I'm Marjorie Puntit. I'm Elizabeth Rees. This is Best to the Ness, the podcast that's all about

creating happy, healthy, beautiful homes that prepare us to fly. I am very excited this morning. We both took some time to read a

wonderful new book called The Beautiful Know and other tales of trial transcendence and transformation.

And it happens to be written by a woman that I've known for a very long time, Sherry Salada.

She joins us this morning. Good morning, Sherry. Oh, good morning. Thanks for having me on. This is very

exciting. Sherry. We have just been beside ourselves with joy. You know, Sherry, what's fun is that I have

heard tales of Sherry Salada from Marjorie for years and years. Marjorie and I hosted a radio show together

at My Talk 107.1. And she would really sing your praises about the way that you

led people. And she talked about it all the time. And I think that's a testament to the impact that

you had and the impact that you have had as a leader. So Marjor, you got to give everybody the

background on Sherry's esteemed career. So Sherry spent 21 years at the Oprah Winfrey show.

She started in the promo department, which is where I knew her, and worked very hard and eventually

became the final executive producer of the Oprah Winfrey show.

And then she was off to L.A. to become the co-president of Oprah's cable channel own.

That's a big resume.

It's so funny to me because I read that and I know that

about you, but none of that has anything to do with really how you impacted my life. And I think

in turn, the world is finally getting to see the impact that you can have. It's really because of

who you are, not what you were doing.

It was how you led, even though you were working at the Oprah Winfrey show, but it's how you

led and how you were to the people around you. Because when I knew you, you were just a promo

producer and not just. I don't mean it that way. But you were still an amazing person to be around.

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