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Why the SIX Second Kiss Hack Works to Increase Intimacy and Other Hacks You Can Use With Your Mate.


By Body Language and Relationship Expert Patti Wood

Recently, TikTok has become been sharing a six-second kiss relationship hack to increase intimacy and connection by kissing for six seconds or longer every day. 

Some of the reasons it works.

Time/chronemics is a nonverbal communicator. By extending a kiss to six seconds, instead of a quick peck you are communicating to your partner, you are worth more to me.

In addition, it may offer an opportunity for each partner to take a deep breath from the diaphragm and hold it and release it as they kiss, creating a moment with your partner to be connected for both pleasure and relaxation.

Also, the way we hold our body sends a message through the central nervous system to the brain to create matching chemicals and hormones. For example, the LOVE hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are produced in the part of the brain near the hypothalamus and cause stronger feelings of attachment. Those chemicals and hormones can be created and released back into the bloodstream in as little as a 1/40 of a second. Extending the kiss to 6 seconds extends and increases them.

Other rituals to increase connection that I recommend.

Hold hands more. Create an anchor cue, such as when you are out walking together at night, or as you stand in line at the grocery store or coffee shop, or when you sit together on the couch watch certain kinds of movies and or television shows as the time you hold hands. This creates a bonding ritual in your lives.

Intertwine your fingers occasionally to send a message that you are connected physically and emotionally.

When one of you is washing the dishes or standing at the kitchen counter or bar preparing food create a ritual where the other person comes behind you and hugs you gently for six seconds or more. This offers a bonding ritual, a sexual attraction signal, and a thank you to the partner who is providing a nurturing cleaning or cooking service to you.

Working out can increase adrenaline and research shows that there is a significant positive correlation between adrenaline and attraction. So you could create a ritual of either both of you working out and ending the workout with a long hug and kiss and or one of you working out and immediately going to your partner and giving them a long sweaty hug and kiss.

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.

     
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Duggar's Documentary Body Language Secrets, Jill Duggar reveals

I analyzed the body language of Jill Duggar in the Documentary about her family.
TRUE FEELINGS Jill Duggar reveals ‘anger & betrayal’ over pressure to defend Josh & has ‘lack of respect’ for dad’s power, says the expert. Carly Stern

JILL Duggar has shared her candid reactions to her brother's abuse and the pressure her parents put on her to do damage control.

In a new interview, she reflected on the "burden" she felt to help her family retain their TV show after the scandal and even laughed about the "umbrellas of authority" that made her so obedient to her father.

The rest of the article is here 


Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     
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Danny Masterson's Body Language, The Duggar Family's Body Language, Nausea As a Signal Someone's is Dangerous



Have you ever seen someone on a TV show and felt uncomfortable or nauseous? I don’t mean his, her, or their character on the show. I mean the actual actor. If you have body may have been signaling to you of that star’s true toxicity and danger in real life. Nausea can be a very clear sign of danger.
Years ago, The 70’s show was wildly popular, the problem for me is I couldn’t stand to watch it. The actor Danny Masterson gave me the creeps. I was physically nauseous when I tried to watch him in the show. Later there was a popular reality show called The Duggars about a large Mormon family. I have friends that are Mormons and I love fictional comedies about big families, so I turned it on. Something felt off and I started to feel nauseous. This has happened to me all my life as a signal that someone is “Off” and that there is something potentially toxic or dangerous about them. It does not happen every time I see a toxic person, (Oh how I wish it did) but when it does, I pay attention. Couldn’t even finish one episode of the show.
In a strange coincidence This week I consulted with the media on the upcoming Duggar family Documentary and the rape trial of former 70’s SHOW and The RANCH star Danny Masterson. Your body is a human lie detector. Nausea can sometimes signal that you are in a dangerous situation and or you are seeing a dangerous toxic person. bodies evolved to trigger anxiety symptoms such as nausea when we are under threat or in danger. When a person's anxiety is not related to a real danger, like when stress is triggered by a perceived threat, nausea can be especially distressing.
When you feel stressed or anxious, your body releases a rush of hormones to prepare you to face or flee from a perceived threat. These hormones light the fuse that sets off your freeze, flight, fight, faint, or friend response. Neurotransmitters in the limbic system of the brain react by sending messages to the rest of your body to:
• get the heart pumping faster.
• increase the breathing rate.
• tense the muscles.
• send more blood to the brain.
Anxiety and stress can affect virtually every body system. This includes your cardiovascular, endocrine, musculoskeletal, nervous, reproductive, and respiratory systems.
In the digestive system, stress can cause:
• nausea, vomiting
• heartburn, acid reflux
• stomachache, gas, bloating
• diarrhea, constipation, painful spasms in the bowel

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     
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Body Language Reveals In the TV Show Succession, Touch Tells Between the Siblings On Succession.



Here are some of the insights on the body language of the siblings I shared for this article. The link to the full article is in the comments.
Succession’s Heirs: Touch Me Gently
Body language experts evaluate the Succession kids' bizarre hugs
May 27, 2023 By Kyle Mullin Photography by Macall Polay/HBO WEB EXCLUSIVE
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Succession’s characters often reveal more with their body language than with anything they say. This is in part due to the privilege and trauma of billionaire news baron wannabe-heir Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) and his siblings Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) whose awkward movements and physical interaction are wince-worthy. That trauma stemmed from their manipulative, outburst prone father, the late Logan Roy (Brian Cox). But the ruthlessly successful businessman also endowed the squabbling siblings with enough wealth to alienate them from the comparative peasants they need to interact with.
When the siblings gingerly reach out to one another – wary of betrayal, but desperate for validation — their odd gestures convey multitudes. Their body language also draws attention when they simply speak or sit. Ken’s halting tone is a prime example of the former, while Roman’s oddball posture stands out as the latter.
Since the Roys’ eccentric and acidic behavior has turned so many viewers into armchair psychologists, we asked true experts to weigh in. Patti Wood holds an MA in body language and nonverbal communication. Woods has been called “the Babe Ruth of body language experts” by The Washington Post. She is also working on a book about body language in cinema, which includes It’s a Wonderful Life and The Godfather. Former FBI agent Joe Navarro utilized his body language expertise to catch real life crooks. He has since appeared in numerous viral videos in which he breaks down the nonverbal communication of politicians, gangsters and more. His book What Every BODY is Saying is an international best seller.
[Author’s note: spoilers follow]
In an early first season episode Wood was struck by the siblings’ cold, derisive nonverbal communication while doctors tended to their ailing father. More recently, Wood was focused on another dynamic: that infamous recent episode when Logan suddenly dies and Roman becomes uncharacteristically earnest. At one point Roman not only reaches out to his half-brother Connor (the always hilarious Alan Ruck), but lunges at him (director Mark Mylod told GQ the strange hug between Roman and Connor was not in the script, but instead happened between the actors “organically in a lovely, clumsy way.
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Amy Robach Body Language at Half Marathon, What does it mean when you wear a promise ring around your neck?


Here is the article on the nonverbal 


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