Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
The Time of the Awakened Woman xi
A Love Note to My Sisters Before You Begin This Book xiii
Disclaimer xv
Part 1 Asleep in the Matrix
1 Soul Erosion 3
2 The Idea of That Woman 21
3 Do We Dare to Own Our Part? 33
4 Unmasking the Lies We Have Been Told 43
5 Deconstructing Patterns 53
6 Shedding Skin 63
Part 2 Confronting the Shadow
7 The Many Faces of the Ego 87
8 The Controllers 107
9 The Takers 123
Part 3 Back to Nature
10 Nature's Design of Our Body 139
11 Two Different Biopsychologies 151
Part 4 Cracking the Matrix
12 Fact or Fiction? 171
13 The Lies About Love 181
14 The Lies About Marriage and Divorce 193
15 The Lies About Our Sexuality 205
16 The Lies About Motherhood 231
17 The Lies About Beauty and Youth 245
18 The Lies About Niceness 259
Part 5 Awakening from the Matrix
19 Embracing Fearless Boundaries 273
20 Embracing Sovereignty 285
21 Embracing Accountability 295
22 Embracing Purpose 303
23 Embracing Compassion 309
24 Embracing the Inner Parent 317
25 Embracing Detachment 331
26 Embracing Emptiness 343
Index 351