In my role as the Contemplative Life Advisor at Hampshire College, I support students to practice, develop and integrate meditation, mindfulness, and related principles of awareness and compassion into their lives. This includes reflecting on key systemic forms of suffering, particularly oppression, climate disruption and other environmental damage, and potential remedies/right actions of social justice and sustainability. The discourse around these issues is very active and analytical (with critical theory dominant) at Hampshire, and sometimes becomes urgent and confrontational, involving reactive emotions that can lead to overwhelm, withdrawal, and isolation.