TNR Happenings, August 11, 2025
Tao of TNR Is On September 13th
This is an open invitation to all members, especially to members who have not been to trainings lately. One of the landmines I was constantly vigilant against during my beginnings in Renaissance was thinking, “I got this.” After all, I had been to all the seminars, had multiple Head-to-Heads, flew to Colorado Springs to meet with my mentor, and bought the company. My teacher, Dr. Joe, had warned me repeatedly about this. Constant, continual training is the only way to insulate yourself from the world of appearance and all of its seductive distractions. Go back to basics, black out the dates of trainings, and begin there. Nothing touches these dates. Your family, your hobbies, and Kansas will have to do without you for a couple of days without apology. Dr. Julie goes to great lengths to provide a TNR schedule for the coming year. Speaking of scheduling, there are two Head-to-Head dates available for the Tao of TNR training weekend: one on Friday and one on Sunday. First-come, first-served. Purchase your discounted Tao of TNR tickets by September 5th.
Boot Camp Recap
Reach out to a member who attended for an authentic recap. As a bonus at the September 13th Tao of TNR seminar, we may have a non-TNR member who participated at the Fun Days speak about their experience. Put pictures up in your office waiting rooms. Let your patients be a part of our historic adventures. This is not a one-and-done like most non-profit outings. Instead, Love Has No Color is a representation and demonstration of humanity. It can’t be read about or watched on a YouTube video, etc. If you are serious about helping kids, it demands focused attention and devotion. Although necessary, money can’t solve the problem. Imagine helping people find hope, dignity, and health in their lives without any religious or social media claims to credit, and without government or corporate interference. Love Has No Color goes on 365 days a year!
From the Mind of Miyagi
Fear, fear, fear. It’s all around us, yet most people don’t understand that they are in service to its demands and limits, with false evidence appearing real. It is like a circuit breaker: every time you get in a sticky situation, it blows the circuit. Believe it or not, you have more than enough to move through the fear; however, the self-serving nature of the ego shuts the whole thing down. Even if it’s beneficial to you, your social survival will beat you into submission with its emotions, feelings, thoughts, internal dialogue, conservative research, diagnosis, rhetoric, dogma, what everyone else says, etc. Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it’s the ability to move, act, and override the fear despite the false presence of fear.
Fear keeps us locked in limited, scarcity thinking and can last a lifetime. Taking risks with opportunities and new things is kept at bay by the appearance of fear. We trade in our adventure for a small, convenient, non-confrontational life with comfort, security, and no place for anything in the unknown. This is the epitome of the bloodless dance of superficiality.
When a practice member is locked in fear (insurance coverage, family or friends they must answer to, etc.), they can’t hear a word of what you say. Logic or reason is of no value, and they default to turning into adolescents, putting their hands over their ears, and not listening to anything you say. They look like they are listening intently as they nod their heads in feigned concentration, but they have checked out and will not move through their fear. They are the unwilling victim once more of an invisible force that rules their life like invisible puppet strings.
A person afraid of a spider cannot be reasoned with, spoken to with logic, etc. Elvis has left the building. There’s no going back once the fire of fear has been lit. Be vigilant for the signs of fear and put out the fire immediately. Do not continue your conversation if the tripwire to fear has been stepped on. Some of the telltale signs of this tripwire being stepped on are, “I'll have to ask my spouse for permission”, “I’ll get back to you”, “I’ll send you an email”, “Does insurance cover this?” Realize this physiological response and respect it. A person’s life or quality of life depends on skillfully navigating this landmine.
Miracle Training
I received a filled-out baseline assessment and questionnaire from a potential DCME. A high-ranking TNR member wanted my insight on this potential client. I read it once, and it seemed to be okay, but there was something about it that bothered me, even though I couldn’t put my finger on what it was. I let it wash over me and contemplated it. Then I realized what it was. She had purchased more life insurance and a pre-paid funeral and applied for disability. She had already made up her mind and had no intention of doing the work or putting skin in the game, or even being honest. She was looking to be rescued with a Hail Mary, having someone else do the heavy lifting.
This TNR DC with out-of-this-world clinical abilities had also smelled a foul, fishy odor, but couldn’t put their finger on it either. The time came and went as she ghosted this DC because her courage faded as she was faced with the reality that she was going to need to do ‘hard time’ to save her life. She has a Plan B and is willing to surrender her life rather than venture into the unknown.
DCME Confidential
Question 1: My DCME, who prepaid in full, continues to text me right before our sessions and makes an excuse for why they can’t attend. What should I do?
Answer: Give them a partial refund of the amount not used and get rid of them! Don’t expose yourself to regulatory exposure. This is not a DCME; it’s a substitute and imitation. Like Zoom (virtual) is to a face-to-face meeting (real), people unfamiliar with DCME think the problem with patients ends with payment. In your case, the issues are just beginning.
Question 2: Are DCMEs really in my town? Most people are interested in pain relief only. What gives?
Answer: Come to the next training and witness all the DCMEs. Move your office to Norwood because I used to say the same thing. People are people, wherever they may live.
Marley & Sunny
