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