Anniversary Celebration! Sharing Your Comments and Favorite Moments from Our First Year

Intro: SN 3, EP 15

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Welcome to another episode of The Family Business with the Alessis, and today we are hanging out with Steve and Mary Alese.

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Yes, we are.

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Now, the reason we have our podcast is because we happen to think that family is everybody's business. Right. So we talk about

It’s Our Anniversary!

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our own family dynamics, working together in our business, which is the ministry, but also how we handle things around the house with our family. Because what we said early on in our podcast is if uh family being your business, it could be everybody's business after a while. If you don't take care of your family, then everybody starts talking about your business and your family. So we want to welcome you to this episode. And it's a very special episode, Mary, because today would represent the one-year anniversary of us taping these podcasts.

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I cannot believe it's been a year.

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Yep. It has gone so quickly. It sure has. That means we have put together 52 of these wonderful podcasts together.

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And we have not run out of content.

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Oh man, and we still have so much more.

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That's right. We have a well full of content.

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Do you remember any of the uh episodes that really stand out in your mind?

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The homeschooling one. I loved when we talked about that one. Um, and the definitely the ones on marriage. Yeah. I think were really good. Oh, also the toxic relationships. The toxic family member ones were were really therapeutic, I think.

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Yeah. As well for us to teach. Those are the ones we got the highest ratings on, are those toxic relationship ones.

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Well, there you go. That's sad.

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No, it shows that we're all dealing with we're all jacked up with toxic relationships. Well, today in the podcast booth with us is John Roman, who's been helping us from the beginning. Alan Paul, who's uh producing and helping us get this thing right, and then Ashley, who usually is on the camera, is not with us on this one-year anniversary episode, and we'll never forgive her for it. But it started, if you'll recall, Mary, this started um a year ago or so, a couple

How It All Started

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years ago, where we started talking about uh we got to do a podcast. Yeah. And then um last year, 2021, when we had our staff up at the uh farm for the beginning of the year planning and so forth, I brought it up to the farm to the uh staff. So this is something that I want to do. And we threw it out there. What do we name it? And we went back and forth with the name and so forth. And then when this one came up, the family business, I was a little uh first I was surprised that that we would go in this direction because it sounded so mafiosa. And though my dad tried to run his church like a mafia, I sure did, but it it was it stuck immediately.

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Yeah.

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And then I can remember as we were planning it, um driving back from the farm. And one time it was, I think I was on a trip by myself because we were still in the planning stages of it, and I went up to do some work by myself and I was coming home, and I I started processing, which is part of the journey back, driving up and back to the farm, which is about an eight or nine hour drive. I love because it gives me so much room in my head to think to think it's true. And I get great sermons out of it. And that, but that phrase came up family is everybody's business. Right. That that like that really started to now give direction to what we were talking about here in the podcast. That's that's it wasn't just gonna be about our family business. That's ridiculous. No, ministry is not a business. Our day-to-day no, though we have to operate with business principles, it's not a business. And matter of fact, somebody got real upset with me that no longer comes to the family business because they were like, How could you call the church the business? And it was like, you didn't even get it. You missed it. But um, that's where it started, is we started talking about family. So no, it's it's no wonder that toxic relationships, right? Dealing with family would be something that's really uh hot with people.

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You know, I I don't I don't care who you are, if you have kids today, especially you you need help, you need mentoring, you need good role models, you need information. And if there's one thing that we've tried to provide on this podcast is real time, real information that will help families be better and be resourced to be feel to feel like they're they're capable and they're equipped to have a household because you do have to run a household. You have to manage your household well. And if it's not, it's the place you leave in the morning that you need order, and it's the place you have to come home to at night. And you want order within that home. And we know this, even from our own personal stories, we've shared throughout this past year, that when there is not order in the home and working with one another, whether or not everybody lives together, the family unit, you have to manage that well. And it takes information, it takes knowing. How do I do this? And there's not a person on the planet that doesn't want or need more good resourcing and information to really run their home well. Because we're all wanting, see, you know, we're everybody's searching for happiness. It's never found in your job. You know, happiness is not found or attained in what you do outside. It always goes back to the family. It always goes back to the relationships and the home. And when you have a well-run, organized home where there's expectations met, there's boundaries set, honor and respect, which we've talked a whole lot about, making decisions for kids that are better for them, not just chasing your own dreams, but understanding there are times that sacrifices have to be made in order for this household to be well running, then you can do you could just do about anything in life because you're equipped to do it and you don't feel insecure and fragile. And hopefully that's what we have offered and what we're gonna continue to offer. What have been your your favorite?

