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How to Thrive in a New Normal -What Can I do with what I have?<\/p>\n
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Matt Pond grew up in Ucon, Idaho the 13th<\/span>\u00a0of 14 children.\u00a0 He attended school at Bonneville, then Ricks College.\u00a0 Matt has been performing all of his life, with his family and later as a solo act.<\/p>\n In January of 2006, Matt began having troubling symptoms, and months later, scans revealed brain cancer.\u00a0 Matt was just 35 years old and finishing up his final year of school at Boise State.\u00a0 That was put on hold to battle cancer for the next four years.\u00a0\u00a0 After radiation, eight types of chemotherapy, and three surgeries, Matt was given a clean bill of health and is cancer-free.<\/p>\n During treatment, he had lost the ability to read and write and the use of his right side.\u00a0 Matt has pressed forward with great determination and hope.\u00a0 He developed a unique method of playing his acoustic guitar with one hand.\u00a0 He learned to read and write again and completed a bachelors\u2019 degree at BYU-Idaho in 2013.<\/p>\n Matt and his wife Kriss live in Rexburg, Idaho.\u00a0 They have four sons and a daughter.\u00a0 Matt now uses his music and his experience to inspire others with the message that we all have challenges in life, but it is how we come out on the other side that matters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n