Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN integrates her experience as a clinician, meditation teacher, researcher, and leader in health care and contemplative science. She has journeyed the last phases of life with scores of people, and recently has deepened her work in service to the climate crisis. Her book A Future We Can Love is “medicine for despair and anxiety about climate change,” that draws parallels between grief and love for the planet and facing one’s own mortality. A lifelong seeker, Susan has explored different wisdom and faith traditions, including being a student and practitioner of Buddhism for over three decades. She completed a PhD in psychoneuroimmunology and post-doctoral training in behavioral medicine, and received one of the first NIH grants to study meditation while at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. In 2021, she was recognized as one of “the most powerful women in the mindfulness movement.” For eight years, Susan was the president of the Mind & Life Institute, a non-profit with global reach co-founded by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She is also the author of Leaves Falling Gently. Currently with Coming to Life (coming-to-life.com), Susan guides individuals and groups in preparing for death while affirming life.