TNR Happenings, October 17, 2022
Miyagi Training Is On November 5th
What if you were unconsciously afraid of getting new patients for anything except minor cricks and sprains? It’s kind of hard to hook tunas without any bait on your hook. Would it affect your practice and your life in general? This causes so much invisible suffering and struggle. If you weren’t afraid, would you not live your life with honesty and integrity instead of procrastinating and lying to yourself by saying that things are not so bad or this is your best effort? What if this fear was invisible (it is!) and you didn’t see the need to continually upgrade your skill and leave behind past limiting beliefs and assumptions? You will keep doing the same things and expect different outcomes or you will reach for the ever-convincing world of BSOs, online schemes, and other convenient ways of not actually solving the problem, but pretending you are. Suffering and struggling are ways of life for doctors and healers who are not sure of themselves or their healing methods. There is so much more to health than pain relief. Get your discounted ticket by this Friday, October 21st, and join us on Saturday, November 5th!
Once Upon A Time
The hottest new technique that was going to revolutionize Chiropractic in the 90s was Network Spinal Analysis. It was developed by Donnie Epstein, a DC from NY. Below is a response sent to him after he asked Dr. Joe to endorse or make NSA available to Renaissance. As it is now and was then, Renaissance is apolitical and non-religious, and all techniques are welcomed. There is a Big Vision at the core. It not only helps the individual, but it also helps the collective as well. My back, my back is not the focus. Here is his response:
Another Star Is Born
One of our members has just written and illustrated a children’s book. Of particular note, she is not only a member, but she is also a graduate of Miracle Training (98 days). It’s a delightful book about celebrating differences in children instead of conditioning kids to conformity, being like everybody else, and being a face in the crowd. I use it with each and every one of my Miracle Training clients, adults, kids, or teens. I am encouraging each and every one of you to purchase copies for your kids, family, and practice members. Even though it’s supposed to be for kids, it’s for everybody. It helps adults see the big picture of what is that thing they can’t remember or how did they get so far off center. There is a hidden meaning behind the mere words and illustrations. Dr. Julie will be purchasing copies to distribute on the Reservation when we go there for Christmas on the Reservation.
Link to pre-order site: https://alicialondosart.square.site/product/mermaid-who-found-her-home/24
Love Has No Color News
Over the years, many members have brought their teenagers and younger kids with them on our visits to Fort Peck so they could experience the Reservation and its culture. It can’t be experienced on the internet or by reading a book. One of our current members has a son who is off to college this year and he sent me a letter detailing the impact it had on him when he was younger. Let the world in on our little secret of changing the world, kid by kid, by inviting CAs, colleagues, and classmates. There is nothing else like real life to teach others.
From the Mind of Miyagi
Have you ever wondered why so many people are just so superficial, just don’t get it, and are difficult to be around? This includes family members, spouses, siblings, etc. It’s getting harder and harder to speak about anything of depth. Sound bites, internet stories, agenda-driven news, sports, and familiar things are accepted as the real thing instead of substitutes and imitations; yet they can’t understand something like HEALTH. The answer lies in an unsuspected place: people’s mindsets are geared toward survival and survival only. If they are satisfied with life and they are getting by, most are not interested in improvement once their individual needs are satisfied (i.e. bills being paid, access to their computers, some sort of employment, and someone of authority telling them how to act, how to think, and what to accept as normal.) As a DC or ND, this is the incessant drive toward being a serf or an associate instead of being an owner. Did you really go to college for 9 years to be unsuccessful? It’s okay if you aren’t driven, don’t have a HUGE why, are not ambitious, don’t like keeping score when playing sports, or think someone else is going to do your heavy lifting. Different strokes, different folks. Be in the right container. If you are a wanna-be, you will not fare well as an owner. If you are an alpha, you won’t fare well as an associate. No right or wrong here, just fit.
It takes a certain amount of courage to question things starting with yourself and then branching off to what is accepted about disease (not health) in our culture. Without a strong why, along with constant and continual training and input, the non-believers in health (they believe in disease) will grind you down to their way of thinking through force, attacks, mandates, or not participating. In British Columbia, they have issued a mandate that to keep your license, you have to be vaccinated and boostered. Are you going to let ignorant, non-believers tell you how to practice or live your life?
TNR has always been about freedom to practice the way of your choosing. We also don’t say anyone else is wrong; we stay in our lane. Imagine if religious and political people, warmongers, and mass pollution producers also demonstrated this. We also have a pristine track record of success in bringing health to people without adding any chemicals, amputation, chemo, radiation, gene therapy, etc. One of the first things you learn about in TNR is letting go of the need to suffer and struggle. Before they discovered TNR, so many people had this as a part and parcel of their lives. It seems like a certain part of them must die before they discover success. And it does. Each training and each Head-to-Head peels away the stubborn layers of accumulated debris that keep you from becoming the best version of yourself. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking this is convenient, cheap, or easy. It’s always reserved for the few, not the many.
DCME Confidential
Question 1: I have a new patient that continues to write glowing reports of their experiences in my office and they have just started their journey. Should I be concerned?
Answer: It’s nice to hear great things, but the real scorecard is their commitment level, referral level, and results. As with any human endeavor, the first part is usually the easiest and then you are going to find yourself up against the proverbial wall. Then you will find out what that person is made of; not stroking the ego of the doctor before any work has been done.
Question 2: I have a person who wants to incorporate their insurance with Level 2/DCME care. I know how you are going to answer this, but I’ll ask anyway. Should I allow this?
Answer: It gets murky indeed. You can’t stop a person from requesting reimbursement; but when you line item things, there is where the rubber hits the road. From higher levels of reimbursement to no RVU (relative value unit in insurance for the DCME video), the problems will mount up quicker than average people can roll up their sleeves for the next booster. Tell the person it’s outside of insurance and roll the dice. No regulatory boards will embrace DCME/Level 2 as they don’t know what it is and they still will attack anything outside of normal and customary. Even in our group, DCME/Level 2 care is for the few: the ones who train the hardest and can pull this off. There are too many reasons to default to ‘my back, my back’.
