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Are You Sober Curious? Dry January Is on the Rise and Here’s Why You Might Want to Try It20240126030941

Are You Sober Curious? Dry January Is on the Rise and Here’s Why You Might Want to Try It

Thousands of Americans are opting to drink less or simply reset after the holidays by cutting alcohol from their diets for Ja...

Cold Plunges, Saunas and Breathwork are the New Recovery Craze — And Here’s Why20240126024734

Cold Plunges, Saunas and Breathwork are the New Recovery Craze — And Here’s Why

Booming in business and popularity, “social self-care” studios offering hot and cold therapy are attracting entre...

8 New Best-Selling Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read to Improve Their Health and Wellness20240126024440

8 New Best-Selling Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read to Improve Their Health and Wellness

What’s the latest science on brain health? How can I lose fat after 40? Why am I not seeing results from my workouts? I...

7 Questions Every Founder Should Ask Potential Investors20231006222429

7 Questions Every Founder Should Ask Potential Investors

7 Questions Every Founder Should Ask Potential Investors When I’ve pitched investors in the past, I prepare for the q...

These 3 Peloton Instructors Went From Struggling Freelancers to Rising Entrepreneurs20231006222152

These 3 Peloton Instructors Went From Struggling Freelancers to Rising Entrepreneurs

These 3 Peloton Instructors Went From Struggling Freelancers to Rising Entrepreneurs — Here’s How They Did It. At the...

Choosing Health over Happy Hour20231006221736

Choosing Health over Happy Hour

Choosing Health over Happy Hour: Adaptogens in Non-Alcoholic Beverages are on the Rise and Here’s Why After years of ...

7 Reasons Why Critical Decisions Require In Person Connection20231006221221

7 Reasons Why Critical Decisions Require In Person Connection

7 Reasons Why Critical Decisions Require In Person Connection I’ve always prioritized face-to-face meetings when I...

8 Best Health and Wellness Podcasts20231006220106

8 Best Health and Wellness Podcasts

Learn the Latest Science in Nutrition, Fitness and Mental Wellness In 2020, I shared 11 podcasts around health and w...

Not everything needs to be Zoom. Here’s When It’s Ok (And Even Better!) to Turn Off your Video20210601190229

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Not everything needs to be Zoom. Here’s When It’s Ok (And Even Better!) to Turn Off your Video

Throughout the Pandemic, Zoom may have become “the norm,” but for many instances, here’s why a phone call may be more product...

IF I WERE IN MY ELEMENT, WHAT WOULD I BE DOING – ELISETTE CARLSON20210304043731

IF I WERE IN MY ELEMENT, WHAT WOULD I BE DOING – ELISETTE CARLSON

It was a privilege to be featured on Elemental Superfood’s “Real Talk” blog, which highlights real women an...

WTF Do I Eat While I WFH?20200820232752

WTF Do I Eat While I WFH?

Now that we’re all working from home, those corporate kitchens and office-adjacent lunch chains — with $16 salads, Pret...

10 Tips From CEOs on Working From Home Effectively and Happily20200323185723

10 Tips From CEOs on Working From Home Effectively and Happily

According to Paul Statham, CEO at Condeco Software, “Coronavirus is accelerating working from home, a trend that was already ...

How Eating Slow Can Transform Your Health and Make You More Productive20191112012904

How Eating Slow Can Transform Your Health and Make You More Productive

When you are hovered over your computer, do you think about what you’re eating or do you just shove it in your mouth? Likely ...

What Women Really Want From Their Employers20191025184237

What Women Really Want From Their Employers

Last year, I received the iconic Turquoise Pantone 1837 Blue box as a bonus gift from a Fortune 500 company. Inside was a han...

5 New Approaches to Team Building Activities That Are Healthy and Actually Fun!20190828183947

5 New Approaches to Team Building Activities That Are Healthy and Actually Fun!

Today, the terms “wellness” and “#self-care” get tossed around as commonly as cold brew coffee on a summer morning. But while...

Embrace the JOMO over the FOMO20190807180807

Embrace the JOMO over the FOMO

How to Rediscover More Joy and Fear Less. We all do it. Our phones ring, our phones chime, our Apple watches vibrate and we j...

