The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate

Updated: 17 Oct 2024 • 128 episodes
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Join Mal + Kate each Monday as they talk about adoption, parenthood, Disney, and MORE! They are two adoptive moms that seek to love, support, and elevate all corners of the adoption triad through honest conversations with adoptive parents, birth moms, & adoptees, all while running Funding Love, a non-profit that strengthens bonds, builds community, and restores people through all-expenses-paid vacations to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida! So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine; there’s always a seat open for you at the table. When you tune in, you are Funding Love - with Mal + Kate!

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The Funding Love Book Club Crew are back to discuss book three of 2024, To Have and Not To Hold by Lorri Antosz Benson. To Have and Not to Hold is the poignant account of Lorri"s momentous decision to give her daughter for adoption, the resulting heartache, and later, the unexpected joy of reconnecting with her daughte

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It’s week six, the FINAL episode in Season 4 of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast! This whole season, Mal + Kate have been talking about the PRE-finalization phase of adoption, and they are ending the season with an honest talk about open adoption. What IS open adoption? Why should you pursue it? How can you be honest

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Fundraising for Adoption

It’s week 5 of Season 4 and today’s episode is all about fundraising for your adoption. Everyone knows adoption can be really expensive, but don’t let money be the reason you choose not to adopt. Tune in as Mal + Kate share their stories and brainstorm ways to fundraise for adoption. Connect with  your hosts! @malyourp

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It’s time for another BONUS EPISODE of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast! This week, Mal + Kate talk with returning guest, Funding Love Birth Mom Vacation Alumna, and author of The Sixteenth Year: An Open Adoption Memoir, Leah Outten. Leah reflects on her experience as an expectant mom looking through profile books to

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So you made it through the home study, and now it"s time to get matched with an expectant mama and baby. But HOW do you do that? This week, Mal + Kate talk all about adoption profile book; what are they, and how do you create one that is eye-catching, but honest? Tune in to hear all their tips and advice. Connect with 

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On this episode of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast, Mal + Kate discuss those awful, dreaded, hairy, scary HOME STUDIES! Tune in to get questions answered and fear alleviated, as the ladies share the truth that home studies really aren"t that bad. Connect with  your hosts! @malyourpal @katedawnduck Connect with Fundin

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