August 21, 2025 • 9 mins
Sean talks to Jesse and Lisa Ferrell, a Las Vegas couple married nearly 20 years, who are quarter-finalists in the national “America’s Favorite Couple” contest! Vote for them HERE!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Six point five, Las Vegas's Best Variety the eighties, nineties
and today, Good morning, it's Sean. I am joined right
now on the phone by a couple of nominees for
America's Favorite Couple.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Please welcome Jesse and Lisa Farrell.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It's so nice to talk to both of you.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
If anyone who listens to our show, they know that
Joanna and I we love love and you two have
been married for nearly twenty years and you've made it
to the quarterfinals of this America's Favorite Couple contest. Now,
if anyone's not familiar, this is a national competition that
celebrates couples who inspire through love, leadership, and impact. What
does it mean to you to make it this far
(00:40):
in this contest?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
It's actually extremely surprising. There's so many there's so many
components to being successful with something like this, and a
number of them are brand new to us. And I
would have to say that we so elated to have
made it so far, and we look forward to doing
our best and bringing our best and we want to
represent Las Vegas at the same.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Time, and anything worth having and worthwhile, it takes time
and effort to put into it, and I have been
posting this almost daily to update people on where we stand,
what's happening, and it's just so exciting.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
We're really happy to be a part of it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Absolutely, and believe me, we'll be sharing the link as
well for anyone who wants to go through and vote
for you, because today is the last day of voting.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
I want to make sure our listeners understand that. Now.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I know, I feel like the women are always better
at telling these stories, But Lisa, can you tell me
how the two of you met?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Like, tell me your love story?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh my goodness, this is a loaded question. You ready
for it? Yes? I am, Jeff, Well wait a minute, Sean,
I'm not ready for it. Okay. So Jesse was actually.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
My life coach for one year, and in one session
he said, you know, I think.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
You're ready to define that ideal man. What kind of
house does he have? What kind of bank account? Is
he a family man? And all of these kinds of college. Well,
does he speak standard English? He is he intelligence? Does
he like music? You know those sort of thing.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
And I said to him, I said, well that would
be really easy, because that managed you. But when I
said that managed you, I didn't really mean that manage you,
And then I went, wait, wait a minute.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
That man really is you.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
I meant to say somebody like you, but clearly we're
soulmates and completely meant to be together.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
That's such an amazing story.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
You don't really I don't think I've heard of that
kind of a meeting story ever before. Jesse, what do
you credit with your ability to stay married for the
last twenty years.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Well, that's brilliant, I'll answer in short, and please. I
hope you asked me to dig a little deeper, because
I think the dig a little deeper will help people
listening to this. But the number one thing I know
is it's not just loving the person you with. It's
not just liking the person you with. I seek to
speak the language of Lisa. We all have our own
ways of speaking and communicating, and most of us speak
(02:58):
our own language. Well. I see to perfect to speak
her language, to say things is the way that she
can best connect with, team up with understand use and
so my number one gift with Lisa is learning to
speak her language.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
It sounds like you have become really like an undefeatable team.
You know, you see each other as as true partners
and teammates.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
And it's just so beautiful to hear.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
It is it is, Sean and check this out. So
we use we use a number of what we call
STPE systems, tools and processes. We even have the same
called Relationship Suite. I'll tell you more about the relationship
sweet if you want to. But it has some some
some components inside of it that help us, you know,
know where we stand with one another. But one up
our relationship fresh, Yeah, keep it fresh. One of the
main things is a personality assessment called the Color Code
(03:42):
by doctor Taylor Hartman. We also became certified trainers. Lisa's
a certified Color Code trainer. It. Once you do it,
it'll give you what your driving Kromoto of is. You're
why you do what you do in four distinctions red, yellow, blue,
and white and reds and motivated by the power of executing,
getting execution of getting things done. White and motivated by peace,
they don't like conflict or confrontation. Blue and motivated by
(04:04):
being understood, and they like guiding and leading people. And
yells are motivated by thought. Well, Lisa is a white.
I always thought we were the saying we're not the
same learning that Lisa's a white on the color code
and doesn't like conflict and confrontation. I don't put conflict
in confrontation in front of her. If it's something that's
a conflict, I staged it in a way to reduce
the conflict so that she can engage. What do you
(04:26):
think about what I just shared with j Shaan.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I find that to be truly fascinating. I think that
every married couple out there can benefit from improving communication.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I feel like no one has.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
We can always learn something right where there's always ability
to learn more, and you two clearly have figured something
out that works for the for the two of you.