4 Easy Changes to Improve Health & Productivity20190716200506

4 Easy Changes to Improve Health & Productivity

Working professionals tend to get caught up in the day to day grind at the expense of their health. The deadlines at work ca...

Work-Life Balance Is B.S.– Here Are 6 Ways to Regain Your Sanity20190408181047

Work-Life Balance Is B.S.– Here Are 6 Ways to Regain Your Sanity

Check out the latest Entrepreneur piece by Founder of SMACK! Media, Elisette Carlson. The article offers 6 Tips for How to E...

4 Life Hacks You Need NOW (The first one is to DO NOTHING!)20190202210326

4 Life Hacks You Need NOW (The first one is to DO NOTHING!)

This week we want to challenge you to think far outside the box! Whether it’s how you spend your free time, the way you...

Rule #1 for How to Motivate to Workout When It’s Cold and Dark Outside…(Plus 6 More Tips)20190104002541

Rule #1 for How to Motivate to Workout When It’s Cold and Dark Outside…(Plus 6 More Tips)

We all have the best intentions as we turn over a new page in the calendar and embark on 2017 with a clean slate and fresh fi...

4 Ways To Keep You From Blowing Your Health and Fitness Goals This Holiday Season!20181221225336

4 Ways To Keep You From Blowing Your Health and Fitness Goals This Holiday Season!

Happy Holidays! For many of us this time of year signals a welcome time to wind-down, recover, indulge and spend extra time w...

We Crafted 5 ‘Out of the Office’ Email Templates for You to Use this Holiday Season20181221050031

We Crafted 5 ‘Out of the Office’ Email Templates for You to Use this Holiday Season

You kicked off this week hard, meeting deadlines, delivering year-end results, tying up loose ends, and getting a jump-start ...

4 Don’ts of PR – Advice from Journalists20181024164947

4 Don’ts of PR – Advice from Journalists

At SMACK! Media, we are a team of athletes and wellness enthusiasts, fueled by competition and driven to excel. Athletically,...

The Inside Scoop from Our Favorite Instagram Foodies20180913175816

The Inside Scoop from Our Favorite Instagram Foodies

Whether your allegiance lies with #ToastTuesday or #WaffleWednesday, we’re pretty confident that on a daily basis you scroll ...

Shake Up Your Foam Rolling Routine With The TriggerPoint GRID VIBE20180801235943

Shake Up Your Foam Rolling Routine With The TriggerPoint GRID VIBE

Looking for a beneficial twist on your current injury prevention and recovery routine using a foam roller? TriggerPoint takes...

Superfood Smoothie Bowls To Satisfy Your Summer Sweet Tooth20180726162737

Superfood Smoothie Bowls To Satisfy Your Summer Sweet Tooth

Cool off and satisfy your sweet tooth with these healthy and beautiful smoothie bowl recipes created by Eli Carlson. Yes, we ...

4 QUICK READS TO INSPIRE YOU IN SPORTS, WORK AND CULTURE20180621223329

4 QUICK READS TO INSPIRE YOU IN SPORTS, WORK AND CULTURE

Be it pool side, lying in a hammock or sitting on the porch as a cool breeze rolls in at sunset we can’t think of a mor...

Stephanie Schappert Lets Her Feet (And Letsrun.com) Do The Talking On National Running Day20180607182640

Stephanie Schappert Lets Her Feet (And Letsrun.com) Do The Talking On National Running Day

We believe an athlete’s performance should do the talking, but sometimes you kick ass on the track AND end up as the Le...

5 Tips for Raising Healthier, More Active and More Mindful Children in a Tech-Obsessed World (Elisette Carlson for Thrive Global)20180518204150

5 Tips for Raising Healthier, More Active and More Mindful Children in a Tech-Obsessed World (Elisette Carlson for Thrive Global)

This story written by Elisette Carlson was originally featured on Thrive Global. Give it a read and then PLEASE go play outs...

Sweat For Success: 6 Ways To Make Your Next Media Event Kick Ass!20180508231956

Sweat For Success: 6 Ways To Make Your Next Media Event Kick Ass!

You’ve spent months planning and preparing for a major event–a press tour, endurance race or festival–but w...

