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
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
If this conversation helped you rethink what wellness can look like, like this episode, subscribe to The Well Known Podcast, and share it with someone who is tired of trying to do wellness “perfectly.”
Wellness Worth Knowing.
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Connect with Dria: https://instagram.com/driamurphy
DISCLAIMER: The information shared on this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be considered medical, health, nutritional, psychological, or professional advice.
The content shared here is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition.
Always consult your physician or another qualified health care provider before making decisions about your health or wellness.