I want to dive some more into that next. We'll
take a quick break here, but we're going to come
back more with Jesse and Lisa Ferrell. They are admitted
to the quarterfinals of the National America's Favorite Couple contests.
(05:00):
The winning couple received twenty thousand dollars and a feature
in Variety Magazine. We'll make sure the link is up
for you on social media. We'll be right back here
on Sunday one of six point five with Jesse and
Lisa Ferrell, Las Vegas's Best variety the eighties, nineties, and
today it's Sean. I am joined on the phone right
now by Jesse and Lisa Ferrell once again, thanks for
hanging out. A Las Vegas couple married for nearly twenty years,
(05:22):
quarter finalists in the National America's Favorite Couple contests. Jesse
and Lisa, could you talk a little bit to maybe
people who have been in relationships for a very very
long time, maybe longer than you. What is something you
think even they could learn about maintaining a relationship.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I think the number one thing that they can learn
is to continue to understand how to communicate most efficiently
effectively with their partner. And the reason why I say
that is because just because you started out great doesn't
mean you end up great. Oftentimes things fade, or something shifts,
or something changes in someone and people don't make the adjustment.
The number one deal for me, for people to embrace
(06:04):
and elevate is the power of their connection and communication
and their relationship.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
And I have one thing to add to that. I
would say read you can take the assessment. It takes
less than five minutes, and it's.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Online and it's freeing.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
It's the five love languages know what your partner likes.
Is it acts of service, is it words of affirmation?
Is it receiving gifts? So knowing those little nuances can
take your relationship to a stronger heights.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
See that.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I think that's important to know because I think a
lot of times we make assumptions about what our partner's
love languages might be, and clarifying those things can be helpful,
right Like I might I like to perform acts of
service because I think that's what my wife is looking for.
Maybe she would appreciate more physical touch or like see,
I'm a words of affirmation person, but I don't really
clarify that all the time. I like to hear just
(06:54):
even a word of thank you, I think goes a
long way with me. I'm not really about material things,
so learning those things is super important. I want to
ask as locals here you know that are from Las Vegas,
just what to you makes a great date night here
in town?
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I think using creativity and doing new things, like you know,
surprising each other with a picnic or maybe going to
the mountains with a nice bottle of line. It could
be super simple and you know, and also reaffirming, hey
are you are your love language is still acts of
service and opening up those conversations.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
We also have a deck of cards that.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Can stimulate conversation but make everything playful, because when it's playful,
it sticks.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
And it's memorable. And Sean, let me give you another one.
Lisa surprised me on a date and she said was
gonna be was gonna be a couple that was going
to meet us. She wouldn't tell who it was. And
when I got there, there was a guy named Richard
Steele and his wife was there. Richard Steele and I
when I was in casino operation. I worked as a
floorman at the Westwood Hoe at the time, and he
was a he was a big heavyweight boxing referee and
(08:03):
I hadn't talked to him since it was thirty years
I hadn't talked to him. Here he is sitting at
the table with his wife and me and Lisa. And
that was a great date night because I got to
reconnect with this guy that I hadn't reconnected with, and
I would I would have never done that. I look
what she did for me to put Richard Stiel right
in front of me.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Oh that's so cool. I love that so much.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Jesse and Lisa, I just want to say that your
love is inspiring and I wish you the best of
luck now and always, and thank you for spending some
time and maybe shedding some light on some things that
might help people that are listening here this morning. Jesse
and Lisa Ferrell, they are award winning authors, coaches, and
founders of Jess Talk Speaking and coaching firm and Lisa
(08:45):
listen and they are quarterfinalists in the national America's Favorite
Couple contests and they need your vote right now because
it ends today.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
The voting.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
The winning couple received twenty thousand dollars and a feature
in Variety magazine, and we would love for you to
go help them out. We'll make sure the link is
up on Facebook, Instagram, anywhere you can find it. Jesse
and Lisa, thank you so much for us spending some
time with us this morning on sunny Thank.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
You for having us. Sean, this has been a ton
of fun. It has been Sean. I thought we wrote
the book on how you leave them feeling, But I
think you wrote the book on how you leave the feeling.
