This is such a must needed book. We all could use some help untangling our emotions especially after the last few years. I am thankful for Jennie's research and insight into this topic. This would make a great book club book.

Jennie never fails to write a book right when I need it. As the perfect follow up to Find Your People, Untangle Your Emotions is direct but understanding in how to deal with our emotions, as varied as they may be. I especially appreciate that she recognizes modern medication may be needed in some situations while allowing for other options as well. Definitely another good book from her!

"You will never be emotionally healthy outside the will of God."
"Emotions aren't meant to control us. They are meant to inform us. TO alert us. To connect us. To remind us that we're alive. To help us make sense of the world around us."

Often, we are afraid of feelings. We don't want to be too much for people. Trying to be logical appeals to us more than trying to show heart. Reasoning through situations feels comfortable than trying to feel our way through our circumstances.

But what I learned from this book is that by starting with my feelings, I may actually be able to rein in my thoughts more effectively. By taking a step back, I can determine why I am strongly reacting to a situation that should not be that big of deal.

The author provides plenty of examples and circumstances where investigating feelings is helpful. She talks about where she responded correctly and situations where she wishes she would have reacted differently. The book is full of practical advice and relevant material.

What I appreciated the most was the element of faith. This book does talks about acknowledging emotions without letting them control your life. Looking to God for wisdom and insight regarding emotions is the ultimate goal.

So many great quotes in this wonderful book. I ended up listening to it because the narrator is the author. I feel like that added even more life to the book.

I did get an advanced e-copy on NetGalley.

I really wanted to like this book. I wanted to discover an ‘ah ha’ in this that I truly needed, but I didn’t.. I’ve always enjoyed this authors speaking, but I have decided I’m not a huge fan of her books. It felt very surface level, with little depth and little roots into biblical grounding (not that it wasn’t biblical). It just fell short of my expectations, though I’m sure it reached others just fine.

Untangle Your Emotions
Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It
by Jennie Allen
Pub DateFeb 13 2024
WaterBrook & Multnomah |WaterBrook
Christian| Self-Help


I received a copy of Untangle Your Emotions through Waterbrook & Multnomah and Netgalley.:



How many times have you heard, "Don't let your emotions get the best of you"? Wouldn't it be better if instead of ignoring our feelings, we noticed, named, and allowed God to use them to draw us closer to Him?


There are many of us who need to unlearn damaging messages about our emotions. Despite being taught that emotions are untrustworthy, God can use them to show us where we need healing. 


Jennie Allen uses scientific research, biblical insight, and her own story to help you understand your emotions!



Put an end to stuffing, dismissing, or minimizing your emotions by using a five-step process
Learn how emotional maturity leads to deeper connections with God and others by debunking the myth that feelings are sinful.


Whether you identify as emotional or not, you can live emotionally healthy by applying biblical wisdom and therapeutic research.


By exploring the depth of God's love and compassion for you, you can sit with feelings that are confusing and painful

Feelings aren't something to fix; they are something to experience. Identifying and navigating our emotions will help us draw closer to the God who built our soul, mind, and heart.


I give Untangle Your Emotions five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

I respect her enthusiasm to keep writing and encouraging reading in her community. If you want to read a personal experience with emotions and personal stories from someone who likes to open up, this is the book for you. The shared content is very shallow if you have previous experience in this topic. If you expect more academic work, if you already know the basics about emotions, if you are a counselor or professional in mental health is better for you to find another type of material or probably go directly to deeper content. This author is honest and very easy to read, but I think she is a communicator and leader, not a writer or scholar. I found J. Alasdair Groves & Winston T. Smith work more compelling. I got this Advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Absolutely fabulous! Anything by Jennie Allen is bound to be good, but this was above and beyond what I even expected. It pointed me to Jesus, to my people, and to understand myself and my God-given emotions in a better way. Full of personal stories, practical advice, and steeped in Scripture, I found myself recommending it as I read to my 19 year old mentee and my 50 year old mentor… it’s that good! Highly recommend! I’ll be purchasing a hard copy now to keep and annotate for myself. Thank you, Jennie!!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

This book was challenging and encouraging in a good way. I am not very in touch with my emotions and have troubles noticing, naming, and feeling. It is often easier to suppress them. I resonated with Jennie and how she shared that in the past she has been one to fix problems and have little emotions. It was encouraging to hear her share about how she has experienced this journey with her emotions over the past few years. I think this book was a great starting place and at times felt like it was written just for me. I think there is lots of opportunity to delve deeper into this topic.

