Serena Williams joins Yahoo's Reset Your Mindset at Work special

Serena Williams discusses how her family has adapted to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic

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SERENA WILLIAMS: I started quarantining a little bit earlier, so I was in the house a really long time. And then I was like, OK, I'm with a two-year-old who's amazing, but it's a lot of work every single day. And then she was in this phase where every word was mommy. And I loved it. But at the same time, I'm like, I can't hear this anymore. I can't hear mommy, mommy. It was definitely challenging, but we overcame it. And now we're in our Cinderella robes.

I feel like I almost get to be normal. And that-- as weird as it sounds, it's, like, amazing, and I love it. I've been kind of just really enjoying every second that I get at home. And you know, I haven't gotten tired, or I haven't-- in the beginning, it was definitely hard in the beginning. But once I got over that, I was like, I'm kind of in love with this staying at home life. Obviously, I'm rooting for businesses, which would include mine, to be able to come back. But it's good to just kind of take a break and just really focus on the things that are really important.

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My husband actually is, like, just different. So what he did is a long time ago before this happened, he rented himself a warehouse, and he set up, like, his office and, like, all his computer and, like, his cameras so he can go live and all this other stuff. And he has, like, a separate office that's not at the house. So when this happened-- husbands take note. So when this happened, he already had this office that he goes to, which literally nobody is ever in except for himself.

Everyone has been struggling with this whole thing, and I see all the names online that talk about, like, quarantine, how everyone is getting a little thicker. But I really took out this time to take and cleanse my body. So I've been actually-- I've been doing that since quarantining starts.

So I've been doing these things 30 days and I would take, like, two days off. And then I completed my second 30 days, and I took, like, three days off. And now I'm actually doing another cleanse for 60 days. Excuse me. So those 60 days are intense. I'm doing another one to 60 days. And they're intense, but I just eat really healthy. I cut off eating. I do intermittent fasting. I eat-- I try to eat healthy.

And you know, it's so fun. And I'm like, I want a drink in quarantine, too, but I also want to be healthy when I go back out and play tennis. I want to feel super good. And this-- very rare do I, as a tennis player, have time to actually take care of me. And so I thought, this is a really good time to just take care of me.

And other people should think about it that way, too, because this is like-- you never really get to spend as much time at home. And you could cook for yourself. It's, like, a lot of stuff that you can really control what's actually going into your body.