When I started listening to this book I thought I had pressed play on the wrong book, it sounded more like a novel or memoir!

I stuck with it and found some of the ideas shared in it useful to try to help clear my head of the nagging doubts.

Thanks to @netgalley and @reniecavallari for an advanced copy of HeadTrash: The Leading Killer of Human Potential.
A good read for anything stuck inside mental hamster wheel and looking for easy to follow tips to help break out. Full of real life examples and positive concepts, Head Trash will work for anyone new to CBT concepts or who are looking for a basic framework to change the way you think. Three stars

This book is amazing, it give you real tools to empower yourself and challenge your own negative head talk. Makes you feel normal, whilst telling you that life doesn’t have to be negative.

This book covers what’s going on in your head and thought process, good layout to choose sections however I recommend read the whole book. The negative part of your brain is your head trash, own it, deal with it and master your thoughts and feelings to move that trash to a positive. Self sabotaging thoughts and fears are holding you back. Excellent book with many resources and exercises to support the new habit forming. Thank you #NetGalley for the audiobook to review.

Well this was a really fun book, the focus obviously on self help and how to get out of negative thinking! The author chose to use a lot of her own personal experience throughout, I can get behind that, nothing is easier than drawing from your own experience and its also nice to read a book by someone who is will to share those moments throughout.

The author talks about, truth vs head trash, positive vs negative. Motivation and focus and also what a person can control. Being aware of patterns or events that bring it on head trash. I also noted helpful questions like what to dump and what to change, and it helps to understand your thoughts and how to compartmentalise them.

The Head Trash Mantra is “Own it, shift it, dump it!”  It's about taking control and ownership rather than blaming the world around you for your circumstances, that I did like, so what didn't I like? Well, honestly, this book and its author are big fans of journalling, and I honestly understand getting it out of your head and down on paper to make space, go back and read and understand how to change the thought process but honestly, how does that work for people who hate writing. Dyslexics who struggle with those tasks, is it unreasonable to ask authors to consider more methods than a journal? Personally if you are dyslexic and you want to take part but don't want to journal, use your voice notes on your phone, and go back and listen, sometimes hearing the words outlaid is far easier than written - and that's a tip for anyone not just dyslexics.

Why do I always include dyslexics and new ways to do things? I live with dyslexics and honestly its can feel like they excluded from so many things that my space here will always include ways for them to be involved and actually able to take part using what they have to the best of their ability because inclusivity matters.

A quick and insightful audiobook, the concept of Headtrash really resonated for me.

MV Rating: 6/10
•For anyone that’s balancing all of the stress and emotions that come with the internal and external expectations of life.
•The audiobook is narrated by the author, which I always enjoy.
•Easy, actionable ways to change how you approach the emotional baggage of human interaction
•Reads somewhat memoir-ish/situational to the author, which can be hard to dig through for the nuggets of usable info.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC access!

I listened to this as an audiobook read by the author. This was Renie Cavallari's informed but personal take on how to deal with that voice in your head that stops you from achieving and undermines a sense of inner peace.

I thought it was an interesting listen that included some practical steps to try and identify the causes of those inner gremlins and to find a different approach and mindset. In places, I thought the book was a touch repetitive, but perhaps that was designed to get the message across more. I think many people will find this book helpful. However, as with any book of this type, it will only help to change someone's life if the listener/ reader is willing to put the steps into action.

This was an Audio Book and I did enjoy listening to it. Here are some of the ideas that I found particularly helpful.
1) Keep a Journal and write down your thoughts as they come up. Do not worry if these are positive or negative, right or wrong. As times goes by, you will likely see patterns where you self-sabotage yourself, or are overly critical, or did something particularly well.

2) I did laugh at the author describing having moved and having a baby and she needs to be induced early. I went through something similar, and when the doctor was speaking of inducing me 2 weeks early, and I said, ‘No, you can’t we haven’t put up the book shelves yet’. The point was if you step back and more calmly approach the situation, you really can handle it. Getting bogged down in perfectionism and feeling terrible guilt that you forgot one detail or made a mistake is not helpful.

3) Successful People are not Necessarily Smarter or More Talented then you are. They tend to interpret events differently. If they feel they made a positive contribution, they are proud of that and if they make a bad mistake, they use it as a chance to reflect on what went wrong and correct that so next time it will work out better.

4) Your Ego gets in the way. This is just all about you and wanting what you want, and not considering the consequences. Self-Confidence is different. It comes from a place where you know you put the work and effort to be prepared for what you are doing. It does not involve a need to put others down, just it’s ok to stand up for yourself and point out why you can handle a task successfully.