We stole it from me. We didn't even know it Untiday.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
You two have been a pleasure to talk to. Appreciate
you and and good luck to you in the America's
Favorite couple contests. Thank you so much, Thank you for
representing Las Vegas so beautifully.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Oh well, thank you, Appreciate you. Sean
Six point five, Las Vegas's Best Variety the eighties, nineties
and today, Good morning, it's Sean. I am joined right
now on the phone by a couple of nominees for
America's Favorite Couple.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Please welcome Jesse and Lisa Farrell.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
It's so nice to talk to both of you.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
If anyone who listens to our show, they know that
Joanna and I we love love and you two have
been married for nearly twenty years and you've made it
to the quarterfinals of this America's Favorite Couple contest. Now,
if anyone's not familiar, this is a national competition that
celebrates couples who inspire through love, leadership, and impact. What
does it mean to you to make it this far
(00:40):
in this contest?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
It's actually extremely surprising. There's so many there's so many
components to being successful with something like this, and a
number of them are brand new to us. And I
would have to say that we so elated to have
made it so far, and we look forward to doing
our best and bringing our best and we want to
represent Las Vegas at the same.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Time, and anything worth having and worthwhile, it takes time
and effort to put into it, and I have been
posting this almost daily to update people on where we stand,
what's happening, and it's just so exciting.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
We're really happy to be a part of it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Absolutely, and believe me, we'll be sharing the link as
well for anyone who wants to go through and vote
for you, because today is the last day of voting.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
I want to make sure our listeners understand that. Now.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
I know, I feel like the women are always better
at telling these stories, But Lisa, can you tell me
how the two of you met?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Like, tell me your love story?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh my goodness, this is a loaded question. You ready
for it? Yes? I am, Jeff, Well wait a minute, Sean,
I'm not ready for it. Okay. So Jesse was actually.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
My life coach for one year, and in one session
he said, you know, I think.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
You're ready to define that ideal man. What kind of
house does he have? What kind of bank account? Is
he a family man? And all of these kinds of college. Well,
does he speak standard English? He is he intelligence? Does
he like music? You know those sort of thing.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
And I said to him, I said, well that would
be really easy, because that managed you. But when I
said that managed you, I didn't really mean that manage you,
And then I went, wait, wait a minute.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
That man really is you.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
I meant to say somebody like you, but clearly we're
soulmates and completely meant to be together.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
That's such an amazing story.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
You don't really I don't think I've heard of that
kind of a meeting story ever before. Jesse, what do
you credit with your ability to stay married for the
last twenty years.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Well, that's brilliant, I'll answer in short, and please. I
hope you asked me to dig a little deeper, because
I think the dig a little deeper will help people
listening to this. But the number one thing I know
is it's not just loving the person you with. It's
not just liking the person you with. I seek to
speak the language of Lisa. We all have our own
ways of speaking and communicating, and most of us speak
(02:58):
our own language. Well. I see to perfect to speak
her language, to say things is the way that she
can best connect with, team up with understand use and
so my number one gift with Lisa is learning to
speak her language.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
It sounds like you have become really like an undefeatable team.
You know, you see each other as as true partners
and teammates.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
And it's just so beautiful to hear.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
It is it is, Sean and check this out. So
we use we use a number of what we call
STPE systems, tools and processes. We even have the same
called Relationship Suite. I'll tell you more about the relationship
sweet if you want to. But it has some some
some components inside of it that help us, you know,
know where we stand with one another. But one up
our relationship fresh, Yeah, keep it fresh. One of the
main things is a personality assessment called the Color Code
(03:42):
by doctor Taylor Hartman. We also became certified trainers. Lisa's
a certified Color Code trainer. It. Once you do it,
it'll give you what your driving Kromoto of is. You're
why you do what you do in four distinctions red, yellow, blue,
and white and reds and motivated by the power of executing,
getting execution of getting things done. White and motivated by peace,
they don't like conflict or confrontation. Blue and motivated by
(04:04):
being understood, and they like guiding and leading people. And
yells are motivated by thought. Well, Lisa is a white.
I always thought we were the saying we're not the
same learning that Lisa's a white on the color code
and doesn't like conflict and confrontation. I don't put conflict
in confrontation in front of her. If it's something that's
a conflict, I staged it in a way to reduce
the conflict so that she can engage. What do you
(04:26):
think about what I just shared with j Shaan.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I find that to be truly fascinating. I think that
every married couple out there can benefit from improving communication.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
I feel like no one has.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
We can always learn something right where there's always ability
to learn more, and you two clearly have figured something
out that works for the for the two of you.
