S3 MSS 03: How to Improve Your Overall Wellbeing with Dr. Maleena

Wellbeing is not just the absence of disease or illness. It is a complex combination of a person’s physical, emotional, social and mental health factors. On today’s show, Dr. Maleena, a strong wellbeing advocate shared her nuggets of wisdom on ways of improving one’s betterment of wellness. 

I am excited to talk more about this with Dr. Maleena Suppiah Cavert. Dr. Maleena is currently a Chief Wellbeing Officer with the National University Health System of Singapore. She helms undergraduate, postgraduate (Residency) clinical education and continuing medical education at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. She has also headed staff wellbeing and mental health initiatives at NUHS, collaborating with counterparts in the healthcare sector and the Ministry of Health since 2018. 

 Where humanity and compassion are lacking in healthcare, Maleena tries to restore these fundamental practices through training. 

 She is a certified MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction) facilitator and works closely with healthcare staff and medical students to enhance resilience and combat burnout at the National University of Singapore and the National University Hospital Singapore, Maleena serves on the Executive Committee of WISH – Women in Science & Healthcare – looking to uphold and advance workplace Diversity and Inclusion. Maleena is also a board director at ALife, a non-profit organisation that assists unsupported mothers and their children.

 Maleena graduated from King’s College, London and went on to pursue an MBA at ESSEC Business School in Paris. Her doctoral thesis was on empathy and healthcare. She has worked in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, and Singapore, thus having the opportunity to experience and enact cross-cultural humanism and compassion.

 
Here are more of the details from our interview:

-          What’s wellbeing

-          The role of 8 pillars of wellbeing and how you can support it

-          Are organic foods necessary 

-          Understanding the importance of different types of diets 

-          Creating a certain balance with diets 

-          The power of hugs – give someone a hug today! (family only)

-          The connection between resiliency and mental wellbeing 

-          Foods and Lifestyle practices to optimize and enhance overall wellbeing 

-          Are we neglecting happiness?

-          Understanding happiness as a process and not a destination

-          Too many Singaporeans associate success with happiness. Is that a good thing?

-          Importance of lifestyle medicine 

-          Exploring your state of equanimity through various means 

So listen in, take good notes, and implement the tips that resonate with you!

• Connect with Dr. Maleena Suppiah Cavert LinkedIn profile 

https://sg.linkedin.com/in/dr-maleena-suppiah-cavert-6aa83820

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