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?
10 Lessons We've Learned Thanks To You
“We’re glad you’re here.” That was the simple opening line of our first ABG post one year ago today. And here’s 10 lessons you’ve taught us over the last year together.
What the Dalai Lama Doesn’t Understand
Imagine if you got to witness the Dalai Lama’s first visit to the United States. Here’s a little of what you would have seen, if you could transport yourself back a few decades…
You Said Yes!! A Balanced Glass Comes to Vinitaly
So we asked you, any interest in an ABG meet-up during Vinitaly? You said Yes.
NO-one has time for meditation during VinItaly, but that is EXACTLY why we are convening this group.
You Don’t Know Unless You Try: Surprising Developments for ABG
A Balanced Glass was invited as guests on an upcoming podcast hosted by Sonoma-based Garden Society, which produces chef-inspired confections with low-dose cannabis as an ingredient. What we discovered was beyond what we imagined.
Men (and Women!) At Work – The 2019 Australian Vintage Begins
Arguably the most stressful time of the year, this week we check in with a bunch of Australian winemakers to hear what is in their tool-box to help cope with the manic months that are “vintage.”
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.
Be Careful What You Ask For – Millennials Respond
This is the second in a two-part series that considers the role and status of the millennial demographic in the future of the wine business. You can read Part I here: “Millennials We Need You”
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.
Millennials We Need You!
If you have tuned in to any wine news over the past weeks and months, there exists a heightened level of concern around the lack of engagement, consumption and overall interest by the millennial demographic with the wine category.
When It Actually IS About You: How to Prioritize Self-Care
Self care is a thing that, as we can all attest, way too often gets pushed far down the to-do list, in lieu of work things and family things and just about everything but self-things.
How To Collaborate - Even When You're Not The Boss
Team work can be a great way to get things done in life, but how do you collaborate at work when you don’t feel empowered to initiate it, or when you aren’t leading a chain of command?
Small Things Win. Here’s Why.
Yes, we can do big things. But we can do small things too. And that’s where I’d like to start this year: not with monumental changes or tectonic shifts of disruption or pendulum swings toward massive goals, but with nudges and increments and edging ever so much closer.
Swings and Roundabouts – 2018 Thanks and Beck’s Word of the Year
As Cathy aptly wrote last week when she suggested we consider a “word of the year,” my inner hare set off in a leap of ideas, thoughts, musings and considerations. Pen in hand, I furiously scrawled all indecipherable manner of words – commitment, transparency, ethics, progress, non-judgment. But I landed on a word that jolted me out of my seat at the recent Wine2Wine conference in Verona.
Looking Ahead to 2019: Our Word of the Year, Part 1
Beck and I are, basically, polar opposites. Seriously. Most of the time, I’m the tortoise to her hare. The Virgo to her Aquarius. The bullet points to her mind map. The how-to to her why-not. It’s a wonder that anything ever gets done around here.
What Are You Holding On To? Four Breath Techniques to Help Let It Go
Stressful situations can all trigger blood pressure to rise, muscles to tighten, and likely cause you to hold your breath as your sympathetic nervous system kicks in, and your body prepares for “fight or flight”. So stop holding your breath and rty thee techniques.
Words of Wisdom from Women in Wine: Encouragement, and a Reality Check
R.H. Drexel, wine writer extraordinaire and a panelist that day, has just released the Woman's Issue of Loam Baby: A Wine Culture Journal, which is chock-full of profiles and straight-talk and narratives and straight-talk and features and did I mention straight-talk?
Surviving the Festive Season When It’s “Your Job” To Drink
Moderation? Ha! When you are being paid to grow, produce, promote, sell and market a product that soaks the Holiday season, navigating a life with a little more balance and less booze can be nigh impossible.
The Very Best Benefit of Mindfulness is the One We Need Most Right Now
Of all the gifts of mindfulness, drishti is at the top of my personal list of favorite benefits.