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Gosh, I don't know. I can't hardly remember what happened yesterday, let alone all the different podcasts we've put together. I I loved early on being able to share the family members with everybody that was new. Um, I liked being able to also, every time we get in here, just open up a little bit more and be transparent with how we are dealing with different things at the the changing season of our lives. Because those are things we don't always have time to talk about because we're always in, I hate to use the word performance, right? But we're always in a performance mode. Even on Sundays, we got to make sure we're saying everything the right way. Sure. Which then actually gave uh way to another little phrase that we throw into this podcast, and it's it's things here that we talk about that we can't talk about on Sundays.

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Yeah.

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Because it's just us being transparent and open. Um I mean, I you and I got to talk about something coming up because we're in this season of life. How do people deal with aging parents that uh you still want to have a relationship with because it's good for your kids, your children, and your children's children, but it's also good for the grandparent and your parents that are older, right? Because they have a lot to give. Sure. And where some in society, you know, want to put them in a home and leave them there, you want to keep them as involved in your home as possible because of their their need for it. But those are, you know, some things along the way. I I just love being able to come and sit here and talk out how we navigate through the different seasons of life and with our kids and then our church and some great people that are in our church that are also

Words of Gratitude

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navigating through some very challenging uh issues in their own family. So it's been great. But before I get into the reviews, because I am so thankful. Uh, I never did finish my comment. I wanted to say thank you to John and to Alan and to Ashley for helping us pull this off every week. So appreciate your help doing that, guys. And I want to say thank you to our family for opening their hearts and coming in here and being willing to get in and just be transparent and put their life out there. But let me also thank the listeners. We learned that they are our podience, they are our audience that enjoys podcasts. Um, thankfully, they are getting online and they're commenting about how our podcast is encouraging and helping them. And so we've got quite a few reviews that on this anniversary, let's go and honor the people that listen. I love it to make this worthy of our time. I love it. And they give us their time to be able to connect with us.

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And some of our listeners listen to every single episode.

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Can you can you tell me before we get into specifics? Do you do you remember what somebody said to you when you took them to lunch not too long ago? A young lady that you took to lunch. She's a mother, and we don't see her a lot in church. But over the lunch table, she told you that she just can't get by without she can't.

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That's absolutely right. That really touched me because she's a single mom. And she was saying that there, she feels so supported because she couldn't do it without the podcast. Like the podcast, as it's gone in real time, has helped her in the moment with issues, mounting issues, things she was really worried about and felt unable to do and unequipped to do. But the podcast that week would be exactly what she needed for right what she was going through. And it was just incredible. Like it so changed her life because it was practical information she could use right now today.

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Yeah.

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And she said it's because I won't, I don't miss an episode. Yeah. Because I need every single one of them.

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I was talking to a guy that hasn't been around the church for probably five years. Uh, him and his wife were coming early on, and um, he's in politics, so he's kind of busy all the time. But as we're talking, I'm kind of renewing my relationship with him because uh we were just talking about charter schools and so forth. And he said to me, he says, uh, hey, uh been been uh it's been great listening to your podcast. Oh wow. And I'm like, what? You're listening to the podcast? I haven't seen you in church in like forever. And you're listening. And I I wanted to first give him room to be a politician and maybe just kind of exaggerate something. And I said, Oh, that's great. But he was specific and he told me about a couple of episodes that he really liked. Wow, that really helped him. So I'm like, are you kidding me? This is this, the audience that's out there listening to us, uh, thank you. Thank you for allowing us to step into your world and and just uh open your heart to what we're saying. And more than ever, after this one year, if we've been an encouragement in any way, we're just praying and gonna really focus on making this second year even better for you. So uh let me let me just share something. I think this is cool. This is coming on uh

Comments from Our Podience

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just a couple weeks ago, man. This is from Oz. He says these podcasts have been a huge help to keep improving myself, especially in times when it seems we have forgotten how to be good people. The Alesi family speaks clear and boldly of some subjects that range from parenting, passing from money, from passing for money management to goal setting. They touch all these topics with candor and wisdom. Totally recommend this podcast.

