August 16, 2025 • 11 mins
You can’t hug a text.
You can’t hold a video call.
And no amount of likes can replace the warmth of a real embrace.
In a world that’s more connected than ever—yet emotionally starved—our bodies are silently screaming for one essential nutrient: touch.
In this deeply healing episode, mindfulness and emotional wellness expert Dr. Soha reveals why human touch isn’t just comforting—it’s biologically necessary. From lowering cortisol to boosting oxytocin, reducing heart rate to calming the nervous system, cuddling, hugging, and even hand-holding trigger powerful physiological changes that science is only beginning to understand.
Dr. Soha explores:
This isn’t just about romance or affection.
It’s about human survival. Because we weren’t built to thrive in isolation. We were built to heal through connection.
🎧 Tune in to rediscover the forgotten medicine of touch — and learn how something as simple as a hug can transform your health from the inside out.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Theraputic Session by [Dr.Soha] "Why Your Body Craves Touch (And What Happens When You Get It)"
Produced by [Team Relaxire]
Special thanks to [All our listeners on all platforms]
For collabs & partnerships: therelaxire@gmail.com | All rights reserved
You can’t hold a video call.
And no amount of likes can replace the warmth of a real embrace.
In a world that’s more connected than ever—yet emotionally starved—our bodies are silently screaming for one essential nutrient: touch.
In this deeply healing episode, mindfulness and emotional wellness expert Dr. Soha reveals why human touch isn’t just comforting—it’s biologically necessary. From lowering cortisol to boosting oxytocin, reducing heart rate to calming the nervous system, cuddling, hugging, and even hand-holding trigger powerful physiological changes that science is only beginning to understand.
Dr. Soha explores:
- Why touch is as vital as sleep, water, and food for mental and physical health
- The hidden crisis of “touch starvation” — especially in the digital age
- How a 20-second hug can reduce stress, strengthen immunity, and deepen connection
- What happens in your brain and body the moment someone holds your hand
- Ways to safely invite more healing touch into your life — even if you’re single or socially isolated
This isn’t just about romance or affection.
It’s about human survival. Because we weren’t built to thrive in isolation. We were built to heal through connection.
🎧 Tune in to rediscover the forgotten medicine of touch — and learn how something as simple as a hug can transform your health from the inside out.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Theraputic Session by [Dr.Soha] "Why Your Body Craves Touch (And What Happens When You Get It)"
Produced by [Team Relaxire]
Special thanks to [All our listeners on all platforms]
For collabs & partnerships: therelaxire@gmail.com | All rights reserved
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Hello, do your once, and a very warm welcome to
all of you and relaxed of podcasts, and I'm your friend,
and who was talking?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Coach? So how are your beautiful people? And how life
is reaching you?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
And everything fine at your end? Hopefully you're doing good
and all will be fine. You're okay, You'll do okay.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
The thing I'm about to.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Reveal to you today, perhaps you have heard about this
thing before do by many people. But do you know
actually it helps? And what is that cuddling? When you
puddle somebody? It helps. This is in human nature that
(00:55):
we express our feelings in different ways. Right, If you're happy,
we're happy. If you're sad, we express that too. If
you're angry at somebody, our visual expressions of our body
language all changes.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Just like that.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
When we are expressing our feelings through guddling someone whom
we really care about, a body releases a harmone.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Called oxidos.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
This particular harmon keeps you calm and makes you more
likely to deal better with stress.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Right, for example, it will help you.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Load down your black pressure, and it will also load
down the levels of the stress harbor gods own.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
And you might laugh more, You might feel more alive.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You might try to solve problems for others and for yourself,
you know, be interested in things, doing them, arranging things,
perhaps running errants. So this helps you in so many ways.
Let's try to know what happens if we cuddle someone.
(02:17):
What happens to our heart. It's good actually for your
heart because it lowers down your blood be sure, and
your stress level is low down to according to that.
When we see that how people associated with the stress,
(02:38):
it's pretty normal for them to feel that the heart
is uneasy in one way or the other. So what
to do about it? If you can get the benefits
from cuddling, then have so. And when you are there
for your partner, are you a loved one or whom
(03:04):
you are giving care two and allowed to touch that
person because not many a care givers and care receivers
can do that.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Then a good warm hug.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
A cuddle, it is often very beneficial because there is
a moral suppose there is an understanding, there is a
way to express that you really care about the other one.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Right, So there is yet another thing, another.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Phenomena which cuddle triggers, and that is it relieves pain.
