In the 1998 movie The Wedding Singer, one of the characters Sammy explained, “What I’m saying is all I really want is someone to hold me and tell me that everything is going to be all right.” Well, ...

Few people realize Alexa can send a virtual hug. It's a neat little feature, a surprise that can improve someone's day. If ...

New research reveals that warmth, experienced through touch like a hug, significantly enhances bodily self-awareness and ...

The coronavirus has sometimes made hugs a risky proposition over the last several years. Which has made many of us appreciate hugs a whole lot more. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by just how ...

I wrote a column for Mainebiz on this same topic in 2018, but a lot has changed since then. The pandemic made people less social, more distant and hesitant about physical touch in the workplace. You ...

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