Marriage And Relationships Episodes
These episodes provide relationships tips, funny stories and heartfelt, honest testimonies from a couple that has stayed the course over more than 30 years of marriage. Steve and Mary Alessi deliver sound wisdom on living and working together as a couple, keeping romance alive, learning each other's strengths and much more!
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Feb. 19, 2025
How to Build a Strong Marriage by Growing and Adapting Together | S7 E25
Are you struggling to keep your marriage relationship fresh and healthy despite life's constant challenges? In this powerful episode, Steve and Mary Alessi share a conversation with long-time friends David and Mory Martinez.
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Feb. 5, 2025
No-Go Zones! How to Confidently Approach Sensitive Issues In Your Marriage | S7 E23
Are there certain topics in your marriage that you're scared to discuss? Does it feel like you're risking a potential blow-up if you even bring it up? In this episode, Steve and Mary Alessi share insights into these "No-Go Zones," offering strategies to approach sensitive issues confidently.
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Jan. 29, 2025
How to Kill Your Marriage: Avoiding Traps So Your Relationship Stays Strong and Happy | S7 E22
Is your marriage in danger of going on life support? In this powerful, candid and unfiltered episode, you'll learn about the issues that could damage and destroy your marriage if you don't work on them intentionally, so you can enjoy a happier and healthier relationship.
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Nov. 6, 2024
Women's Wisdom: Intimacy, Dating and What Men Actually Think with Daniele Hage | S7 E10
Do women really understand how men think? Mary Alessi sits down with her lifelong friend and relationship expert Daniele Hage to unlock the secrets to the ways men think through the stages of their lives.
Guest: Daniele Hage
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Sept. 25, 2024
Say Goodbye to Mom Guilt! How To Break Free of the Mother Comparison Trap | S7 E4
In this honest and practical episode, Stephanie Muiña and her sister-in-law Richelle Alessi share their experiences as young moms and describe how they are overcoming mom guilt.
Guests: Stephanie Alessi Muiña , Richelle Alessi
Aug. 14, 2024
Confessions, Mixups and More Unexpected TFB Moments
It's another summer trip down memory lane as we remember some of the most unexpected and unpredictable moments in our podcast!
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June 26, 2024
Family Finale! Celebrating Season 6 Wins and Revealing Season 7 Surprises | S6 E39
It's been an amazing season in The Family Business, so we're celebrating our Podience and all you've made possible for us - and teasing what you can look forward to in Season 7!
![How to Keep Romance in the Family Business [Season 1 Flashback] | S6 E20](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m9KV_3cilfg/maxresdefault.jpg "How to Keep Romance in the Family Business [Season 1 Flashback] | S6 E20")
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Feb. 14, 2024
How to Keep Romance in the Family Business [Season 1 Flashback] | S6 E20
Romance, boundaries, and serving one another – Steve and Mary Alessi share their secrets to a lasting marriage in this flashback to Season 1 of The Family Business.
Jan. 3, 2024
"I Hate When You Talk To Me That Way!" | TFB Midseason Flashback
We travel back to Season 2 with an problem that never gets old - how to avoid annoying your spouse by saying things the wrong way.
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Nov. 29, 2023
Marriage After Baby: How We Communicate Better After Having Kids | S6 E11
How do you keep your marriage strong even after kids come on the scene? Chris & Stephanie Muiña share how they’re improving their communication as a couple as their family grows.
Guests: Stephanie Alessi Muiña , Christopher Muiña
![No More Sandcastles! How to Overcome Opposition and Build a Strong Marriage [Mid-Season Bonus]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1LT_ixoVLj8/maxresdefault.jpg "No More Sandcastles! How to Overcome Opposition and Build a Strong Marriage [Mid-Season Bonus]")
Aug. 23, 2023
No More Sandcastles! How to Overcome Opposition and Build a Strong Marriage [Mid-Season Bonus]
Take a look inside Sundays in the Family Business as Steve and Mary Alessi reveal the secret sauce to a healthy, God-centered marriage - gleaned from over three decades of working on their relationship.
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April 19, 2023
7 Ways to Support Your Spouse Emotionally in Tough Times | S5 E14
When your spouse is going through a crisis, it's hard to figure out how to help without being hurtful. The Alessis share 7 keys to keep your marriage strong when life hits one of you hard.
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Dec. 14, 2022
Year 1: How to Communicate Better as Your Marriage Begins | S4 E14
Being newlyweds can be challenging - especially as you learn to communicate with each other! In this episode Chris and Richelle Alessi share effective communication tips they've discovered during their first year of marriage!
Guests: Richelle Alessi , Chris Alessi
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Oct. 12, 2022
Recalibrate Your Marriage? How to Strengthen Your Relationship Through the Ever-Changing Seasons of Life
Steve and Mary Alessi look back over their 35+ years of marriage and share strategies to bring you and your spouse closer, even as seasons of life change!
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June 29, 2022
The Right Way to Wait: How To Be Content While Waiting on Your Next Season | S3 E25
Is there a right way to wait? Here we uncover the key to remaining content in any season with Mary Alessi and her daughter Lauren.
Guest: Lauren Alessi
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May 18, 2022
Leaving and Cleaving: How to Protect your Marriage from Excessive Parental Influence | S3 E19
We're helping married couples step out from under their parents' influence and truly embrace their spouses as their primary focus - and helping the parents to develop healthy boundaries as their married children step out on their own.
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May 4, 2022
From Mother to Daughter: Honest Questions about Marriage, Motherhood and Changing Seasons | S3 E17
Mary Alessi and her daughter Steph Alessi Munia discuss managing the changing expectations that moms have when career and parental responsibilities shift!
Guest: Stephanie Alessi Muiña
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April 20, 2022
Anniversary Celebration! Sharing Your Comments and Favorite Moments from Our First Year
The Family Business with The Alessis is celebrating our first anniversary! And to celebrate we're sharing your favorite moments, comments and ideas for new shows as we commemorate the first year of our podcast!
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Feb. 16, 2022
How To Set Real Boundaries in Your Relationships (And Get People to Respect Them) | S3 E6
Tired of people trampling all over your boundaries? Steve and Mary share the key steps to establishing real boundaries with friends and family, so that you can decrease your stress and increase your peace.
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Feb. 9, 2022
Just Ask Her Out! Help for Young Men Seeking to Get Married | S3 E5
We are helping our young people find love this week on The Family Business with The Alessis - by helping our young men re-learn the art of dating!
Guest: Chris Alessi
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Jan. 26, 2022
Dealing with Toxic Relationships, Part 2: How to Part Ways with Toxic People
Our talk on toxic relationships continues with a in-depth, step-by-step discussion on how to finally end the cycle of painful and dysfunctional relationships in your life.
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Jan. 19, 2022
Dealing with Toxic Relationships, Pt. 1: How to Identify and Avoid People Who Cause Pain | S3 E2
Steve and Mary Alessi unravel the difficult but necessary steps they had to take to identify and cut off toxic family relationships that threatened to hold them hostage to the past, and reveal the freedom available when we say no to people who cause pain.
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Jan. 12, 2022
3 Key Resolutions to Start Your New Year Right | S3 E1
We open up Season 3 by revealing three critical areas - faith, family and fitness - that you must improve if you want to enjoy a better, healthier, and more fulfilling 2022!
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Dec. 1, 2021
How Men Can Keep The Holidays Happy! Tips for Husbands & Fathers Planning for Christmas | S2 E12
The Alessi men break down the (man) plan to a hassle-free Christmas - so you can keep your family in the holiday spirit and keep the stress and conflict out.
Guest: Chris Alessi