If somebody who's close to you is cuddling you. What
you are receiving first of all, moral support. Second, how
much the other person cares about you, the bomb, the
(04:00):
presence all around. Okay, So the oxy doc and is
release and that can help block pain signals and that's
how you get pain relief. Also, and at times when
therapists the doctors they see their clients and patients, they
(04:23):
see that gatling.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
It works for treating people, for making.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Them more normalized, more easy, more calmer, and it's more
than moral support.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Now, how about knowing this thing.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
That this really helps you have a very positive and
right relationship with your but now at any stage, at
any level, and at any age. Why because all the
time both of you can't get intimate, and that too
in a way that you can give time to each
(05:10):
other completely. Both are in a relaxed stage and you
know all of that chemistry between you two because so
many things that there are nowadays, and if you have children,
it's even more complicated.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
So connecting with your partner how to do it?
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Often you can do it by extending a hawk, by
cuddling your partner and letting the other person know that
you really love and care about their person. And in
that case also oxydocin is released, which is called post love.
(05:49):
So couples who coddle, couples who guess they are happier
hell there and they feel less stress.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Have you ever.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Experienced problematic sleep? If yes, then coddling can help you
in that too. You know ox doson, which is a
love harmon. It's a magical ingredient, by the way, and
it can make you.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
More common, more.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Relax And when you cuddle your partner at night, or
you cuddle your children at night, it gives you a
sense of belonging, a sense of sharing.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Okay, it's not only sharing your body.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
With the other person, if you in case of the partnership,
it's about being present in the moment and enjoying the
nearness with the person whom you love the most. So
coddling or life now in this mooning position, it helps
(07:03):
and helps many people.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
And guess what if you can't do it.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Meaning all the time, you can try it for ten
minutes before you sleep and it will put you to
sleep like anything. Trust my words and just try it
with your partner. Then how cuddling affects your baby's health?
You know, moms, they really kiss and how their babies
like anything, and so does fathers. Because cuddling can boost
(07:36):
and infense oxygen levels, Cudling can calm them instantly. They
feel more attached, more safe, and if they are in
any pain, they feel relieved by it. And for an
underwail baby, these survival chances they rise.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Oh yes, this is the magic of guttling.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Also, when you cuddle your baby, it helps the brain
grow faster, and it helps your baby to have a
good immune system so the baby can fight with infections
and other illnesses. After that, do you know that if
(08:27):
you hug your pet how this affects you and your
pet to especially when you have a dog. Okay, when
you cuddle your pet, it feels like that you are
giving them the warmth of your aroarm, warmth of your feelings.
(08:52):
And they can't speak to you, but they speak to
you in their own way. I mean, you cuddle them.
Your dog reply as him and they don't replies him,
but they respond. Our ferry friends look at their eyes,
how they sparkle, look at their eyes and you know,
(09:13):
look at their tongue and the bright side of that,
they also feel that they are needed. They're not taken
for granted to give them a pat and talk to
them in kind words because they can figure this thing
(09:34):
out at least be attached to your voice. If they
can't figure out whatever you are saying, they can't make
up for the words, but they can make up for
the tone. So I never ever ignore if you are
a packed parent as well. And that's it for today.
(09:57):
Try to live a healthy, balanced life, stress real live
and do let me know that how it touched the
lives of you, your partner, your parents, even your kids
and your bets. And this is always a player to
be connected with you, to talk to you, to bring
(10:18):
your way new information which you can really use and
connect with in your day life. And it's an honor
for me to be here with you talking with you.
Thank you very much for taking your time out and
for listening to me, because in life, giving you time
(10:40):
to someone is everything. So thanks a lot for that
and thanks a lot for your such marvelous positive feedback.
Keep on doing that and keep on sharing the good
bet ahead. So you have been listening to your relaxed
podcasts and I'm your post and friend that can coach
(11:00):
by for now you wants
Hello, do your once, and a very warm welcome to
all of you and relaxed of podcasts, and I'm your friend,
and who was talking?
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Coach? So how are your beautiful people? And how life
is reaching you?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
And everything fine at your end? Hopefully you're doing good
and all will be fine. You're okay, You'll do okay.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
The thing I'm about to.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Reveal to you today, perhaps you have heard about this
thing before do by many people. But do you know
actually it helps? And what is that cuddling? When you
puddle somebody? It helps. This is in human nature that
(00:55):
we express our feelings in different ways. Right, If you're happy,
we're happy. If you're sad, we express that too. If
you're angry at somebody, our visual expressions of our body
language all changes.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Just like that.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
When we are expressing our feelings through guddling someone whom
we really care about, a body releases a harmone.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Called oxidos.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
This particular harmon keeps you calm and makes you more
likely to deal better with stress.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Right, for example, it will help you.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Load down your black pressure, and it will also load
down the levels of the stress harbor gods own.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
And you might laugh more, You might feel more alive.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You might try to solve problems for others and for yourself,
you know, be interested in things, doing them, arranging things,
perhaps running errants. So this helps you in so many ways.
