Book Review: "Don't Overthink It" by Anne Bogel

I recently received in the mail a copy of Anne Bogel’s newest book, “Don’t Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life”, and I read it all in less than a week! It is a highly practical book jam-packed with easy-to-incorporate tips, tricks, and ideas, stories from Anne’s own life as to how these practices have helped, and encouragement for the journey.

I found many of Anne’s tips to be ones I had never heard of, thought of myself, or considered before, making this book a highly valuable one in the sea of many other books out there on similar topics.

Anne ends each chapter with some thought-provoking questions to get you thinking about where you currently are, where you want to be, and how you’re going to get there. She also helps you to understand the root causes of why you are overthinking things, so that you aren’t merely addressing the symptoms, but are truly eradicating the problem at its source.

If you, like many of us women, are given to the habit of overthinking things, I highly recommend this helpful book to you! I do think you will get a lot out of it.

I have only one negative thing to say about the book and that is the disappointing fact that for a book published by a Christian publishing company and written by a Christian author, God is not even referenced until the very last chapter, nor is Scripture quoted until then, either. The reason I find this to be so concerning is by nature of the fact that we as believers know that if we want to experience lasting change in our lives, we are going to have to walk by the Spirit and rely on Christ’s strength in order to experience that change. It simply will not come from self-help, practical tips, or sheer willpower. I believe that if Anne had included that truth in her book, what is already a helpful book would have proven to be far much more so.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.