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Salima Saxton: From Losing Herself in Motherhood to Rebuilding Her Multi-Hyphenate Career
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Actress, writer, podcaster, and mother of three, Salima Saxton joins The Wobbly Middle Season 2 finale to talk about reclaiming yourself. From centre stage to the school gate and back again, Salima shares what it took to reawaken her creative life after years on mute.
In this warm, frank conversation, she reflects on the disconnection so many women feel after stepping back from their careers - and how she wrote her way back into her multi-hyphenate roles. Together with hosts Susannah de Jager and Patsy Day, Salima dives into the messy middle of rediscovery, thrills at the power of women’s anger, and throws the idea of “balance” straight overboard.
If you’ve ever felt like you left parts of yourself behind, this one’s for you.
- (00:00) - Welcome to The Wobbly Middle
- (00:46) - Reflections on Fitting In and Being True to Yourself
- (02:33) - Introducing Salima Saxton
- (03:47) - Salima's Early Career and Family Life
- (07:49) - The Challenges of Motherhood
- (13:29) - Rediscovering Identity Through Writing
- (16:25) - The Reality of Success and Failure
- (20:27) - The Inception of 'Women are Mad' Podcast
- (27:58) - Estrangement and Family Reflections
- (31:45) - Final Thoughts
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Susannah de Jager has just relocated to Abu Dhabi, where she’s podcasting, consulting with start-ups, and occasionally advising on scale-up capital. After leaving her role as CEO of a boutique asset manager, she asked the all-important question: what next? Five years later, she’s following her curiosity —The Wobbly Middle is for her and every woman doing the same.
Patsy Day is a lawyer on a break. As an intellectual property specialist, she has worked on everything from anti-counterfeiting to publishing and from London to Ho Chi Minh City and back again. Patsy lives in Oxford and is currently immersed in podcasts producing SafeHouse Amsterdam (out 2025) and co-hosting, The Wobbly Middle, a podcast about women reinventing their careers in midlife.
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