What a Year of Hugging Strangers Can Teach Us About Work Relationships w/ Melinda Lee Schmitt

How do you build genuine professional relationships—especially in a remote or digital work environment? In this episode of Making the Connection, I sit down with Melinda Lee Schmitt, author of Rebel Hugger, to explore how vulnerability, authenticity, and emotional connection can transform the way we show up at work. After completing a year-long experiment hugging thousands of strangers, Melinda shares what that experience taught her about human connection—and how those same principles apply t...