Jacqueline Elliott describes being cheated on and how low self-esteem rooted in race, age, and gender made her vulnerable. At 25, during coaching sessions, she realized she'd tied her entire identity to her business and money, a pattern that left her exposed to betrayal.
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Was cheated on. Like when I had my daughter, I was a virgin. I remember like kind of being with him and he's like, well, shut up. I pay the bills and I make the money. I can do what I want. Okay? I cheated. Get over it. Here I am disadvantaged. I'm a minor, I'm black. I'm a woman. Being real, who's gonna want to hire me? So my self esteem was really like shot. I carried my identity in my business. I didn't really realize that until I was like 25 when I met at the time, which I thought was like the love of my life. We were both in self discovery together and we'd go to sessions and he'd say, nicole, you put your identity and your money. And the coach said the same thing as well. I knew that whatever they were picking at was an opportunity for me to grow. Obviously it was hard to hear the truth. Yeah, right. It was very hard.