Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podcast

Emotional intelligence can be understood as the smart way of using emotion. It is how we recognize, perceive, and manage our emotions in order to understand ourselves better and make the best decisions out of it. Being emotionally intelligent will help us to regulate emotion better, whether within ourselves or others.  In this episode of Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podcast, host Lu...

Overthinking is seen as a self-destructive type of behavior, it can occur after facing traumatic experiences in the past or worrying about the uncertainty of the future. When overthinking kicks in, we tend to let our mind focus on the negative thoughts, which in the long run, can lead us into a depressive or anxious state of mind. In this episode of Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podca...

Flow state is a mental state where we are focused, relaxed, and engaged with what we do. This can occur in the midst of our hobby, work, or our daily activities. Studies have shown that reaching the flow state will help us to increase motivation, enhance creativity, and bring out positive emotions within ourselves. In the long run, being constantly immersed in a flow state will likely boost our ha...

We understand negative emotions as having a sense of unpleasantness that negatively affects our body and mind. Those could be fear, anger, anxiety, insecurity, jealousy, and many more. However, these emotions can have a similar hold amongst our children. Many of us know that children are observant. They can learn and process all the things that occur to their surroundings, including negative emoti...

We might think that happiness is a universal, pleasurable emotion that comes naturally, but happiness looks different for each and every person and requires a specific environment to occur. Research has found that creating positive habits can improve both physical and psychological benefits, so, building a new habit could be a way to foster the right environment for your happiness. But how can we...

Everyone must have felt those unpleasant and unhappy emotions, or as we label them negative emotions, at least a few times in our lives, if not many. To manage our level of happiness, it's important for us to understand how those emotions work from a scientific perspective. Once we understand how they work and how they can affect our lives, we can learn to effectively deal with them. In this episo...

Most people might have imagined how their future selves would be. But, have you ever dreamed about how your future self would be? Or have you ever thought about what practice should you have to achieve your dreamed future self? In this episode of Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podcast, host Lu Ngo is joined by Penny Locaso. Penny is the world's first Happiness Hacker on a quest to teac...

In this episode of Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podcast, host Lu Ngo is joined by Michael E. Bernard, Ph. D. who brings us expert knowledge about the strength of self-acceptance. Michael is an international consultant to universities, educational authorities, organizations, and government as well as a Professor at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, a...

Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podcast is where we discuss all key aspects of happiness with insightful guests, drawing on science, knowledge and experience. Each topic addresses an element from the comprehensive framework of several domains and elements created by the Center for Happiness Science. With us, happiness is a journey, not a destination, and we’re excited to be with you on...