Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

THE HARDEST CONVERSATION I’VE EVER HAD WITH MY HUSBAND

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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This content was created by Jacqueline Elliott. This content was uploaded by Jacqueline Elliott. This is a YouTube video titled "THE HARDEST CONVERSATION I’VE EVER HAD WITH MY HUSBAND" created on November 5, 2024. It features a personal narrative about a difficult conversation regarding work-life balance and personal fulfillment, highlighting the challenges faced by someone named Andy who is struggling with being a workaholic and its impact on family life.

Andy was a workaholic.
He had become one dimensional in the sense that he thought making money was.
The way that we were going to be happy.
That wasn't sustainable. He was giving up a lot of different things. He was in the pictures, but he wasn't present. He was always at work thinking about being home and always wanted more time with us. But when he was with us, he.
Was always thinking about work and he was always like, not really there. I had this really.
Hard conversation with him and I told him, hey, we've learned to live without you. Like, we've learned to have our life. But you're not here. Like Andy, Like, I love that, that you're good at work. I said, like, like, listen, I. They can't survive without you. That's just it. Like, you're. You're doing everything yourself. You're not building your team the way you should. What good does.
It do for you to. For everybody to know that you're the.
Best when you're not passing that on to your guys and you're a slave to work? It's not. It's not good for you. You're tired, you're not motivated, you're not going to the gym. I knew what fulfillment was to him, and he wasn't getting it. He wasn't getting with the gym. He wasn't happy with the man he had become. I told him, like, you're one dimensional. Like, you.