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.

In 2021, Susan introduced, “His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation with Greta Thunberg and Leading Scientists.” She shares simple steps to engage in climate action and contemplative practices that can help heal ecoanxiety.

00:00 Introduction

02:49 Ecoanxiety

07:16 Science and the Earth

08:20 Feedback loops

14:17 Tipping point

19:31 Contemplative practices

25:03 Climate action

42:39 Mindset

44:16 Interconnection

54:14 Conclusion

Edited subtitles for this video are available in Russian, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, and Spanish.

New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, licensed occupational therapist, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com/

(Recorded on May 26, 2023)

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Published on July 5, 2023