Get Out of Your Head is an invitation to boldly approach the thoughts that hold us captive. A valuable companion for championing anxious and toxic thoughts, in light of the gospel. Something we should all ready, whether we really "want" to or not. It's worth it!

Based on Scripture, personal experience, and her studies of the brain, Jennie shows readers that how you think = how you live. And how you think CAN change. It is possible!

This book is... Life challenging. Life encouraging. Life-affirming. Life changing.

Are you and I ready for a mental reset? I have a choice. You have a choice. The next choice you should make is to get this book. You won't regret it.

I loved this book by Jennie Allen. Jennie draws you in right away with her conversational writing style. I don't often read non-fiction books as I can sometimes get bogged down by them, but this one was so good and so applicable for me. I got through it quickly and got so much out of it. I especially related to the chapter on cynicism. This book helped me to realize how much I have fallen into cynicism after a couple of hard blows in my life. I had been lying to myself saying I was a realist when, in fact, I have become a cynic. Jennie includes many practical tips to stop negative thought patterns but also boils it down to one simple point, "I have a choice." I loved the use of applicable scriptures and practical/relatable content. I HIGHLY recommend this book to those who struggle with a negative/spiraling thought life. This book is one I will return to often and has already altered my thought life for the better.

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Blending story with scripture, the author does an excellent job at exploring the things we can do to damage our outlook and our witness. Focusing on things like humility, service, quiet, etc. she reminds readers about what it takes to have the mind of Christ. This book would work well as a workbook, underlining and trying the various exercises shared throughout.

When a chance to join Jennie Allen’s newest book launch team came across my emails, I jumped at the opportunity. Jennie Allen is the founder of IF:Gathering, where ladies get together to spend time in the Word. She is also an author and podcaster and wife of a pastor. I have several of Jennie Allen’s books and strangely, this newest book, Get Out of Your Head, is the only one I’ve finished!

This book is full of amazing advice to stop the toxic thoughts from spiraling in your head. Jennie Allen walks readers through personal experiences as well as interactions with family and friends. She also brings stories she’s helped others walk through. It’s these relatable connections that makes Get Out of Your Head such a great read!

Jennie Allen combines these great suggestions and thought processes with scripture and the importance to live for Christ. She brings perspectives to these situations that I personally would never have thought of. I especially sense that she is so gentle in the manner she expresses her ideas.

A complimentary copy of this book was provided in exchange for a review. It was my pleasure to read this book as it is helping me grow as an individual and my interactions with others. I give this book 5 out of 5 tiaras. I highly recommend everyone to read this book!

I’ve struggled with negative thoughts that quickly send me down a rabbit hole and leave me feeling so down I can barely come up for air. This spiral often takes me to a dark place I’m never quite certain how to get out of.

Due to this struggle, I’ve read so many books geared toward stopping the negative thoughts cycle and thinking positively, yet the cycle continued. Then I read Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen. She’s been my favorite author for years and I’ve read nearly everything she’s written but this was so different! Right from the start she’s upfront about her own personal struggles and dark times. I instantly felt like I wasn’t alone. She provides tools in these pages that don’t just tell you how to think differently but explain why it’s so hard and help you work through it to a place of true transformation.

i never thought I could really gain control over my thoughts or implement these tools but I am! This book is nothing less than life changing and I personally think every single person young and old desperately needs this! I’ve been changed and I know others will be too! I’m even hosting my first ever book club, something I never thought I could do. This book draws on scripture to bring so much truth and light to something we all struggle with. I recommend reading as soon as possible and soaking it all in!

Paul instructs us to “Take every thought captive.” It is not a mere suggestion but a requirement for us because if we do not, we fill our minds with toxic thoughts. Once we begin filing our minds with toxic thoughts, we are no longer to live in the freedom God has created for us. We no longer look or act as if we are the light. Jennie Allen uses her own experience to help the reader demolish strongholds and retrain our minds. We have a choice to continue to believe the lie or walk in the truth. Using scientific research and the Bible, Jennie reveals some choices we can make in our thinking. I was grateful for the easy read with scripture and authenticity. I felt like I was sitting down with Jennie Allen as she was sharing her story and welcoming me to tear down the strongholds in my life without judgement or comparison. I am anxious to share the book with others including my daughter and husband.

