‘I Want Her to Feel Like I’m Heard’ – 41-Year-Old Serena Williams Reveals Intimate Reservation While Choosing a Doctor

Serena Williams recently sat down for an interview with Dr. Hope O’Brien. The tennis star is delighted with how the conversation went and also posted about it on her Twitter. The discussion featured the concept of inclusivity and the two legends talked about the problem of migraines. The conversation centered around the experiences of people of color with migraine and how they are often unheard of. Serena, who is diagnosed with the condition herself, voiced her opinions on how she seeks to incorporate inclusivity in all realms of her life.

Especially after Olympia, Serena accepts that she has become sensitive of choosing doctors and making Olympia realize how to be more empathetic towards not just others but herself as well. With Dr. Hope’s questions that seek to explore the player’s opinions on inclusivity, Serena’s stance on how she chooses to see and hear people and express them becomes crystal clear.

Serena Williams talks inclusivity in all facets of her personal and professional life

As Dr. Hope spoke about the way she seeks to make her patients comfortable, Serena pitched in with her opinions and experiences on the same. She said, “When I’m choosing my doctors, especially having a daughter, I’m like, well, if she comes to the doctor with me, I want her to feel like I’m heard.” Serena says that having doctors of black heritage means a lot to her.

She instinctively feels comfortable knowing that doctors who are people of color are aware of the struggles she undergoes.

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“It’s subconscious right coming here and seeing someone that looks like me. Who understands why everything that I’ve to go through or that I’ve been through it really makes a big difference.”

Talking about how she seeks to incorporate inclusivity not just in life but also with her business, she says, “Inclusion is important. It’s in everything I do, whether it’s in Adventures or fashion…One thing that we do in fashion is we really make things for everyone.”

She further adds, “Also, while investing we invest in everyone. I want to get people that look like me an opportunity as well.” When any one section of society struggles to find appropriate representation, it is only humane that icons like Serena take the lead.

While Serena is undoubtedly a role model for millions of women worldwide, she strives to be one for her daughter as well.

Ubrelvy and Serena

The interview set up by Ubrelvy was a promotional venture too. Serena also spoke of how Ubrelvy got her the care she didn’t know she needed for her migraine. “I used to call my migraine headaches,” she said. Ubrelvy’s collaboration with Serena seeks to educate the masses in general on the horrifying reality of migraines.

This further is a testament as to why it is important to sensitize the mass about inclusivity. When black people struggle every day to even express medical discomforts, it reminds us how much we still have a lot to achieve as a society.

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