It’s the return of the hectic Trade show circuit, and this week, Cathy shares some more of her unorthadox tips for managing to stay sane while on the road.
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Here We Go Again: 3 Suggestions for Re-Entry into Wine's Event and Travel Season
As business travel begins again in earnest, Cathy shares three suggestions for making re-entry a little more gentle.
Reimagining Wine Travel: Adaptation is the Name of the Game
This week, Guest contributor Maryam Ahmed offers a perspective on considering wine travel in a new, and more inclusive way.
Forgotten How to Business Travel? Hack the Pack with These Five Reminders
As Willie Nelson sang, “On the road again” this week, Beck offers up five tips to help you get back into work travel with a little more ease.
The ABG Community Weighs In on Wine Travel After COVID
Seems the ABG community is getting back on the road, so this week we share some insights from the early-opening road warriors:
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:
Silence as a Way to “Do Not Disturb”
Getting quiet is not easy in our world of sensory overload, and it seems harder and harder to find that safe space to get quiet and listen. This week Beck considers how taking a high-desert break in nature can help recalibrate with "a “do not disturb” sign.
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.
"Nada es Imposible" - Lessons in Resilience, from Argentina to New York
Guest contributor Sharon Nieuwenhuis shares how the New York wine industry is adapting to unprecedented times facing the wine industry.
3 Bite-Size Ways to Beat the Overwhelm of Long-Haul Travel
Twenty three hours. That was my door-to-door travel time this past week for a work trip, from my home in Atlanta to my final destination city of Yinchuan, China. How do you maintain balance during an experience like that? I think there’s a beginning, a middle and an end to it. Here’s how it looked for me.
Pros, Cons and the Space in Between: Find Your Balance on the Road
It’s a reality of our business, maybe more in the last quarter of the year than at any other time. Even if work-related travel isn’t on your agenda for the next twelve weeks, here are a few ways to find the in-between and balance to keep it together.
6 Tips to Managing Sickness while Traveling Or, How to Not Be Sneezy Dwarf!
Traveling for work is stressful enough, with its time away from family and friends, constant wining and dining, time zones, hotel rooms and another multi-course dinner. But there’s nothing WORSE than getting sick on top of all of that.
How to Find the Time (and the Space)
Finding time is one thing, when it's possible -- easily so -- to spend every waking hour on work projects, and every other waking hour (ahem) on family or social commitments.
Can we also talk about finding space?
Just When You Thought No One Was Looking…
This week, between a super quick trip to wine country and a full slate of tastings, email threads and meetings IRL, I intentionally sought out efforts by colleagues and friends who prioritize wellness in their lives.
3 Ninja Moves to Maintain Sanity – and Your Balance – When Away from Home
Let’s face it. For a lot of us, travel is one of those things that really move the needle of our work lives. We travel to make an impact. We travel to expand our professional reach but travel is also one of those things that throws us off balance. Big time.
Balancing Mind and Body on the Road – 5 Ways to Keep You Motivated
Spare time and physical exercise can be an implausible pairing when traveling for work. Disruptors such as a unfamiliar hotel surroundings, sleep interruption, time zone changes and jetlag add weight to pressing deadlines, while family commitments don’t stay behind when you leave home.
Coming Home: Five Gifts of Life Outside of Wine
Maybe you’ve spent a few days or a week or a few weeks on the road. I daresay that all you want to do is drop your bags at the door, hug your beloveds, and catch-up on hours of all-too-elusive sleep.
My “Wellness Hack” for Smoothing Out the Frazzles
September!
There’s just nothing like it, particularly for those of us experiencing the intensity and rigor of harvest. In the wine growing and winemaking worlds of the northern hemisphere, this is your busy season and the season that demands inventive “wellness hacks,” as Beck et al so helpfully outlined last week.
Secret Weapons for Maintaining Wellness in the Wine Industry
Last week, Beck and I had the tremendous pleasure to join Hannah Wallace (who we’ve featured previously in the Tribe) and Katherine Cole in at the OPB public broadcasting studios in Portland, Oregon. <<click image to read more>>
5 Hacks to Help Your Digestion While Traveling
Life on the road with relentless days and weeks of entertainment, client hospitality and multi course meals can leave you feeling sluggish and your metabolism just plain stuck. So here are five easy hacks to help your digestion stay ahead of your schedule. <<click image to read more>>