Pause and Listen
Pause and Listen aims to provide a platform for women who no longer have children in their care, to share their stories and experiences. In each episode, we talk about an issue that affects their lives. We will be joined by women with lived experience, professionals and sector experts to discuss the issues they face, reflect on their experience, and think about how we can work together to make things better.
*Trigger warning* podcast episodes discuss issues which may cause distress to some, including domestic abuse and mental health issues.
Pause is a national charity working with women who've had - or are at risk of having - their children removed from their care.
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Pause and Listen
In a Mother’s Mind: Lollipop – A Conversation with Daisy-May Hudson
In this special episode of In a Mother’s Mind, we sit down with two women who share lived experience of the challenges portrayed in the new film Lollipop, a raw and emotional story directed by Daisy-May Hudson.
Lollipop follows Molly, a young mother recently released from prison, as she tries to reunite with her children. But instead of finding support, she’s blocked by a system that demands she secure stable housing before regaining custody, even though she can’t get housing without her children. The film explores a vicious cycle many women know all too well: the intersections of incarceration, homelessness, child removal, and social services.
In this episode, they speak directly with Daisy about the making of the film, what inspired her to tell this story, and the role that storytelling plays in shifting stigma and changing systems.