REPLAY: Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment
Listen to author, award-winning editor, and researcher, Bethany Saltman, as she discusses the postpartum experience with Elizabeth Segran, the author of The Rocket Years: How Our Twenties Launch The Rest of Our Lives.
Bethany’s book, Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment, will resonate with people now more than ever.
When Bethany gave birth to her daughter Azalea in 2006, she loved her like crazy, but felt like something was missing. Instead of the 24-7 bliss state she expected, alongside loving affection, she also felt distance, frustration and sometimes anger. Her mixed feelings were so alarming that she went on a ten year journey into the science of attachment to find out what this love was all about. What she discovered changed everything about who she thought she was.
About Bethany Saltman:
Bethany Saltman is an author, award-winning editor, and researcher. Her work can be seen in magazines like the New Yorker, New York Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Parents, Town & Country, and many others. Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment, published in April, 2020, is her first book.
Bethany also serves as a bestselling book partner, communications director, and in-demand mindfulness mentor, helping writers and entrepreneurs at all stages of the creative process envision and execute their projects, including book proposals, content development, Big Ideas, messaging, and the like.
In 1992, Bethany graduated from Antioch College in 1992, where she was one of the architects of the nation’s first Affirmative Consent Policy. She went on to receive her M.F.A in poetry from Brooklyn College in 1994, where she studied with Allen Ginsberg.
A longtime Zen student, Bethany is devoted to the fine art and game-changing effects of paying attention. She lives in a small town in the Catskills with her family.
