02/06/2023
Proud to announce that Jason's memoir "Cuddle Me" is finally available in print and e-book from most major online retailers, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and more!
To say this an emotional day for me is an understatement. I never thought I would be able or willing to tell this story, as I once thought I would never reveal or even discuss some of these things. But as one person told me early on during my healing journey four summers ago, I would one day become a "wounded healer". And the release of this book is a culmination of that healing work which I hope can one day help someone else who may be struggling with their own personal demons or heartbreak and who can't seem to find their way out of it. There IS a way out of it, and a much better stronger life awaits you on the other side.
The release of this book also represents a conclusion to a tumultuous, painful, transformative, and ultimately rewarding phase of my life. This book covers the last ten years of my life, and specifically revolves around two documentaries I made about the cuddle therapy movement that truly changed my life in ways I could have never predicted. You'll now get to see how those movies came about, the behind the scenes stories of making those films, and ultimately how I ended up becoming an example of just how healing and important this movement is. It's been my honor to be a representative of the cuddle movement through these films and now this book, and as I move on to other subjects and other stories to tell, I doubt I will ever be as connected with another group of people as I have with all of the true human beings it has been my pleasure to have met and embraced.
For those of you who will purchase this book, my deepest thanks to you and I would absolutely love to hear from you after you have finished reading it, and definitely would love any reviews left on Amazon or other sites. I wrote this book as a confessional, as a way to set the record straight on some things, as a way to remember a journey that made me a much stronger and better person, and as a testament to an industry and a practice that deserves much more mainstream acceptance, as the value of touch and human connection is truly what is needed in a continually fracturing and painful world.
You can search out the book on your preferred choice of print or e-book retailer, or can use the link books2read.com/cuddleme which has all the direct links to everywhere it's available!
Cuddle Me by Jason O'Brien
