Jelena Dokic says she’s busier than ever, revealing she has two main tasks within the works as her profession goes from energy to energy.
Since retiring, the previous World No. 4 has gained a loyal following by means of her sharp tennis commentary and sharing her struggles with despair, on-line abuse, household violence and body-shaming.
Dokic recurrently posts uncooked and open content material on Instagram, sharing final yr 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 is going to launch her second e-book later this yr and a documentary about her can also be in its last 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 concentrate on 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 trend campaigns together with for Witchery, the place she not too long ago turned heads.
“I have been really busy,” Dokic informed Channel 9’s Today on Thursday.
“I thought I’d get a bit of a break after the Australian Open so I did for a week and that’s it.
“(I’m) full time on the speaker circuit now as well which is amazing. I absolutely love that and love sharing my story.
“A lot of important campaigns with a few fashion brands which are really focused on really good causes especially when it comes to women.”
Dokic stated she had been “really busy writing my second book”.
“We’re almost at the end,” she stated.
“It is coming out in September. It is (called) ‘Fearless’. We just came up actually with that headline now, 48 hours ago.
“I am really excited because the first book was amazing. It was so successful. It was now five years ago since it’s come out. I have a bit of pressure with this one, I feel like. In a good way. I really want it to be another amazing piece that people can get something helpful out it.
“The first book was purely my autobiography. This second one is going deep into mental health, trauma and healing, social media as well, body image and body shaming.
“But ultimately I want it to be a book of hope and something that people can pick up, get a bit of inspiration from and just go really a little bit deeper into some of those things and some of the mental health things I have never even spoken about.”
A documentary known as Unbreakable is in submit manufacturing and will probably be launched in 2024 after cameras adopted Dokic for 3 years.
“We are pretty much done filming a lot of that,” Dokic defined.
“I am really excited because there will be a lot of other people in it, ex-players, former World No. 1s. To be able to tell my story but on screen is so powerful so I can’t wait for that to come out.”
Dokic has been very open about her expertise with trolls on social media, describing abusive feedback she acquired throughout the Australian Open as “disgusting” and “a new low”.
She stated she all the time tries to place a optimistic spin on unfavorable conditions and her e-book may have an analogous uplifting message.
“I tried to keep it open and honest and raw as you know,” Dokic stated.
“I want to be really real and authentic. That’s what I want to be known for and what I want my legacy to be.
“I think we can turn lot of negatives into positives and I’ve learned that in my life so far whether that was on the tennis court as an athlete but also off the court.
“I worked incredibly hard after retiring really early at 29 due to injury, how to reinvent myself as well and had to work really hard on that.
“I think ultimately it is about finding the positives and not going back, not thinking about the past and trying to do good. I think we can do a lot and help other people.
“If I can raise awareness about things that can save lives there is nothing better than that in the world. I want that to be my legacy.”
Source: www.news.com.au
