Media & Press

"It was 6:30pm on a Friday. The house was silent and still; it was just me and my wide-eyed Frenchie. Euphoric, I hopped up and down as I told her: ‘We have the whole house to ourselves all week.’ ..."

Lanana Creek 'Wound Spray' packaging design wins Silver in 'Pet & Vet' category in the 2025 NACD Packaging Awards: recognizing the most innovative packages released during the previous year.

“I make a lot of simple choices in my life based on colour and how I want to feel,” says J.Nichole Smith, an expert on color psychology. “Being intentional with color is one fun and easy way to live more ‘joy first’ each day...

December 2024 Joy First podcast, specifically the '4 Personality Types of Christmas' episode was featured by Apple as a New Podcast

"On November 29th Nic is encouraging people to celebrate #JoyFriday instead of Black Friday. She said: “This year on Black Friday, I want to fill our social feeds with joy..."

"We spoke to J.Nichole Smith about her podcast Joy First, a fortnightly podcast about discovering how and why to put joy first in a world that rewards hustle over happiness…"

"...Settling into her new life in the City of Angels, Nic wrote a list of 200 things that would make up her dream man – a “sexy accent” being one of them..."

"A colour and brand expert has created a Joy First method to help entrepreneurs, stressed-out perfectionists and parents struggling to keep up with modern life..."

We live in a world where hustle is rewarded, happiness isn’t, and fear is used to keep us in line. But what if there was another way to live and work?Joy First presents a bold alternative: living with joy as a priority...

"P.L.A.Y. launched the patented Wobble Ball™ toy to resounding success. Customers loved the fact that the toy was attractive and well-designed, but also practical and solves a
problem..."

Selling over 30,000 copies the Puppyhood Coffee Table book was featured in dozens of outlets from Real Simple Magazine, the LA Times, People, USA Today, Huff Post Publisher's Weekly & more...

Dog is Good the lifestyle brand I co-founded with Jon and Gila Kurtz in 2006 has been honoured with press & awards from around the globe, but this one of my favorite press sightings...