In this issue:

• A note from Beth and Neill

• Feature Article

  - Signs of a Controlling Spouse?
    How to Turn Them Into the Signs of a
    Healthy Relationship

• Focused Attention Request

  - Requesting Your Feedback on our New
    Teleseminars and "Thank You" Gift

• Focused Attention Recommends

  - New Age Self Help Blog
    Now Open for Comments

A Mixed Bag

Hello there,

Looking through our past eZines it seems we usually end up with a theme word for each issue. The theme usually explores the essence of what we're focusing our attention on in our personal lives and what's new here at Focused Attention. But this month there's so much going on--so many new things happening--that one theme word just didn't seem to fit the bill. So this month's eZine is a mixed bag of topics.

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy." ~Albert Einstein

First topic-Relaxation: We realized we're both feeling exhausted. Looking at the past year there's no need to wonder why. It's been just over a year since Beth's mom got sick. All the running back and forth to Florida, moving Mom here, moving into our new house, doing our best to keep up with our business, added to all of our day-to-day activities has finally caught up with us. So were off to Ojai at the end of next month for a week of rest, relaxation, and fun. Yippee!

Next topic-New Products: We also have a few new Audio CDs coming out. One is all about creating a better relationship with yourself. The second one is on the topic of creating better relationships with the people in your life. The third CD offers support for creating better relationships at work. We know you're gonna love 'em, so keep an eye out for more details arriving soon in an Inbox near you.

Third topic-Our New Blog: Next, we'd like to celebrat that we finally got our blog up and running. We never imagined it would have taken us this long, but it's finally here and were very excited. We just love it because this kind of interaction creates a sense of community that we've been wanting--a community like this can create understanding and a place to support one another--and a supportive community creates a more wonderful world.

Please see the details below about how you can start interacting more with us on our new blog today. We just love it when you let us know how you're doing, give us your feedback, and ask us questions.

The penultimate topic-Today's eZine Article: This was inspired by a community member's question about dealing with people you perceive as controlling or manipulative. We hope it supports you in creating more peace and fun in your world.

The final topic-Focused Attention TeleSeminars: We are happy to announce we'll be starting to offer teleseminars soon. We want to make sure that these teleseminar trainings are on topics that are important to you, so we have a request...

Final topic part two-TeleSeminar Topic Survey: We'd be very grateful if you'd be willing to take a few minutes to respond to a brief teleseminar topic survey. We know how valuable your time it is and want to honor that, so we're coming up with a few multiple-choice questions that are short and easy to answer.

We also want to say "Thank you" for responding to our survey in a way that would be wonderful for you. The last question of the survey will be: "Which one of these gifts would you enjoy most as a thank you present?" So, you even get to choose how we say thank you! The highest rated gift will be your thank you present.

Keeping so many different things organized at the same time has been a lot like trying to herd cats, but it seems like we have them all in the bag for this issue. :-) So, that's all from us for now. We hope you enjoy this month's eZine article.

With love and great appreciation,
Beth and Neill

Focused Attention Request

As we mentioned in the Note section above, we're getting ready to offer Focused Attention TeleSeminars you can take from the comfort of your own home.

It's very important to us that these teleseminar trainings are on topics that are important to you. So we would greatly appreciate your input about this.

Within the next two weeks, you'll receive a survey request by email. We'd be very grateful if you'd be willing to take a few minutes to respond. In order to honor your time, the survey will ask short, easy to answer, multiple-choice questions.

We also want to say "Thank you" for responding to our survey in the way that would be most wonderful for you. So, the last survey question will ask you to pick the gift you would most enjoy receiving as a thank you gift. The highest rated gift will be the one that everyone gets.

In the mean time, it would be wonderful if you thought about:

• Which teleseminar topics would be most important to you?
  
  
• What days and times would work best for you to participate?
  
  
• What would be the best length for you: 30 , 45, 90 ... minutes?
  
  
• What could you joyfully contribute in exchange for a teleseminar on the topic most important to you?

As we said before, we always love hearing from you, so if you come up with some ideas and would like to share them with us before the survey comes out, just hit REPLY to this message and let us know.

Until Then--Wishing You All the Best,
Beth and Neill