Connection isn’t about personality—it’s about how your brain works. In this episode, Rei McColley joins Jeff Ostroff to explore the brain science behind trust, rapport, and presence. Rei breaks down the three key brain networks that shape focus, imagination, and social connection, explains why simple actions like yawning and shared values build trust, and reveals what’s really happening in the brain during social anxiety. This episode lays the foundation for understanding connection as a learnable, brain-based skill.

Highlights:

1. How neuroscience became the missing puzzle piece in Rei’s self-growth journey
2. The three key brain networks that shape focus, imagination, and connection
3. Why yawning and shared values build trust faster than words
4. What really happens in your brain during social anxiety or overwhelm
5. How switching brain networks creates flow, agency, and deeper presence

Featured Guest:

Rei McColley is a Certified NeuroCoach, Art and Movement Therapist, Master Certified in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, and Certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. With 35 years studying human communication and seven years in neuroscience, Rei blends brain-based strategies, mindfulness, and creative expression to help people build clarity, confidence, and authentic connection in life and work.

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About the Host:

Jeff Ostroff’s love for interviewing began at age seven, using a reel-to-reel recorder (or even a bottle of hair tonic) to announce baseball games and music. Today, he’s deeply reconnected with that passion—interviewing leaders across nearly 180 programs since 2020 through his platforms Voices in the Spotlight and Looking Forward®: It’s All About Opportunities. Jeff Ostroff also creates and hosts podcasts, produces video testimonials, coaches job and media interviews, and is the author of Successful Marketing to the 50+ Consumer and 6 Great Global Opportunities for This Decade. His background includes senior marketing roles in healthcare and founding multiple successful businesses.

Jeff Ostroff can be reach at www.jeff-ostroff.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-ostroff/

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