Imagine running one of the biggest media empires in the U.S., producing hundreds of shows for one of the world’s most visible influencers, and putting on a birthday party at Chicago’s United Center with Beyonce, Michael Jordan, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld as featured guests.

Imagine doing all that and being exhausted. Working seven days a week for years, with nonstop deadlines, relentless pressure, and lots of drama.

Sheri Salata did all that – and more. As Executive Producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show, President of HARPO Studios, and OWN cable network, Sheri was at the top of her profession and at the bottom of her own to-do list.

As she says, “I had the career of my dreams, not the life of my dreams. I was a hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old—a full-blown personal catastrophe.”

The good news is, Sheri also had agency. Agency is what we do with what’s been done to us or by us.

After showcasing other people’s makeover stories, she decided to co-create her own. She decided it was her time, her turn.

She wrote a book about her experiences, A Beautiful No, and founded The Prosper Network.

These days, she hosts online lunch-and-learns, global virtual summits, and in-person retreats at some of the world’s most beautiful locations.

The point of it all? To help people “re-imagine their lives and become the fullest expression of their being.”

When you see Sheri these days, she is in what I call “the glow of flow.” The light is on in her eyes. She loves her life. She loves herself. She loves the community she’s built online and IRL.

It is partly because she realized, “It’s not selfish to put yourself in your own story, it’s smart.”