5. I liked that the author has several links to use to look up things she mentions. This is helpful. I was driving my car, and it is hard to keep a list in my head for long. If I can go back later and look suggestions up, that will make it a better experience.

What I Did Not Like
1) This was too anecdotal. It was almost like listening to a memoir. Almost all the stories are from the author’s personal life. Although many were good to hear, I wish there was more research involved beyond just coaching me from her perspective. There was no scientific studies or articles cited to show any of this works for a broad section of people.

2) The book did become repetitive. The Ego vs Self Confidence and Guilt issue was mentioned so many times. The first time was interesting, then it was just overkill. The book did this in other areas as well.

3) The author says how she just can not be around negative people. Understand this, and felt she meant that thought process would not be productive. So, I agree here, but felt she should have examined this in a bit more depth. People suffer from deep depression, anxiety, chronic illness, pain disorders, life-threatening illness and think she may judge them a bit harshly. Yes, you can have an illness and chose to do your best with it; strive to be as positive as possible. Yet, everyday that is a tough task to always be positive.

4) This was one person’s experience. The author discusses how her parents were on Food Stamps when she was a child because there was teacher’s strike. She did not like that feeling and decides she herself will not be in that position. However, that is the problem. Many outside factors and cultural influences have an impact on needing help. You can plan and save and your spouse gets cancer. This bankrupts many people. You could also lose your job and find the field you were in has become antiquated. Teachers where I used to live make 3X the salary as teachers in the state I am currently live in. You are also allowed to take up to 2 years unpaid leave if you have a child. Many teachers do take this option and are guaranteed their job back at the same salary. That is not offered in most States. This has an enormous influence on being able to better plan for the future, save money, invest, and have time with your children. Those are the outside influences I refer to. Here, yes people do go on food stamps if there is a job loss or strike, but where I lived before it is much less likely. That is not about positive thinking or striving, it is about good social policy that makes people able to do the same jobs and stay afloat. You may try your very best not to find yourself in a difficult position, but you can not guarantee that.

Overall, I do like the message that it is important to evaluate the way you think. The events that happen in your life do not only need to be seen one way. There are often better solutions. Dump the bad stuff that is in your head and holding you back. This is all positive and worth hearing.

Thank you NetGalley, Renie Cavallari, and RCI Publishing for a copy of this Audio Book.

The main focus of the book was centered by her personal experiences. How people affected her and how she understood it playing a role in her outlook about life.
The author talks about, truth vs head trash, positive vs negative. Motivation and focus and also what a person can control. Being aware of patterns or events that bring it on head trash, journaling and more….,
There were lots of helpful questions about what to dump and change. With a site mention for further helpful guides.
She created exercises to put all this down on a journal to help take a deeper look at some solutions for improvement.

*Head trash survival guide*
“Own it, shift it, dump it!”
Part 6 was my favorite with tons of helpful suggestions that I thought were great, doable and encouraging. It was a hopeful and helpful approach to changing how I see and resolve dealing with life in a more positive way.
It did drag a little in the beginning but was worth pushing through to the great parts this book offers. I highly recommend it if you’re looking for some help.
I chose to listen to this book on audio and the narrator was the author and she did a great job. It was 6 hours and 31 minutes of fairly easy listening.
Thanks IBPA via Netgalley.

This book was ok, but not the most amazing thing I’ve heard. I’m afraid it was a DNF from me.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

I have just finished this audiobook and I did enjoy it. I think it helped that I am at a point in my life where I have a lot of my own 'head trash', so it was particularly poignant.
With these kind of 'self help' books, it is easy just to listen to them, think it sounds good and then forget about it. With HeadTrash, I liked the numbered tips as I felt that it gave me things that were easy to try and fit into my own life and it showed how to implement them. I also liked that it regularly referred to additional free resources, meaning that you can take the advice and recommendations much further if you wanted to. It was interesting to listen to the author's experiences and it helped me to relate to her as a reader/listener.

I can't say that it especially taught me anything new, but it was useful to have all of that information in one place and it's certainly given me some things to think about and work on.

Overall, I would recommend this book if you feel that it will be useful to you right now. My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an ARC in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy of the Audiobook for Headtrash by Renie Cavallari.

Headtrash is a book that confronts the small little voices in our heads that cause disruptions in our daily lives. It looks at the different triggers and outcomes of those voices.

The book is an easy introduction to mental health and how to take back what anxiety and second-guessing ourselves take from our daily performance. The book also gives valuable tips and coping mechanisms to dealing with our daily lives when these events pop up.

I'm looking forward to implementing the tools I learned in this book in my daily life and I hope that this book gets released in South Africa soon. It could help a lot of people!