilarious stories, Courtney EllisThis guide is not a formula about what stuff you need to give up. It’s about slowing down long enough for God to remind you of his truth and what it means to be his child. Through heartwarming, relatable, and hilarious stories, Courtney Ellis shares her journey from a life of stress, stuff, and exhaustion to one of peace, space, and fulfillment. You’ll learn practical tips for paring down your possessions, simplifying your schedule, and practicing the ancient art of Sabbath–even if you’re a parent! Uncluttered ushers you towards a lifestyle of holiness and joy in the Lord. Courtney Ellis’ sharp wit, clever humor, and profound insights not only will take you on an exciting journey through her walk with the Lord but will also lead you to uniquely experience yours. Find out what happens when you simply put God first.
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Simply Clean
- By: Becky Rapinchuk
- Narrator: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.91(1388 ratings)
3.91(1388 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFrom the cleaning and homekeeping expert and creator of the wildly popular Clean Mama blog comes a simple and accessible cleaning guide with a proven step-by-step schedule for tidying a home in just ten minutes a day.Becky Rapinchuk, theFrom the cleaning and homekeeping expert and creator of the wildly popular Clean Mama blog comes a simple and accessible cleaning guide with a proven step-by-step schedule for tidying a home in just ten minutes a day.
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Becky Rapinchuk, the “Clean Mama,” understands that many people don’t have the time, organizational skills, or homemaking habits to maintain a constantly clean and decluttered living space.
In Simply Clean, Becky will help you effortlessly keep a tidy house and build habits to become a neat person–no matter how messy you may naturally be! Simply Clean features:
-A 7-Day Simply Clean Kick Start and the 28-Day Simply Clean Challenge, to turn cleaning from a chore into an effortless habit
-A designated catch-up day, so you’ll never have to worry or stress when life gets in the way of cleaning
-Step-by-step tutorials for speed cleaning hard-to-clean spaces
-Dozens of recipes for organic, environmentally conscious cleaning supplies
-Many of Becky’s famous checklists, schedules, and habit trackers
No matter how big your home or busy your schedule, the Simply Clean method can be customized to fit your life. It really is possible–in just ten minutes a day, you can create a cleaner, happier home. -
Doing it Now
- By: Edwin Bliss
- Narrator: Edwin Bliss
- Length: 4 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1986
- Language: English
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3.83(50 ratings)
3.83(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDWhy waste one more moment when you can DO IT NOW? Procrastination is the number one obstacle to success. It’s also the obstacle most easily surmounted, as Edwin Bliss demonstrates in this foolproof antidote to inaction. The author of GettingWhy waste one more moment when you can DO IT NOW?
Procrastination is the number one obstacle to success. It’s also the obstacle most easily surmounted, as Edwin Bliss demonstrates in this foolproof antidote to inaction. The author of Getting Things Done demolishes every excuse, distraction and fear as he takes you through the 12-simple steps to self-mastery from the first step — turning your attitude around, the final reward — accomplishment, you’ll acquire all the savvy and strategies you’ll need to make every day count. You’ll learn to:
- Relax — or energize — fatigue away…and discover your second, third and fourth winds.
- Understand the reasons, from the subtle to the absurd, why you postpone important business.
- Develop a sure-fire, 5-minute game plan that will snowball into success.
- Refine your skills along the way with simple exercises designed to turn distasteful tasks into successful achievements.