I want to dive some more into that next. We'll
take a quick break here, but we're going to come
back more with Jesse and Lisa Ferrell. They are admitted
to the quarterfinals of the National America's Favorite Couple contests.
(05:00):
The winning couple received twenty thousand dollars and a feature
in Variety Magazine. We'll make sure the link is up
for you on social media. We'll be right back here
on Sunday one of six point five with Jesse and
Lisa Ferrell, Las Vegas's Best variety the eighties, nineties, and
today it's Sean. I am joined on the phone right
now by Jesse and Lisa Ferrell once again, thanks for
hanging out. A Las Vegas couple married for nearly twenty years,
(05:22):
quarter finalists in the National America's Favorite Couple contests. Jesse
and Lisa, could you talk a little bit to maybe
people who have been in relationships for a very very
long time, maybe longer than you. What is something you
think even they could learn about maintaining a relationship.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I think the number one thing that they can learn
is to continue to understand how to communicate most efficiently
effectively with their partner. And the reason why I say
that is because just because you started out great doesn't
mean you end up great. Oftentimes things fade, or something shifts,
or something changes in someone and people don't make the adjustment.
The number one deal for me, for people to embrace
(06:04):
and elevate is the power of their connection and communication
and their relationship.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
And I have one thing to add to that. I
would say read you can take the assessment. It takes
less than five minutes, and it's.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Online and it's freeing.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
It's the five love languages know what your partner likes.
Is it acts of service, is it words of affirmation?
Is it receiving gifts? So knowing those little nuances can
take your relationship to a stronger heights.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
See that.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I think that's important to know because I think a
lot of times we make assumptions about what our partner's
love languages might be, and clarifying those things can be helpful,
right Like I might I like to perform acts of
service because I think that's what my wife is looking for.
Maybe she would appreciate more physical touch or like see,
I'm a words of affirmation person, but I don't really
clarify that all the time. I like to hear just
(06:54):
even a word of thank you, I think goes a
long way with me. I'm not really about material things,
so learning those things is super important. I want to
ask as locals here you know that are from Las Vegas,
just what to you makes a great date night here
in town?
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I think using creativity and doing new things, like you know,
surprising each other with a picnic or maybe going to
the mountains with a nice bottle of line. It could
be super simple and you know, and also reaffirming, hey
are you are your love language is still acts of
service and opening up those conversations.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
We also have a deck of cards that.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Can stimulate conversation but make everything playful, because when it's playful,
it sticks.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
And it's memorable. And Sean, let me give you another one.
Lisa surprised me on a date and she said was
gonna be was gonna be a couple that was going
to meet us. She wouldn't tell who it was. And
when I got there, there was a guy named Richard
Steele and his wife was there. Richard Steele and I
when I was in casino operation. I worked as a
floorman at the Westwood Hoe at the time, and he
was a he was a big heavyweight boxing referee and
(08:03):
I hadn't talked to him since it was thirty years
I hadn't talked to him. Here he is sitting at
the table with his wife and me and Lisa. And
that was a great date night because I got to
reconnect with this guy that I hadn't reconnected with, and
I would I would have never done that. I look
what she did for me to put Richard Stiel right
in front of me.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Oh that's so cool. I love that so much.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Jesse and Lisa, I just want to say that your
love is inspiring and I wish you the best of
luck now and always, and thank you for spending some
time and maybe shedding some light on some things that
might help people that are listening here this morning. Jesse
and Lisa Ferrell, they are award winning authors, coaches, and
founders of Jess Talk Speaking and coaching firm and Lisa
(08:45):
listen and they are quarterfinalists in the national America's Favorite
Couple contests and they need your vote right now because
it ends today.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
The voting.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
The winning couple received twenty thousand dollars and a feature
in Variety magazine, and we would love for you to
go help them out. We'll make sure the link is
up on Facebook, Instagram, anywhere you can find it. Jesse
and Lisa, thank you so much for us spending some
time with us this morning on sunny Thank.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
You for having us. Sean, this has been a ton
of fun. It has been Sean. I thought we wrote
the book on how you leave them feeling, But I
think you wrote the book on how you leave the feeling.
We stole it from me. We didn't even know it Untiday.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
You two have been a pleasure to talk to. Appreciate
you and and good luck to you in the America's
Favorite couple contests. Thank you so much, Thank you for
representing Las Vegas so beautifully.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Oh well, thank you, Appreciate you. Sean
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