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Recent Episodes
March 26, 2025
The Family Peacekeeper: Are You Solving or Enabling Family Conflicts?…
Do you always find yourself in the middle of family conflicts, trying to keep the peace? If so, you might be filling a role that no one asked you to fill - and it might be causing more harm than good.
March 19, 2025
Ideal Kids or Idol Kids? How To Keep the Right Priorities in Your Par…
Is it possible to be TOO focused on your kids? Navigating the journey of parenthood can be challenging, especially when your instinct is to make your children the center of your universe.
March 12, 2025
The Struggle to Leave and Cleave: Responding to Your Questions on Mar…
We know family can be complicated, and today's episode is proof! In this episode, Steve and Mary Alessi respond and share their honest feedback on some of the comments and questions asked by our "podience" about leaving and cleaving, marriage, and dealing with in-laws.
March 5, 2025
Why Every Married Couple Should Leave and Cleave [TFB Top 10 Highligh…
Are you and your spouse struggling to break unhealthy attachments to your parents? Is your marriage feeling the strain because someone is not respecting boundaries? In this highlight from Season 3, we tackle an issue that continues to stir conversations in our Podience - leaving and cleaving.
Feb. 26, 2025
Battle for Life and Love: How the War in Israel Refined a Marriage
What would you do if you had to fight for your life and your country, while you were starting your life with your spouse? This isn't a movie plot. It's the real story of a marriage forged in the middle of a war.
Feb. 19, 2025
How to Build a Strong Marriage by Growing and Adapting Together | S7 …
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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About the Hosts
Steve Alessi
Pastor / Author / Speaker and Encourager
A Miami native, Steve Alessi was called into ministry at the age of 19 and has faithfully answered that call for over 40 years. After graduating from Southeastern University in 1984, he served alongside his parents as Associate Pastor of Grace Church of Kendall.
In 1997, he and his wife, Mary, founded Metro Life Church in Doral, Florida. Then, on November 10, 2013, Pastors Steve and Mary acquired and became the Lead Pastors of Grace Church, transforming it into the Dadeland Campus of Metro Life Church.
Today, Steve enjoys ministering with the help of his wife, four adult children, their spouses and their grandchildren; Christopher & Richelle Alessi with little Marino, Chris & Stephanie Muiña with little Gianna, and Lauren and Gabrielle Alessi. Under his leadership, Metro Life Church has two growing local campuses and a vibrant and innovative online campus. Part of his passion is to challenge men to Man Up in life through Metro’s Goodfellas Camps throughout the year at his Farmhouse in Southwest Georgia. The family also hosts a weekly Christian lifestyle podcast about their lives in ministry entitled The Family Business with The Alessis.
In 2007, Steve suffered a widow-maker heart attack and survived after paramedics worked on him for 42 minutes; hitting him seven times with the paddles to keep his heart pumping. The poignant lessons learned from that experience have been summed up in the book he authored, Forty Two - How To Finish Strong When You Thought You Were Finished. This powerful axiom has become his life's mission to help others who have experienced their own 42 moments.
Steve enjoys giving back to his community as a former member of the City of Doral’s Faith-Based Charities Advisory Committee, and presently serves on Miami-Dade County Commissioners’ Interfaith Advisory Board and is a Chaplain with the Doral Police Department. He also enjoys the fellowship of his Pastor, Mike Hayes, and is a member of the Champion’s Network with Pastor Joel Osteen.
For fun he enjoys hunting, boating, and traveling with his family and friends.
Mary Alessi
Pastor / Worship Leader / Songwriter
Mary Alessi is a singer/songwriter/author (www.maryalessi.com) whose passion is to lead people to God through worship. Her commitment to worship has compelled her to record four music projects which include “Whatever it Takes,” “More,” “When Women Worship,” and “Pressing On.” Her work in Christian music has been recognized by her peers when her song, “Great Grace” was nominated for a Dove Award by the Gospel Music Association.
She serves as co-Pastor at Metro Life Church in Doral and Dadeland, along with her husband, Steve. Together they are the proud parents of four adult children who serve alongside of them in leadership. As a leader and songwriter for Metro Life Worship alongside her daughter Steph Alessi Muiña, she is now helping to lay the foundation for a new generation of worship leaders.