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Thanksgiving is over and Christmastime is officially here!

This week, Mal + Kate reminisce on memories and family traditions from Christmas Past, while sharing memories and family traditions they choose to create and carry on in their own families. They also share their secret Christmas WISH of being able to raise $40K in one day this Giving Tuesday.

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Happy Thanksgiving week!

This week Mal and Kate welcome returning guest Ashley Mitchell. You probably know her as Big Tough Girl on Instagram. She is a birth mom and adoption reform advocate and she is back talking all about her own Podcast with co-host and fellow birth mom Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard Twisted Sisterhood. In this conversation, we really deep-dive in on that name, Twisted Sisterhood, and what it means, not only for relationships between Birth moms, but between all parts of the adoption constellation. Get ready for a passionate conversation about the real and raw realities of adoption experiences and the work that we still have left to do in reform and advocacy for this community. Buckle up and tune in on YouTube or wherever you stream podcasts TODAY!

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Hey men! Does your wife want to grow your family through adoption, but you have some hesitations?  Or has adoption always been something on your heart, too, but you just don't know where or how to begin?

Well, this week's podcast is just for you! Mal + Kate welcome guests Matt Appleby + Tim Elrod to chat all about adoption through the eyes of a husband. Tim + Matt are both biological and adoptive dads, so they share their experience of adoption while also dropping a few sports references and dad jokes.

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November is National Adoption Awareness Month, a month to bring awareness to kids + teens in foster care that are in need of an adoption placement. However, over the years, NAAM has become a month to bring awareness to adoption, as a whole.

This week, Mal + Kate welcome Funding Love Birth Mom Vacation Alumni, Shonda Larson, to the show as she shares her experience as an adoptee that was adopted from foster care at the age of three. Shonda is a full time student pursuing her passion for helping others. Her heart is focused on educating others on adoption from the perspective of being an adoptee and a birth mother as well as educating the benefits of open adoptions, and allowing all members of the triad to get together to share sacred space and their stories. She believes laughing and kindness, with a little bit of sass, is the answer to any question. When not talking about adoption, Shonda is a spontaneous kind of adventurer; stay up till 2 am baking, drink too much coffee kinda person. She laugh lots, cries all the time, and loves oh so hard.

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Happy Halloween!

Growing up, did you like to dress up on Halloween more often as hero or villain characters? As fun as it can be to pretend for one night to be the bad guy, in life, no one really wants to be the villain.

This week, Mal + Kate bring you a SpOoKy episode on the narrative of heroes and villains within the adoption triad. Who is the hero? Who is the villain? Birth moms? Adoptive families? And where does that narrative leave adoptees?

Tune in as Mal + Kate share their honest opinions on this subject, debunking myths and flipping scripts.

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Do you ever feel like you have an unpopular opinion??

Proceed with caution: This week, Mal + Kate share with listeners their unpopular opinions on both adoption and Disney. We invite you to pour your favorite beverage, pull up a cozy seat, and listen along to this silly and sometimes serious episode. Let us know in the comments if you agree or disagree with any of their opinions; or email Mal + Kate anytime at hello@fundinglove.com to share with them how you're enjoying the show.

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