Five Mindful Books to Read Right Now
Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey into the Science of Attachment
Bethany Saltman • Ballantine
Research has shown that our very earliest relationships affect everything we do later in life—”how we love, work, marry, create, lead, pray, scroll, drink, eat, study, sleep, have sex,” writes Bethany Saltman. As a new parent, troubled by the shadows of her emotionally neglected childhood, Saltman sought to come to grips with what “good” attachment is, how we can heal from the “bad” kind, and her own self. Attachment parenting is now de rigeur, she writes, but is often contradicted by the science of attachment, which she dives into headfirst with this moving memoir. Her journey explores the witnessing of sadness, hurt, and anger, and the universal desire to be seen. Attachment, she discovers, isn’t only about mothering —it’s available to any of us who truly delight in those dear to our hearts.
–Mindful Staff
