How Selfless Love Is Transforming Foster Care | Ashley Brown's Story
The Live Out Loud Show
Brooke Thomas
5.0 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Brooke Thomas sits down with powerhouse philanthropist and founder Ashley Brown for an inspiring conversation about living out your God-given calling through purpose-driven action. Ashley shares her deeply personal journey as an adoptee and the origin story behind the Selfless Love Foundation, revealing how obstacles from her past became stepping stones to lasting impact. Together, Brooke and Ashley discuss the challenges and rewards of leading a multimillion-dollar nonprofit, the significance of faith in navigating difficult seasons, and the importance of cultivating authentic, purpose-filled relationships. With practical advice for women wanting to make a difference—whether through starting an organization or supporting a cause—this episode is packed with heartfelt stories, encouragement, and clear steps for living boldly and activating your impact.
Show Notes:
Timestamps:
💕 01:11 – Ashley's Calling: Ashley shares how her adoption experience inspired her mission to help children in foster care.
💕 03:54 – The Birth of Selfless Love: Ashley tells the story of founding the Selfless Love Foundation with her husband, starting with a bold act in a grocery store.
💕 08:27 – Building Resilience: Ashley discusses lessons from her childhood, including how her experiences with rodeo and public speaking failure helped shape her leadership and drive.
💕 15:01 – Empowering Foster Youth: Ashley describes the Dream Tank program, designed to teach public speaking and life skills to youth aging out of foster care.
💕 16:25 – Generational Impact: Ashley highlights the lasting legacy of helping kids in foster care find families and the ripple effects for future generations.
💕 26:46 – Policy Breakthroughs & Community Action: Ashley outlines the importance of policy change in child welfare and shares ways the Live Out Loud community can join the mission.
Connect with Ashley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyvickbrown/
Selfless Love: https://selflesslovefoundation.org/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Live Out Loud Show. I'm your host, Brooke Thomas, and I'm so excited today. I'm in Palm Beach at the Colony Hotel, and I asked my cousin, who should I interview while I'm there? And she said, without question, I've got the girl. And I cannot wait for you to meet this woman. She is a powerhouse philanthropist, founder. Her name is Ashley, and we've already become fast friends. So I know that you're going to want to know her too. I cannot wait for you to get to know her more what she's doing. You're going to hear more about her. I know within my community. And I always say I want my people to know my people. So Ashley, welcome to the show. |
| 0:38.4 | I cannot wait to get started. I'm so glad you're here. Thank you so much for having me. This is such an honor. Well, thank you. I know. And this is how I get to, I feel like this is how my friendships develop when I get to interview incredible women and I get to know their stories. And then I'm like, I want to be your friend. |
| 0:52.8 | So I know we're already becoming friends. |
| 0:55.1 | So thank you for being here. |
| 0:56.4 | And let's just get started. and I get to know their stories. And then I'm like, I want to be your friend. So I know we're already |
| 0:54.2 | becoming friends. So thank you for being here. And let's just get started right away. Okay. |
| 0:59.7 | So Ashley, your passion for this work that we're going to talk about is deeply personal. You were |
| 1:05.9 | actually adopted as an infant. We like to go deep fast here. so I hope you don't mind. No, let's do it. |
| 1:11.8 | I want to go right there. So I know that you were adopted as a baby. And I just want you to take |
| 1:17.6 | us back to the moment that you first realized that God was calling you to turn your personal |
| 1:23.1 | testimony into a mission for children in foster care. This is so, so valuable. And I just want to |
| 1:31.2 | start there. Well, my adoption has always made me feel like I was given a second chance at life. |
| 1:36.8 | And from an early age, my parents always made me feel like I was extra special because I was |
| 1:42.8 | born from their heart. And I even remember them taking |
| 1:45.9 | me to Georgia, to the cabbage patch farm and telling me that just like how I was picking out my baby doll, |
| 1:52.6 | they picked me. So I always wanted to pay back my blessing of being adopted. And I thought that |
| 1:58.2 | meant that I would adopt a child. But then there's my plan. |
| 2:01.6 | And there's God's plan. And God's plan for what he had in store for me was much bigger than I had |
| 2:06.7 | ever dreamt. Oh, I love that. That's so crazy that you talked about the cabbage patch. |
| 2:12.5 | Yeah. Like I actually went there when I was really little too. Same. I remember that place. |
| 2:17.2 | And that's so beautiful. I love that place. That's so beautiful. I love that |
| 2:19.4 | story. And it really touches my heart that we have so many women in our community that really have a |
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