Table of Contents
Introduction: Hey Girl, Hey! Xi
1 The Lie: Something Else Will Make Me Happy 1
2 The Lie: I'll Start Tomorrow 11
3 The Lie: I'm Not Good Enough 19
4 The Lie: I'm Better Than You 33
5 The Lie: Loving Him Is Enough for Me 43
6 The Lie: No Is the Final Answer 55
7 The Lie: I'm Bad at Sex 73
8 The Lie: I Don't Know How to Be a Mom 81
9 The Lie: I'm Not a Good Mom 89
10 The Lie: I Should Be Further Along by Now 103
11 The Lie: Other People's Kids Are So Much Cleaner/Better Organized/More Polite 113
12 The Lie: I Need to Make Myself Smaller 125
13 The Lie: I'm Going to Marry Matt Damon 135
14 The Lie: I'm a Terrible Writer 145
15 The Lie: I Will Never Get Past This 153
16 The Lie: I Can't Tell the Truth 161
17 The Lie: I Am Defined by My Weight 175
18 The Lie: I Need a Drink 187
19 The Lie: There's Only One Right Way to Be 197
20 The Lie: I Need a Hero 207
Acknowledgments 215
About the Author 219
