Melinda Blau

Writer, Speaker, Social Observer

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Six Spiritual Laws of Distress

June 1, 1997 by Melinda Blau

Six Spiritual Laws of Distress From American Health Strangers had discovered me on the side of an unmarked road on a remote Caribbean island. Read more….

Nurture Yourself

May 22, 1997 by Melinda Blau

Nurture Yourself, Part 1, A  Balanced Life Series From Child Magazine To get the breathing room you need, it helps to know what’s standing in your way.

The Doubles Standard

April 7, 1997 by Melinda Blau

The Doubles Standard From New York Magazine Down the staircase they file, the children and grandchildren of a diminishing breed of socialites whose New York roots run deep… Read more….

I Can See Clearly Now: The Latest Eye Laser Surgery

March 10, 1997 by Melinda Blau

I Can See Clearly Now: The Latest Eye Laser Surgery From New York The procedure is considered dangerously experimental by some, the wave of the future by others (“as common a rite of passage as braces”)  Read more…

Things of This World

December 21, 1996 by Melinda Blau

Things of This World New York Times, Op-Ed “I imagined my father’s sofa piled on the street, like so many discarded couches I’d walked past before.  I saw his clothing in garbage bags…” Read more…

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ABOUT ME
As an award-winning journalist and author of fifteen books, my “beat” is relationships. Find out more about my work here.
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