I really enjoyed the balance between the science behind spiraling thoughts and the Christian perspective on how to deal with them. Also, I enjoyed how she reiterated that some thoughts are hormonal and should be treated with medicine. I liked the way the book was broken up into sections where there was the problem and then the biblical principle to go with it and how to change your thinking. I definitely will be recommending this to my church and other friends.

Thank you to WaterBrook & Multnomah and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book.
Jennie Allen's new book has been a wonderful read. I enjoyed reading about her insecurities with her relationship with God (something I've also personally experienced) and how she brought herself out of that pit through prayer and persistence in her pursuit of the Lord. I'd recommend this for anyone struggling in their relationship with God - if they have questions, are uncertain or just feel unworthy! We DO NOT have to believe the anxious/negative thoughts that the enemy uses as his weapons against us. We have the choice to overcome if we just 'get out of our heads'! Great words in this one!

While this book may have been written with a female audience in mind, I cannot think of anyone, male or female, who would not benefit from reading this book. We may be very familiar with these words from Romans 12:2, “Be transformed by the renewal of your mind,” and these from 2 Corinthians 10:5, “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,” Jennie Allen breaks down the practical application of these verses. As a teacher I encouraged my students to be metacognitive, to think about their thinking, in order to improve their comprehension. Allen encourages us to do this as well, but for the purpose of grasping God's truth rather than the enemy's lies, for applying truth to our situations rather than sinking into the darkness that comes from believing lies designed to destroy. I cannot emphasize enough that this book teaches practical application, not theory that leaves us wondering what to do next. It is specific enough to lead, but general enough to apply to each of our individual lives and situations.

I am very grateful to Jennie Allen for being willing to share her own struggles and the path that lead her to spiritual and emotional health, as well as to Multnomah for providing me with a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review, and received no monetary compensation.

I have had the privilege of reading an advance copy of Jennie Allen’s latest book as part of a book launch team. My Audible pre-order downloaded today. This book is a game changer, if you, like me, are one who tends to get caught in a negative thought spiral. Read this friends!

This book has the power to reshape our generation (and future generations). Our society is obsessed with “being enough” in every way, and there’s reactionary, growing trend focused on self-care. People, now more than ever, are feeling the pressure to at least appear to have everything together—the perfect car that you drive to the perfect job that pays for the perfect house for the perfect family that goes on picture-perfect vacations every year. And it’s too much. The increased focus on mental health shows us that people aren’t coping well, and a huge part of that comes down to deception.

Jennie Allen highlights all of this beautifully in this book. The lies we believe, the deep pain they cause, and the lengths we go to hide it all are laid bare in Get Out Of Your Head. She pairs scientific research with scriptural truths in a way that will have you gearing up for battle. The ultimate battle: the battle for your mind.

Make no mistake—this is rough, gritty, deeply entrenched stuff. Jennie doesn’t throw around shallow platitudes. This isn’t prosperity Gospel that promises you’ll have that perfect life if you only change the way you think. This is real and vulnerable. It might shock you, it should anger you, and it *will* change you if you pay attention.

Buy it. It’s done all of that for me. I bought digital, audio, AND paper copies so I could highlight and digest it as much as possible. This is one I will come back to annually. It’s *that* important.

NOTE: Jennie makes sure to compassionately acknowledges the very real and serious role of mental health disorders. She doesn’t downplay their physical reality, but rather highlights that it’s always a good idea to get help. I am a counselor and I 100% recommend this book.

