Press

 

 

TV

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• Sky News - Need a pick-me-up? Try cuddle therapy

• ARTE - Re: Being Alone Together - Britain’s Struggle with Loneliness

• ARD - Die Sendung vom 2. Februar 2018

• bTV (interview starts at 8.12) - Финландка прегръща хората срещу 65 паунда на час

• The Russell Howard Hour – Live Forever: Cuddle Therapy with Jon Richardson

 

 

Radio

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• BBC Radio 4 - Niche Work If You Can Get It: Cuddle Therapists

• BBC Radio Cumbria - National Hugging Day

• BBC Hereford and Worcester - Why do we crave hugs post lockdown?

• BBC Radio Leicester - Coronavirus, hugs and touch

• BBC Radio Scotland - What’s in a hug?

• Heart FM - National Hugging Day and Blue Monday Interview

• UK Health Radio - The Way Forward: Nordic Cuddling

• YLE Vega (interview around 35 minutes in) - Vega Eftermiddag

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Talks

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• TEDx Talk - Cuddling can make us better human beings

• Geek Girl Team x Snapchat – The Science of Touch

• Health Optimisation Summit - Human Contact, Touch & Hugs: The free & natural health hack for improving your wellbeing

• Samsung KX & Time Out London – The Power of Touch

• Warwick University - WarwickTECH Startup Day 2019 - How Technology Affects Human Society in the Context of Entrepreneurship and Human Interconnection

• Sunderland University in London - Events and Wellbeing Conference - Wellbeing and Touch: Lessons Learned as the CEO of a Cuddle Therapy Company

 

 

Articles

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• Age UK London - The Power of Touch in Tackling Loneliness

• Authority Magazine - Big Ideas: “Use Cuddle Therapy to address many health issues” With Rebekka Mikkola CEO of Nordic Cuddle

• Balance Magazine - Nordic Hugging

• Bluewin - Wider die Isolation: «Ministerium für Einsamkeit» und Kuschel-Profi sollen helfen

• Brit + Co - Why Cuddling Is So Good for Your Health

• Business Insider UK - 18 people share the one thing they do every day to make their lives better

• Business Insider UK - Doing these 24 uncomfortable things will pay off forever

• Business Insider NL - Deze 21 gewoontes zijn best lastig aan te leren….maar je hebt er de rest van je leven profijt van

• Business Insider IN - 18 people share the one thing they do every day to make their lives better

• Business Insider SG - Doing these 24 uncomfortable things will pay off forever

• Business Insider AU - 18 people share the one thing they do every day to make their lives better

• Business Insider MY - Doing these 24 uncomfortable things will pay off forever

• Bustle - 16 Women On The First Time They Truly Felt Successful At Work

• Buzzfeed - 54 Innovative Ideas By Modern Day Entrepreneurs That You May Not Know

• The Canberra Times - A dire case of 'skin hunger' hits hard in self-isolation

• Complementary Medical Association – Introducing Cuddle Therapy

• Dagens Naeringsliv - Klemming er sunt, året rundt. Men er helsegevinsten like stor når noen profitterer på det?

• Elite Daily - What Your Cuddle Position Reveals About Your Personality & The Way You Communicate

• Fupping - How To Combat The Fear Of Loneliness/Autophobia (Fear of Being Alone)

• GQ - Don't knock cuddle therapy until you've tried it

• The Guardian - Nordic Cuddle therapy - would you pay £65 to hug a stranger?

• Holistic Health Magazine - A Matter of Touch

• Holistic Therapist Magazine - Losing Touch

• IdeaMensch – Rebekka Mikkola: Founder of Nordic Cuddle

• Idnes - Lidem chybí doteky, rozmáhá se tak nový wellness: placené mazlení

• IFLScience - Doing These 24 Uncomfortable Things Will Pay Off Forever

• Ilta-Sanomat - Suomalainen Rebekka tarjoaa Nordic Cuddle -halausterapiaa Lontoossa – tunnettu lehti halusi selvittää, mistä oikein on kyse

• Insider - 18 people share the one thing they do every day to make their lives better

• Leading Healthcare - Feature: How healthcare providers have responded to Covid19

• Ma Vie Magazine - Kuscheln Wie Ein Richtiger Profi

• Madame Figaro - Face à l’hégémonie des écrans, le besoin de contacts humains revient au premier pla

• Marie Claire - Dit is waarom fysiek contact belangrijk is

• Mladina - Bi plačali 75 evrov za seanso objemanja?

• MSN - Nordic Cuddle therapy – would you pay £65 to hug a stranger?

• O Popular - Contatos humanos

• Psychologies Magazine - Hungry for your Touch

• Reader’s Digest - Physical touch is key to well-being: here's why

• Scandinavian Traveler Magazine - Cuddles For Health

• Snap Italy - Biancolatte Hugs: a Milano il primo bar ispirato alla terapia degli abbracci

• Stowe Family Law - How cuddle therapy can help when going through a divorce

• Süddeutsche Zeitung - Was uns berührt

• The Sunday Times – Meet the New Squeeze

• Thrive Global - Big Ideas: “Use Cuddle Therapy to address many health issues” With Rebekka Mikkola CEO of Nordic Cuddle

• Thrive Global - Doing These 24 Uncomfortable Things Will Pay Off Forever

• Time Out - What’s the deal with... cuddle therapy?​

• TVXS - Θεραπευτική αγκαλιά: Εσείς θα πληρώνατε 73 ευρώ για να κάνετε αγκαλιά έναν άγνωστο;

• Wellness.com - Mental Health Awareness: 23 Experts on the Importance, Signs and Tips of Mental Illness

• Woman Alive - Coping with a loss of connection

• Yahoo! Lifestyle - Why Cuddling Is So Good for Your Health

•  YLE - Finländska Rebekka är legitimerad proffsmysare - hennes jobb är att kramas och mysa med okända: "Folk törstar efter platonisk beröring"

 

 

Letters

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• The Guardian - Loneliness is a touchy and complicated subject

 

 

Video

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• Diply – Nordic Cuddle

• UNILAD – Unique: Professional Cuddler

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