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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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Do you struggle to talk to your kids about faith? Do you want your children to grow up knowing and loving God, but don't know how to help them to do that?This week, Mal + Kate talk all about leading children to Jesus with Birds On a Wire Founder and Wire Talk podcast host, Karen Stubbs. Along with her daughter, and Wire Talk co-host, Emily Korosec, Karen shares motherhood wisdom and insight on how to model and teach faith in daily life. Connect with Karen + Emily!Birds On a WireInstagramFaceb...
This week, Mal + Kate welcome Ana Anselma, the co-owner of of the Social Mind Center. The Social Mind Center’s Mission is to educate, equip, and empower children and teens with the communication, thinking, and self-management skills to navigate the world independently. Their curriculums focus on social competency, resulting in the development of social skills. Social competence refers to social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviors children need for successful social adaptation...
Does the adoption process seem confusing? Are you feeling the call, but also are afraid of losing time and money, trying to figure out the next steps?This week, Mal + Kate talk all about the adoption process with guest Lucrece Bundy. Lucrece Bundy is a West African native and has resided in Omaha, Nebraska for over two decades. She has helped hundreds of families successfully adopt children as a Christ-follower and adoption attorney.She noticed a huge gap in information available to her clien...
Is your parenting journey turning out differently than you imagined? You had so much love to give, but now you feel ashamed and bewildered by your lack of compassion. You may be experiencing blocked care—a self-protective mechanism in your nervous system that makes it difficult to connect with your child and maintain compassion. The good news is you can heal from blocked care, and compassion can be rekindled in your heart.This week, Mal + Kate welcome returning guest, Melissa Corkum, alongsid...
We raised over $150,000 at our second annual Funding Love Gala! This year's theme was the Garden Gala: A Fundraiser for the Adoption Community. Tune in this week as Mal + Kate welcome longtime Funding Love supporter, Susan Wilson, to share + recap all the events of the Garden Gala. Connect with your hosts!@malyourpal@katedawnduckConnect with Funding Love! WebsiteInstagramFacebookSupport the Show.
Grab a tissue! This week, Mal + Kate chat with RODS Heroes Founder, Brady Murray, in an inspiring and emotional episode about adopting children with Down Syndrome and other unique circumstances. On July 7th, 2007, Brady Murray’s life changed forever. Shortly after he and his wife, Andrea, welcomed their newborn son into this world, the doctor informed Brady that his son has Down syndrome. Shock and fear overcome him as he tried to grasp what this meant to his young family. Fast forward to tod...
Mal + Kate are back with another CBS Survivor! You may know him as "Crazy Uncle Bruce", but this week, Bruce Perreault joins the show and shares about his experience being a castaway on TWO back-to-back seasons of Survivor. He also shares his story of entering foster care as a young child, his eventual adoption into his foster family at the age of seven, and how he feels like his life experiences leading up to his Survivor journey prepared him to be the strong, resilient, and adaptable ...
Are you into Pop Culture? Do you enjoy following celebrities and their everyday lifestyles? Did you know that many celebrities are a part of the adoption triad?Well, this week, Mal + Kate welcome Kate's longtime bestie, Rebekah Ingraham, to the show! Rebekah [Bekah] has worked in Hollywood her entire career, with nearly 20 years spent with E! News. She was the Executive Producer of E! News's morning talk show, "Daily Pop" where she interviewed your favorite celebrities and discussed the top p...
Welcome to Season THREE of the Funding Love Podcast with Mal + Kate! We are two adoptive moms that seek to love, support, and elevate all corners of the adoption triad while running our nonprofit, Funding Love! In year three, we will be talking all about parenting, Disney, adoption, and MORE with an all-star line up of incredible guests both inside and outside the adoption community. So grab your favorite beverage and pull up a chair, because everyone has a seat at our table. Together, w...
Are you a part of the Funding Love Book Club?? Season 2 of the Funding Love Podcast wraps up with our first ever episode of the Funding Love Book Club! On Episode 1 of the Funding Love Book Club, adoptive moms, Mal + Kate, birth mom, Jessie Mattos, and adoptee and adoptive mom, Allison Olsen, discuss the New York Times Notable Book, American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption, written by New York Times best-selling author and journalist, Gabrielle Glaser. American Bab...
