by Jean Franzblau | Jan 21, 2020 | Checking In
One word says it all In the times in my life when I’ve felt lonely in Los Angeles, I had no idea that across the world the Danes and Norwegians could have described what I needed in one simple word: Hygge. Hygge (/ˈhjuːɡə/ HYOO-gə or /ˈhuːɡə/ HOO-gə) is a mood of...
by Jean Franzblau | Dec 19, 2019 | Checking In, Cuddling
A Professional Achievement For the past few months, I’ve been hired to work on television and film sets as an Intimacy Coordinator. Last week I got to experience a dream come true. I was flown out of state to work on a film “on location.” Working on location on a...
by Jean Franzblau | Sep 24, 2019 | Checking In, Consent
Today’s my 49th birthday. I wanted to share with you a wonderful development – a birthday gift that I wouldn’t have dreamed to ask for. The Rolling Stone Article Last October, a few people who know me well sent me an article in Rolling Stone that described a new...
by Jean Franzblau | Sep 10, 2019 | Checking In, Consent, Cuddle Workshops, Cuddling, Video
I received an email from the producer of a YouTube series called UnderVlogs. They wanted me to teach their group of Instagram influencers how to be professional cuddlers. And of course they needed to capture the experience on video. I was skeptical I checked out their...
by Jean Franzblau | Aug 17, 2019 | Checking In, Consent, Cuddling
If you’re going to Burning Man this year and come upon Hugzilla Camp, let me know! What’s Burning Man? Burning Man can be hard to describe. Their website says “Once a year, tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a...
by Jean Franzblau | Aug 2, 2019 | Checking In, Cuddle Workshops, Professional Cuddling
My name is Jean, and I’m a mammal. The species I belong to is homo sapiens. A member of my species, Matthew Lieberman wrote a book for homo sapiens called Social that describes why I have a need to be around other humans. It’s built into my biology! One reason for my...
