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 skill

Perseverance in the Oilfield

Oct 30th, 2023 37m 53s

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 a

Dealing With it All

Oct 16th, 2023 45m 7s

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

The Cost of Money and Time

Oct 9th, 2023 30m 31s

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 decisio

Accountability and Leadership

Oct 3rd, 2023 45m 26s

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 r

Stranger in Your Own Home

Sep 16th, 2023 23m 38s

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

Consistency & Results

Aug 19th, 2023 32m 44s

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

Facts and Rehab

Aug 11th, 2023 28m 46s

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 FAC

PIPE DREAM PODCAST - 2.0 - RELAUNCH

Aug 4th, 2023 20m 25s

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 g

MESSAGE TO MY CLIENTS

Jun 24th, 2021 15m 59s

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

BLONDE CHICK IN THE OILFIELD

Jun 14th, 2021 1h 9m

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 a

NEVER DOING WHAT YOU SAY

Jun 4th, 2021 19m 6s

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 strug

NO DAUGHTER OF MINE!!

May 21st, 2021 52m 41s

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 j

CLASH OF THE SEXES

May 11th, 2021 43m 45s

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 ri

THRIVING IN THE PERMAIN

Apr 23rd, 2021 37m 12s

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

THE SCIENCE OF MAKING HOLES

Apr 2nd, 2021 52m 23s

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 Landm

THE MAN IN THE BROWN JACKET

Mar 26th, 2021 16m 4s

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.W

WELDING WOMEN SYNDICATE

Mar 19th, 2021 42m 13s

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

SPRING BREAKUP

Mar 12th, 2021 23m 36s

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

THE KING EATS FIRST

Mar 5th, 2021 26m 2s

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

WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

Feb 26th, 2021 45m 34s

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 relationsh

JUST ONE DONUT

Feb 19th, 2021 16m 40s

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 at

DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT???

Feb 12th, 2021 19m 55s

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

IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!?!

Feb 5th, 2021 22m 12s

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

GET ER' DONE, YOUR KIDS DON'T CARE

Jan 29th, 2021 17m 38s

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 pick