Jelena Dokic says she’s busier than ever, revealing she has two main tasks within the works as her profession goes from power to power.
Since retiring, the previous World No. 4 has gained a loyal following by means of her sharp tennis commentary and sharing her struggles with melancholy, on-line abuse, household violence and body-shaming.
Dokic usually posts uplifting and open content material on Instagram, sharing final 12 months that she got here near taking her personal life.
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Now the 39-year-old has given an replace on her profession, revealing she’s going to launch her second e-book later this 12 months and a documentary about her can also be in its remaining levels.
Her 2017 autobiography Unbreakable, which lined the bodily and psychological abuse she skilled by the hands of her father Damir, was an enormous success.
Her new e-book, to be titled Fearless, will give attention to Dokic’s ongoing marketing campaign towards physique shaming and her psychological well being struggles.
Dokic is juggling working full time on the talking circuit with appearances in style campaigns together with for Witchery, the place she just lately turned heads.
“I’ve been actually busy,” Dokic informed Channel 9’s Right now on Thursday.
“I believed I’d get a little bit of a break after the Australian Open so I did for every week and that’s it.
“(I’m) ull time on the speaker circuit now as properly which is wonderful. I completely love that and love sharing my story.
“A whole lot of vital campaigns with a number of style manufacturers that are actually centered on actually good causes particularly with regards to girls.”
Dokic mentioned she had been “actually busy writing my second e-book”.
“We’re nearly on the finish,” she mentioned.
“It’s popping out in September. It’s (referred to as) ‘Fearless’. We simply got here up truly with that headline now, 48 hours in the past.
“I’m actually excited as a result of the primary e-book was wonderful. It was so profitable. It was now 5 years in the past because it’s come out. I’ve a little bit of stress with this one, I really feel like. In a great way. I actually need it to be one other wonderful piece that folks can get one thing useful out it.
“The primary e-book was purely my autobiography. This second one goes deep into psychological well being, trauma and therapeutic, social media as properly, physique picture and physique shaming.
“However in the end I would like it to be a e-book of hope and one thing that folks can choose up, get a little bit of inspiration from and simply go actually a bit of bit deeper into a few of these issues and among the psychological well being issues I’ve by no means even spoken about.”
A documentary referred to as Unbreakable is in put up manufacturing and might be launched in 2024 after cameras adopted Dokic for 3 years.
“We’re just about carried out filming loads of that,” Dokic defined.
“I’m actually excited as a result of there might be loads of different individuals in it, ex-players, former World No. 1s. To have the ability to inform my story however on display is so highly effective so I can’t look forward to that to come back out.”
Dokic has been very open about her expertise with trolls on social media, describing abusive feedback she obtained throughout the Australian Open as “disgusting” and “a brand new low”.
She mentioned she at all times tries to place a optimistic spin on unfavourable conditions and her e-book can have the same uplifting message.
“I attempted to maintain it open and trustworthy and uncooked as you understand,” Dokic mentioned.
“I need to be actually actual and genuine. That’s what I need to be recognized for and what I would like my legacy to be.
“I feel we are able to flip lot of negatives into positives and I’ve realized that in my life to date whether or not that was on the tennis court docket as an athlete but in addition off the court docket.
“I labored extremely onerous after retiring actually early at 29 resulting from damage, reinvent myself as properly and needed to work actually onerous on that.
“I feel in the end it’s about discovering the positives and never going again, not eager about the previous and making an attempt to do good. I feel we are able to do quite a bit and assist different individuals.
“If I can elevate consciousness about issues that may save lives there’s nothing higher than that on the earth. I would like that to be my legacy.”
