053 • The Impact Building A Business Has On Relationships: A Series

Hennapreneur

“The biggest growing pain was feeling left behind. It was noticing the gaps that needed to be fulfilled,” shares Ahmed Mahgoub, ex-husband of host Chelsea Stevenson. In this episode of Hennapreneur, Ahmed and Chelsea discuss the impact building a business had on their relationship dynamics.

Ahmed and Chelsea met in middle school but didn’t get together romantically until Facebook reunited them ten years later. When they got married, Chelsea’s business was in its beginning stages. They divulge into the story of how Hennapreneur got off the ground and the impact that it had on their marriage. Ahmed was incredibly supportive of Chelsea’s goals for her business and their family and he moved into a head of household role as they were expecting their second child. He admits that this change was challenging for him and caused strain on their relationship.

Tune into this week’s episode of Hennapreneur for a conversation with host Chelsea Stevenson and special guest Ahmed Mahgoub. They share these personal stories to give insight into the behind-the-scenes of what a relationship looks like during the growth stages of a business.

Quotes

• “The biggest growing pain was feeling left behind. It was noticing the gaps that needed to be fulfilled, but then I couldn’t be the weight to hold you back. It’s like you were starting to take off and starting to go pro. Even when we moved in after that, seeing that now you are starting to kind of flap your wings. Maybe you haven’t flown yet, ut you have to maintain this balancing act and make sure that we have what we need as a family so that way you can step aside and start flapping your wings over there and see if you can take this off and fly and chase what you need to do. I want you to do that. It’s not that I didn’t want to. I wanted you to fly and I’m gonna cheer you on. But I’m gonna stay on the ground and take care of what we need over here and let you take off.” (0:02-1:03)

• “We met back in middle school. That’s honestly where we met. It’s crazy because you have the different groups in school. You have the different classes, the nerds at the bottom and the preppiness up top, and the norms in the middle. And then you had this unique group. A little hierarchy going on. She stood in the middle to upper class. That uniqueness. This is somebody who is true to themselves. I vibed towards something. It definitely stood with me for a while after that.” (5:41-7:14)

• “I had an interesting childhood. So, henna for me was one of the happy moments. Just seeing it, seeing the special occasions, seeing family members get married, seeing that henna gets put on them, that was one of the highlights of my childhood.” (17:20-17:36)

Links

Hennapreneur Community (Facebook Group): https://www.hennapreneur.com/community

Hennapreneur Website: https://www.hennapreneur.com

Hennapreneur Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hennapreneur

Hennapreneur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hennapreneur.official

Hennapreneur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/hennapreneur

Biggest Mistakes Training Opt In: https://www.hennapreneur.com/biggestmistakes

Chelsea's Foolproof Henna Recipe Opt In: https://www.hennapreneur.com/hennarecipe