Melinda Blau: Learning from our Elders

In this week’s episode of 4-Quarter Lives, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox talks with journalist and author Melinda Blau, about her latest book, The Wisdom Whisperers. Now in her own Q4, Melinda has written a very personal narrative about the nine much older friends who emboldened her to embrace ageing, instead of dreading it.

Melinda Blau, is an award-winning journalist, a New York Times bestselling author, and a host/producer for the Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age podcast. She has spent a lifetime researching and writing about the importance of relationships: Consequential Strangers is an exploration of vital social connections beyond family and close friends, the New York Times bestseller, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, its two sequels, and  Family Whispering cover our more intimate bonds. The Wisdom Whisperers looks at the value of relationships between generations. 

Links: 

* The Wisdom Whisperers on Amazon or wherever you buy books: The Wisdom Whisperers: Golden Guides to a Long Life of Grit, Grace, and Laughter.  

* Website: https://melindablau.com/

* Substack:  

* Medium: https://medium.com/@melindablau

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