Description: Your Oxygen Mask FIrst is focused on helping those in the "helping professions" (public safety/first responders, medical, military, etc.) find the resources to not only survive the work they do but also help them thrive and live their best lives possible at the same time. The “Conversations Around Veteran Suicide” series aims to educate and provide resources for both military and civilian alike, in hopes to end the stigma and this devastating cycle.
Description: Your Oxygen Mask FIrst is focused on helping those in the "helping professions" (public safety/first responders, medical, military, etc.) find the resources to not only survive the work they do but also help them thrive and live their best lives possible at the same time. Before an airplane takes off, the flight attendants give their speech on oxygen masks, right? The message is, every time you get on that plane and before it ever leaves the ground: put your own oxygen mask on FIRST before you help others with theirs. That resonates so profoundly, if you are a “helper”, you CAN’T help anyone unless you help yourself first.