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That's awesome.

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Hey, Ozzy, thank you so much. We're glad to go ahead and put it out there. But imagine this is a man that's busy again, baby.

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Oh, yeah.

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And he's taken time to get encouraged by what he hears in these 30 minutes or so of our business.

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And that's that's right what we want. We want people to feel resourced. And this is from Anna. She said in the header, she said, helps me raise my children right. There you go. And she said, is loaded with wisdom and godly values. In this day and age as parents, we are afraid of so many things, aren't we, though? It's so true. This podcast has helped me overcome that fear and be secure in my parenting, knowing that I am not alone. Thank you, Steve and Mary, and the whole team that makes this possible.

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That's good. That's phenomenal. Thank you, Maria, for sharing those words. And if you want to give us some of your own thoughts, please uh go to our website there, which is the alesifamily business.com. And the review section, you can leave your own review like this one. This comes from JJ. It says, I love listening to this podcast. They are so real and don't hold anything back. Not even punches, right, Mary? But it's not for show or attention. It's to help others learn and grow from their mistakes and victories. They live their lives with intentionality and purpose and walk us through how to do the same. This is better than any self-help podcast. Thank you. Wow. Because it's helping us too as we share. This will help you think outside of your outside of just yourself, because it's not only impacts who you are, but also impacts those around you. Kudos to the Alesi family. That means great job in Spanish, honey. Kudos. Is that what that means?

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That's what it means. We need to do a podcast on how you think you speak Spanish.

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I I I do speak Spanish.

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No, you don't speak Spanish. You speak English with a Spanish accent and you think Spanish people understand you.

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Bang, come over here.

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We need somebody to write in and say, Pastor, stop doing that. Okay. Because we've tried.

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Go.

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Okay. All right. So I love this one from Martha. She says, real.

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Is it your sister?

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It is not. It is someone else. She says real, R-E-A-L in the headline. And she says, the first one I heard was dealing with toxic relationships. I have told you.

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It is your sister.

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No.

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Come on, Martha. That's hilarious.

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My sister doesn't listen to this. Oh. No, I'm kidding. She probably does. She said, the first one I heard was dealing with toxic relationships, and I was hooked. I listened to both part one and two several times. It's real information every week that happens to everyone, regardless of your background. Amen. Every podcast hits home. I love the wisdom and conversations that take place. I look forward every week to listen to the next episode. Just today, I told myself that I'm going to go back to season one to listen to all of them. Very encouraging. Thank you for being real.

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Wow.

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That's can she work for us?

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What? What is it, man? You know, I was going to say, what is it that causes the relationships for us to pay such attention

Impact of Our Toxic Relationships Series

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to that one on toxic relationship? And the bottom line is as we know, um, everything's gonna rise and set in your life on and in a relationship. Absolutely. Meaning the happiest moments of your life will come when your relationships are healthy and strong. The saddest moments is when they're not.

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Oh, it's true.

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And we were never made to do life alone. Yeah. We were always made or made with the purpose of being able to connect with another person. If that connection is supposed to make us complete, what happens when it depletes us? Then we're unhappy. That's right. And we're never gonna find our footing in life, which is why uh relationships are just gonna be so complicated.

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It is.

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And when we talked about those unhealthy relationships, those that were toxic, right, um, boy, that's hard for people to walk away from.

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It's really hard. It's almost impossible, especially if it's a blood relative, a parent.

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Yeah.

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I think one of the reasons that that has resonated with so many people is post-COVID, which is another two episodes we did that were really great getting over COVID. But I think that especially since the world has gone through such a crisis and a trauma, with everyone feeling like they were losing something so vulnerable, and you start grabbing for your relationships, it's brought, it's, it's people lowered their boundaries, their boundary lines got moved.

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Yeah.

