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Helping students make the right decisions.
High/Middle School Stress.
- Showing students how to deal with stress of school and home life. We know it can be overwhelming but we can help through real life stories.
- I Show that choosing healthy coping mechanisms early can help instead of hurt or ruin your life.
- Dustan goes over a story of how he was an at risk youth by being on the street before graduation.
- Dustan turned his life around and became a Firefighter through good decisions and discipline.
Society Says It’s Ok.
- Learning about the different dangers of substance abuse when they become of age, and that society says its ok. Learn how to navigate life with peer pressure and influences.
- The world tells them its ok so we show them how to manage what is out there and make better decisions.
- Dustan will do an activity and share a story when he was a Fire Fighter and how he let society tells us its ok to drink and how it can lead down the wrong path.
- I Show where to find discipline and how to have healthy coping mechanisms.
“Discipline is the strongest form of self love.”
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Years of impeccable & successful work
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Published Book
WE PROVIDE
THE WHY
Dustan Jackson from a young age started struggling. He found himself at the age of 14 kicked out of his home. Dustan from that day on went down a path of substance abuse leaving school and living on his own before he graduated. He struggled with drugs and alcohol for the first couple years of adulthood until, he found himself becoming a father of twins. Dustan had to make some hard choices and find discipline in his life. He proceeded to turn his life around and become a fire fighter for Bullhead City, AZ, Fire department. He had to go through a grueling academy and compete against many people just to be hired on full time. Dustan worked hard and finally succeeded in getting hired on the fire department, a few years down the road some of Dustan old habits start coming back. Dustan finds himself having a drink on the weekends and on his days off until, another detrimental situation happens and Dustan and he gets a DUI. Fighting to save his job Dustan has to make some hard Decisions again. Dustan again changes his ways and continues to find discipline in his life.
When he has it all the business the house the wife and kids. He takes a family vacation to Mexico where he finds himself saying its ok to have a drink, after a few drinks of alcohol he takes a cab by himself. He finds himself kidnapped and left in the Mexico desert for dead. When Dustan wakes up it takes him two days to find his way back to society. After a 3 years in recovery and bed rest Dustan wakes up with a shoulder that will never work again and a leg all cut up and Dustan will be disable for the rest of his life. Because of his incident Dustan is now a published author and is using his message to help change the lives of our younger generation in staying away unhealthy coping mechanisms and making good decisions through discipline. Dustan story of resilience that you can always make the right decisions and the hard decisions can be the right one.
Speaking points
Discipline
Self Love
Resilience
Dustan will go over multiple story’s in his life, he starts with discussing the importance of discipline and how it is part of loving ourself. He talks about his experience in high school how he was at risk because of his decisions from anxiety and mental health.
Unhealthy Coping
He will share more life lessons from being a Firefighter and his experience from running calls. Including his own personal decisions that impacted his life. He will discuss how he survived Mexico and those decisions almost cost him his life. He will show the importance of having discipline in those situations and many more.
Anxiety
Last Dustan will finish by going over three techniques to feel ok inside and help with stress and anxiety. He will make a pledge with the students. He will talk about how it was to improve your mental health and how to stay strong. He invites all to join a community so that we can help kids when they are struggling.
Survival Story
TESTIMONIALS FEEDBACK
What People Are Saying About Feedback
“Dustan story is a true story of resilience. it is amazing and shows that no matter what gets you down you can always get back up.”
Cindy wallace
Utah West Jordan High School
“Great engagement”
“It was clear the students truly enjoyed your presentation. The topics you discuss align very well with health themes of anxiety, stress, and coping skills. We look forward to having you again.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Susan Marshall
Director of health and wellness
Granite school district.
“Exactly what they need”
He did so well, I had my son come and listen the next time, and it changed the way he was looking at his own life.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Eloise Young
Health Teacher
Skyline Highschool.
“Amazing Story”
The resilience Dustan has is incredible, you can tell the students were very engaged in his story.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Amy Brindley
Student teacher.
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