Your presence is contagious – science says so. The mirror is not just on the wall, it’s in the meeting, at the dinner table, and on every zoom call you join. 

In this episode, Kaitlin pulls back the curtain on the neuroscience of connection, blending mirror neurons, emotional contagion, and limbic resonance with real-life stories from middle school revelations to corporate boardrooms.

We talk about:

• How mirror neurons sync your brain (and mood) with the people around you and why the most grounded person in the room sets the tone.
• Why your emotional broadcast is contagious — in leadership, parenting, sales, and life.
• Why cultivating a growth mindset (à la Carol Dweck) changes not just your results, but the energy you send out and what comes back.
• How The Art of Possibility illustrates the ripple effect of joy, playfulness, and authentic presence in transforming group energy.
• What Satya Nadella’s leadership shift at Microsoft teaches us about changing a company’s emotional baseline.
• How psychological safety (as shown in Google’s Project Aristotle study) determines whether a team thrives or spirals toward the lowest emotional denominator.

This is science-meets-practical-application, designed to help you anchor your state, choose your signal, and watch the room and your results shift.

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