Table of Contents
Part 1 The Part of the Book Where I Explain the Book a Lot
1 A Help-Each-Other Book 13
Part 2 All the Feels
2 I Feel Your Pain 27
3 The Heart Cry of the Entire Human Race 41
4 How to Fall Apart Like a Boss 52
5 Digging Out from a Good Wallow 58
6 Complaint as a Spiritual Discipline 61
7 So Totes Righteously Angry on Your Behalf 69
Part 3 Coping Mechanisms for the Horribly Mangled
8 Fighting Emotional Gangrene 81
9 Comfort Foods That Will Help You Eat Your Feelings 90
10 Because Sometimes Suffering Is Funny 95
11 Don't Make Me Come Over There 104
12 Living Like a Cadbury Egg 110
13 Count the Wins (Even While You're Losing) 115
Part 4 Hell is Other People… or is it Heaven?
14 Things You Should Say If You Want a Good Face Punch 127
15 Faking Healthy and the "I'm Fine" Smile 139
16 Awkward Hugging 145
17 The Two Most Powerful Words 147
18 100 Things You Can Do to Help. 152
Part 5 On God, Suffering, and Other Easy Subjects
19 Her Cupcake Is Better Than Mine 161
20 You Went to the Zoo 172
21 Why Do Bad Things Happen? 178
22 Failure, Doubt, and Being Bananaballs 193
23 Everything Will Be Okay If 197
24 A Bunch of Bible Stuff for All Your Various Moods 205
Part 6 What's Next?
25 How to Survive the Death of a Dream 217
26 Steering into the Surprise 226
27 The Excruciating Pain of Joy 235
28 Where Do We Go from Here? 239
Acknowledgments 245