Salima Saxton is a bad patient

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Last year, actor, author, life coach and professional mad woman (she co-hosts the Women Are Mad podcast with psychotherapist Jennifer Cox) Salima Saxton got ill. Obviously she started a Substack about it and Bad Patient – in which she writes about being ill with raw honesty, humour, insight and on her own terms – was born. Salima chats to our Mick about illness: how we perceive it, how we talk about it, how we don’t have to meet other people’s expectations when dealing with it and how it can change our perspective on, well, everything. Also, bonus chat: tricky dads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some days you show up on your own.
0:03.0	Some days you show up with a mate.
0:05.0	Some days, showing up means lifting, swimming, stretching.
0:09.0	Some days it's showing up in between meetings or from your living room.
0:13.0	However you show up, it all counts.
0:16.0	Whether it's gyms and pools or wellbeing support on your phone.
0:19.0	You can keep moving and showing up in ways that fit your day.
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0:27.4	However you move, show up with better.
0:30.1	Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?
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0:40.5	What say you?
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