Hilary Achauer

Interviewed employees and executives to find out how Samsung used the Whole Life Challenge to improve wellness culture, then wrote up a case study for the Whole Life Challenge to use as a way to promote their business partnerships.

Wrote copy for two 20-page brochures, targeted at students earning a full-time MBA and working professionals earning a FlexMBA.

Worked with Murfey Company, a San Diego-based construction company, and Valley Farm Market to write an advertorial in the paper about the family-owned market coming the the community. This article was part of an overall public relations strategy for the two companies.

PushPress is a gym management software company — I wrote two articles for PushPress’ startup gym guide: 5 Mistakes New Gym Owners Make (and how to avoid them), Partnerships: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Wrote a six-page advertising supplement in San Diego Magazine about the city's finest young researchers, fundraisers, and community leaders, united to spread the word about ataxia, a little-known condition that affects more than 150,000 people nationwide.

How The Whole Life Challenge Prepared Me to Hike a 14er

The night before we set out to summit three of Colorado’s 14ers—a group of more than fifty peaks that exceed 14,000 feet in elevation—Nick had given us a pep talk.

“We are going to summit as a group,” he said, “and there’s only one thing that could make us turn around…

Lightning.”

Read the article at The Whole Life Challenge

Face a Fear, Drop 100 Pounds

In late September 2017, Mario Newton pulled into the parking lot of CrossFit Logan Martin in Pell City, Alabama. He had just parked the car and was about to walk in when he saw a group of people run out the gym door carrying medicine balls.

At 5 foot 4 and close to 300 lb., Newton wasn’t sure he could run, much less run while carrying a 20-lb. medicine ball.

Newton turned the key in the ignition and started the car.

“I’m not gonna do it today,” he thought as he drove away.

Article for The CrossFit Journal

"This is Why I Did a Bodybuilding Competition"

Figure competitions smell awful.

Before getting onstage, almost all competitors get a spray tan that turns them the color of a leather Restoration Hardware couch. The chemical process evens out skin tone and accentuates muscle definition for physique competitions in which very tan, lean people pose almost naked on a brightly lit stage while judges pick them apart.

Article for the CrossFit Journal

4 Better Sleep Solutions (That Don't Come in a Bottle

In high school, I had a friend whose mom lived a glamorous life of parties, concerts, and late-night socializing. She’d sweep into the room on her way out for the third night in a row, and tell us in her husky voice, “Girls, you can sleep when you’re dead.”

Article for the Whole Life Challenge

Article with more than 12,000 shares on Facebook about starting CrossFit.

"Do I Need To Lose Weight to Start CrossFit?"

Frances Monsisvais puts aside her fears and tries CrossFit, discovering a new confidence and strength.

Article in the CrossFit Journal

20-Minute Meal Planning for People Who Hate Meal Planning

Not everything we do for our health and well-being is enjoyable. I love working out, I enjoy eating whole foods, and I even like meditating, but I don’t think I will ever get over my hatred for meal planning.

This doesn’t mean I’m going to stop.

Planning out the week’s meals is the foundation upon which our family’s healthy eating habits are built.Although I dislike it, I understand planning dinners is most important twenty minutes of my week.

Frailty, Thy Name is Woman?

In CrossFit gyms around the world, women deconstruct the longstanding myth of "the weaker sex" and continue the march toward true equality.

Read article in the CrossFit Journal