239: Matthew Korban—Restore Balance To Your Life Without Compromise

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 24px;"><strong>Learn how to find your "why," a key to happiness </strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 18px;">As you know, for our <a href= "../../../podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On The Brink podcasts</a> I go looking for people who have a different perspective, something in their own journey that's worth sharing so you can learn from them and begin to think about yourself with some new, fresh ideas. Such a person is Matthew Korban, a Certified Health and Life Coach. With our <a href= "https://www.simonassociates.net/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">SAMC</a> clients we often say, If you really want to change, have a crisis or create one. Well, Matthew found himself in the middle of a major crisis, a health crisis, and it ended up changing his life. Today he's healthy and happy, and spends his time teaching others how they can be too. Take a listen.<img class= "mce-hs-more" style="height: 20px !important;" src= "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-mce-placeholder="" /></p> <p style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Tough childhood, then success and a near-death experience, then happiness</strong></p> <p style="font-size: 18px;">Born in Beirut, Lebanon during a war, Matthew spent the first 13 years of his life hiding from bombs. When he went to school, he would hide under the desks and hold his friend's hand and then run to the shelter. When he turned 13, he left Lebanon to be educated in Switzerland and France, then came to the U.S. for college. Once he started working, all he wanted to do was work hard at a career, have a family, and give his kids a decent life, not like the one he had had. </p> <p style="font-size: 18px;">Soon he was working 15-hour days and weighed 350 pounds. He was leading a very unhealthy life but he was very successful. He was a CEO, sitting on boards and receiving awards. He was a star. But he couldn't walk.</p> <p style="font-size: 18px;">When he went to his doctor, he was told