The battle for our thoughts is constant and often overwhelming. Inspired by her experience of 18 months of dark, negative, harmful thought patterns, Jennie introduces questions and thoughts to interrupt the negativity and toxicity spirals that worm their way into our minds. By following the steps she outlines (and has worked through herself, and still works through) readers can move their thought patterns from anxious to trusting, from negativity to hopefulness, from anger to peace, from darkness to light, from us-centered to God-centered.

This book is both practical, backed up by science (she includes a lot of research about the brain), Biblically based, and inspirational. She goes beyond just saying “take your thoughts captive” to demonstrating a series of questions that can help take thoughts captive and get them reoriented into positive alignment. If you’ve ever battled with your thoughts taking you negative, sinful, or just hopeless places, within the pages of this book you will find help and hope. And Jennie shares from a place, not of having fully arrived, but of having made it to a better place from where she can offer encouragement and advice from her experiences. I greatly appreciate her vulnerability and openness in how she shared her own struggles. I feel like this is the kind of book I need to read over and over again to let the words of truth and advice fully sink in. There’s so much good stuff in here, and I am prone to forget, even exceedingly helpful advice. I loved that even while reading this book, I was able to put into practice the things Jennie suggested and see improvement in my thought life. I have been immensely blessed by reading this, and feel like I’m in a much healthier emotional and spiritual spot because of it. I plan to recommend this left and right, and re-read it myself from time to time. Highly recommended.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I requested Get Out of Your Head because the title and subtitle totally sold me. I am a huge fan of self-help books and this looked like another great choice. Unfortunately, when I first requested to review this book I didn't realize it was a self-help book that is incredibly faith-based.

While I have no problem with Christian aspects in literature, this one is heavy with bible verses and Christ-centered messages, which just isn't something I relate with. I think this book has a wonderful message for the intended reader base and it is just isn't for me personally.

Thank you to NetGalley and Waterbrook for an advanced copy.

Thought provoking and well written, this book can be life changing if the ideas are implemented. I could have done without one particular story she shared as it is a personal trigger for anxiety but I very much enjoyed the ideas in this book.

Great book about fighting anxiety with help of God. Very well written with a lot of useful advises. A lot of examples are from author’s life and way of her dealing with the problems.

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair review.

Get out of your head by Jennie Allen I was excited to read this because I struggle with toxic thoughts about myself I had been looking for a christ centered book to help and encourage me and I found it in this book. Jennie opens with straight up truth she does not hold back in this book this isn't your fluffy self help book this is let's get down to the nitty gritty she is in the pit with you and Christ has used her voice to give a ladder to climb out of that pit. I love the practical tools she gives through out the book first capturing our thoughts, being still, community, surrender fears, delight in God, serving, grateful, seek good of others remember who and whose we are. In each section she goes into detail about why it's important and how we can apply it and you feel Christ holy spirit in this book and surrounding you as you read it's so good I will be reading this again and recommending it to everyone.

This is a book that needed to be written! I'm thrilled that Jennie took up this mantel for the Kingdom. In the past I've felt chastised by Christian books that address negative thought-life, anxiety or depression. It's obvious that neither the author or anyone they love has ever come close to being touched by mental illness or the toxic thought spiral that consumes so many. In this book Jennie is vulnerable with her own personal experience and comes across warm and empathetic. You can tell she's been through and seen some thangs. Yes, thangs!

It's a perfect narrative of while yes, we've been given the power through Holy Spirit to win the battle for our minds because it's already been won for us by Christ...

1. We're Kingdom kids in a fallen world and therefore we may struggle for all sorts of reasons (of our own doing, someone else, or reasons that we won't ever know on this side).
2. There is an enemy out there that wants to take us out and he'll use our thought-life to do it if we let him.
3 She lets us know that it's okay, to not be okay (and no pretending). While at the same time helping us understand how detrimental it would be if we were to remain stuck in our heads at the mercy of our stinking thinking and the enemy.
4. There's no shame in needing meds or therapy.
5. Get you a prayer-waring girl (or boy) gang.

I especially love that she doesn't simply throw a bunch of scripture at us and tell us to go get our minds right. She genius-ly and lovingly weaves scripture and science to explain how flawed thinking gets us caught up in our heads (and literally changes our brains), how to get out of our heads (and fix our brains) and how to stay out of it.

Finally a book that doesn't shame the reader for needing medication or therapy. This is a book that I'll feel happy passing along to everyone in my community, no caveats required.

