Tag Archives: aid workers’ burnout
Aid to Zen: J/K – Jaded and Kind
This post is part of Aid to Zen – A Quick Guide to Surviving Aid Work from A to Z by Alessandra Pigni *** In yoga there are poses and counter poses that are designed to work together. We move our … Continue reading
Aid to Zen: F – (The) field
This post is part of Aid to Zen – A Quick Guide to Surviving Aid Work from A to Z by Alessandra Pigni. Much has been written about the myth of the field and fieldwork. There are countless memoirs about life in the field with … Continue reading
Aid to Zen: E – Empathy
This post is part of Aid to Zen – A Quick Guide to Surviving Aid Work from A to Z by Alessandra Pigni. *** Dear all, Apologies for having gone quiet for a bit. The last few months have been unpredictable as … Continue reading
Aid to Zen: C – Counselling
Note to the readers: Counselling is probably a kind of western thing and it’s certainly not the only way to make it through a personal and/or professional crisis, so take what’s useful and forget the rest. The point is: we … Continue reading
Introducing Aid to Zen – The A to Z Guide to Surviving Aidland
When I first visited London both tourists and locals were familiar with a pocket-book called London A to Z. Now also an app, the London A to Z is basically a roadmap that helps you “find your way round literally and metaphorically” in … Continue reading
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4 ways toxic workplaces are harming the social good sector
Guest post by Jennifer Lentfer “How toxic is your work environment?” Between the quiz in the New York Times recently or the many(!) articles found on the subject in Fast Company, Forbes, Monster or LifeHacker, you’d think there’s an epidemic … Continue reading
Managing teams in dangerous places—the self-destructor
A guest post by J. If you’re a manager in the aid world whose role and team are based in the field (or a deployable, field-facing team based elsewhere), I’d be willing to bet that you have at least one … Continue reading
Aid workers’ mental health: shouting into the wind
At times I kind of feel like I’ve been shouting into the wind over the past five years: who cares about aid workers’ mental health? How presumptuous of me to try and get beyond a nice conversation with aid agencies on … Continue reading
Addicted to war?
When life back home becomes unfamiliar I recently watched the film A Thousand Times Good Night, the story of a war photographer torn between the passion for her work, and the love for her family. Following a traumatic assignment in Afghanistan, … Continue reading
A holiday is not the cure for burnout
Burnout is real, but misunderstood Former Google exec and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has a point when she says that burnout prevention has little to do with work-life balance (“getting three square meals or eight hours of sleep”) and more to do … Continue reading