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Um, and even with the subject of vaccine, no vaccine, all of that, what you believe, it just put so much pressure on everybody's family relationships. And if there was any toxicity at all, it just ramped it up. So it made this topic, which was already something that I think every single family deals with. There's somebody, there's one in the family. But um, I think that really ramped the game up because everyone was under the most excruciating pressure emotionally and psychologically that we'd ever been in in a hundred years. So that just really resonated with me.

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Wow, that is so good. You know, I was talking a couple of weeks ago about a character that's in the Bible that we all loved. His name was David, he was King David, but we loved him so very much because of the way that he was elevated from being a little shepherd boy that then fights this giant, Goliath, and then with time becomes the king of Israel. And we're all so shocked and taken back and inspired by his story. And then one time I'm I'm sitting there and I'm kind of processing, and I thought, well, how come we don't ever hear of his mother?

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Right.

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And then I started to do some study, and it and it came out that his mother and his father, we know the name of his father, who was a pretty well-known man during his day, but we never heard about his mother, never heard it recorded in our readings of the literature that we have. So I went over into the Jewish literature and started reading about that. And I found out that there was a complicated relationship between David's father and David's mother. And there's some some great stuff in there when you study it. But what ultimately happened is when David was born, because of the complications of the mother and father, here's the toxic relationship in whatever form it is, right? Because of that complicated relationship, it stigmatized David. And for 28 years of his life, he carried a stigma as a bastard son. Right. And it's one of the reasons why, when there was a lineup of the brothers in David's home, where the father brought them all together and they were being introduced to a gentleman, that David was not even included in the lineup.

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Right.

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It's because his father marked him and his brothers even marked him. You know, I think he had like seven brothers, but David was on the outskirts. David was left alone.

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Yeah.

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They even put him in a field where to watch the sheep, where it would be the most dangerous of his life for his life, because in that area where he was grazing sheep, they were known to have bears and lions. And it's even recorded in other places that David killed a bear and killed a lion on his way to killing this giant. That's right. But it shows for 28 years, even David had to process a complicated relationship with his family, right? With his brothers. At one point, he goes to the battle lines with food for his brothers, and his brothers are like, What are you doing here? Here he comes to help his brothers and they ridicule him and make fun of him, which shows how sometimes those toxic relationships, man, it's like they never get fixed.

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That's right.

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What we can never allow to happen, this just sidebar for this one year anniversary, is every relationship that's in our family and those outside, we can never allow them to stigmatize us. Right. Because we may feel like we are one place in our life. Like David was just a little shepherd.

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Right.

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But the the big guy in the sky, as they say, there's a destiny that's on your life that's so much bigger.

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That's right.

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And maybe going through the hard times of those toxic relationships, complicated relationships, is actually setting you up for something that's going to be so much bigger than you could ever. Ever imagine because I'm not sure anybody when David was born at the time of his birth ever saw him being a king that would one day be known. Even to this day, there's a city of David in Jerusalem that is honored, honoring his life.

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That's right.

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So toxic relationships and everything we talk about here, where family is everybody's business, those difficult relationships, um, sometimes they can produce good things in us if we allow them.

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They can become a giant slayer.

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Yeah.

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If we overcome those thoughts and those toxic relationships, and we know there's more in us, regardless of what people may say about us. You know, in one moment, David went from not even being considered as a son and called to the house. He wasn't even called to the house as a son, and then the next thing we know, he's killed a giant and he's the king, or he's on his path to be the king. That's why we love the Bible so much.

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That's and that's why I love pads. Our padcast. Our padcast. Okay, wealth of knowledge. This is from K

More Comments from Our Podience

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Diaz. When you have any type of issue, you lean on family and friends to help guide you. However, most of the time they tell you what you want to hear, not necessarily what you need to hear. Your loved ones do this because being steadfast in the truth is definitely difficult. The Alesi Family Podcast, yay, is that person that will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear, no matter the difficulty. They cover such important life lessons and topics that normally are shied away from. It's not always serious either. You can see that the Alesi family are filled with different personalities. Oh, God. No doubt. That make their family dynamics so much fun and complicated to listen to. You can definitely relate to at least one family member. I love this podcast so much, and I'm utterly grateful to have the Alesi family as a guiding light in this crazy world. Thank you so much for that. That was powerful, though.

