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Faith, Brain and Belonging: Celebrating Lynn Swain's Trust-Centered Work
Summary
Lynn Swain, founder and CEO of the Symbiota Leadership Institute and a specialist in the Neuroscience of Leadership, served as a 2025 Faith and Media Initiative fellow linking trust, neuroplasticity and faith. She plans to finish a book and bring fellowship insights into her speaking and consulting work.
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Lynn Swain has spent more than two decades studying how trust shapes wellbeing, workplace culture, and relationships. She is founder and CEO of the Symbiota Leadership Institute and holds a Master of Science from Middlesex University in the Neuroscience of Leadership. Her early life in an orphanage is described as formative for her focus on resilience and trust. In 2025 she served as a fellow with the Faith and Media Initiative (FAMI), contributing to conversations about faith, media representation, and flourishing.
Key facts:
- Swain has over 20 years of experience in consulting, coaching, and leadership development with an emphasis on trust in individuals and organizations.
- She holds an MSc from Middlesex University (UK) in the Neuroscience of Leadership and speaks about neuroplasticity and habit formation.
- Swain has delivered a TEDx talk titled "A Trust Mindset to Create a TRUST Revolution."
- She participated in the inaugural FAMI Summit at Oxford and in a LinkedIn Live discussion called "Faith and Flourishing: The Untold Story."
- Swain cites studies and her own work linking prayer and meditation to oxytocin release and to mental and emotional wellbeing as part of the faith-and-health conversation.
- As her FAMI fellowship concludes, she plans to finish a book and incorporate the fellowship insights into her speaking and consulting practice.
Summary:
Swain's fellowship connected her neuroscience work with efforts to improve how faith is represented in media and public life, emphasizing environments where people feel valued and trusted. She will move forward by completing a book and applying the fellowship's insights to her speaking and consulting schedule.
