Overview

Have you ever found yourself in a Big Mess from moving house? From losing a home or being unable to own one? From losing your bearings within yourself and the world? What was the mess made of? Things? MORE THINGS? Thoughts? Memories? Emotions? Death? Money matters? Relationship in tatters? If you are facing the chaos of a house move, declutter, or even a soul search with no need to move; if they feel overwhelming, scary, heart-breaking, this-is-me-and-my-life-disintegrating, read on. Or, rather, tear a leaf after leaf, peel a layer after layer of your relationship to the things you'll find around you. This book is about our relationship to possessions, the loss of home and the search for one's true home, and about how to use the physical chaos of a house move to sort through some of the inner psychological chaos. It is based on the author's experience of 21 house moves (or 40, depending on how you count). It is psychological-philosophical yet practical. It is passionate, raw and non-prescriptive but also forensically analytic. It will leave you feeling freer, lighter, braver, less swayed by musts and shoulds and other persons' home-related truths, and more at Home, wherever you are. It doesn't matter if you are moving house or remain where you live until your dying day. The house moving is optional in finding your True Home. YOU making a move, again and again, is not. Ready? Steady? Read.

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Unique, interesting, unusual, and compelling. It presented a novel and insightful way to view the concept of moving home ...The memoir elements woven in also offer us a very honest, raw insight into the author's personal experiences, so it feels like we're getting to know her personally in the process. Ameesha Green, The Bookshelf An astonishing and wonderfully provocative book. I found myself very much taken with some of its profound insights. J.L.Powers, author of Amina: Through my Eyes

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Dr Mila Petrova is, apart from a house-moving ninja, a health, social and behavioural sciences researcher, specialising in health systems strengthening, digital health, palliative and end of life care, health in humanitarian and development contexts, and evidence synthesis. She's working as an independent research consultant and continues to be Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, where she's spent most of her academic career. She's also a psychologist, counsellor and 'get unstuck' coach. Mila lives (or, more accurately, is currently living) in Cornwall, England. You can reach her through www.milapetrova.com

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