Living The Red Life – “Creative Entrepreneur Who Beat the Odds and Found Her Divine Calling”

Host: Rudy Mawer (guest host: Ray Gutierrez)
Guest: Diana Nicole Murray
Date: October 6, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode features Diana Nicole Murray, a creative entrepreneur and advocate who shares her remarkable journey of merging artistry with her calling in women’s reproductive health. Diana recounts her struggles with undiagnosed health issues, the unlikely birth of her daughter, and how these challenges shaped her purpose. The conversation weaves together themes of faith, resilience, creativity, and using one's gifts to serve a greater calling—offering inspiration to entrepreneurs and creatives who want to align their work with a deeper “why.”

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Diana’s Journey: From Creative Child to Divine Calling

• Early Passion for Creation
  • Diana describes herself as a child who loved making tangible her creative ideas and visions.
    • “I was a kid that loved to create. I knew that I always had a passion for creating… making that tangible.” (02:14)
• Fashion to Design to Women’s Health
  • Initially studying fashion, Diana pivoted towards graphic design and web design, ultimately discovering a deeper sense of purpose in helping other women, particularly around reproductive health.
    • “The worlds of design and women’s reproductive health… they merge and it’s all about birthing something great.” (02:14)

Faith and External Expression

• Personal Style as Inner Reflection
  • Diana shares that her outward appearance—her fashion, her locs—expresses her inner beliefs.
    • “First and foremost, I’m a believer of Christ. And so what is inside, that inner beauty, I want that to exude on the outside.” (03:13)
  • Marked significance of her “lock-versary”—four years of wearing locs as part of her artistic and personal identity. (03:48)

The Struggle: Reproductive Health and Perseverance

• Years of Unseen Pain

  • Diana details her decades of suffering with reproductive pain, the difficulty of getting a diagnosis, and the emotional toll.
    • “I lived my life 90% in pain… I wasn’t able to give wholeheartedly to my own business like I was doing to others. But I also wasn’t able to give birth to a child.” (00:00, 07:33)
  • Finally finding a care team, facing surgeries, and being told she had less than 1% chance to conceive. Yet, her daughter was eventually born—a living daily reminder of faith and resilience.
    • “My daughter’s now nine. Her name is Ariana Elise… which means most holy, pledged to God. Her very existence is a blessing, my daily reminder of God’s grace.” (09:20)

• Connection to Other Women

  • Diana reframes her journey as not being just for herself, but as a calling to help other women facing similar struggles.
    • “I didn’t go through that for just me… for all the many other women that still don’t have a diagnosis, still trying to conceive, still trying to birth.” (00:40, 09:55)

Transforming Challenge into Purpose

• Stepping into Her Role as Beacon and Messenger

  • Diana candidly admits that embracing her purpose sometimes feels intimidating.
    • “It’s scary… The first year that I really thought, like, okay, Lord, I have a story to tell. I’m writing a book. And then I realized, no, I’m calling you to go out…” (10:49)
  • She recognizes her gifts in artistry, speaking, and design as vehicles for a higher calling to encourage and uplift others.

• Miracles Through Faith

  • Host Ray emphasizes the spiritual aspect—that challenges and obstacles test, but also refine purpose.
    • “The enemy will even take body parts out of you to test your will… Here you are, nine years… You created a miracle.” (11:55)

Living Out the “Why” Everyday

• Service Over Self
  • Diana describes the importance of discernment—saying “no” to serving everyone, in order to say “yes” to her true purpose.
    • “If I’m saying yes to everything and everybody, then… I’m saying no to Him… You can’t serve from an empty vessel.” (15:04)
• Battling Negative Forces and Staying Grounded
  • Both discuss the constant daily challenges as tests of faith and character.
    • “Every day it’s a battle… Once you start believing and you start spiritually educating yourself… you’ll start to see the reality…” (16:05)

Creative Business, Advocacy, and Tools

• On Design, AI, and Tools like Canva
  • Diana speaks on using her design skills to serve others and her perspective on tools like Canva and emerging AI in design.
    • “Canva is really for the person that doesn’t want to design… With AI and all these tools, people can’t duplicate you. You still have to have a skill and an eye.” (18:27, 19:00)
    • “I teach design as well… but you don’t have taste, you don’t have it.” (19:00)
• Contributions and Projects
  • Diana shares about products that blend her creative work with her faith—visionary planners, scripture-infused T-shirts, advocacy work, and a master’s thesis project.
    • “I have planners… that marry design, scripture, and vision. T-shirts… I do a lot to help build people up.” (20:54)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Living Authentically and Faithfully:
  • “When you walk out into the world, you shine the Lord’s light in everything that you do through the cracks, through everything. No matter what you do, that he walks with me.” – Diana (05:04)
• On Discovering Her Why:
  • “I didn’t go through that for just me. I went through that for all the many other women that still don’t have a diagnosis, still trying to conceive, still trying to birth.” – Diana (00:40, 09:55)
• On Artistic Uniqueness in the Age of AI:
  • “With AI… people can’t duplicate you… you still have to have a skill and an eye.” – Diana (19:00)
• Encouragement for Creatives:
  • “If you don’t have it, you don’t have taste. Yes. Like, you don’t have it. So I’m never afraid of those things.” – Diana (19:00)
• On Feeling Called to a Greater Purpose:
  • “There are people not walking in their calling, not walking in their purpose. And you’re choosing me to help them get up. Because that’s really what it is. It’s like, get up. Like, you are a special child of God. You need to get up and walk in your calls.” – Diana (10:49)
• On Overcoming Adversity:
  • “You came from this broken womb. I had her with one fallopian tube and a less than 1% chance… I know my God has another number in mind.” – Diana (12:20, 12:39)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:00] – Diana recounts her struggles with pain and infertility
• [02:14] – Roots in creativity and how her journey to women’s health began
• [03:13] – Personal style as a reflection of inner faith
• [06:18] – Transition from fashion to design and ultimately to advocacy
• [07:33] – Story of medical struggles and the birth of her daughter
• [09:20] – The naming and spiritual significance of her daughter
• [10:49] – Fear and responsibility of stepping into her calling
• [12:20] – Reflections on her daughter as a daily reminder of miracles
• [15:04] – The importance of saying “no” and discerning her true purpose
• [16:05] – Daily spiritual battles and realities of being called
• [18:27] – Discussion on creative tools, AI, and the value of design
• [20:54] – Diana’s projects: planners, apparel, and educational work
• [21:30] – How to connect with and follow Diana’s journey

Connect with Diana Nicole Murray

• Instagram: @diananicole
• Websites:
  • barrenfruit.com
  • diannanicoledesign.com
  • justdiannicole.com – Directs to all projects and contact info

Summary

This episode delivers both spiritual encouragement and practical inspiration to creative entrepreneurs. Diana Nicole Murray exemplifies the intersection of talent, purpose, and service. Her story is a testament to the power of embracing your struggles, rooting your work in faith, and using your artistic gifts as a force for healing and empowerment—especially for women facing unseen or unspoken battles.
The episode will resonate with anyone seeking to build a business or creative life around an authentic, divinely-inspired “why.”