113. Meaghan Murphy, Executive Editor at Good Housekeeping
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2019
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
"The glass isn’t half empty. It’s not half full. It’s just refillable." —Meaghan Murphy
Meaghan Murphy just might be the real-life Energizer Bunny. As executive editor at Good Housekeeping, Meaghan has her hands on every page of every issue every month (and fun fact: she gets monthly manicures to match the cover of each issue). Before coming to GH, Meaghan's career in publishing paralleled her life: as a teen, she worked at YM and Teen People. As a single twenty-something living in New York City, she worked at Cosmopolitan. When she started having kids, she spent nearly a decade as fitness director at Self. And now that she and her husband, three kids (ages 8, 6, and 5), and dog (Dempsey, a labradoodle!) have moved to a white-picket-fence house in the New Jersey suburbs, she's at Good Housekeeping. (She's also the Chief Spirit Officer of her town, Westfield — though she'll tell you it's called "Bestfield.")
Meaghan is a giant ball of energy and positivity. (Case in point: She starts every day at exactly 5:03 AM, whens he heads to a workout with her #goodvibetribe.) She's kind, confident, and loves getting older. But Meaghan has been through some stuff. On this episode, she opens up about her battle with and recovery from anorexia. She talks about the challenges of parenting. She gets into what makes a marriage work. And we shed a few tears together when she talks about #operationgoodgrief, and how she healed from her dad's death. You'll finish this episode feeling energized, ready to find the good in every day, and excited to create your own #yaylist.
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What you’ll get on this episode:
- Meaghan’s secret to staying happy and in love, reflecting on the first 10 years of her marriage (2:30)
- Meaghan shares her love for New Jersey (5:50)
- What young Meaghan dreamed about for her future, and how she got started in the publishing industry (6:50)
- Meaghan on fearlessness (12:00)
- Meaghan looks back on her publishing career as it paralleled her life (13:45)
- Meaghan shares how exercise helped her recover from anorexia (19:15)
- What life is like as executive editor of Good Housekeeping — plus insider intel she’s gleaned on the job, like all about the dirtiest items in our homes! (25:05)
- Meaghan on motherhood, marriage, and parenting (31:25)
- Meaghan on confidence (41:30)
- Meaghan on fitness (46:30)
- All about #operationgoodgrief (49:30)
- Meaghan talks about her superpower: her on/off switch (56:10)
- How to be a fun mom (59:00)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host, Allie Feller, and I am so excited to be |
| 0:13.7 | joined today by the Real Life Energizer Bunny, Megan Murphy. Megan is the executive editor at |
| 0:20.7 | Goodhouse Keeping Magazine and her publishing resume reads like, |
| 0:24.7 | Well, it reads like, Real Life. As a teenager, Megan worked at YM and team people. As a single |
| 0:30.7 | 20-something in New York City, she worked at Cosmic Politan. When she got married and started |
| 0:35.7 | having kids, she has three, by the way. She worked itself, and now that she and her family have moved |
| 0:41.7 | to the New Jersey suburbs, she's at Goodhouse Keeping. Beyond her impressive career, Megan is a total |
| 0:48.0 | powerhouse. She's known for her pre-don workouts, her remarkable optimism, her boundless energy, |
| 0:54.0 | and her super fun spirit. She is the mom, wife, and career woman I so badly want to be. |
| 1:01.1 | Now get ready to get seriously pumped up and please join me in welcoming Megan to the show today. |
| 1:13.6 | All right, Megan Murphy, welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm thrilled to be sitting here with |
| 1:18.1 | you today. Yeah, I think you I am super excited to be here. All right, so you are like my idol. |
| 1:24.2 | And career in mothering in good vibes and in fitness. So we have a lot to unpack. |
| 1:31.4 | Lushing, can you see me plushing through the through the airways? So we have a lot to cover today, |
| 1:37.0 | but first we start nice and easy with a warm-up. Tell us who you are, where you're from, and what you do. |
| 1:42.2 | So my name is Megan B. Murphy with no period. My legal middle name is actually the letter B. |
| 1:47.6 | My maiden name was Buchan, so it's sort of like a nod to that, but I also just think it could be like, |
| 1:53.5 | be cool, be kind, be yourself. My middle name is Lurella Lureby, that's my fun fact. |
| 1:58.8 | I am the executive and a good house keeping. I am a certified trainer, kettlebell certified, |
| 2:03.1 | spin certified. I am a mother of three. I have an eight, six, and five year old, and I also have a |
| 2:08.4 | fur baby, a labrador named Dempsey, who eats rugs, but I still love him. And a really sexy husband |
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