Over workers of this nature are the source of their own problems. I pity them, but at the same time the power to fix their problems lie entirely within themselv

Over workers of this nature are the source of their own problems. I pity them, but at the same time the power to fix their problems lie entirely within themselves. She is (almost certainly) not in an instance where she needs to work 80hrs/week in order to make enough money to feed her family. Pick a random day in the past year - I'd love to hear her argument as to why the work she did on say July 13th was so important and time sensitive that it couldn't have been delayed 12 hours so she could spend a little time with her family.