Let's try to know what happens if we cuddle someone.
(02:17):
What happens to our heart. It's good actually for your
heart because it lowers down your blood be sure, and
your stress level is low down to according to that.
When we see that how people associated with the stress,
(02:38):
it's pretty normal for them to feel that the heart
is uneasy in one way or the other. So what
to do about it? If you can get the benefits
from cuddling, then have so. And when you are there
for your partner, are you a loved one or whom
(03:04):
you are giving care two and allowed to touch that
person because not many a care givers and care receivers
can do that.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Then a good warm hug.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
A cuddle, it is often very beneficial because there is
a moral suppose there is an understanding, there is a
way to express that you really care about the other one.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Right, So there is yet another thing, another.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Phenomena which cuddle triggers, and that is it relieves pain.
If somebody who's close to you is cuddling you. What
you are receiving first of all, moral support. Second, how
much the other person cares about you, the bomb, the
(04:00):
presence all around. Okay, So the oxy doc and is
release and that can help block pain signals and that's
how you get pain relief. Also, and at times when
therapists the doctors they see their clients and patients, they
(04:23):
see that gatling.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
It works for treating people, for making.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Them more normalized, more easy, more calmer, and it's more
than moral support.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Now, how about knowing this thing.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
That this really helps you have a very positive and
right relationship with your but now at any stage, at
any level, and at any age. Why because all the
time both of you can't get intimate, and that too
in a way that you can give time to each
(05:10):
other completely. Both are in a relaxed stage and you
know all of that chemistry between you two because so
many things that there are nowadays, and if you have children,
it's even more complicated.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
So connecting with your partner how to do it?
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Often you can do it by extending a hawk, by
cuddling your partner and letting the other person know that
you really love and care about their person. And in
that case also oxydocin is released, which is called post love.
(05:49):
So couples who coddle, couples who guess they are happier
hell there and they feel less stress.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Have you ever.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Experienced problematic sleep? If yes, then coddling can help you
in that too. You know ox doson, which is a
love harmon. It's a magical ingredient, by the way, and
it can make you.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
More common, more.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Relax And when you cuddle your partner at night, or
you cuddle your children at night, it gives you a
sense of belonging, a sense of sharing.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Okay, it's not only sharing your body.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
With the other person, if you in case of the partnership,
it's about being present in the moment and enjoying the
nearness with the person whom you love the most. So
coddling or life now in this mooning position, it helps
(07:03):
and helps many people.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
And guess what if you can't do it.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Meaning all the time, you can try it for ten
minutes before you sleep and it will put you to
sleep like anything. Trust my words and just try it
with your partner. Then how cuddling affects your baby's health?
You know, moms, they really kiss and how their babies
like anything, and so does fathers. Because cuddling can boost
(07:36):
and infense oxygen levels, Cudling can calm them instantly. They
feel more attached, more safe, and if they are in
any pain, they feel relieved by it. And for an
underwail baby, these survival chances they rise.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Oh yes, this is the magic of guttling.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Also, when you cuddle your baby, it helps the brain
grow faster, and it helps your baby to have a
good immune system so the baby can fight with infections
and other illnesses. After that, do you know that if
(08:27):
you hug your pet how this affects you and your
pet to especially when you have a dog. Okay, when
you cuddle your pet, it feels like that you are
giving them the warmth of your aroarm, warmth of your feelings.
(08:52):
And they can't speak to you, but they speak to
you in their own way. I mean, you cuddle them.
Your dog reply as him and they don't replies him,
but they respond. Our ferry friends look at their eyes,
how they sparkle, look at their eyes and you know,
(09:13):
look at their tongue and the bright side of that,
they also feel that they are needed. They're not taken
for granted to give them a pat and talk to
them in kind words because they can figure this thing
(09:34):
out at least be attached to your voice. If they
can't figure out whatever you are saying, they can't make
up for the words, but they can make up for
the tone. So I never ever ignore if you are
a packed parent as well. And that's it for today.
(09:57):
Try to live a healthy, balanced life, stress real live
and do let me know that how it touched the
lives of you, your partner, your parents, even your kids
and your bets. And this is always a player to
be connected with you, to talk to you, to bring
(10:18):
your way new information which you can really use and
connect with in your day life. And it's an honor
for me to be here with you talking with you.
Thank you very much for taking your time out and
for listening to me, because in life, giving you time
(10:40):
to someone is everything. So thanks a lot for that
and thanks a lot for your such marvelous positive feedback.
Keep on doing that and keep on sharing the good
bet ahead. So you have been listening to your relaxed
podcasts and I'm your post and friend that can coach
(11:00):
by for now you wants
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