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Yes, it was. I I have one. Go. And I think this says, Phyllis, I don't have my glasses. I can't read it right. What does it say? I don't know. The inspirational and real. R-H-S-J-G. See, if I were to pass a doctor's eye exam right now, you're done. I would fail. Okay, it says, I have been listening since the beginning and have loved every single one of these episodes. I love the authentic talk from the heart and truth spoken in every episode. I have laughed and cried. Not only did I get to know Steve and Mary and their family more intimately, but also am learning, soaking in all of their wisdom in their testimonies, trials, suggestions, and ideas. I love it all. I look forward to the newest episode every

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week, and I'm always sharing them with friends and family. Great job, Alessie Family. And that's what we want you to do is share it.

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Oh my gosh.

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Share it.

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Thank you so much, R-H-S-J-G, Phyllis.

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This just doesn't.

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How far back can I get from this? Don't have my glasses.

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Here's what I think you need to be putting on the podcast um calendar for next year.

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Glasses. What? Bring my glasses to bring your glasses to know sex.

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You gotta talk sex.

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We talked about it yesterday. You weren't here.

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Really?

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Uh-huh. Didn't we, guys?

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Don't give it away.

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What?

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And wait. What do you mean? What guys were you talking sex with?

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I was Are You For Real?

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I don't. You just said guys. Because they heard it. Okay. Not that I'm jealous or anything.

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Oh, you sounded a little you all right with you coughing about.

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I just came together. Did I make you nervous? You were actually talking about sex. That's like a dream come true, and I missed it.

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I was okay. Well, let me uh elaborate a little bit because you might not say that. I was talking to your daughter. What? Even worse. She's married and pregnant. Oh my God.

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It's disgusting an image, I thought it was divine.

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No, but she was trying to uh rhyme happy wife, happy life with happy husband, blah, blah, blah. And she couldn't come up with anything that rhymed with husbands.

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The songwriter?

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The songwriter couldn't come up with what rhymed with husbands. So I said, it doesn't work like that. Men don't need rhymes. Happy wife, happy life, sex, happy husband. Oh. And the see the guys in the in the gave us standing ovation. They gave us the standing ovation. That's perfect.

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Well, let's go. Let's let's let's then talk about God's timing here. Because Cody Don't spiritualize it. February of 22. This is a real cool one. I really like this one. Okay. She says, wow, exclamation point. I heard about this podcast from a friend I met at a church conference.

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Wow.

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And I started listening to an episode on setting boundaries. And man, this was divine timing if I have ever seen. They spoke straight into my situation, and I am feeling charged to see new insight and life into my family. God bless you guys. I am a hooked listener now. Wow, Cody, thank you for sharing.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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That's cool. Somebody that's not even part of our business is getting this.

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And you know what? That's what I love about this podcast. Because when you

When Friends Share About The Family Business

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are working with somebody, and obviously you listen to it, but you're working on the job or somebody in your life that is really struggling and needs answers, you just refer them to the podcast, just send them the link to the episode, and then it sets them on a course to really start getting their lives in order. And honestly, that's our goal is to really help families be better families, be stronger families, and know as an individual where boundaries are acceptable. You know, honestly, what's so bizarre to us, and we say it all the time, even in our own lives, is that boundaries keep those toxic people not out of your lives, but in the right places in your lives. And it most people do not feel like they have a right, because we don't, we're not taught this, to have boundaries with people.

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Yeah.

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And that was that that particular episode, yeah, I think we're gonna go through them all. But that one was a great one because it will set you free when you realize you have a whole lot more power to make decisions over your life to what works for you in a healthy environment and an honest one that's not mean or cruel or petty, but you're making a good choice for you, for your husband, you, for your life to set boundaries in place. And then the relationships will naturally just be healthier.

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Yeah. I got another idea for an episode

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for next year. Yeah. How about our Disney experience?

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Uh-oh. Lordy, Lordy. You're gonna go into that direction. Let's go.

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Yeah, I mean, because we were fortunate by somebody that really cares for us to give us the VIP experience. Which was the experience.

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A huge gift and blessing.

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Yeah, man. We did it a couple weeks ago. Yes. Spring break, so we had to wait for the son-in-law to get out of his out of class. Class.

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I don't know they can handle it.

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Yeah.