Do you watch CBS' Emmy Award-winning series, Survivor?!Well, this week, Survivor Super Fans, Mal + Kate, get a chance to chat with Kendra McQuarrie, Survivor Season 45's spunkiest castaway, and proud owner of Happy To Be Here. The past decade has taken her from coast to coast, island to island, and many countries along the way, and this week, we are proud to have her voice on the Funding Love Podcast! Kendra talks all about her story of discovering her adoption, the search for the biolog...
But what if the Lifetime Movie was true??For identical twin adoptees, Victoria and Eileen, their adoption story actually does come with some Lifetime Movie drama and trauma. Tune in to this unbelievable story of adoption, kidnap, and reunion that ultimately ends with hope, love, and contentment in their experience of adoption. Connect with Victoria + Eileen!Small Shop InstagramVictoria's Travel InstagramSmall ShopConnect with your hosts!@malyourpal@katedawnduckConnect with Funding Love!...
Our 8th annual Funding Love Adoptive Family Vacation traveled March 3rd - 9th, and two of our Magic Makers, Jen Wilhorn + Kristen Volz, join Mal + Kate as they recap the week. Tune in as they chat all about the events of the trip, sharing their favorite moments and talking about importance of post-placement care for adoptive families and adoptees. Connect with your hosts!@malyourpal@katedawnduckConnect with Funding Love! WebsiteInstagramFacebookSupport the Show.
This week, Mal + Kate talk all things adoption + enneagram with Adoption Wise's Melissa Corkum. As an adoptee and adoptive mom, Melissa Corkum provides insight and resources to adoptees, parents and professionals through her speaking, coaching, and writing. She is a TED Speaker, Safe and Sound Protocol Practitioner, Cultivate Connection Facilitator, Certified Enneagram Coach, and co-founder of Adoption Wise. Additionally, she co-authored Reclaim Compassion and Foundations for Overcoming and P...
The Funding Love Podcast has hit 100 episodes!!Tune in this week as Mal + Kate share the biggest impact the last 99 episodes has had on them and what they have learned over the past year and a half. They also give al little Funding Love update of all the amazing things coming soon.Connect with your hosts!@malyourpal@katedawnduckConnect with Funding Love! WebsiteInstagramFacebookSupport the Show.
In the final week of our three-part series, "Adoption is...", Mal + Kate welcome back returning guest, and Funding Love's Volunteer Coordinator, Victoria Jones. Victoria is an adoptee that was adopted at birth by her amazing parents. In this episode, she shares her experience with adoption and her thoughts on the common phrase, "adoption is love". Connect with Victoria!InstagramConnect with your hosts!@malyourpal@katedawnduckConnect with Funding Love! WebsiteInstagramFacebookSupport the...
Adoption is....SCARY! This is week two of a three-part series entitled, "Adoption is..." This week, Mal and Kate welcome returning guest and adoptive mom, Katie Brown. Together, they talk all about the "scary" parts of adoption. Get ready for a vulnerable and sometimes brutally honest take on adoption, as a whole, as they share their own "scary" views and journeys in the adoption process. Connect with Katie!Instagram Connect with your hosts!@malyourpal@katedawnduckConnect with Funding L...
This week, Mal + Kate kick off a brand new three-part series entitled, "Adoption is..."Adoption is love. Adoption is loss. Adoption is hard. Adoption is beautiful. Everyone seems to have their own "adoption is..." statement that they relate to. But which ones are true? Which ones are lies? Which ones stir up controversy? Which ones bring comfort?Over the next three weeks, Mal + Kate will dive into three different "adoption is..." statements and they are starting the series with an "adoption i...
This week, Mal + Kate chat with birth mom Muthoni Gaciku as she shares her story of adoption and the experience of parenting after placing her firstborn daughter with an adoptive family in 2016. Muthoni is a birth mom in an open adoption. She is passionate about advocating for ethical adoption practices, inclusive post-placement care for birth parents, and rigorous training for prospective adoptive parents who want/are open to adopting transracially. Muthoni lives in Texas with her husband an...
This week, Mal + Kate chat with adult adoptee and identical twin, Julie Ryan McGue. Julie is author of Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging, that released in May 2021, and has since won multiple awards. She shares her story of her search for her biological family, instigated by health concerns and her desire to know her medical history. Tune in as she talks about her experience of growing up in a closed adoption and all of the twists and turns that came along with he...
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