The Science of Trust

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Trust is a chemical. Specifically, when we feel like we trust someone, we have an elevated level of oxytocin in our bloodstream and in our brain. Oxytocin, sometimes called the love hormone. It's It's produced a lot of times in acts of physical touch, embraces. It's produced at childbirth, when you're around your family, and also when you feel someone is being vulnerable with you.

[00:00:21]Telling you about a mistake that they made and what they learned from it.

[00:00:24]Sharing with you a new idea, taking an interpersonal risk in front of you. And before we go any further, when I say vulnerability here, I don't mean you have to get deeply personal really quickly with everybody on your team.

[00:00:37]You don't have to give them TMI, too much information. No, no, no, no.