Stone Kraushaar Success Story Interview – Author of Hug Therapy

Hug Therapy by Dr. Stone Kraushaar – Reviews

“Hug Therapy disrupts the simple act of a hug, turning it into a way to spark connection within you, your community, with strangers. . .and it may just end up bringing our Planet to awareness of being one. Crazy, awesome hugs―of course you should become a part of this movement!”

―Mich Hancock, Co-founder of TEDxGatewayArch, Host of MichMash Podcast

“I’m excited to say I have now completed my twenty-one-day hugging journey. I found it powerful and useful. Stone has created a deceptively simple sounding twenty-one-day challenge that is in fact a genius concept when you understand how all the pieces, he brings to it fit and work together. I have started to view each day differently in terms of how I interact with the people in my life. We can’t get enough kindness and caring in the world. I am now starting to see how improvements with friends and family could ripple out to people in my neighborhood and much further into the world.”

―Brian Lunt, Medici co-founder, Inspiration behind Top-50 STL

“Before I was introduced to the twenty-one-day hugging challenge, I was depressed, anxious, and struggling with fibromyalgia. It wouldn’t be too strong to say that I felt ready to nosedive into the pavement. Believe it or not, seven days after going on the twenty-one-day hugging journey on Facebook Live and reading Hug Therapy, I felt like a new man. I chronicled it all on Facebook and I would love for you to check it out. My life was transformed. I felt supercharged―no, wait― I am supercharged. I believe it’s not a journey; it’s a lifestyle. The biggest takeaway for me from the book was being radically transparent in everything I do. It totally freed me up to do greater good and be inspired in the process. I was made for this. Come with us on this journey. It meets you where you are, and you can create whatever really matters to you!”

―Gary Havel Jr., Mailman, War Hero, and Hugging Ambassador

“Dr. Stone has taken us far beyond the everyday hug. With his 21-Second hug, virtual hug, and ‘space of a hug,’ he invites us on a twenty-one-day hugging journey of discovery that opens up a whole universe of new windows into empathy, sharing, transforming, building community, and deeply being with other humans. So, if you see people walking down the street stopping for conversation, asking permission, breaking out into spontaneous, longer hugs, you will know that they have been reading this engaging, surprising, concise, and thought-provoking book. Join the fun and take the personal challenges. Get this book today. You just might see yourself and encounter others in a new, beautiful way.”

―Lou Agosta, Faculty Member, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Author of a Rumor of Empathy

“In a time when our government, politicians, and the news media try to sell us on racial, ethnic, religious, and gender differences, Hug Therapy inspires us to slow down and embrace our fellow human beings, either physically or virtually, by making an emotional and spiritual connection. I urge you to fully embrace Hug Therapy, take up the 21-Day Journey, and join the global Hugging Strangers Movement; your heart, your new friends, your community, and the world will thank you.”

―Robert Tallon Author of The Enneagram Connection and coauthor of Awareness to Action

“Hug Therapy not only captures the importance of why hugging will help you live a healthier, more fulfilled life―it concretely lays out steps that integrate hugging into your DNA. It’s a book you can get value from over and over again!”

―Rick Morrison, founder of Hug The Moment and co-author with his daughter Shana of the amazing children’s book The Hug Store

“Hug Therapy is a re-envisioned expanded and brilliant twist that richly brings out the power of hugging in just 21 days. It teaches about the self-hug and how to bring it into one’s outer circle, creating balance and harmony for the traveler.”

―Kevin Zaborney, BA, MDiv, Founder National Hugging Day

“I belong to Unity of San Francisco. At every Sunday service, we all rise and give each other a hug or a handshake. Nearly everyone goes for the hug. And no wonder…a handshake keeps people apart. A hug brings them together. And that is the essence of this insightful book. It will show you why hugs can heal, keep you healthy, and bring you closer to other people. So, pack your bags and discover these incredible benefits as you go on this book’s life-changing ‘Hugging Journey.’ “

―Allen Klein, author of Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times

Click here to get a copy of Hug Therapy.

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Dr. Stone Kraushaar – Biography

Dr. Stone Kraushaar is a clinical psychologist and therapeutic coach, the author of Hug Therapy, who specializes in the transformational power of hugs, and the difference they can make for each of us…individually and globally. Known as “The Hug Doctor,” Stone says there really are no strangers…we all share a profound connection.

Stone wants everyone to live a life full of joyful hugging that includes hugging ourselves, our families, our friends, and the world. He teaches people how to do that…both literally and metaphorically. An advocate for longer hugs, more meaningful and inspirational hugs, he defines a hug as any positive, healthy, and connective energy that brings acceptance, healing and peace.

Stone graduated summa cum laude from the University of Denver, and he earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology at the University of Denver. His American Psychological Association-approved internship was at the UCSB Student Health Services at the University of California-Santa Barbara. And he completed his post-doctoral work at Yale student health services.

Learn more at TheHugDoctor.com.

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