“Marathe now sees the world from a new lens. He has two daughters ages 5 and 8 and he plans to equip them with the tools and resources he never had and to teach them about being vulnerable. To teach them about empathy and love and what it’s like to walk a day in someone’s shoes. He also recognizes that he has a role to play in ongoing mental health conversation. His life intersects with sports, men, and ethnicities coming from an immigrant family whose culture doesn’t believe mental illness is real. “Men don’t talk about mental health. People in sports are all about machismo and ego, not showing any vulnerability. So, I came out and spoke more about it’s OK to feel weak. To feel vulnerable. It’s OK to feel hurt and maybe more people will listen and maybe there is someone out there that takes my advice and helps someone they love,” he said.”
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