The Love Suite with Steve and Grace
The Love Suite with Steve and Grace.
We’re Steve and Grace. A Boricua from Brooklyn and a Filipina from Queens, New York. We’ve been married for over 20 years, raised four children, and built a love that’s been tested by life, proven by time, and strengthened by every season.
This podcast is more than relationship talk. It’s our celebration of culture, resilience, and partnership.
We come from families that stretched dollars, held down more than one job, and carried traditions across oceans. We are first- and second-generation, raised in homes shaped by sacrifice and survival. We didn’t inherit blueprints. We created them. And in that, we discovered the beauty of being multicultural: weaving Boricua, Filipina, and New York grit into a love story that lasts.
Here we talk marriage, parenting, intimacy, money, business, and culture; not from the lens of perfection, but from the truth of what it really takes for our people to thrive in love.
Our listeners? You are us. Black, Brown, Asian, Latinx, Caribbean, Pacific Islander, immigrant, first- and second-gen, blended, multicultural. You carry beauty in your roots. You carry stories in your blood.
Let’s celebrate life because when it’s rooted in love, truth, and legacy, it gets carried forward for generations. Our descendants will know love deeper because of how we lived it now.
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The Love Suite with Steve and Grace
Gratitude Without Guilt (Gratitude Series: Part 2 of 3)
You can be grateful for what your parents gave you and still need something different for yourself. Both can be true.
In this episode, we get real about the weight immigrant and first/second-gen kids carry; the guilt that comes with gratitude when your parents sacrificed everything so you could have more.
We talk about obligation versus choice, the cultural pressure to repeat your parents' struggles, and what it really means to honor their sacrifice without staying stuck. We share personal stories about deserving abundance, breaking out of blue-collar expectations, and making big life choices when family obligations are heavy.
This isn't about being ungrateful. It's about building on the foundation your family laid and not repeating their struggle.
IN THIS EPISODE:
· Why gratitude and guilt get tangled up for first/second-gen families
· The difference between survival mode and abundance mindset
· How cultural concepts like "utang na loob" shape your choices
· When obligation becomes a prison instead of love
· How to communicate boundaries without dishonoring your family
· Real gratitude practices that feel authentic (not performative)
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Nicole Cruz - Grace's life coach who teaches about honoring your parents' foundation while building your own life
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolecruzcoaching/
Dr. Marinette Asuncion-Uy, Psy.D. - Filipino psychologist/psychotherapist with a program on "utang na loob." 🌿 Roots & Rebirth: Healing the Filipino Inner Child
A 30-day guided journey and soul fundraiser.
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✨Married over 20 years. Parents of four. Survivors of trauma, grief, betrayal, burnout and proof that love can still last.
This podcast is where Brooklyn grit meets Queens heart. We keep it raw about marriage, parenting, money, intimacy, and culture. We don’t preach. We don’t sugarcoat. We tell the truth about what it really takes to stay connected when life gets real.
Grace brings depth from her journey as a Filipina mother, nurse, coach, and survivor. Steve brings the layered view of a Puerto Rican husband, father, and law enforcement officer who’s still learning to speak his heart out loud.
We’re not perfect. We’re still choosing each other every day.
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