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I don't know, Steve.

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And I may have guest Governor DeSantis with us during this particular episode.

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Really? Why not?

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I'll have a picture of him right here.

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I love our gov. How are you gonna get him? Love the gov. It's the new phrase. Let's get it. You know what? If there's free Florida, you don't have to love the gov. You don't have to agree with everything to agree with some really important things. And I I think in that regard, we agree with some really important things.

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For everybody that's into the political mess that's going on in our state. Oh, I got it. Oh, gotcha. What, the bill? No. Just politics in general.

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Which leads us to this very last. I say we talk about it, but go ahead.

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Okay. Let's, you know who else we I'll tell you what else we need to do.

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I'm not afraid.

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No, no. We need a podcast with your mother.

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Oh, I don't know. Come on.

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She's at that age where she doesn't really care what she says anymore.

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That's why I say, I don't know.

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Oh, that would be perfect.

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Because if I say to her mom, this is the topic I'd like for you to say, A, B, C, she'll go, oh, oh, sure. And then she will get in this podcast booth and she's gonna say whatever she wants to say.

SPEAKER_01 30:54

Dr. Faith is in the house. I think we should. I think we should. Yeah. We'll we'll we'll program her about 30 days into this and let her know what we'll be talking about.

SPEAKER_03 31:07

It won't matter.

SPEAKER_01 31:08

I've been down this road. But we need we need free voices. People that are old enough to not really care what people think about them. What about your mom? Speak the truth.

unknown 31:16

What about your mom?

SPEAKER_01 31:17

My mom would be afraid she hurt somebody's feelings.

SPEAKER_03 31:19

I know she would. Well, see, that's where thank God this is taped. Because we can always purge. When if my mom gets in this podcast booth. Because she will especially there's no one in the room, there's no audience. We'll give you the mute mute button. How's that? So then she's gonna go, Don't you mute me? Oh. Remember how your father used to say? Remember what he used to say when we would say, Papa, you can't say that.

SPEAKER_01 31:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 31:45

You can't say this. And the young people would tell him, You can't say this. You can't what would what would he say?

SPEAKER_01 31:49

I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 31:49

He would say, Don't censor me.

SPEAKER_01 31:51

Don't censor me. Yep.

SPEAKER_03 31:52

He was from the generation of I'm gonna say what I want to say because it's right. And if you don't like it, that's just too bad.

SPEAKER_01 31:59

Okay. Come on, finish this last nice review here by Anna. Towards the bottom, babe. Go all the way to the bottom. Really should have brought my glasses. If you have children or a family,

Encouraging Words and Closing Thoughts

SPEAKER_01 32:11

you need this.

SPEAKER_03 32:11

I love this one.

SPEAKER_01 32:12

Go.

SPEAKER_03 32:13

Not ever not only is every minute full of wisdom. That's a good phrase because that's not true. But I I appreciate she said it. Not only every minute is full of wisdom, but the practicality of each advice is outstanding. I need each and every word I hear in this podcast to better raise my daughters, be a better wife and a better businesswoman. It is sent from God for this season of my life. Thank you, Alesi family, for sharing your experience with us. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Every bit of it edifies our life.

SPEAKER_01 32:46

That is so good to hear. Well, thank you so very much. We trust this podcast will continue to be an encouragement and a blessing to you because let's face it, it's not every day that a pastor is going to um have a podcast with a nice little sticker that says the National Rifle Association.

SPEAKER_02 33:14

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 33:14

The NRA. John has told me, wow, that's pretty scary that people can get listened to listening to a pastor that supports the NRA. Well, you better believe we do, because we believe in. I don't even know what I was gonna say there.

SPEAKER_03 33:31

It's okay. It doesn't matter. This is what happens.

SPEAKER_01 33:33

So why don't you land this plane? Can you do it?

SPEAKER_03 33:35

I I'm not sure I can. Okay. From NRA to uh Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:40

Let's see. That's what we're gonna do. That's what I'm doing. Thank you for listening to our one-year anniversary. Congratulations to us. Congratulations to us and our podcast podiums for joining us during our podcast, the Family Business with the Alesssies. Hope to see you at our next time together in the podcast booth.

SPEAKER_00 34:04

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