Alessandra Pigni

Alessandra Pigni was a humanitarian psychologist and staff care specialist with many years of experience in the Middle East and China who died in 2018. Her book The Idealist’s Survival Kit. 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout is published by Parallax Press.

Work: it’s time for a new year’s revolution

We don’t need a better work-life balance—we need a new way of working that doesn’t destroy our souls.

By Alessandra Pigni

/ 2 Jan 2020

Work: it’s time for a new year’s revolution

We don’t need a better work-life balance—we need a new way of working that’s fully integrated into our lives so that work doesn’t destroy our souls.

By Alessandra Pigni

/ 9 Jan 2017

No, you can’t ‘be the change’ alone

Writer, activist and mindfulness-in-action pioneer Alessandra Pigni died from cancer in December 2018. This piece is republished in her memory.

By Alessandra Pigni

/ 31 Jul 2015

Organizations as communities: lessons from Deir Mar Musa in Syria

Successful communities welcome disagreement and approach conflict constructively. Maybe the 21st century is the time to think about all organizations as communities, and to see where this radical change in direction might take us.

By Alessandra Pigni

/ 24 Mar 2014

Practising mindfulness at the checkpoint

Is caring for ourselves an act of self-indulgence or social change? Alessandra Pigni tests the boundaries of "mindfulness" on the border between Israel and Palestine.

By Alessandra Pigni

/ 17 Jul 2013