Are you a Hugger? #HugDay

I am a hugger.  Are you? I love them and my children can never, ever, EVER say they don't get hugs... because they get them multiple times a day! Did you know that January 21st is #HugDay? Well, it is.. so get out and get to hugging!



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Where are My Huggers At? 12 Ideas to Help Harness the Power and Magic of HUGS

1.      HUGS... wondering what you can do to foster healthy self-esteem in your children, HUG THEM, it creates a sense of connection and belonging which they’ll take with them into the classroom and out into the world.

2.      HUGS allow us to love and to be loved, and to feel connected, some say these are the reasons for our existence.

3.      HUGS can shift our energy. An upset child can often be comforted by taking a few deep breaths, meeting them at their height and offering a hug until their upset subsides. This works the other way too, a child often senses when you’re upset, let them come in and give you a hug. Hugs can remind us what’s important and help us regain perspective.

4.      HUGS can express empathy, by saying “I’m with you,” “I understand what you’re going through,” “We’re in this together,” “You matter,” “I’m here for you.”

5.      HUGS heal. Researchers have only scratched the surface in studying the heart’s electromagnetic waves. When we connect in a heart to heart hug there’s a chance were harnessing the most powerful ‘medicine’ of all.

6.      HUGS can help put a smile on our face as well as our heart. As a friend shared, “Hugs make me smile on the inside and out.”

7.      HUGS help generate oxytocin which reduces stress producing hormones. Hugs also release dopamine which give us a feel good feeling and helps to motivate us. 

8.      HUGS ... a healthy dose, says family therapist Virginia Satir, “We need four hugs a day for survival, eight hugs a day for maintenance, and twelve hugs a day for growth.”

9.      HUGS are a one powerful way to experience the healing and nurturing power of touch, but there are others, consider a mani/pedi or a massage. Not quite ready for human touch, test out the power and magic found in hugging a tree!

10.  HUGS are perfect by design. We live in a universe of duality where we have support and challenge, happiness and sadness, health and sickness, winning and losing, though experiencing these things at different times often knocks us off balance. A HUG is the perfect gift where we share the power of giving and receiving simultaneously.

11.  HUGS connect us soul to soul. They’re a universal language we all can understand.

12.  HUGS can say “Hello” and “Good-Bye,” “I’ll Miss You,” “Thank You,” “I’m Sorry,” and more, and underneath it all every hug says “I love you.”

13.  HUGS BONUS .... your biggest benefits will come from 20 second HUGS, so extend your heart and your arms, take your time and make it count!

Comments

  1. Oh I have to make up for lost time. :) I hug too...though recently it got me in a fix. I leaned over and hugged the preacher, my hand slipped inside of his blazer and it was like I caressed his chest, lolol Noelle!!!! I was MORTIFIED!!! It's not the kind of thing you can bring up either, unless you do so in an instant. It was very uncomfortable for both of us. It cracks me up now, but really it's not all that funny, I'm just a goofball and have to laugh!

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  2. p.s. for the record, I love the preacher's wife, and have NO attraction to the preacher who is older like a grandfather figure. :)

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  3. I love hugs and kisses. Isaak's going through this, "I'm too big for either of those." Mica never did grow out of it. Ha!

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  4. Oh Rosey! I can only imagine. I suppose he knows that was just a mix up!

    I love hugs too. They are most important.

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    1. Colette, He still keeps his distance now, even though his wife and I are very close. It's just one of those things that is going to have to wear itself out over time. I'm still laughing but only because it's so absolutely ludicrous/ridiculous. ;) Sometimes hugs come with warnings, I guess... but I'm still not going to quit hugging. :)

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