Get Out of Your Head is an informative and eye opening read on your thought life. The book is broken down into 3 parts -Part 1 All the Thoughts, Part 2 Taking Down The Enemies of Our Minds, and Part 3 Thinking as Jesus Thinks.
Jennie takes us from recognizing the feeling or root behind our thoughts to making a choice and changing out thoughts using God's Word and Truths.
In Part 2 of the book she details several choices we can make for example- I choose to be still with God and I choose to Seek the Good of Others to stop the downward spiral of our negative/wayward thoughts. Jennie is open and honest about her struggle with anxiety and her thought life. The book has diagrams showing how a thought cam spiral out of control and also what a difference choosing to catch and change our thoughts in a positive way can make in our behavior and attitude. As this is an area I struggle in, along with anxiety and depression I found this book useful and will be rereading it and applying the principles in my life. I recommend this book for everyone especially people who struggle with self-defeating thoughts, anxiety, depression, or other negative thoughts in life. I received an advanced copy of this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

“Get Out of Your Head,” for me, is a timely, needed read, especially given the constant influx of social media, the daily news of the unrest in our country, and my own family chaos and concerns. It is so easy to become overwhelmed. The solution offered is not just how I spend my time but what I allow in my mind. Do I focus on what is around me or do I focus on the only true, lasting solution - God, His purpose, and His ways?

This book has really helped me to see how evil is working to derail my mental health, my emotional health and my relationships with my husband and children. I loved how Jennie walks you through step by step how to fight alongside Jesus towards the victory that is ultimately ours.

Get Out Of Your Head is a hands-on, practical, and amazingly helpful and encouraging book to help you sort through thoughts, lies, beliefs, etc. that you've been trying to get out of your head but just can't. It's not only inspirational and encouraging but filled with practical steps and how to's to actually see change happen. I know many who have read this book and haven't heard one negative or dissatisfied review of it yet. Get this book!

I really loved this book!! It had so many twists and turns. It kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next!! This was my first book by this Author, and it won’t be the last!! Quick read!! Highly recommended!! You won’t be disappointed!!

I’m a Jennie Allen fan. I love the way she writes; honest, raw, authentic. As I read the pages she writes I can connect, relate and feel like I’m not alone in the struggle. I’ve heard it said before that our battlefield is in the mind. I myself have struggled with the downward spiral of anxious thoughts, the what ifs and unhelpful patterns of thinking. Through Get Out of Your Head we are reminded to renew our minds with heaven’s perspective. It is possible to take every thought captive, with God’s help we can change the way we think. As Jennie writes, “Learning to capture our thoughts matters. Because how we think shapes how we live.” I don’t know about you but I feel encouraged and empowered to step out of old habits and thought patterns and step into the fullness of a renewed mind, a whole heart and choosing to trust in a good God.

A big thank you to WaterBrook & Multnomah for providing a digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

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If you're anything like me, the idea of getting out of your head probably sounds quite appealing at times! It can be far too easy for our thoughts to spiral out of control, with the doubts and questions and "what ifs" leading us to places we'd rather not go.
Jennie Allen's book provides a challenge to deal with this issue, and a helpful, practical guide to help us take our thoughts captive as Scripture instructs us to do.
Too often, we can feel like victims of our whirling minds, but she points out that, if we are new creations in Christ, change is possible. We have a choice.
This is the key message of the book - we have a choice in the way we think, and the choices we make about our thoughts go on to impact our actions, emotions and relationships.
While I've heard this message before, I've always struggled to put it into practice, and what really stands out about Jennie Allen's book for me is the second section of the book where she addresses a number of common thought spirals, such as those based in shame, fear or cynicism, and she gives specific advice on how to deal with them.
As well as biblical insights, there is some fascinating information about neuroscience, and there are some practical techniques (which appear to be based on cognitive behaviour therapy) to help tackle problematic thoughts.
I'd definitely recommend this book - it is one that I'll be coming back to and seeking to put into practice!

Thank you Net Galley and Water Brook Multnomah for the ARC of Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen! Please note that opinions in this review are completely my own.

In today’s culture where everything is accessible and instant, it’s so easy to get caught up in the daily hustle and never stop and think about what we are actually thinking about. Our minds go a million miles-a-minute without us even realizing it. Does that sound at all familiar? But our thoughts have so much POWER. And that can be terrifying. And freeing.

Jennie does an incredible job explaining why our thoughts are so important and the lasting effects they have on our body, mind and spirit. She equips readers with great tools to help us captivate our thoughts so we can lead the life we want to live.

Honestly, I will be digesting this book for awhile. I found it to be so needed and important in today’s world. Do yourself a favor and read this book.


This review is on Goodreads and will be posted at www.instagram/readinfred on January 27, 2020.