Contributor Rachel DelRocco Terrazas dives into the truth about the challenges of working in wine while sober, with tips for navigating tricky professional situations.
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ABG Tunes - Five Spotify Playlists to Get You through Life's Twists and Turns
More than 50 hours of music are compiled across five Spotify playlists to help you navigate life with a little toe-tapping, booty-shaking, system-clearing vibe.
The Thing That Keeps You Sane
Feeling overwhelmed? This week, Cathy offers a simple way to keep your mind from being scrambled.
It’s September. Welcome to the Grind, and Also Its Antidotes
Yup, it's BUSY out there in the world! This week, Cathy offers ideas to find respite from the madness.
Wine and Wellness: How to Be Agents of Change
This week we hand the keyboard to guest contributor Carolyn Martin, of South African' producer, Creation Wines, to share their vision for wellness in the wine business.
Looking for Mental Health Resources? Keep this List Handy
May is Mental health Awareness month, and this week, Beck shares a refresher on some of the new resources and support tools we look to for support.
Avoiding Overindulgence – My Six Favorite ABG Reads to Help Navigate the Holidays.
As the Holiday season looms, Beck looks back on her six favorite ABG reads to help manage the season of giving.
Finding Freedom: ABG's First-Ever Book Club Pick
Working in the alcohol industry, it’s likely that we’ve all experienced a mix of responses to our relationship to alcohol. It’s complicated and challenging, and it’s compounded by alcohol’s funding of our paychecks and livelihoods. Beck and I think that’s worth talking more about, and leaning into the challenges rather than shying away from them. That’s why, this week, we’re excited to share with the community our very first ABG Book Club pick: Finding Freedom,
Raising a Glass to You.
To celebrate the holidays, we created a simple drink recipe that we hope you can fid the time to prepare and savor.
UPDATED: Your Special Invitation: The ABG Shop is OPEN!
Just in time for the Holiday season, we share the inaugural ABG merchandise shop! Check out a few ways to support the ABG cause this shopping season
Survey says! Results from the ABG Community Check-In
This week we will share Part 1 of the results received from our recent ABG Community check-in. All responses were completely anonymous which, judging by your additional comments, helped in the honesty department. check it out!
WE Need YOU for A Balanced Glass Community Check-In
The relentless impact that COVID is having on our daily lives is palpable, so we really do want to know how you are faring. In the absence of 1,000 separate telephone calls, we are hoping to find out a little more about how people are faring. To that end, we have created a simple survey to receive your input.
This Is Not A Pep Talk. (But Feel Free to Listen Up)
In a world where every 24 hours is a whole new reality, and as we struggle to keep things together, I want to share some small reminders to help you keep that light of hope in your heart to keep going. Consider this the ‘pep talk’ you didn’t ask for.
Listen, Learn and Act: Supporting our Black Wine Community
The intention for ABG has always been to support the community, through resources, tools, connections and networks. This week, rather than add to the cacophony of opinions, I want to offer resources that put the power to make changes in your hands.
Stepping Up and other ABG Updates
In these most uncertain of times, we are doing a few things to keep people connected and community strong, including sharing stories from our initial 30 days of practice. Check it out:
Launching ABG on the Cushion: A Meditation for Busy (and Anxious) Wine Professionals
With all that is going on in the world, and our collective anxiety heightened, we thought it timely to launch ABG On The Cushion four-week meditation program led by Cathy. Curious? Click through to learn more.
Go with Your Gut: My Five Supplements to Help with Digestion and Stress
As the Holiday season hits, Beck shares her five stand-by supplements to help with digestion and wellness.
Mental Health Awareness: Shifting from Stigma To Support
Guest contributor Deborah Parker Wong shares a thoughtful question-and-answer interview with Brandon Staglin who talks candidly about his work and life experiences living in recovery from schizophrenia.
My Three Favorite Wellness Resources That You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
There’s no shortage of information, insights and advice on navigating the world of wellness. But how do you sort the real data from the witchcraft, snake oil and uninformed opinions?