The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
Mal + Kate
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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Adoption FAQs with Cristina Recio
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
08/22/22 • 43 min
Mal + Kate chat with Cristina Recio, someone outside the adoption community, to answer questions about adoption.
Cristina is a wife, mom, travel agent, and fellow podcaster!
Adoptive Family Vacation 101 with Julie Lindeman
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
08/01/22 • 48 min
Mal + Kate welcome Julie Lindeman, Funding Love's Adoptive Family Program Director, back to the podcast to talk about our Adoptive Family Vacations. They discuss everything from the selection process to what happens on the trips and also favorite memories from past trips.
To learn more about our Adoptive Family Programs, check out our website: https://www.fundinglove.com/our-families
To donate to help us send more families head over to: https://www.fundinglove.com/donate
Julie last appeared on episode 10: Traveling with trauma: the importance of managing expectations
Why Positive Adoption Language Matters with Kyrie Zimmerman
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
07/25/22 • 33 min
Listen as Mal + Kate chat with Kyrie Zimmerman about positive adoption language matters.
Kyrie is still head-over-heels in love with her husband of over a decade. Together, they have been home educating their children since 2016 & became a resource family for children entering foster care in 2018. They strive to make their home a warm & inviting atmosphere where children learn & play freely & naturally. Kyrie is the founder of Revival Moms, an organization dedicated to building community among home-educating mamas.
Adoption Is Loss Part 3: An Adoptive Mom's Perspective with Katie Brown
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
05/16/22 • 48 min
Most people can understand that adoptees and birth moms experience loss in adoption, but people often don’t realize that adoptive families do, too. Listen in as Mal + Kate wrap up the third part of the Adoption is Loss series with adoptive mom, Katie Brown, as she shares her story.
Katie is a follower of Jesus, wife to Garrett, mama by adoption to Theo, and travel agent with Travelmation. If we're talking personality tests, she’s a HARD enneagram 7/8, a strong yellow-red, and if you need something done, let her turn her woo on because she can make it happen. When Katie is not planning travel or hanging with her main men, you can find her drinking a McDonald's Diet Coke, watching true crime and Broadway documentaries, and occasionally keeping her performer hat on by gracing the stage of some of her local community theaters.
Instagram: @itskatiejobro
Adoption Is Loss Part 2: An Adoptee's Perspective with Mary Herbert
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
05/09/22 • 41 min
Mary is an adoptee that searched for her biological mother for as long as she can remember.
The primal instinct to find her was strong and after a decade-plus of searching, she finally found and met her. Sadly time was not on her side and her birth mother died shortly after their reunion.
Grace, persistence, timing, and empathy are all main themes in this episode, and the need for a strong sense of faith through the trials and tribulations of a search and reunion.
Mary hopes to reach as many people in the adoption triad to inspire, advocate and communicate all her knowledge about adoption as well as speak with the biological mothers out there about how much adoptees still need their roots even after adoption.
If you want to hear more from Mary, check her out here:
IG- @becauseadoption
Website- BecauseAdoption.com
Home Education - Living Outside the 9-5 with Jess Martin
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
04/24/23 • 46 min
Listen in as Mal + Kate chat with Jess Martin about Home Education and working from home.
Jess is a home-educating mom of five from Pennsylvania. She is married to her high school sweetheart and together they seek to raise their kids as a team that values gathering around the table together.
Parenting Through the Stages with Matt & Jessica McKee
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
06/12/23 • 53 min
On this Episode Mal & Kate chat with two of their dearest friends, Matt and Jessica McKee. Matt & Jess are parents to two wonderful boys who are growing up to be exceptional young men. They live in Georgia, they are avid Disney goers, and diehard Kentucky fans.
Between Mal, Kate, & the Mckees, they cover all 4 stages of parenting. They take the time to dive into each stage of parenting, and share some wisdom on how to survive it, with a few laughs along the way of course. Furthermore, Matt & Jess share about the importance of parenting with relationship in mind, and give some tips on how they did that with their kids.
If you are a parent, a parent to-be, or want to be a parent someday, this one is for you. Because this episode is truly jam-packed with some wisdom nuggets.
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Summertime Fun with Mal & Kate
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
07/17/23 • 51 min
Welcome to episode 68 of The Funding Love Podcast with Mal & Kate. Today we debuted our brand new podcast cover photo, which is super fun.
On today's episode Mal and Kate take a little break from normal podcast content and have a super fun conversation about all things summertime. They chat about their 2023 summer plans and take a deep dive down memory lane and talk about what summer was like in the 90s. Mal and Kate share many laughs playing a summer time version of "would you rather". This is definitely a great episode to get to know your Funding Love Podcast hosts a little better.
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An Adoption Story with Adoptive Mom and Author Laura Khoury
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
07/24/23 • 34 min
On this episode Mal and Kate have a chat with Laura Khoury. Laura is the adoptive mother of two beautiful girls. In addition, she and her husband have embraced the fostering of young children. Laura feels deeply passionate about creating stories about foster care and adoption as a way to encourage children to talk about their personal stories. It is Laura’s belief that all children should know where they come from and feel a sense of pride in their story.
Laura and her family currently live in a small town in Michigan where they love being outdoors all year round. They enjoy fishing, skiing, hiking, and just relaxing with a book on the boat or at the beach. She loves children’s literature and feels energized and right at home when writing about her passion.
In her book The Tale of Mallory Mouse: From Foster Care to Adoption Laura tells the story of how her youngest daughter, Cecilia, joined their family. The attention and care she gave to this adorable children's book is unmatched.
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Support for Adoptive Parents From an Adoptee’s Perspective with Andie Coston
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
11/21/22 • 45 min
Listen in as Mal + Kate chat with Andie Coston, an Adult Adoptee and Adoptive Mom, that talks about the realities of growing up an Adoptee.
Andie's bio: Andie Coston is an adoptee, former foster parent, adoptive parent, and a recent Master of Social Work graduate. She has been speaking publicly about her adoption about 4 years ago and has been educating on Instagram, blogs, the Triad Table Talks, adoption Q and A panels, and podcasts such as these. Andie has four children, three dogs, two cats, and one husband who is also is a social worker. They are recent midwest transplants to the south and have been enjoying every minute of being able to be outside most of the year. Andie will soon be starting work as a therapist specializing in trauma working with adoptees, current and former foster youth, disabilities, and religious abuse. She also runs a business with another adult adoptee called Post Resource which creates connection boxes and ongoing education for the adoption and foster care constellation.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate have?
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate currently has 138 episodes available.
What topics does The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate cover?
The podcast is about Non-Profit, Adoption, Disney World, Parenting, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Family, Disney, Nonprofit, Podcasts, Kids and Business.
What is the most popular episode on The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate?
The episode title 'Supporting adoption without adopting (yet) with Trisha and Jared Wicker' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate?
The average episode length on The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate released?
Episodes of The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate?
The first episode of The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate was released on Feb 26, 2022.
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