You're listening to The Feel Good Effect. We're talking transformation, transcendence, and the

beautiful know with former executive producer of the Oprah Winfrey show, Sherry Salada. Let's make it happen.

Welcome to the Feel Good Effect. I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs, and I help people find time and create space in their lives for what matters most by sharing simplified strategies for wellness. This podcast is all about real talk, real wellness, and unpacking what it really means to be healthy.

Hey, Feel Good fam.

I am so glad you're here for this conversation with Sherry Salada about transformation,

transcendence, and the beautiful know.

Sherry's a writer-producer, co-founder of the pillarlife.com, and co-host of her podcast,

The Sherry and Nancy Show. Her current ventures are the evolution

of her 20-year career with Oprah Winfrey. Her action-packed days as executive producer of the Oprah

show were chronicled in the acclaimed docu-series Season 25. Maybe you've seen that one, Oprah behind

the scenes. She's also served as co-president of Harpo Studios and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

She's also been named one of Fast Company's 100 most creative people in business,

the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100, and the 2017 Feminist Press Power Award winner.

Now, I'll be totally honest, the idea of interviewing,

the producer of one of the all-time best interview shows on television, well, it made me a little

nervous. But Sherry's quick wit, her vulnerability, and her storytelling just put me right at ease,

and I know they will do the same for you.

In our conversation, we really get into

what does it mean to transform.

We talk about self-compassion and the role.

It's played in her transformation.

This whole concept of being a producer

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