Is a Regulated Nervous System the Real Key to Wellness? A Conversation with Dria Murphy
What if wellness isn’t about adding another supplement, treatment, or complicated routine, but about learning what actually works for you? Shannon Conklin sits down with wellness curator and byDria founder Dria Murphy to talk about cutting through wellness noise, regulating your nervous system, changing the way you exercise, building routines you can actually maintain, and why trust matters more than influence. Dria also opens up about meditation, burnout, fertility and egg freezing, listening to her body, creating DriaWater, and why wellness should feel intentional and personalized rather than perfect.
What You’ll Learn
How Dria decides which wellness products and practices are actually worth recommending
Why low-impact movement, strength training, and nervous system regulation changed her approach to fitness
How short, consistent meditation became part of Dria’s wellness routine
Why simplifying your wellness routine can make consistency easier
Why sharing the difficult parts of fertility, health, and wellness matters just as much as sharing the wins
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Dria Murphy
Wellness Expert
Dria Murphy is a wellness expert, entrepreneur, and the founder of by dria, a company dedicated to making wellness intentional, accessible, and impactful. With over a decade of experience shaping the wellness conversation, Dria has built her career at the intersection of brands and people, helping them cut through the noise of an oversaturated industry to discover what is truly worth their time, energy, and investment. Through by dria, she leads both the by dria Advisory, a consultancy specializing in brand elevation through bespoke strategies and curated partnerships, and
the by dria Wellness Club, a global membership community offering curated events, content, and products. Dria regularly appears on the TODAY Show and has been featured in Forbes, Goop, ELLE, and Entrepreneur. She has also been a
guest on leading podcasts including Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims, Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff, and Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice. Her mission is to simplify wellness and inspire people to feel their best.
Chapters
00:00 Why we need to talk honestly about fertility and wellness
00:38 Meet wellness curator Dria Murphy
01:25 From fashion PR to the wellness industry
03:23 Why wellness needs a filter, not more recommendations
04:40 Building the ByDria wellness community
06:22 Wellness curator vs. influencer
08:29 Why trust matters more than sponsorships
10:10 Is wellness becoming too complicated?
11:24 Why Dria changed the way she exercises
12:25 Exercise, mental health, and nervous system regulation
13:29 How strength training changed Dria’s routine
14:03 Working out with your body instead of against it
15:28 The wellness belief Dria completely changed her mind about
16:30 The wellness trend she would eliminate
17:28 What earns a ByDria recommendation
20:20 When wellness doesn’t look perfect
21:45 Why meditation changed Dria’s nervous system
24:02 Why consistency matters more than long meditation sessions
24:40 Word-dump journaling and mental release
25:08 How DriaWater was born
26:47 What Dria’s real wellness routine looks like
27:37 Why authenticity builds trust
28:52 Dria’s PCOS and egg freezing journey
30:25 Why in-person wellness community matters more than ever
31:35 The Founder’s Edit: wellness rapid fire
34:34 The boundary that made Dria a better leader
35:21 What your body is trying to tell you
36:10 Dria’s three-part morning routine
36:36 What wellness really means to Dria
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