Perfect Body Inc

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Dedicating my life to health and fitness wasn't a hard decision to make. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in economics and philosophy, I was bent on making a career as a successful financial advisor. I interned at Merrill Lynch for about four months, and consequently received an offer as an assistant institutional broker. A year and a half later, I decided to switch companies and begin my career as a financial advisor at Smith Barney. At the time, I thought I was on my way to financial independence and success. Unfortunately, in 2001 the market took a turn and my business began to evaporate. The stress on my body and mind was relentless. Eventually, my body broke down and I began to suffer from physical fatigue and needed longer periods of rest to recover for the next day of work. I left Smith Barney on disability and decided to get help. I felt really depressed and had no energy to do anything but sleep. I was consistently sleeping around 14 hours a day and had no energy to hangout with friends or family - all I wanted to do was to be alone. These were darkest days of my life. This lasted for about a year. Once I went on disability I decided to get help and initially I went to several traditional western medical doctors. Strangely enough my tests were normal. This process was extremely frustrating because I knew what I was feeling was not normal. I finally went to several integrative medical doctors who diagnosed me with chronic fatigue syndrome and hypoadrenia which was caused by a combination of stress, allergies and severe adrenal fatigue. At the same time during my recovery, I began to read countless books on nutrition, supplements, spirituality, and body building. I began to realize how much I enjoyed health and fitness and decided to switch careers. Initially, this was a really tough decision to make. For the past 7 years my only focus at UCLA, Smith Barney, and Merrill Lynch had been economics and business. I was very tentative about making the change. Also, my ego was saying that I was crazy. My ego or mind would say silly things like "why go from a really prestigious job to something like personal trainer" or "isn't that a step back?" But after some soul searching I came to the conclusion that this career was the best fit for my talents. It went from being a difficult decision to an easy decision once I considered that this was a viable career and that I would be making a real difference in peoples' lives. Even now I realize how important it was for me to go thru my personal health crisis. I used to be the corporate guy who woke up every morning at 4:45AM and would say to himself "I hate my life". I was that guy and I can relate and empathize with professionals in the corporate america who are dealing with an exorbitant amount of stress, some of which have adrenal fatigue. I've had many new clients with severe health challenges that I can relate and empathize with them. It really shakes me to my core because I know how it feels to be physically challenged in a way that you feel that you're sleep walking through life.

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