"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! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jennie Allen does it again! This book expertly weaves together science and biblical wisdom to explain how we can easily be ruled by our emotions, when they are simply meant to be messengers. As a Christian mental health counselor, this blends my two favorite things: psychology and faith. This book was not new information for me, but it was a good read and I will be sharing excerpts with my clients.

I am typically a pretty big Jennie Allen fan, but this one was not my favorite. I see Allen as such an authority on scripture and religious teachings, and while faith certainly intersects with brain science, I felt that her writing on the topic lacked the same confidence that I have gotten used to reading from her. I do not doubt that my own job and experience in this area contributed to the lack-luster feelings I felt about Untangle Your Emotions. I will still read anything new that comes out from Jennie!

Jennie combines biblical wisdom with research showing ways to be emotionally healthy. This book gives you permission to feel your emotions and discover what God says about them. The framework guides you through simple stages and allows you to dive deeper into truth that we were made for connection with each other and Christ. Jennie's words continue to be a gift for this generation.

I think many Christians have been taught to ignore their feelings and stuff them down inside rather than processing them and dealing with them. This is an excellent book, helping the reader to understand that feelings are part of how God made us as humans and providing practical advice on noticing, acknowledging and understanding our feelings more and learning to deal with them in a healthier way. Jennie Allen's style of writing is conversational and easy-to-read, and I appreciated the parts she shared of her personal story.

The author does a really good job of explaining feelings and telling how it is okay to have these feelings. We can all have good and bad feelings. The key to feelings is knowing how to express them in a positive way. I really enjoyed this book and found it to have many helpful hints.

Another win for Jennie Allen! I was hesitant to read this one because I am a mental health professional and feel pretty solid in my understanding and dealing of emotions, but within the first chapter, I was crying. This book is like therapy with a faith-filled friend. I highly recommend it, even if you think it won't apply to you!

My first “self help” book! This was interesting to read, and really gave me some things to think about. This book was super well written, easy to read/follow, and the personal anecdotes Jennie put in are relatable.

I’m honestly considering buying a physical copy so I can highlight and look back on things. After this, I would definitely read other books by Jennie Allen!

Go ahead and buy a new highlighter when you start this one because you’re going to need it.

Filled with tons of practical advice from Allen’s personal and family experiences.

Overall I thought this book was really great! It gives a new perspective on how Christians should be allowed to feel all of their emotions without any guilt. I really liked that Jennie gave readers a clear path to begin to understand and label their feelings, especially if they've never been to therapy or have been taught to do this! With that being said, I had a really hard time getting into this book. I finally had to switch gears and listen to the book verses reading it on my kindle because I could not get into it. The layout of the book (chapters within chapters) made it awkward when reading. I felt like I understood it more listening to it. I would recommend listening to this book, especially if you're a Christian and trying to understand what it means to be emotionally healthy.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC! This book is so good! I have recommended to multiple of my friends already! It lays out a map to healing trauma from as early as childhood. I have had lots of conversations about what I learned already and am implementing her methods already. The only thing that's a little bit of a negative is there are so many stories and narratives. I would rather skip most of those and just get the meat of the book.

Jennie Allen has a gift of not only telling her story but touching our story and encouraging us to dig deeper into our why we do what we do and how we can better embrace our emotions for good. This book was exactly what I need right now in this moment of my life.

3.5 ⭐️ I wanted to absolutely love this book and did love some parts of it, but also didn’t get as much out of it as I’d hoped. Up until about halfway through the book, the author frequently says to “feel your feelings” or “untangle your emotions” without any practical suggestions as to how to go about doing this. That said, it’s an incredible raw and honest book; I greatly respect the author for the vulnerability she displays through her words. At times, the book is so personal that it feels like reading the author’s diary. It’s also told in a very conversational and relatable manner.

It had moments that would make me stop and reflect that I greatly appreciated, but other times it felt incredibly repetitive.

Thank you to NetGalley, Jennie Allen, and WaterBrook for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Untangle Your Emotions is a valuable book for any Christian who is seeking to understand their emotions. Growing up I heard a lot of talk about controlling your emotions. Allen shows how this is not helpful. She gives a good balance on understanding and recognizing emotions without becoming overly emotion. We don't want to be ruled by our emotions, but they should be recognized and seen. I highly recommend this for all Christians who want to have a better grasp of the role of emotions in their lives.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for an advanced copy.

I connected to some parts of this, but I don't think it was necessarily for me. Glad that there is a focus on mental health!

I thought I was going to love this title but ended up DNF’ing it about a quarter of the way through. I feel like the majority of what I read was about the author and her feelings, which made it hard for me to identify and try to work through my own emotions.

I loved this book! It’s so helpful, practical, and needed in our world today. Jennie is such a wise voice for those who want to grow their faith. Highly recommend!!

I really enjoyed this book. Jennie had a lot of good things to say, even if at times it felt like she was saying the same thing over again or saying something I have already heard before. I really liked how much she connected our feelings to the Gospel and the many reminders that we were created to feel and it's not bad to feel, it's bad to act on those feelings in a sinful way.

If I could give 10 stars for this book I would. I didn’t know what to do with my emotions. This book has given me permission to not ignore them but to feel them. It also helped me recognize the true emotion that I’m feeling. When I do this, I am able to figure out why I’m feeling the way I do. Before, I would just have a feeling and not know why. Because of this book, I am keeping track of my emotions. It turns out that I feel several emotions every day and it’s not just feeling sad or happy. It goes deeper than that. I discovered that I am a fixer as well! Although I was given an advanced copy of the digital version, I ended up reading the hardcopy. I’m so glad that I have this to add to my bookshelf. I definitely will be reading this one again!