Our Story: Veteran-Led Coaching for Transformation

You don’t need another guru. You need someone who’s been through the fire and can help you walk through yours.

Tiger Tamers was built on the belief that the greatest transformations begin when you finally face the thing you’ve been running from.

The Tiger is inside you. Let's wake it up.

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How Tiger Tamers Was Founded

Tiger Tamers was founded in 2023 by Dennis Narlock, a U.S. Navy veteran who spent decades leading in high-stakes environments and helping people break through fear, doubt, and burnout. After overcoming personal struggles with PTSD, purpose, and reinvention, Dennis realized his calling: coaching others to confront what’s holding them back and shape the life they truly want.

What started as leadership coaching for teams has now evolved into a bold, deeply personal coaching practice—one designed to help individuals in transition reignite clarity, identity, and momentum.

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Our Mission—Creating Sustainable Growth

SHAPE THE PASSION WITHIN

Tiger Tamers helps people who feel stuck take bold steps forward. Whether you're navigating a career change, recovering from burnout, or just asking, “What’s next?”—our mission is to give you the clarity, tools, and courage to answer that question with confidence.
We don’t create dependency. We create transformation.

Certifications & Professional Training

When you choose Tiger Tamers, you’re not just getting a coach—you’re working with someone who’s invested years in mastering techniques that deliver measurable results in mindset, resilience, and performance.

Certified Neuroscience Coach

Harnessing brain-based strategies to create lasting behavioral change, improve focus, and enhance decision-making.

private coaching meeting focused on personal growth and clarity

Certified Firewalking Instructor

Trained to guide individuals and teams through safe, transformative firewalking experiences—unlocking courage, commitment, and mental strength.

Certified Breathwork Facilitator
(F.I.R.E. Method)

Skilled in guiding structured breathwork sessions to reduce stress, boost energy, and create a powerful state of clarity.

Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner

Accredited in using Havening—a neuroscience-informed approach that uses gentle touch and specific protocols to promote calm and anchor positive states.

Meet Your Coaches

About Dennis Narlock & James Dixon

Coach
Dennis Narlock

Dennis brings 37+ years of military, leadership, and coaching experience into every session. He’s a Certified NLP Practitioner, Firewalking Instructor, Nueroscience Coach, and Hypnosis.

"Fear is natural. Danger is real. But fear doesn’t define you — what you do with it does."

Most importantly, he’s someone who’s walked the path himself—from surviving crisis to leading others through it.

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Coach
James Dixon

Jim’s extensive 30+ years’ experience from the Navy and as a government contractor

offers insights most other coaches do not possess. He holds a master’s degree in leadership, a
coaching certification from Symmetry (INSPIRE!), an Ikigai (Life Purpose) coaching certification,
and is a certified NLP Practitioner.

Jim has turned his passion for leadership and mentoring into a successful coaching
practice and is ready to apply that passion to your coaching relationship.
“The body’s reaction to fear and excitement are the same. So tell yourself “I’m
Excited!” and take that step”

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Heart of the Tiger
We Coach from Experience—Not Theory

The Heart of the Tiger is a transformational coaching experience designed to help individuals confront their inner limitations, break through self-doubt, and ignite the courage to pursue a life aligned with passion, purpose, and power.

Grounded in our H.E.A.R.T. Framework™, this guides you from clarity to action—helping you build the mindset, habits, and confidence to lead yourself forward.

What You’ll Gain:

Clarity of purpose
Tools to overcome fear & procrastination
A 90-day action plan
Real, lasting momentum

The tiger is already inside you. Let’s awaken it.

YOUR STORY ISN'T OVER YET

The next chapter begins when you decide to stop standing still.
Let’s talk. Your first session is free.

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