Marion, a mother of three living in Berlin, remembers growing up in a household full of touch and affection. But as an adult, married to a partner who wasn’t as physically expressive, she started to ...

I couldn’t get anyone to go with me. As a writer about pleasure, I felt compelled to experience a cuddle party, and I learned about one in New York City that claimed to be “a warm evening of ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. As the sun sets over the Hidden Temple in Florence, 14 adults in their comfiest pajamas ...

The parties, now held worldwide, are billed as an opportunity to share safe, moderated, by-permission-only touch in a notoriously snuggle-deprived society - taking into consideration, of course, that ...

Reid Mihalko is the force behind a growing trend: cuddle parties. Those who take part dress up in jammies and hold each other close for several hours. The parties are meant to "empower and heal people ...

LINDON, Utah (AP) • About two dozen pajama-clad strangers and friends gather on what looks like a giant bed in a dimly-lit room in Lindon, Utah. After asking politely, they begin to massage, caress ...

WASHINGTON — If Reid Mihalko is right, nearly all of us are desperate for someone, anyone, even someone we've just met, to hold us, rub our feet, stroke our hair. And because this is about healing, ...

A 25-year-old woman has revealed that she regularly smells her mother during their bizarre routine 'snuggle parties' because it helps her relieve her anxiety and 'makes her feel safe'. Appearing on ...