Julian Lim

Co-Founder & Lead Sleep Psychologist

Dr Julian Lim graduated with a PhD in Psychology with Clinical training from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010 and has conducted psychological research for over 20 years.

From 2015-2022, he was Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and subsequently at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. During this time, he pioneered mindfulness-based treatments to improve sleep health in Singapore and led an initiative to increase public awareness of these treatment options.

Dr Lim is regarded internationally as an expert in mindfulness and sleep, with over 40 peer-reviewed publications and a position on the editorial board of the scientific journal Mindfulness. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the National University of Singapore.

Mr. Eric Lim is the co-founder of Somnus Sleep Wellness. He is the second Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher in Singapore, conferred by the Mindfulness Center at Brown University School of Public Health, in collaboration with UMASS Memorial Health Care’s Center for Mindfulness.

From 2014-2023, he spearheaded Brahm Centre’s curriculum development and research on mindfulness, and was also the Head of Systems.

He has previously worked with over 10,000 individuals across all ages and delivered mindfulness courses, workshops and talks to professions from education, government, financial and social service sectors on stress reduction and sleep wellness. In 2017, Eric was awarded the Young Model Caregiver (Merit) Award by AWWA as well as a Social and Health Manpower Development Programme Fellowship by the Ministry of Health.

Eric Lim

Co-Founder, Certified MBSR Teacher