Melinda Blau

Writer, Speaker, Social Observer

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The Latest Podcast on Consequential Strangers

October 26, 2021 by Melinda Blau

I am truly living through — and part of — the Narcissistic Era.   To wit, here’s 35 Minutes  of  Me, airing now and forever.   Remember radio?  Remember having to “tune in” on a particular day and time? This guy interviewed me on his podcast, Insights  Listen now: Consequential Strangers As he posted… The quality of our […]

Learning About Loneliness from Unlikely Teachers

August 5, 2021 by Melinda Blau

It is one thing to be like Greta Garbo, who famously declared in her Swedish accent, “I vant to be alone.” It is quite another matter to be lonely. Especially now, as we emerge from a year of COVID isolation, many people feel like they are lacking companionship. Three in five working Americans regard themselves […]

5Cs of Pandemic Management: Staying Sane When Home Is All You Have

April 2, 2020 by Melinda Blau

“How are you doing down there all by yourself?” ask members of my family and close friends. I do a lot of thinking about what’s keeping me sane — and what could make it worse.   So far so good.  The day is marked by dog walks. One hour, one day, one week bleeds into the […]

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Recent Posts

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  • My Sorority Sisters, Myself
  • Mask 101: If not now, when?
  • Reckoning with the New Different: People “Get It” in Their Own Time
  • Why I Care About the Cuomo Family
  • How Dogs Help Us Cope
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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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