TNR Happenings, June 15, 2026
DCME Is On July 18th
This training is the final training before our sojourn to the Reservation for Boot Camp/Fun Days. One thing I’ve noticed over the decades is the inescapable concept of participation. On one side of the coin, if you are doing great, there is a natural tendency to coast. Family, hobbies, and summer activities seem to gobble up the weekends. When I was an apprentice in Renaissance, it was a foregone conclusion that I was at each and every training. I wanted what my mentor, Dr. Joe, had. He was a dandy. Weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and everything else were worked around. My wife realized this very early and had such respect for Dr. Joe. Remember this: if you are not achieving your goals or standards, skipping training will not get you there. This is similar to how not working out at the gym will not help you reach your goals. This minimalistic orientation is not deep enough to pierce the chronic mindset and behaviors of mediocrity. Holding back for the next training and other reasons for not attending are stories or narratives that hold you to your present level in life and practice. Flying in formation was one of the most valuable lessons I learned. Being an introvert, this did not come easily or naturally, but I made a choice, and now it’s your turn. Become a part of something bigger than just your office. Call today to register.
Love Has No Color
Donations, donations, donations. You can do this! Don’t ever forget that your people follow your lead If your office is a community, fundraising becomes an energy, a flow that creates a buzz. We have DCs/NDs that are bringing their CA’s. Talk about a morale booster. One constant in our profession is CAs and NAs who don’t perform at optimal levels. Over the years, the highest performing offices have assistants and VIP practice members who look forward year-round to attending Boot Camp/Fun Days. This is not by chance; it’s by choice. I had to learn this the hard way by inviting CA’s (investment of thousands of dollars) to trainings and LHNC. At the time, I didn’t know how it would turn out. Some would attend, and some didn’t. The ones that did more than made up for the ones that didn’t. You have a unique opportunity to provide your people with more than a mere paycheck. Have you drifted away from siblings, colleagues, or classmates? Invite them to attend. We have even had married couples on the brink of despair rekindle their relationships on their trip to the Reservation. Leaders create opportunities that others cannot come up with. Share what you know to be true with everybody!
From the Mind of Miyagi
Sounds crazy, but most people are narrowly regulated by their core beliefs. It’s not that they don’t want to change; it’s because they can’t. Read this again slowly. There are three categories of practice members, and the same categories for people in general. Category ones are active participants in life. They are all-in type of people. They embrace concepts that benefit themselves and others. Things that they are involved with are always left better than when they first entered. If they find themselves camping and the site is littered, they pick up someone else’s mess without complaining, griping, or posting on social media; they just do it. Category two will push the litter aside and set up camp. They are not interested in wellness or prevention and are defined by solving the day's crisis. Just fix my problem, and I’ll be on my way. Category 3 should not be in your office. They will add their litter to the existing litter and leave it. They whine and complain and don’t follow your recommendations. They make up less than 5% of your income and create huge resistance, regret, paperwork, and wasted CA time.
As doctors and healers, we want to help everybody, but no matter how strong your clinical and relationship skills are, some people will not allow themselves the opportunity. Give your best to everyone, but realize they have limits that go beyond their comprehension. Do the best you can, but don’t foist your expectations on people who don’t share them. Work with them, but realize their limitations. As with life itself, don’t resist, but don’t agree with their thinking. Blend, blend, blend. Don’t force; use power instead.
Miracle Training
As I have mentioned before on coaching calls and during training sessions, Miracle Training clients sometimes know their issues very well, and other times they are clueless. At a social gathering, I was told about one of my decades-old Miracle Training clients. He was only able to complete 30 days of his 90-day training. When he chose to discontinue, his parents stood by his decision. Now he is in major trouble once again. The person reporting this news looked at my expression for surprise, shock, responsibility, or whatever. There was none on my part. He did not do the work, plain and simple. In his mind, he thought he was smarter than all of the others I have guided. He wasn’t, and he isn’t. He believes he is the exception rather than the rule in doing the work, keeping an open mind, and representing and demonstrating what health truly is.
When a person doesn’t reach resolution, they may not relapse into their previous disease, social impairment, emotional impairment, or trouble in its various shapes; however, they are in a holding pattern. To outsiders, they may appear fine on the outside, but deep down they are living a hollow life of despair and just getting by. Not having a discernable disease, and not being arrested are not quality of life indicators. They never have been and they never will be. Don’t let people who insist on being out of integrity with others who have followed the guidelines and achieved spectacular results sway your commitment to heavy-duty care. They must take this compass and live their lives. There is no substitute for it. The indigenous would call this an initiation or rite of passage. We call it transformation.
DCME Confidential
Question 1: I have a family that has a PDD spectrum kid, and they simply won’t budge on the recommendations. With all his other appointments with ‘real’ doctors, therapists, and a child behaviorist, there simply isn't enough time to get him to my office. They are even willing to pay my DCME fees and only come in once a week. What should I do?
Answer: Why are you a DC? Getting paid is the beginning of problems, not the end. Once a week, you will see little or no clinical results, paid or not.
Question 2: My DCME will not allow me to adjust her neck. Her father is an MD, and she is firm. I have shown her research articles and compared MD vs. DC malpractice premiums, to no avail.
Answer: Return the unused portion of her payment and attract another person who receives and accepts help.
Marley, Sunny, & Beau
