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The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
Virginia Satir
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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Psychotherapist
Social And Health Care Assistant
Social Worker
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Virginia M. Satir
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Twelve
Daily
Survival
Hugs
Eight
Recommended
Growth
Requirement
Four
Maintenance
Hug
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I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.
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