Lesley Sackey is Fighting Forward

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After leaving an abusive relationship, former GB Boxer turned entrepreneur Lesley Sackey found herself living in survival mode – until she realised some of the lessons she’d learned in the ring could prove useful in life. She went on to co-found Fight Forward, an initiative helping women to empower themselves after experiencing abuse, as well as the forthcoming AI-integrated platform Pillow, which aims to help women move forward after trauma. Jen catches up with Lesley to talk about her career in boxing, how her own experiences of abuse informed Fight Forward, and why boxing can help women recover after trauma. You can find out more about Fight Forward, including signing up for sessions here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On WhatsApp, your personal messages stay private, between you and whoever you sent them to.
0:05.8	So, things like your passport number for your honeymoon stay between you and your fiancé.
0:10.3	And those hour-long calls with mum stay between the two of you.
0:13.9	Even your streaming service password stays between you and your flatmates, who still ask for it every week in your group chat.
0:24.6	Because on WhatsApp, your personal messages are yours. No one else can see or hear them.
0:26.6	Not even us.
0:27.6	WhatsApp. Message privately.
0:29.6	Every runner knows the moment when everything clicks.
0:33.6	When your legs lock into a rhythm, the aches float away and doubts fade, replaced by a feeling of euphoria.
0:40.3	It's why you lace up at dawn, why little rain doesn't stop you, why one run turns into a habit.
0:50.3	So next time you go for a run, chase that runs high. Learn more about running and go wild at
0:57.3	puma.com. Standard issue for all women. Hello, Jen here to talk to you about today's episode of the
1:06.7	standard issue podcast. But in time on a tradition, let me talk to you first about what else we've
1:12.4	got coming up this week. Tomorrow, Hannah will be chatting to Judith McRow, author of New Book,
1:18.3	Artist Siblings, Visionaries, The Lives and Loves of Gwen and Augustus John. On Wednesday, Mick's
1:24.7	Chosen 1990s The Witches, that's the original adaptation of the Roll Doll classic for rated or dated.
1:32.6	Can't wait to see how that's aged.
1:34.6	I'm guessing not as well as Angelica Houston.
1:37.6	Anyway, Hannah and I will be scraping the barrel of the news on Thursday in the Bush Telegraph
1:42.6	and on Friday it's flicking, for which Hannah has
1:46.1	chosen civil war this month. I imagine is depressingly on the nose, frankly. Anyway, back to you
1:52.4	today. And I'm chatting to you former GB boxer turned entrepreneur Leslie Saki, who co-founded
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