This week, Guest contributor Chiara Shannon considers how mindfulness tasting training can set us up for success at the tasting table, and beyond.
They'll Gladly Take Your Phone Away - 5 Great Reasons to Attend wine2wine 2022
As Beck and Cathy head out to this year’s Wine2Wine Business Forum, Beck shares five great reasons to join the event.
Noticing the Rituals of Fall
This week, Cathy considers the habits and rituals we create and revisit as the seasons change:
Five Stretches to go from Ouch! to Ahhh...
It's harvest time! and this week, Beck checks in with our community to see how they are managing to stay limber through the season
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.
Lanterns of Leadership - A New ABG Story Series
This week we launch “lanterns of Leadership - a story series devoted to helping showcase the stories of the industry leaders leading the way in making workplaces healthier places to be.
How To Have a Conversation: Real-Life Examples from the Wine Industry
Think about the last time you had a great conversation.
Like, a GREAT conversation. Where you felt like you were really seeing the other person. Where you learned something new about them. Where your curiosity was piqued. It may not be common, but it is possible, as Cathy explains.
How Small Gestures Can Become Healing Acts
It can feel like humanity is tearing itself apart with division, anger, angst and anxiety. While it may feel like there is no end or easy way out of the malaise that we find ourselves in, Beck offers one idea to help ease things a little…
This is Us, Being Vulnerable
Should we be vulnerable, or not? This week, Cathy offers the opportunity to consider the benefits of vulnerability and showing up with "palms up". Check it out.
Loving Hard Through Roe v. Wade
Last week’s decision in the Supreme Court of the United States impacting women’s access to healthcare, and privacy rights, was not a complete surprise. But it is certainly confronting. This week, Beck offers ways to help support your mental health and those you love.
In Favor of Nuance
This week, Cathy considers the importance of focus, perspective, and the nuance and subtlety of our behaviors in daily life.
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.
Welcome To The Present Tense
Returning from a multi-day silent meditation retreat, Cathy offers some words of wisdom on the value of presence in every day life.
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.
Looking for a Better Way To Drink and Manage Your Health? Read This Book.
Looking to better manage how you drink? This week, Beck shares her thoughts on the critical reference read from Professor David Nutt, “Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health.” It’s a must-read for anyone looking to dive deeper into the topic of alcohol and wellbeing.
7 Pro Tips for Doing Business Across Global Time Zones
From New York, to Paris via Adelaide, this week Beck Hopkins and Christy Frank offer ideas to help ease time zone anxiousness.
Grounding the Body as a Source of Solace
With all that is going on in the world, it can feel like the world is spinning like a top; this week, Cathy offers a quiet way using the wisdom of ayurveda to find quiet solace in the body.
How to Leave your Job with Your Heart Intact
Considering a fresh start? This week Beck offers up some small ways to make the leap a little easier…
Have Sex, Dance More, and Other Suggestions for Happiness
When was the last time you felt GREAT? This week Cathy offers some ways to help get back in the body.