Seems the ABG community is getting back on the road, so this week we share some insights from the early-opening road warriors:
All tagged covid19
Wine Travel, Revisited: Getting Back in the Post-COVID Game
Long-haul work travel is starting up again, and this week, Cathy reports in from Spain on the strange and familiar parts of returning to the road. Read the full story at the website here:
It's Month Thirteen, People. Not Every Moment Can Be a Moment of Valor
this week our Guest Contributor Ashley Trout considers life 13 months into COVID.
COVID, Wellness and the Lessons We've Learned, Part Two
In Part II of the team’s look back at a year forever changed by COVID, Beck and Cathy share their personal perspectives.
COVID, Wellness and the Lessons We’ve Learned to Help Us Move Forward
This week marks one year since COVID changed our lives - here we kick off a two-part series on the ABG team's perspective on COVID, Wellness and the Lessons We’ve Learned to Help Us Move Forward.
Lockdown Drinking and COVID Kilos: A French Perspective
Guest Contributor and Bordeaux resident, Wendy Narby shared her top five tips for managing mindful drinking to help avoid the potential of unwanted “COVID-kilos”.
How to Start a Home Yoga Practice (When All We’re Doing is Staying Home)
This week, as we’ve checked in with friends and colleagues around the country, we’ve noticed how often they mention a home yoga practice as a way to cope. Or at least as a way to manage the tension of being cooped up indoors.
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.
Who To Trust
Under times of duress, we forget who to trust the most. Right now, when it seems like “out there” has never been such a mess, we forget about the resource that’s “in here.” Let me put it this way. Who to trust, is YOU.
Here’s What’s Good for Us “In Theory.” And Here’s the Reality.
Welcome to our current world, with its differences between the things that are good for us in theory, and the things we actually end up doing. This week, I’d also like to do a gut-check on a few of the things that are good for us “in theory” in relation to the reality of our world right now.
Traveling Internationally In A Pandemic – A First-Hand Account
Taking an international flight can be filled with trepidation, but flying during a pandemic? Turn that anxiety meter up to 12! So in response to the barrage of “How was it?” emails and texts from friends and colleagues, here are my observations and lessons from the strangest of 36 hours.
Five Bright Stars For These Dark Times
This week my mental health got hit by a truck. Like “holy s**t, I’m not sure where to start to get outta this one,” kinda hit… But through the angst and anxiety, there have been five bright stars I have looked to help keep me on track, and I hope they can help you, no matter where in the world this finds you.
What Part of Shelter In Place Do You Hope Continues On?
What part of “Shelter in Place” do you hope continues when the current global situation is over? Cathy contemplates self-care in this week’s post
Resilience, Adaptation and Connection: An Antipodean Look at the 2020 Harvest
The annual grape harvest (“vintage” in local speak) is always an exhausting marathon of physical and mental endurance – which Covid-19 has magnified. To get a sense of what’s happening, we spoke to grape growers and winemakers across three regions of New Zealand and Australia.
Global Crisis and the Hospitality Furlough: A View from the Front Lines
As any restaurant professional knows, managing a beverage program, is not without its challenges. But as guest contributor Amy Currens writes, nothing could have prepared anyone for the decimation that has hit the hospitality industry.
Why I Just Crossed Continents in Order to Shelter in Place
As COVID-19 continues to spread, Beck shares her story on finding gratitude amid the chaos of an unexpected return to her home in Australia.
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: