'Everything is Okay Because Everything is in His Hands': Dana Perino Shares Life Lessons in New Book
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- Professionally, you could sayDana Perino has done it all.
And now in her new book that'sgeared toward young women,
she's showing how you cantoo, with some great advice.
- She is?
- Dana Perino.
- [Jenna] You probably knowher best from Fox News,
where she was just namedco-anchor of America's Newsroom.
- I had no idea how much Iwould love doing this show
with Bill Hemmer.
I love the news.
I'm actually very awake,naturally, in the mornings.
I wake up ready to go.
I don't need any warm-up time.
He is such a generous colleague.
He is kind, he is thoughtful, he's smart.
We have so much fun in the mornings.
And he asked me a couple ofweeks ago, do you like to show?
I love the show.
He said, "When did you knowthat you would like the show?"
After the first A-block, you know.
9/21 on our first day, I waslike, I love it, I love it.
- [Jenna] Dana also co-hosts"The Five" each evening.
- I just feel a realrenewed energy in my career
and I'm really grateful for that, at this,
you know, at this point in your life,
you think, "Well, what'snext, what am I gonna do?
"Maybe I've reached the top of my career."
But no, yet there wasanother twist and a turn.
Just as this book wascoming out and I thought,
"Well gosh, I'm goingto have to reread that
"to get my own advice."
- [Jenna] And it's chocked full of it.
"Everything Will Be Okay,Life Lessons for Young Women
"from a Former Young Woman," her story,
and what she's learned along the way
from Wyoming and Coloradowhere she was raised
to the White House whereshe became press secretary
for President, George W. Bush,
a role Dana almost forfeited.
- So I go to the White House that Monday.
I'm very nervous because I don't really
wanna leave the White House,
but my husband and Ihad made this decision.
I thought it was (audio distortion).
And I see Ed Gillespie, theCommunications Director,
and I said, "Hi, can I talk to you
"and see you after thismorning's meeting?"
He said, "Yes, I needto talk to you, too."
Okay, great.
I was so nervous likethat feeling of nerves
from your toes all theway up through your chest,
and I couldn't breathe.
Meeting ends and Ed says,"Dana, can you stay?"
"Sure," so I stay.
And I sit down.
And as people are filing out,I went to blurt out my news.
And he said, "Hey, doyou mind if I go first?"
Then I said, "Oh sure."
And he said, "So the presidentwould like to name you
"as press secretary on Friday."
I said, "Great, wonderful.
"What, what do I need todo to help us get ready?"
Or something like that.
- [Jenna] She says she wonderswhat would have happened
had she gone first in that conversation.
- It's just another example of God's grace
and trusting that He has the plan.
You don't have to plan,you can stop planning.
Now you can have goals,you can work very hard.
You can make assignments for yourself
for how you want to improveand learn more about things
and be a better writerand add more reading,
and go to bed early and like, really try
to take care of yourself because that's
a really important decision.
But the truth is that everything is okay
because everything is in His hands.
That's how I see it.
- [Jenna] Throughout the book,
Dana talks about the important role
faith plays in her life.
Love, too.
She says marrying her husband, Peter,
was one of the best decisions of her life.
- I met him on an airplane when I was 25.
That's like, a whole great love story.
And my career has reallybeen enhanced because of him.
And one of my favorite piecesof advice in the book is
choosing to be loved is nota career-limiting decision,
that you can make a commitment,
your career will not suffer
because you choose that lovingrelationship in your life.
- [Jenna] Her passion for mentoring
led Dana to write the book.
- I love working.
I love my job.
I love all theseopportunities that I've had.
But I feel like at this point,
one of the most rewardingthings about working
is helping younger peopleachieve their goals.
And there's lots of differentways that you can do that.
- [Jenna] Two words sheuses throughout the book,
joy and serenity.
- Finding serenity isjust so important to me
and I really think that it hashelped me be something that
a friend recently called me, Leo Terrell.
I don't know if you recognize his name.
He's on Fox News a lot.
He's out in California.
He said, "You are so energetically calm."
I thought, "Oh, I think maybe I've made it
"'cause that's how I really wanna be."
And I want to help others tryto get to that point, too.
- And we should mention Danadedicates the book to her mom
who she says was the firstperson to ever tell her
that everything will be okay.
Jenna Browder, CBN News.