Astra Niedra

Astra Niedra writes books, articles and blogs about personal growth, relationships and conscious parenting. Her work shines light on why we behave and feel the way we do and it offers practical solutions for lasting change.

Astra Niedra lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and their three children.

Her books, articles and blogs are on topics that concern many of us deeply, such as relationships, parenting, work/life balance, and personal growth and fulfilment.

She is author of the books The Perfect Relationship and Enlightenment Through Motherhood. She has written articles for magazines such as WellBeing and Yen and has edited the books Absolute Happiness by Michael Rowland and Stop Dieting and Lose Weight by Di Harris. For many years she wrote the pre-blog e-mail newsletter Daily Voice Dialogue which has been used in teaching institutions worldwide. She has worked as an editor in natural health, legal and education publishing.

Astra has trained in Voice Dialogue with Drs Hal and Sidra Stone has been facilitating and teaching Voice Dialogue since 1996. Her tertiary qualifications are in philosophy and education, and she has also studied economics, drama, meditation and yoga.

Astra's other web site is www.voicedialogue.com

A little-known snippet of green history:

Astra was Editor of WellBeing magazine during the period when it championed the greening of office workspaces and when its Publisher Barbara McGregor did just that with a beautiful old Masonic temple in Sydney which would house the magazine's new offices. The interior was fitted out with ergonomic workstations built from renewable timber, the walls painted in bio paint, timber floorboards treated with non-toxic oil, air-conditioning was replaced with a natural air filtration and cooling system, the natural fibre carpet in the staff relaxation room was laid with non-toxic, non-out-gassing glue, we had various policies for conserving energy and water, and so on. The magazine was subsequently sold to a large publishing house and the premises are now used by another (lucky) organisation.

At the time, now over 15 years ago, the focus was on creating a healthy workspace for both staff and the environment; and the venture (and Barbara McGregor's vision, which also kick-started the boom in the natural therapies industry through her creation of WellBeing and its promotion of the industry) should be considered as a pioneering effort in the greening of workspaces.

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