Episode 225: Daria Burke

Practice You with Elena Brower

On the quiet work of befriending ourselves, and the remembered language of healing.

• (0:00) – Introduction and Guest Overview
• (2:47) – Daria's Childhood and Early Life
• (9:01) – Impact of Grandmother's Death and Early Loss
• (12:14) – Discovering the Truth About Her Grandmother's Death
• (20:14) – Intergenerational Trauma and Addiction
• (26:12) – Emergence and Mentoring
• (34:19) – Success and Ambition
• (41:48) – Meditation and Emotional Independence
• (46:13) – Letter to Her Mother

Daria Burke is an American writer, speaker, and wellbeing advocate. A marketer by trade and a seeker at heart, Daria is a storyteller and sense-maker, weaving together personal experience and the science of healing and transformation to explore new ways of understanding how we choose who we become. Her debut memoir, OF MY OWN MAKING (Spring 2025), is a soulful and scientific exploration of overcoming adversity, healing from childhood trauma, and rewriting one's own story. As a Chief Marketing Officer, Daria was named a 2020 AdAge Woman to Watch whose work has been recognized by Women’s Wear Daily, Forbes, Vogue, Town & Country and the Cut. She has written for Fast Company, The Huffington Post, and Black Enterprise, and has appeared on The Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC. A distinguished alumna of NYU Stern School of Business (MBA) and the University of Michigan (BA), Daria was born in Detroit and now calls Los Angeles and East Hampton home.

Daria's memoir OF MY OWN MAKING. Part memoir, part methodology, OF MY OWN MAKING is a soulful and scientific exploration of the power to shape one’s destiny and a fearless rallying cry to excavate and examine the stories that define our lives.