Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, is the president of the Mind & Life Institute and was a professor of contemplative end-of-life care at the University of Virginia. She is author of A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis with the Power of Our Hearts and Minds and Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious and Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion, & Connectedness. The Mind and Life Institute website is mindandlife.org.