touchy-feely is new-agey
IOW
Can’t we all just get along? (sarc off)
No — love and compassion and gentleness STARTED with Jesus 2,000 years ago. It’s not one bit wrong to be “touchy-feely” as you put it. God gives us all feelings for a deep purpose— to extend His love to others. When we use it to remain immature and undisciplined, it becomes something other than the way God intended for us.