This was an incredible book, I love anything by Jeannie Allen and this one did not disappoint. It was filled with depth and humor all while pointing you to God.

Love this book so much! Grateful for the reminders and the truth in this book!! I needed it so much! Looking forward to new releases from this author!

I am a long time fan of Jennie Allen. But her previous two books didn’t connect with me quite as much. Untangle Your Emotions was just the book I needed! In this book, Jennie spoke directly what I needed to hear. In the past 1-2 years I have come to realize how inexperienced I am in noticing and letting myself feel my emotions. I am good at numbing or going right into “fix it” mode. Learning to feel my real emotions and learn to honestly recognize them and acknowledge them has been life giving. High,y recommend,

I highlighted many passages and even sentences in this book. No doubt I will have more to highlight when I go through it again. The author touches on how to deal with and heal our emotions in a most practical way. What’s best is that she doesn’t leave God out of the equation as well. She also shares openly about her own emotional experiences as well as her husband’s.

What I felt could be covered more is when and how certain emotions can become sins, with biblical references.

A worthwhile read because we are creatures with emotions and sometimes we just need a bit of help with them.

4 stars from me.

So good! Such an incredibly useful work, as I have come to expect from this author. Very relevant and important perspective. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to read it.

This book is for everyone. Whether you push your emotions away or if you feel all the emotions. I love how Jennie takes a biblical approach to handling your emotions. When I read a non-fiction book, I love a good takeaway. I’ve walked away from this book knowing all emotions are good and have an important role in my life and Jennie equipped me a process to help me manage my emotions in a healthy way. Highly recommend!

Thank you for this arc!

I LOVE JENNIE ALLEN. I will always recommend EVERY book she writes. I always learn so much about myself, God, the way He created me, and how I can grow to be more like him, even as a sinful human.

In Untangle Your Emotions, Allen shows us that our emotions aren't all bad. So many times as women, we're described as "too emotional," or "an emotional mess," giving the connotation that emotions are bad. But they're not! God gave us emotions! And He gave them to us for a reason. Emotions help us know how we are feeling about something, or how we are experiencing a situation.

Not only does Allen use Biblical wisdom, but she also uses scientific research to back her claims that emotions aren't as bad as people make them out to be. In this book, she helps her readers to:

● exchange stuffing, dismissing, or minimizing your emotions for a five-step process to know what you feel and what to do about it
● debunk the myth that feelings are sinful by learning how emotional maturity leads to deeper connection with God and others
● live emotionally healthy by applying biblical wisdom and therapeutic research that works whether you self-identify as “emotional” or not
● sit with feelings that are confusing and painful by discovering the depth of God’s love and compassion for you

And much, much more!!

I was grateful for this book. As a perfectionist and fixer by nature, I find that, while I am VERY good at identifying the emotions of people around me, I struggle to able to identify and express my own emotions.

Jennie Allen hits this journey out of the park because she has been there!

I will read this book again.
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This book is pure gold. We all need help understanding and yes, untangling our emotions. Jennie shares some simple steps for getting a handle on our emotions—who knew noticing what is happening in our bodies could be so novel and revolutionary for so many people? Jennie’s honesty, vulnerability, and humility that she brings to the table add to the authenticity and validity of the words. This a must read for any human!

I enjoyed the stories from Jennie's own life, but the 'teaching' portion? It's nothing new. As other reviewers have said, it lacked depth and didn't really talk about untangling your emotions (just "it's okay to feel emotions!!!). I've loved several of Jennie's earlier books (5 stars) and found such substance in them... this was a bummer and seems to just scratch the surface. One endorser within the book says it's worth thousands of dollars of counseling. Really??? If your counselor charges $500 per hour, maybe. But to me, and to many other reviewers I've seen, this just scratched the surface with a message of "emotions are good, it's good to feel them and talk about them, don't stuff them down." That's not actually untangling.

"Untangle Your Emotions" by Jennie Allen offers a transformative perspective on embracing emotions as a pathway to deeper connection with God and others. Allen's blend of scientific research, biblical wisdom, and personal narrative guides readers through a five-step process to understanding and navigating their feelings, leading to emotional health and spiritual growth. This insightful book challenges damaging beliefs about emotions, inviting readers to embrace their complexity and experience the profound love and compassion of God in the midst of life's ups and downs.

Absolutely in love with Jennie! I spent extra time reading this as I wanted to dive deep into my emotions as Jennie explained within the first few chapters. One thing about this book, you will gain much knowledge and understanding if you're willing to learn and move forward to a happier version of you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️