Azarenka launches 'Think About It' podcast series

Victoria Azarenka has always been a player whose interests exceeded the tennis court so she launched a six-part podcast series called Think About It.

Speaking to WTA Insider the former two time Australian Open champion spoke about the podcast series and the reasons behind it. It is a six-part series hosted by the Belarussian where she spoke with people from different industries. She said:

"My goal was to learn and take the audience on that learning experience. The other goal was to show conversations between people who are in different fields being real and authentic."

She continued further:

"I think in sports we always have this protective wall that we don't want to show our vulnerabilities, feelings, emotions, fears, etc., because it shows, from a perspective of people, a weakness and that you shouldn't talk about it and people will think of you differently. It's not that people don't think about it or have those emotions and feelings, it's just they're hiding it. Unfortunately in sports, I don't see a lot of open conversations on these topics regarding our jobs."

Over six episodes, Azarenka goes in-depth with professional rock climber Sasha DiGuilian, ultra-marathon runner and VP of Fitness at Peloton Robin Arzon, motivational gurus Trevor Moawad and Lewis Howes, and medical professionals Dr. Rupy Aujla and Dr. Rahul Jandial:

"This was an amazing pool of people, talking to a brain surgeon, talking to a doctor who transformed his life through food," Azarenka said. "Talking to Lewis Howes who has an incredible story himself, and Trevor Moawad, who has such an interesting story of, how do you get out of the shadow of your dad who was in the same field but finding your own identity in that field? All these topics are so diverse and that was the point of the show."