Publisher's Synopsis
There is probably no single element of human life more conflicted and confusing than a relationship. Humans are made for connection, internally driven to find someone with whom we can share our life experiences. What we don't want is for it to be so difficult. But difficult it is, because the state of being in a serious, committed relationship throws us into the role of a husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend and leads us to have an expectation that our partner will conform to the other role as we have it scripted in our mind. As the relationship grows, the two adults have become mysteriously replaced by two unrecognizable characters-the Kids in our Heads. And this is when the trouble starts. With three decades of coaching under his belt, author Steve Johnson uncovers the strategies of the Kid in our Head, the Head Trash he brings into relationships, and how to recognize when the Kid is wrestling the reigns of the relationship away from the adults who are just trying to be happy and make things work. This book is for those who want to identify and eliminate the Head Trash of the Kid in order to experience the joy of a successful relationship .