On the job, around the house, in your relationships and for your own personal development and pleasure, now is the time to stop postponing your plans and start turning them into achievements! -
Minimalist Moms
- By: Diane Boden
- Narrator: Erin Dion
- Length: 4 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 24, 2021
- Language: English
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3.82(194 ratings)
3.82(194 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMake minimalist living possible for your family. Parenting is hard enough already without trying to change the way you live in one fell swoop. Diane Boden, the host of the Minimalist Moms podcast, knows that what busy moms desire is quick, dailyMake minimalist living possible for your family. Parenting is hard enough already without trying to change the way you live in one fell swoop. Diane Boden, the host of the Minimalist Moms podcast, knows that what busy moms desire is quick, daily inspiration and a reminder of the positive impact of minimalism. Minimalist Moms is a book of on-the-go minimalist wisdom, that gradually teaches busy parents how to embrace the core principles of minimalism: simple living, focusing on what matters, and inner calm. Thrive by living with less. Minimalism is more of a way of life than a goal to be reached. We need little reminders to help keep perspective and focus on what’s important to us. Minimalist Moms helps you aspire toward minimalism and simplify your life and home. With daily meditations that take only a few minutes to listen to, this is the perfect gentle guide to getting started. In this book, you’ll find the following: – Practical advice on how to live a minimalist lifestyle emotionally, physically, and mentally; – Mantras that cover a range of topics, from slowing down and getting outside to habit stacking and decluttering; – Accessible minimalism that is applicable to any lifestyle–and any mother.
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The Easy Life
- By: Lynsey Crombie
- Narrator: Lynsey Crombie
- Length: 3 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 11, 2020
- Language: English
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3.73(51 ratings)
3.73(51 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWelcome to The Easy Life, where your kitchen always sparkles, your closet is organised, and your to-do list has an end. It sounds almost too good to be true, but TV’s Queen of Clean, Lynsey Crombie–mother of three, pet owner,Welcome to The Easy Life, where your kitchen always sparkles, your closet is organised, and your to-do list has an end.
It sounds almost too good to be true, but TV’s Queen of Clean, Lynsey Crombie–mother of three, pet owner, Instagrammer, This Morning cleaning expert, and head of her own cleaning business–has all the tips, tricks, and routines you need to create a happy and healthy home environment.
In her latest book, Lynsey expands on her eco-friendly, tried-and-tested tips for cleaning, while also providing a series of interactive to-do lists, quick cleaning challenges, and hacks to take the stress out of managing your home.
Whether you’re finding that you now have time to finally get to all those deep cleaning tasks or that having all your family at home means you need every trick to keep life organised, Lynsey has you covered.
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Unstuffed
- By: Ruth Soukup
- Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: April 05, 2016
- Language: English
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3.59(1482 ratings)
3.59(1482 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSTUFF. It’s everywhere. Lurking in corners and closets, spilling onto counters and coffee tables, creating havoc everywhere we look. And it’s not just the physical clutter that weighs us down. Oh no, it is the stress of overbookedSTUFF. It’s everywhere. Lurking in corners and closets, spilling onto counters and coffee tables, creating havoc everywhere we look. And it’s not just the physical clutter that weighs us down. Oh no, it is the stress of overbooked schedules, and the weight of life that sometimes feels oppressive and totally out of whack.
New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup feels your pain–she has been there too. Through personal stories, Biblical truth, and practical action plans, she will inspire and empower each of us to finally declutter not just our home, but our mind and soul as well. Unstuffed is real, honest, and gets right down to the question we are all facing–how can we take back our lives from the stuff that is weighing us down?
In this book, together we will:
- Create a comprehensive vision for our homes and make instant changes to improve its overall function.
- Discover that more closet space is not the solution and instead learn how to set strict limits for the stuff we bring in
- Overcome the frustration of dealing with our kids’ influx of stuff and implement practical solutions for keeping the chaos at bay.
- Recognize the pitfalls of an overstuffed schedule BEFORE it gets out of hand and instead learn to combat the culture of busy that keeps us running from one thing to the next.
- Finally conquer that mountain of paperwork that threatens to tumble down around us at any moment.
- Let go of the guilt that gets attached to gifts and instead learn to separate our loved ones from their stuff.
- Begin to cultivate our real friendships while eliminating the toxic relationships that weigh us down.
