[BONUS] Quarantine Queens Eps 10: Sheri Salata on Falling in Love with Change

For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

Jen Hatmaker

Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 April 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Think about the day quarantine is over (dare we dream?). What will our lives look like? Who will we be? Is it possible that maybe, ever so gently, we can start taking a small inventory of what’s been serving us, and what we want to let go of? Leading us through these questions is the wise and witty Sheri Salata, former executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, former co-president of Harpo Network and OWN. One day, Sheri woke up at age 57 and discovered that while she had the career of her dreams, she didn’t have the life of her dreams—and she embarked on a journey to reverse those roles, which she talks about in her most excellent book, The Beautiful No. Sheri walks us through how to recognize when you’re living in deliberate unconsciousness, why it’s never too late to dream a new dream, and how committing to radical self-care is a surefire way to change your life for the better. Sheri reminds us that we’re not worthy because of what we achieve—we are worthy simply because of who we are.

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Thanks to our episode sponsor, International Justice Mission! ijm.org/sharehopenow

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0:00.0	Everybody, welcome. Welcome to the For the Love podcast. And our very special quarantine
0:12.0	queens series, which has meant the world to me. I'm so glad that you're here today. Before
0:17.6	we get started, I wanted to give a quick shout out to International Justice Mission, who's
0:23.5	making this whole episode possible. You've probably heard of IJM. They are the largest
0:28.8	anti-slavery organization in the world. And they work to rescue people out of slavery and sex
0:35.4	trafficking. They've actually recently turned some of their attention to some serious efforts
0:40.5	to help vulnerable and remote communities during the time of COVID-19. They have so many amazing
0:47.4	stories of how they have helped people. I've seen it firsthand and traveling with them. And they are
0:52.8	the kind of stories that give you faith that even the worst situations can still have beauty,
0:59.5	can still have a wonderful outcome, can still have justice. So I highly recommend that you go to
1:06.3	IJM.org slash Share Hope Now to watch these stories. It really helps in the swirl of bad news
1:16.8	to see some good and beautiful things happening. So dare to join with me for just a moment
1:23.6	about the day quarantine is over, right? The day we can hug our friends and health care workers and
1:30.0	weep into the blessed arms of our hairstylists, right? Who will we be that day? Maybe you're thinking
1:36.3	about this? I know I am. If you haven't, I wonder if it's possible. Even just in a very gentle way
1:45.6	to start thinking about who those women will be. Who will emerge from this moment in time? Is it
1:53.2	possible to take a few minutes and do a little inventory and evaluate what we hold dear in our lives
1:59.6	and what is and is not serving us anymore? And I'm talking about reinventing the wheel,
2:05.2	you know, changing your entire life. I don't that's not my thing that's I'm not into that. I'm not
2:10.2	into like just all that stuff. Okay, I'm talking more about thinking ahead to like six months from
2:17.0	now and dreaming of who that woman might be, who she could be. I mean, how would we get to her?
2:24.0	That is something to chew on while I introduce my next guest who I am. I just I wish you could
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