Spring Cleaning: SMACK! Media Re-Writes Our Athletic Record Books20180330011329

Spring Cleaning: SMACK! Media Re-Writes Our Athletic Record Books

“Breakthrough often occurs when you start down a road, but wander off for a ways and pretend as if you have just begun....

ReST Partners with CrossFit Star Kari Pearce20180322165623

ReST Partners with CrossFit Star Kari Pearce

Sleep technology innovator, Responsive Surface Technology, LLC (“ReST”) has partnered with the “Fittest American Woman” Cross...

Paleo Butternut Squash Bison Lasagna20180227203357

Paleo Butternut Squash Bison Lasagna

We’ve all been there–it’s the middle of the week, the to-do list (and laundry) keep piling up and it seems ...

SMACK! Media Now Hiring Account Coordinator Position20170124002704

SMACK! Media Now Hiring Account Coordinator Position

Account Coordinator Position SMACK! Media is seeking a dynamic, ambitious, and highly organized individual to act as Account ...

Behind The Scenes With Crossover Symmetry (Photo Shoot)20161206170613

Behind The Scenes With Crossover Symmetry (Photo Shoot)

By Sara Hendershot I began using Crossover Symmetry during my long period of injury in 2013-2014 when I was struggling to sta...

Will You #OptOutside On Black Friday? (Run Wild With Morgan Gonzalez and Jenn Shelton First!)20161119025207

Will You #OptOutside On Black Friday? (Run Wild With Morgan Gonzalez and Jenn Shelton First!)

We love REI’s Black Friday campaign that encourages everyone to #OptOutside instead of shop on the biggest consumer day...

10 PITCHING TIPS EVERY PRO SHOULD KNOW20161025153155

10 PITCHING TIPS EVERY PRO SHOULD KNOW

Every brand wants to be on the cover of magazines and their name in bright lights amongst the most popular web sites and soci...

SMACK! Media Tips For Managing A Successful Remote Team20160930225248

SMACK! Media Tips For Managing A Successful Remote Team

The telecommuting or “virtual office” trend is HOT, growing and is becoming the new office norm. Eli founded SMAC...

Never miss a workout again with these tips!20160908175604

Never miss a workout again with these tips!

Summer isn’t over (yet) but as Fall rolls in everybody needs some fresh new motivation to get out the door to workout i...

Sara Hendershot Podcast With Katie Linendoll: The Olympics And Beyond20160901233339

Sara Hendershot Podcast With Katie Linendoll: The Olympics And Beyond

Emmy award winning TODAY Show contributor Katie Linendoll interviewed Olympian Sara Hendershot for her Katie dot Show podcast...

The More Women Dominate in Rio, The Bigger the Gender Inequality is Exposed20160816232504

The More Women Dominate in Rio, The Bigger the Gender Inequality is Exposed

In 1900, the first women to participate in the modern Olympics appeared on the tennis courts and golf courses and set the ton...

What it Takes to Run Across The Sierras: Morgan Just Ran 48 Miles Across the Sierras – Here’s How20160811214048

What it Takes to Run Across The Sierras: Morgan Just Ran 48 Miles Across the Sierras – Here’s How

This week Morgan completed a run of epic proportions–she ran across the Sierra Nevada mountains (and back) with her hus...

THE “AB CRACK” IS A REAL THING. AND HERE’S HOW TO GET IT.20160802195702

THE “AB CRACK” IS A REAL THING. AND HERE’S HOW TO GET IT.

It may be the body part of the summer that everyone loves to hate, and while the media cracks down on the elusive “Ab C...

Imagine Setting Goals like These….How we Stay Motivated Living the SMACK! Life20160727135350

Imagine Setting Goals like These….How we Stay Motivated Living the SMACK! Life

If you’re not following SMACK! Media on Instagram what are you waiting for? Our team truly lives the lifestyle that our...

The Boston Globe catch of the day: Safe Catch Tuna20160719004246

The Boston Globe catch of the day: Safe Catch Tuna

Do you know what’s in your tuna? Warnings about high mercury levels in our fish often get ignored or lead to people avo...

tasc Performance and Zamst Support The 50 Peaks Challenge20160711193811

tasc Performance and Zamst Support The 50 Peaks Challenge

Melissa Arnot, 6x Everest summiter and first American woman to ascend Everest without supplemental oxygen, is almost half way...