I learned a lot from this book. As someone who struggles with anxiety, this book pointed me to truth but also provided we with tools to help myself combat the lies I believe and replace them with truth. I appreciated Jennie's vulnerability as she shared her story. I recommend this book to anyone looking to "get out of your head"

I wanted to really like this book. The premise resonated with me. However, in the end, it wasn't what I was expecting. While the author acknowledges at one point about differing personalities (she being an enneagram "7" and her sister being a "6" and introvert v. extrovert), it feels like the suggestions offered are more of the one-size-fits-all variety. I also had a tough time following the organization of the book, this could be due to the e-book formatting. She uses graphics of spirals, but didn't really walk through how the spiral matched with the chapter. I think what I was really looking for was in Part 3 of the book. By then, though, I was skimming. I will potentially go back and read that portion again. All in all, I think some people will really like this book. But, for some, like myself, it will be hard to relate. This is written from the point-of-view of a very energetic (enneagram 7) author who had an 18 month bout of anxiety. It's not written with the understanding that some face some degrees of these anxious thoughts as their daily norm.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book via NetGalley.

This is a useful book especially for Christian women who feel stuck or plagued by negative thoughts. Allen's goal here is to equip readers to escape the spiral of toxic thoughts and she accomplishes this goal with grace and style. While a bit repetitive in a few spots (not many), the book is nonetheless a winner due to Allen's thoughtful approach and entertaining, approachable writing.

Get Out Of your head by Jennie Allen It’s a book that I think every woman in today’s world can benefit from. This book offers real talk, real solutions, real help! This book is very readable and enjoyable. I love how Jennie goes through lies that we all tend to tell our selves and breaks them down showing us how to deal with them. I love her use of scripture throughout the book. I recommend this book to any one who struggles with stopping the negative thinking.

Unfortunately, this was a case of a quick glance at the blurb and the cover before I requested the book which meant that I didn't see the religious aspect to this. Completely my own fault. Regardless, I wanted to give it a go to see if perhaps maybe it could help. While there were definitely some things that made sense and were a help, overall I didn't gel completely with the things said. I am sure this would help someone on the more religious side that suffered from being inside their head too much but it was lost on me.

Ive been looking for a self help type book for a while. I have anxiety, not terrible anxiety, nothing that needs meds or that stops me from doing day to day things, i know im a lot luckier than some people but anyway ive been looking for a book that would help with the thought processes and maybe help overall. Unfortunately this was not the book for me, im not a christian in fact quite the opposite so whereas this might help a lot of people and im really glad for them it really didnt help me. My own fault really as i should have done a lot more research before requesting this title. I hope this book continues to do good and helps people.

Get Out of Your Head is life-changing! Jennie Allen offers great insight, ideas, advice, and tips on overcoming negative thoughts. This is a book I'll return to again and again and find something new and helpful each time.

This book has hit me right in the heart. Everything from the times she felt insecure in God, and wondering if God was even real, to having friends that pulled her out of that pit by praying to learning how to battle in prayer and have a relationship with God...all of it was so, so good.

If you're struggling with your relationship with God, or have questions, or feel like you are on shaky ground, or unworthy of God's love....read this book.

Jennie Allen touches all the points that will change your life and perspective...literally helping you get out of your head and into the heart of God.

Jennie Allen hits it out of the park, again, in this incredible book. It aligns with her recent podcast show, and it is chock full of Truth and love. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to review this!

I've read all of Jennie Allen's books and loved them. This book is another one that will be added to my collection. If you or someone you know has negative thoughts that hold you captive, get this book!. It's a book you will refer back to often. I hope she does a study guide to go with it to help me dig deeper. Thank you WaterBrook & Multnomah via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

Full acknowledgement that I own all of Jennie Allen's previous books, Anything, Restless, and Nothing to Prove, as well as the Proven study guide (though I have not quite gotten around to doing it...) so I'm familiar with her work and writing style. This book read similarly to the others though it felt even more personal and less full of teachable moments to me. It was harder for me to connect it to my life right now. If someone is a big fan of IF Gathering, or her other books, I'm sure this will be a good addition to their collection and I can see it as something I will go back to as well. I'm wondering if there will be a related study guide to go along with it like she has done with the previous books! I can see that being beneficial.

Eh. There's lots of books about anxiety out there and I don't know if I need a religious theory on it as well. Just personally not my cup of tea.