When you hang out with your best friend you might curl up on the couch, talk about your deepest, darkest secrets, and let your guard down as you laugh, cry, and vent. You’ll feel incredibly ...

In November 2024, I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at the inaugural Grieftastic Book Fair, an event that brought together authors and practitioners who work in the space of grief and loss.

You and your best friend are close. Like, text each other all day, debrief after every party, make faces at each other across the room kind of close. But do you ever hug? "The better the friendship, ...

Researchers from Germany found that friends hug for less than three seconds, while romantic partners embrace for over seven seconds, according to artificial intelligence data in their September 2025 ...

Two friends have broken the record for the world’s longest hug after a marathon embrace on London’s South Bank. Joe Snape and Will Jarvis, both 27, locked arms for 36 hours, 36 minutes and 36 seconds ...

There is so much hugging at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, N.J., that students have broken down the hugs by type: There is the basic friend hug, probably the most popular, and the bear hug, of ...

“I Thought ‘I’m Not Someone Who Gets HIV'”... “I felt like I was a lesser person. I felt like I was dirty. I felt like I deserved it somehow.” Victoria Roscow, 30 and from Manchester, UK, learned o ...

There is so much hugging at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, N.J., that students have broken down the hugs by type: There is the basic friend hug, probably the most popular; and the bear hug; ...