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The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
- By: Liesl Clark
- Narrator: Jayme Mattler
- Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.49(641 ratings)
3.49(641 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn the spirit of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and The Joy of Less, experience the benefits of buying less and sharing more with this accessible 7-step guide to decluttering, saving money, and creating community from the creators of theIn the spirit of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and The Joy of Less, experience the benefits of buying less and sharing more with this accessible 7-step guide to decluttering, saving money, and creating community from the creators of the Buy Nothing Project.
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In their island community, friends Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller discovered that the beaches of Puget Sound were spoiled by a daily influx of plastic items and trash washing on shore. From pens and toothbrushes to toys and straws, they wondered, where did it all come from? Of course, it comes from us–our homes, our backyards, our cars, and our workplaces. And so, a rallying cry against excess stuff was born.
In 2013, they launched the first Facebook Buy Nothing Project group in their small town off the coast of Seattle, and they never expected it to become a viral sensation. Today there are thousands of Buy Nothing groups all over the world, boasting more than a million members, and 5,000 highly active volunteers.
Inspired by the ancient practice of gift economies, where neighbors share and pool resources,The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan introduces an environmentally conscious 7-step guide that teaches us how to buy less, give more, and live generously. At once an actionable plan and a thought-provoking exploration of our addiction to stuff, this powerful program will help you declutter your home without filling landfills, shop more thoughtfully and discerningly, and let go of the need to buy new things. Filled with helpful lists and practical suggestions including 50 items you never need to buy (Ziploc bags and paper towels) and 50 things to make instead (gift cards and salad dressing), The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan encourages you to rethink why you shop and embrace a space-saving, money-saving, and earth-saving mindset of buying less and sharing more. -
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
- By: Margareta Magnusson
- Narrator: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 2 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.38(14193 ratings)
3.38(14193 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDA charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostadning, do meaning “death” and stadning meaningA charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
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In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostadning, do meaning “death” and stadning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming.
Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way listeners get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go. -
Unstuffed: Audio Bible Studies
- By: Ruth Soukup
- Narrator: Ruth Soukup
- Length: 1 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
- Publish date: May 03, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDRuth Soukup, New York Times bestselling author and popular blogger, knows all too well how overwhelming it can feel to have a life filled with too many things. In this four-session study, Ruth uses personal stories, biblical truth, and practicalRuth Soukup, New York Times bestselling author and popular blogger, knows all too well how overwhelming it can feel to have a life filled with too many things. In this four-session study, Ruth uses personal stories, biblical truth, and practical action plans to inspire and empower you to finally declutter not only your home but your mind and soul as well.
Each of the four sessions will help you:
- Discover that more closet space is not the solution, and instead learn how to set strict limits for the stuff we bring in
- Recognize the pitfalls of an overstuffed schedule and learn to combat the culture of busy that keeps us running from one thing to the next
- Find balance by letting go of unhealthy habits that can add to your spiritual clutter
- Begin to cultivate real friendships while eliminating the toxic relationships that weigh you down
Sessions include:
- Home (14:00)
- Mind (14:00)
- Soul (20:00)
- Unstuffed for Good (22:00)
Coordinating study guide available separately.
The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook’s direct narration of a book’s text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.
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Sidetracked Home Executives(TM)
- By: Pam Young
- Narrator: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 3 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 02, 2010
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.98 USDPeggy and Pam were two desperately disorganized sisters. They started each day with the best of intentions but they never made it because they were SIDETRACKED HOME EXECUTIVES caught in the disorder of misplaced priorities, half-completed chores,Peggy and Pam were two desperately disorganized sisters. They started each day with the best of intentions but they never made it because they were SIDETRACKED HOME EXECUTIVES caught in the disorder of misplaced priorities, half-completed chores, and undirected energies. Two smart ladies who’d never used their heads when coping with their homes.
So, they analyzed their lives and set up a rotating card system that scheduled their chores on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. With a combination of the sympathy of a fellow former slob, and the firm resolution of a for-your-own-good mother, they show listeners how they too can get organized.
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