TNR Happenings, June 23, 2026
DCME Is On July 18th
During my decades of guiding doctors, healers, and entrepreneurs, I have observed a commonality among them: a constant worry about maintaining a steady flow of high-quality new patients. In actuality, it’s not true, but it is a fact in the world of the ordinary. People turn to all kinds of pirate influencers and experts to solve this pseudo-dilemma. Examples are online marketing, social media marketing, and software designed to take this problem away from them. What if the supply or the potential new-people pool is too shallow? Superficial aches and pains are a very crowded marketplace populated by doctors with letters after their names, as well as others masquerading as healers. There is a fine line between genius and criminality. I admire most forms of this, but not when it comes to healing. When you are able to leapfrog the industry and the social limits placed on you and tap into the pool of invisible disease and emotional and mental impairment, you now find yourself at the top of the food chain. The world of superficiality, insurance, and drugs has enough charlatans, con men/women, and science that has been bought. Don’t add to it. Develop the clinical skills and mindset that don't accept what can’t be done. Call today to register for the DCME training on July 18th.
Boot Camp Is On August 13th, 14th, and 15th
It is hard to describe what to expect at Boot Camp, and every participant experiences different feelings and meanings. My three kids have all participated heavily in Love Has No Color. They are still vested in Love Has No Color in different capacities, from tithing to fundraising. Many doctors have been on missionary trips, and that is great as far as it goes. When we serve on the Fort Peck Reservation, we become a part of their lives, and they become a part of ours. It’s a sacred partnership where we recognize them as kids who can use a lift, not to be fixed. Gratitude is perhaps the word that best describes the experience. You don’t leave the Reservation; you carry it with you for your entire life. When you are ready to judge, complain, take a shortcut, or think only of your own needs, your experience on the Reservation calls out for a different option: find a way. “It’s not my problem” is emblematic of the social media generation. It’s all of our problem. Not to fix it or feel sorry for them, but to carry them in our hearts. Their culture, life wisdom, and environmental wisdom is needed in our society. Welcoming, recognizing, and honoring all of America’s First People is a step that awaits us if forward evolution in consciousness is ever to be achieved.
From the Mind of Miyagi
Being thrust into social interactions gives us perspective outside of our daily routines. We can become so lost in our mundane, ordinary roles that we play. Father’s Day was one of those reminders of how sacred our lives really are. There is an invisible thread between fathers, but most do not really feel it. Some fathers recognize and demonstrate how proud they are of their kids, while others aren’t that interested. My oldest daughter, Christy, loves training and has participated in Hyrox fitness competitions. In May, she raced with 40,000 of her closest friends in New York City. Her videographer posted a video of Christy on Instagram last week, with a short blurb about her. The amateur tickets were sold out, so she had to go to the pro level. She was ready to tap out after the second station of the race, but she summoned up her inner strength. I love observing this gift in action. Christy’s husband, Cliff, says he has only seen her in this position once in all the time they have known each other. His encouragement, love, and unwavering support were the ingredients she needed to finish the race. This is what the videographer wrote:
"When the Women's Open division sold out…she didn’t sit on the sidelines.
She went PRO.
Heavier weights.
Higher demands.
Same determination.
Christy stepped onto the floor ready to embrace the challenge and prove to herself that she was capable of more.
The sleds.
The carries
The moments where the Pro division asks a little extra from you – and saying yes anyway.
That’s what stood out most.
The confidence to take on a bigger challenge.
The willingness to step outside of the original plan.
The mindset to rise to the occasion.
On the floor capturing Christy, you could see the grit, focus, and resilience she brought to every station.
This is what we love about HYROX.
Sometimes the path changes.
Sometimes the challenge gets bigger.
And sometimes that’s exactly where growth happens.
So proud to capture this race and watch her take on the Pro division head-on."
Is this any different with your own children? From sports teams and proms to breakups, you are a vital part of their lives. How about your practice members/DCMEs? How about the kids you mentor in your office? How about those people who find themselves in life-and-death circumstances? How about the kids on the Reservation? As incredible as the inner gift is in all people, the sad fact is that it has to be brought out. Most people don’t recognize it in themselves, and it gets recognized by somebody who takes you under their wing and makes it their business to bring it out in you.
If you think clinical proficiency, technology, AI, or drugs/surgery are the substitutes for this inner gift, you are mistaken. When you find yourself in the high country where miracles are happening with more frequency, you will know this to be true. Being a father/mother/teacher/guide/protector/provider is a sacred place to be. It is an archetype that is as old as time. Whether you have children or not, this is something we all can become. If this invisible theme is visible in your office, it will be a sacred healing community, not merely a doctor’s office.
Miracle Training
One of the joys of having graduates of Miracle Training is the salutations you get, especially on holidays. On Father’s Day, a witty graduate observed that butternut donuts were back at Dunkin Donuts. He took a picture of the various banned donuts that were brought back due to popular demand. This is a bond we had when he completed his training and got his life back. For some, it’s tattoos; for others, it’s a brand-new Jeep, a fancy female western coat, and the list goes on. It signifies the human spirit within all of us that needs to be brought out. Freedom and truth always stand before you when you attempt to move from where you are to where you want to go.
Contrary to popular psychological authors and people not in the trenches (ivory tower, academics, social media), nobody earns or deserves illness. God is not punishing you for not eating your vegetables. Another MT graduate who wished me a Happy Father's Day has a friend who is in trouble. How many of us have friends, relatives, or siblings that we are in the position to help, but will never get the opportunity because of family and social dynamics? She is on the endless merry-go-round of tests, baffled doctors, and drugs with no progress. She has no idea of how much trouble she is in, and she is clueless about the price she must pay to find solutions. Her life will be disrupted, regardless of the roles she plays. People who are in rivers that harbor crocodiles don’t sense that they are in danger if they can’t see the crocodiles. The croc sees them, but they don’t see the croc. This is just like a disease. So if they can’t see them, they must not be in danger, right? This cycle of futility is common to all people who find themselves on the hamster wheel of medical uncertainty, otherwise known as invisible disease.
It’s obvious that there is an underlying theme of RESISTANCE in this woman’s life, known by her or not. Unraveling these layers of the onion is painful, embarrassing, humiliating, and private, and most go to their graves with invisible disease that there are solutions to; but because of our society’s fixation and worship of only one authority (disease practitioners, not health), the person pays the price, not the doctors. The MDs get paid whether they produce results or not. We don’t. We are paid to produce results. The way it should be.
DCME Confidential
Question 1: I have a sibling who is in serious trouble with emotional and mental impairment. She is currently on a cocktail or 3 psychotropic’s and self-medication, including cannabis. I saw her at a family gathering, and it is obvious what is going on; why can’t anybody else see it? Should I start her as a new patient?
Answer: No. Siblings, parents, and spouses are off-limits, so to speak. You cannot hold the space and the authority needed to pull the sword from the stone.
Question 2: What can you do with a DCME/Level 2 that is always threatening to quit?
Answer: Let them. Carefully explain the consequences of their actions. Their whole world of MDs, parents, spouses, therapists, and specialists is all there to keep the ball rolling since there is profit to be made. Mental and emotional impairment is all around us. It doesn’t go away; you don’t outgrow it. Solutions come not from avoidance or tap-dancing around the problem, but from facing it head-on.
Marley, Sunny, & Beau
