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More Than A Touch: Rediscover the Healing Power of Handholding
More Than a Rediscover the Healing Power of Handholding
Before we learned how to speak, we learned how to touch.
Holding hands can calm the nervous system, communicate safety, and restore a sense of connection when words fall short. Yet in adulthood, this instinctive form of regulation and bonding is often overlooked or undervalued.
More Than a Rediscover the Healing Power of Handholding is a reflective, research-informed exploration of why holding hands still matters — emotionally, physically, and neurologically — in an increasingly disconnected world.
A simple clasp of hands can do what words it soothes, strengthens, and restores. This book explores the undeniable impact of holding hands, revealing its ability to reduce stress, deepen intimacy, and support emotional well-being.
Inside, you’ll discover how holding hands
Soothe anxiety and relieve stress — Understand how intentional touch helps regulate the nervous system and lower cortisol levelsStrengthen relationships — Build unspoken trust, emotional security, and deeper connection with loved onesEase physical and emotional pain — Learn how touch activates the brain’s natural pain-relief mechanismsDeepen intimacy and bonding — Rediscover the silent language of closeness and reassurance in romantic relationshipsEnhance emotional well-being — Explore why human touch is essential for happiness, self-regulation, and resilienceBridge gaps in a digital world — Address loneliness and restore authentic human connection in an age of screens
With guided exercises woven throughout, the book also offers gentle, practical ways to incorporate more intentional handholding into everyday life — with partners, family members, and loved ones.
Through personal stories, cultural insight, and accessible science, More Than a Touch reintroduces the life-changing power of handholding, reminding us that healing, comfort, and connection are often already within reach.
Before we learned how to speak, we learned how to touch.
Holding hands can calm the nervous system, communicate safety, and restore a sense of connection when words fall short. Yet in adulthood, this instinctive form of regulation and bonding is often overlooked or undervalued.
More Than a Rediscover the Healing Power of Handholding is a reflective, research-informed exploration of why holding hands still matters — emotionally, physically, and neurologically — in an increasingly disconnected world.
A simple clasp of hands can do what words it soothes, strengthens, and restores. This book explores the undeniable impact of holding hands, revealing its ability to reduce stress, deepen intimacy, and support emotional well-being.
Inside, you’ll discover how holding hands
Soothe anxiety and relieve stress — Understand how intentional touch helps regulate the nervous system and lower cortisol levelsStrengthen relationships — Build unspoken trust, emotional security, and deeper connection with loved onesEase physical and emotional pain — Learn how touch activates the brain’s natural pain-relief mechanismsDeepen intimacy and bonding — Rediscover the silent language of closeness and reassurance in romantic relationshipsEnhance emotional well-being — Explore why human touch is essential for happiness, self-regulation, and resilienceBridge gaps in a digital world — Address loneliness and restore authentic human connection in an age of screens
With guided exercises woven throughout, the book also offers gentle, practical ways to incorporate more intentional handholding into everyday life — with partners, family members, and loved ones.
Through personal stories, cultural insight, and accessible science, More Than a Touch reintroduces the life-changing power of handholding, reminding us that healing, comfort, and connection are often already within reach.
86 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 2, 2025
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