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 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. Salima dives into the messy middle of rediscovery, thrills at the propulsive power of women’s anger, and throws the idea of “balance” overboard.
Press play if you’ve ever felt like you left parts of yourself behind, .
I strove for years in my early years of motherhood for balance, but I think balance is very overrated, and I actually think it's a bit of a poison chalice to say to women, seek out balance. I say, no.
If you want to do something really big… then it's going to have to be a bit me messy.
Summer Reads
At the time of recording this episode, I’d mentioned feeling a little flat to friends. Here are the summer reads they prescribed me.
Which I’m now reading against the backdrop of Kwa-Zulu Natal’s beautiful winter palette. Nourishing and restorative.
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