I'd just like to add to what Cyndi is saying. I'd like to break her job into two percentages: 75% of her job, I think, is peer support; the most important and first percentage, for me, is 25% on self-care. In order for me, Cyndi, and other folks in our program to be able to help others, we have to learn to take care of ourselves.
In the beginning, it's not easy; there's a lot of playing checkers, but you learn to get it right and get your kings in one end. At the end of the day, we do self-care teleconferences with the veterans hospital in Montreal, Ste. Anne's Hospital, referred to in the presentation given by Colonel Ethell, as well as teleconferences with each other. We do regional teleconferences to talk about lessons learned and things like that.
The biggest thing, I think, is talk among peers. It's been harped on by our management team to take care of ourselves.