Following Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to mental health reasons, a slew of Americans were quick to characterize her as a failure. But the backlash fueled by these overly-patriotic consumers alludes to something greater: the interconnection between mental and physical health. Listen to learn all about it.
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