‘Tough times don’t last-resilient people do’
- Dean Aitken
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ABOUT DEAN
I’ve travelled with Dean on his life’s journey, right since the beginning. Dean has been up to the challenge of confronting whatever circumstances arose in a positive and helpful manner and always left me with thoughts to ponder.’ Rob Aitken (Dad) R.I.P.
Dean Aitken
I’ve fulfilled numerous roles in the first five decades of my life, from son to student, to soldier, garbo, fitness trainer, husband, father, facilitator, keynote presenter and business coach, and now to an irreverent celebrant. There have been times when I’ve felt 6 feet under, living on the streets of Brisbane in my van, and times when I’ve felt 6-foot-tall and bulletproof.
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GOOD GRIEF
‘There’s no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it and hopefully come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.’
Johnny Cash
Good Grief Book
‘Good grief, Joy’ my father would often exclaim to my mother. His expression had a not so subtle meaning and it’s the title for my book. It may act as a reminder that grief and its connotations are not all bad. On the contrary, ‘grief is good’.
In a moment our lives could change from a state of happiness to a state of adversity with a diagnosis of terminal illness, or tragic accident, or the loss of a loved one.
Inevitably we all experience loss at some stage in our life. This book is a collection of resilient ideas that could help you prepare and bounce back from loss, grief and adversity.
Through my observations, I’ve learnt that we all experience grief. Grief reminds us that we’re alive and it connects us to ourselves and our sense of compassion, which is something to be grateful for.
Grief is important, helpful and a natural part of the human experience. Grief informs us and allows us to feel what is there. When we become aware of our grief, we should pause and acknowledge it without judging the feeling. We should learn tolerance as our grief interlaces itself into our lives. It may never completely go away and instead evolve as we develop greater resilience.
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Address: South East Queensland
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Email: dean.aitken@icloud.com
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Website: www.deanaitken.com.au