Dr. Carol Scott: What is your definition of mindful living? How has this philosophy helped your life, and what are the lessons that we can learn?

Dr. Lilian Cheung: Mindfulness is our ability to be fully present in each moment with a receptive, curious and open kind of awareness. We approach each moment with a beginner’s mind, without any biases or preconceived notions- no colored lenses, essentially. 

Mindful living simply means bringing mindfulness to everything we do throughout our day. 

In terms of how it has helped me- it has helped me tremendously in managing the stress of juggling my career, my family - as a wife and mother of 3. It has helped me to be much more efficient with everything I do and I end up enjoying life much more, every day.

CS: I had the privilege of hearing you give a presentation recently and it was just phenomenal, I think the audience was spellbound, your messages were so clear…