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About Meaghan B Murphy
Meaghan B (no period) Murphy is a longtime magazine editor, author, podcaster, on-air personality, speaker and home-hack master. Following a 6-year stint as the executive editor at Good Housekeeping, Meaghan was named editor-in-chief of Woman’s Day in 2020, charged with re-energizing the legacy brand.
Along with guiding Woman’s Day creative vision, Meaghan promotes WD in the media as a regular guest expert on shows like Today and Live with Kelly and Mark. You will also find her on corporate stages across the country, delivering powerful keynotes inspired by her acclaimed self-help book Your Fully Charged Life (Penguin Random House).
In addition, Meaghan shot a year-long series for NBC News titled A Better Way, in which she shared MacGyver-style home hacks and shortcuts. She joined the fourth season of Small Business Revolution (Hulu) as an expert in building community spirit — something she effectively did as Chief Spirit Officer of her own suburban town of Westfield, New Jersey. Next up: She plays the fairy-godmother-style host of the new reality show My Perfect Day with Woman’s Day on Hearst Television’s own Very Local streaming platform.
A media veteran, Meaghan began her magazine career at YM as an intern after her college scholarship-winning essay on overcoming adversity garnered the attention of editors. Soon after, the prolific go-getter wrote her way to a contributing editor position. She became one of the founding editors of Teen People while still finishing her dual degree in English and acting at Rutgers University, then went on to write for and edit various web sites, was an on-air lifestyle correspondent for MTV and worked on the Victoria’s Secret creative team that launched the PINK line. She dove back into magazines at Cosmopolitan as a senior editor covering sex, relationships, health and wellness. Meaghan’s passion for fitness brought her to SELF in 2005, her home for nine years, first as fitness director then deputy editor. There she produced the magazine’s uber-popular Self Challenge program and appeared in fitness videos with stars such as Jillian Michaels.
Today Meaghan is known for her high-energy, upbeat personality and lifestyle, which she shares regularly with her 45,000+ Instagram followers on @meaghanbmurphy and @theyaylist. Through her personal platform, she’s become a sought-after figure for lifestyle and wellness conferences and projects. She’s even profiled in the documentary The Search for Aliveness as its “high-energy, rock-star mom.” Additionally, she’s been featured on countless radio shows and podcasts and co-hosted her own podcast entitled Off the Gram with fellow wellness influencers for three years.
A New Jersey native, Meaghan married her younger brother’s best friend, Patrick, and together they live in Westfield with their three kids and labradoodle.