When I was accepted to the Wine Writers Symposium, I told nobody, because I felt that same fear. But on Monday, as all the new and familiar faces started filling up the Zoom screen, I realized that it was happening. I was terrified.
ABG Moms Say the Darndest Things
ABG Moms say the darndest things, and I don’t just mean our Aussie friends from last week’s post! (Though, you have to admit, they pretty much take the cake, swearing and all.)
Juggling, Jostling and a Good Dash of Swearing: 2021 Harvest, Aussie Mum-Style
As the 2021 annual vintage in Australia winds to a close, and in honor of Mother’s Day next Sunday, May 9 (don’t forget the flowers folks!), this week we check in on nine female winemaking and viticultural mums who are wrapping up harvest in Australia to see how they got through vintage.
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,
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.
7 Springtime Reasons to Be Hopeful
As Spring in the northern hemisphere starts to take shape, Beck has been sensing a new-found feeling of hope, and a sense that the brighter days ahead are coming soon. Check out her top seven reasons to feel hopeful for the months and seasons ahead.
8 Ways to Escape... Well, Everything
There are plenty of really great reasons to pick up a book and start reading. Maybe it’s “to learn stuff” , but this week Cathy considers that maybe, just maybe, it’s to escape. Check out Cathy’s Top 8 books of recent times.
Supporting ABG’s BIPOC Community with Action and Resources
Fresh from a thought-provoking Lift Collective virtual conference, Beck considers the ways we can step up and take action to support ABG’s BIPOC community.
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.
108 Ways to Be Grateful
The number 108, you may already know, is significant symbolically in many traditions. In yoga, for example, 108 sun salutations are often practiced to honor change. There are 108 traditional Indian dance forms, and there are believed to be 108 different types of meditation…
Getting My Life Back: The Sinclair Method for Alcohol Use Disorder
In this personal account, one ABG community member shares their perspective on the benefits fo The Sinclair Method to help treat alcohol use disorder in the hopes it can help others.
6 Quirky Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep
Lately it seems a lack of sleep seems to be an issue for many in our community, with the ongoing anxiety and stress from longer work hours, demands on home life and the constant shifting needs. Here are six more unusual tools that I have found to help myself get to, and stay, asleep.
Finding a Path to Self-Healing Through Ayurveda: An ABG Team Member's Story
This week's guest contributor and ABG team member, Alicia Laury, shares her journey into Ayurveda and practical tips on incorporating self-healing into your daily life. In a follow up post, she will also offer tenets from Ayurveda's ancient health system.
So I'm Officially a Mindfulness Teacher. Now What?
This past weekend, Cathy graduated (virtually) from the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certificate Program, a two-year program facilitated by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. It was all the things, especially inspiration about sharing mindfulness in the world as we know it today. What happens now?
Top 5 Gamechangers from the 2021 Global Wellness Institute Trend Report
Earlier this week, the Global Wellness Institute released their annual trend report with nine predictions impacting the global wellness industry in the year to come. Here are the top five trends I see as being gamechangers, and topics we have our ABG eye on as we head into 2021.
Four Quirky Wellness Ideas to Shape Your New Habits for the Year Ahead
In her first post fo 2021, this week Cathy considers some of her new habits that fall outside the category of alcohol consumption while still inside the realm of wellness, mindfulness and health.
How to Put Mindful Drinking on Your 2021 List
It’s time for the new year and for many wine lovers, this can include reducing alcohol as a healthy way to reset for the year ahead. Not much of a Dry January believer myself, January is when I reevaluate my relationship with wine and drinking, and how it plays into my career and personal time.
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.