Episode 14 – Sid Mallya

It’s not often that we acknowledge and unmask our mental vulnerabilities and anxieties- in fact I would figure that many South Asians struggle with this concept.  Yet, in our connected world of 2020 and beyond, Sid Mallya, is advocating for us to do more of this by sharing his own personal story of both mental health challenges and well-being. As an Indian Born in the US and raised in the UK, Sid’s journey has brought him through being the son of a very wealthy businessman in the alcohol industry to coping at a young age with his parents’ divorce, to helping run a franchise IPL cricket team, to a career in acting and producing. Soon to be made into a book, his popular web series titled “ConSIDer This” shares some of Sid’s own personal experiences in an effort to educate and promote awareness around mental health.  We caught up recently and started to talk about the nature of going through the COVID experience alone and together…