PIPE DREAM PODCAST

You only have so much time out of your working hours so how do you maximize that. The power of intention is where a lot of this starts. Whether you are in the place of using your job as a tool as a way to raise in the ranks or develop the skills you need to do your thing and start your own business or work close to home it all starts with Intention. Being mindful of why you want something directly...

Shawn and I have had many years and many struggles working away as we have discussed on previous shows and today we wanted to talk about perseverance and how you keep showing up for you and your family when you have only so much time in a day and only so many things you want to accomplish. We discuss some tools we use and especially when you are wanting to make a decision to either grow another bu...

At work there is only so many places to hide when things are piling up at home, work stress and in all honesty, just life in general these days. Shawn and I discuss some the tools we use to help combat this as I was triggered this week by my ex wife and thought a good time to talk about these issues as we have something we are dealing with. I talk about when I did not have the tools and shoved all...

We all have things that come up on an a daily or minute by minute basis and it is up to us to determine what that cost is and if it is worth pursuing or not. When we only have so much time, especially working on the road, there are is a decision that needs to be made. When you make that decision to do something or not there is a cost to that, either by costing money or time or even costing you if...

We are really good as Blue Collar workers to hold ourselves accountable when it comes to other people and the company's we work for. Where we are not really good is holding ourselves accountable for the things we want and giving ourselves the respect we deserve by doing the things we say we want for ourselves. Shawn asks me today about the tools I learned coming out of rehab and tools I learne...

With Shawn getting back from the middle east away for work we thought it would be a great conversation for us to dive deep into the struggles a lot of face feeling like a stranger in our own homes when coming home after a long hitch. The rest of the family goes on with building their lives while when we are home we tend to just get into the way and all of those external relationships we are not pa...

Rehab was a wonderful tool but after rehab how does one input those tools into real life especially with divorce and inflation rates skyrocketing the past few years today's show is more relevant than ever. Taking a long hard look at the actual results of Nick's life and taking accountability for being so disconnected from life is another level most do not want to look at and even harder to...

Life on the road had makes a lot of us numb and disconnected. Through the decision of going to rehab and choices that Nick made after dealing with the fact he was was not in a good place after his wife left, it was taking a good look at the FACTS when things started to become clear that Nick was not in the place he wanted to be and was not even himself anymore. Through this conversation with, Shaw...

After a hiatus, we are ready to relaunch the Pipe Dream Podcast and with a brand new Co-host in Shawn Miller. We are looking to expose the mental health and resilience tools that can be used when looking at the FACTS of our lives and a little glimpse into my time in Rehab in Thailand. I have shared this before but now with Shawn at the helm, you may get a whole new perspective. The oilfield brings...

Everyone can get triggered, especially when my clients trigger something in me by me seeing something in them that I an acting or reacting like. Here is a message to them which you may benefit from. Sit back and relax and listen to TODAY'S TALE FROM THE TRENCH.

Denise Ritenburgh....what can I say?? Oil & Gas Material Manager/Expediter is what she does for a living but she is so much more.  She is a mother who found the Oilfield after building roads all over the United States and fell in love with it and has never looked back. Moving around the country, being a mother and respected in the industry has not come with challenges and tribulations. We...

Do you have a partner who never does what they say will do? When this happens, do you start to not trust them? This problem comes up in my coaching clients or has I should say and I can see it in people that talk to me about some of their struggles in their lives. What can you do about this? Do the work and do what you say. Instead of going after every shiny thing and talk about or start a busines...

Rhonda Sawchuk has been in the Pipeline Industry all of her adult life but it was something that her father never wanted for her and myself having a daughter, I often think about it too as much as I love this industry. The amazing part of her journey though is that Rhonda has endured some amazing experiences to get to where she is in her career and what has come out of her love of her people being...

A discussion with Aurora Eggert on her show The Borealis Experience about a very sensitive subject,  Men and Women and how it relates to all things relationships.  This topic is something most people refuse to discuss to touch on but we dive right in and was such an amazing conversation which  I highly recommend you listen to. Aurora and I have very similar views so that goes to sho...

Derrick Clark is in Outside sales in Midland, Texas.  Started into the oilfield like most of us to be able to make some extra cash and fell in love with it.  The deals that were made,  How exciting it was to be involved in the rapid pace of the industry.  The interview started off pretty standard talking about his position and what he did for his company and then the interview...

Dawn McShinsky has been a lot of things in her life. She's also carried a lot of titles and is still pushing to get what she wants in the pursuit of living a fulfilled life. From ski racing in the XGames, fire fighting, EMT, Geologist, to Landman, aspiring Wildcatter in Texas and still is not done. Dawn decided the moment she was introduced to the Oil Patch and drilling that was where her heart is...

While visiting mom and dad on the weekend for my birthday, mom wanted to show me a story that she recorded on the TV. This story started out with a heavy heart of a teenager who tried to jump off a bridge was saved by a man in a BROWN JACKET. What triggered me during this story was not the fact this kid kid tried to commit suicide during an anniversary when I wanted to end it all for reasons I won...

Tiffany VonOrff is one driven individual who, with a partner, is building a safe place for women to learn about welding and learn from other women before them, how to deal with the struggles of being a minority in a male dominated trade. I also had the opportunity to dive into what makes her tick and even got her to open up what it was like to leave her babies at home to pursue her dream while she...

Being home most likely for spring breakup and I have a lot of mixed emotions.  There is no more money going to be put in the bank account...only withdrawn. There is mixed feelings about sitting around all week hoping to see my kids because they live with their mom while going through a separation and impending divorce. Before I quit drinking almost 2 years ago, this would be the time to catch...

In a world that seems to  thousand tear us in many directions all at once, how the hell are you supposed to be at your best? How are you supposed to make good decisions, be present, feel on fire when everyone wants a piece of you? You EAT FIRST!!! Your BEING, your FULFILLMENT, your HAPPINESS, that is what comes first above all else. You have been conditioned to see this as selfish... It is no...

I put out a question to both both men and women of FB last week about what's your beef with the opposite sex and the answers were varying to say the least.  Luke Spicer, being an advocate of the show and after his divorce and his new relationship with his fiancé has a lot to say on this subject and was triggered by some of the answers that were given. This was a very great conversation and wh...

Valentines Day, during an outage, I decided to buy the crew some donuts and I chose to eat one too. That one donut turned out to not be one donut and I ate another one later that day as well as the next day. It did not stop there though as I ate like shit all throughout the outage, didn't do dishes, laundry or cleaned up around the place I'm renting for this project. So my realization was coming h...

During a long plant upgrade project in Southern Alberta, after a long 9 months in the same spot,  I had an altercation with a Superintendent for the company that was taking care of the deficiencies at the tale end of this project. I absolutely thought this guy was attacking my abilities as a welder and I attacked back. What I failed to realize is we just had a new baby, moved into a bigger ne...

BLIND SPOTS.... We all got em. Working on a lease fabing out some pipe spools to tie in a plastic pipeline,  the inspector came to check on me around noon.  When he saw what I had welded to that moment... He was not impressed and complained to my boss, I found out after getting back out to cell service at the end of the day. What he did not see was what I had prepped and tacked up sittin...

Most of we know is how to GRIND. After coming off of night shift for days off, I noticed right away, my kids did not care that I was tired.  Their lives do not change if I am tired but only if I allowed it.  See I just worked 12 nights and picked the kids up at their mom's the next day. All I wanted to do was sleep but there was no time for that when I only have 2 and half days with the...