The purpose of self-care is to ensure we’re our best selves so we have the capacity to envision a better future, and to collaborate, problem-solve, and care for each other as we move towards that vision. My faculty advisor, Dr. Raymond De Young, calls this idea the “Oxygen Mask Principle”. Anyone who has been on a commercial flight has heard the flight attendant say, “Should the cabin lose pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the overhead area. Place the mask over your own mouth and ...