Sara Hendershot: I’m more proud of the year I failed to make the Olympics than the year I succeeded20160708142701

Sara Hendershot: I’m more proud of the year I failed to make the Olympics than the year I succeeded

It’s the Olympic year and all media attention and professional athletic goals point to Rio. Following a 4th place finis...

Spend A Day With Pro Triathlete Heather Jackson And Marc Pro20160629164725

Spend A Day With Pro Triathlete Heather Jackson And Marc Pro

Heather Jackson is the epitome of badass–and it’s not just her punk rock fashion, hair and amazing tattoos! This ...

Rise and Shine! Eli Shares Her Morning Productivity Tips With Tech.co20160621192643

Rise and Shine! Eli Shares Her Morning Productivity Tips With Tech.co

Want to make the most out of your day and increase productivity? Whether you are a morning person or not, having a solid AM r...

Emmy Winning TODAY Show Contributor Katie Linendoll Talks Running And Makes No Excuses For Fitness20160615152621

Emmy Winning TODAY Show Contributor Katie Linendoll Talks Running And Makes No Excuses For Fitness

In the midst of the track season, with a focus pointed towards Rio, Natasha had the opportunity to sit down for a podcast int...

The Work Flow / Run Fast Balance. (Featured On Belle Lap)20160609152744

The Work Flow / Run Fast Balance. (Featured On Belle Lap)

We were first introduced to Belle Lap after founder Charlotte Browning published a delightful interview with Stephanie about ...

tasc Performance Base Layers Trusted by Melissa Arnot For Her Record Breaking Everest Summit20160524201801

tasc Performance Base Layers Trusted by Melissa Arnot For Her Record Breaking Everest Summit

Melissa Arnot is on top of the world–she became the first American woman to summit Mount Everest 6 times, and the first...

National Foam Rolling Day20160511195521

National Foam Rolling Day

Happy National Foam Rolling Day! You’ve probably seen them at the gym – people rolling around on the floor atop top lon...

Why You Should Hold Meetings Outside the Office (via Success.com)20160502235400

Why You Should Hold Meetings Outside the Office (via Success.com)

Forget the power lunch—more business deals are taking place in yoga studios and on bikes. These days, breaking a sweat with...

Keeping Up With The Perfect Push-Up (A Kardashian Family Favorite)20160422204938

Keeping Up With The Perfect Push-Up (A Kardashian Family Favorite)

Designed to take the basic push up to the next level, the Perfect Push-Up Elite uses an innovative design including rotating ...

Spotlight on SMACK! Media Spring Fashion20160406152926

Spotlight on SMACK! Media Spring Fashion

Spring is a great time to re-vamp your wardrobe, whether that means putting away your winter coats or adding a few new pops o...

Keep Your Feet Happy During The Workday With These Tips (Women’s Running)20160401155159

Keep Your Feet Happy During The Workday With These Tips (Women’s Running)

The best advice comes from real life experience. Prior to working with SMACK! Media, Morgan spent her days juggling wo...

Yoga Transforms The Golf World (Yoga Six Cover Story In GolfWeek)20160324182249

Yoga Transforms The Golf World (Yoga Six Cover Story In GolfWeek)

Ask any yoga teacher what the best solution for anything is and their answer will always be, “Yoga!” The best ath...

SMACK! Media Snowshoeing Expedition in Estes Park, CO20160302224220

SMACK! Media Snowshoeing Expedition in Estes Park, CO

In the snowy mountains of Estes Park, CO, SMACK! Media planned, organized and hosted a snowshoeing expedition sponsored by Z...

You Make The Call: SMACK! Media’s Perspective On Press (Featuring currexSole in Outside Magazine)20160301182424

You Make The Call: SMACK! Media’s Perspective On Press (Featuring currexSole in Outside Magazine)

At SMACK! Media we take great satisfaction in pitching, securing and placing REAL stories for our clients. The types of edito...

The journey inspires success.

Some behind the scenes nuggets of our personal adventures, work with our clients, people we are inspired and influenced by, and stories that we believe will amuse and be valuable to you.