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ONE MORE BOOM PODCASTNavigating Less Than Ideal SituationsIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, hosts Shawn Miller and Nick Gemmell discuss the challenges faced by oilfield and pipeline professionals, particularly in less than ideal working conditions. They explore the importance of mental health, communication, and community support, emphasizing the need for self-awareness and personal growth. The conversation highlights practical tips for thriving in tough situations and the significance of having hard conversations with loved ones.TakeawaysThis is a community built for those who refuse to settle.Ideal conditions are often a myth in the field.Mental health struggles are common in isolated work environments...
2025-02-1836 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTTransforming Mental Health in High-Stress ProfessionsIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, host Nick Gemmell interviews Kevin Boyd and Dax Huba to discuss the formation and mission of the Phoenix Foundation, a mental health initiative aimed at supporting first responders and those in high-stress professions. They delve into their personal experiences with mental health challenges, the importance of community support, and the innovative four-pillar method they have developed to provide holistic therapy. The conversation emphasizes the need to break the stigma surrounding mental health, the significance of family involvement in healing, and the call for systemic change in...
2025-02-171h 36ONE MORE BOOM PODCASTTransitioning to Field WorkIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, hosts Shawn Miller and Nick Gemmell discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced by oilfield and pipeline professionals.
They explore themes of personal growth, the importance of planning and setting goals, and the dynamics of family communication when working away from home.
The conversation also delves into the role of coaching in personal development, mental health awareness, and the significance of making small, consistent changes to improve overall well-being.
The hosts emphasize the need for community support and resilience in navigating the complexities of...
2025-01-2431 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTNavigating Modern Relationships with Anna AhmedIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, host Nick Gemmell interviews Anna Ahmed, who shares her journey of navigating the dating world after a significant relationship. They discuss the importance of mental fitness, emotional needs, and the role of appearance and mindset in dating.
The conversation emphasizes the need for self-awareness, open communication, and the impact of personal presentation on relationships.
Anna highlights the significance of understanding intimacy and the challenges men face in expressing their emotions.
The episode concludes with practical advice on styling...
2025-01-1041 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTOne More Boom Goal SettingIn this episode of One More Boom, hosts Shawn Miller and Nick Gemmell discuss the challenges and sacrifices faced by professionals in the oilfield and pipeline industry. They explore the impact of work on family life, the importance of setting and achieving goals, and the need for a balanced approach to personal and professional growth. The conversation also touches on the significance of health and wellness, nutrition, and emerging trends like peptides in enhancing performance and well-being.
Takeaways
You're part of a community that doesn't settle for the ordinary.
2025-01-0339 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTFrom Humble Beginnings to Business SuccessIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, host Nick Gemmell interviews Dustin Kucher, the owner of Dark Ark Welding. They discuss Dustin's journey from humble beginnings to running a successful Indigenous-owned business with 57 employees. The conversation covers the challenges of growing a business in the oil and gas industry, the importance of resilience, and the strategies Dustin employs to maintain quality and safety. They also touch on investment strategies, the significance of personal awareness, and the lessons learned from past failures. Dustin emphasizes the need for hard work, delayed gratification, and focusing on controllable factors to achieve...
2024-12-2039 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTMicro Habits and Addiction
In this episode of the One More Boom podcast, hosts Shawn Miller and Nick Gemmell explore various themes surrounding personal growth, emotional well-being, and the importance of community support. They discuss the challenges of emotional eating, the impact of processed foods, and the significance of micro habits in fostering positive change. The conversation emphasizes the need for self-reflection, accountability, and the role of therapy in navigating life's challenges. Ultimately, the hosts encourage listeners to take small steps towards improvement and to seek support from their communities.TakeawaysThe podcast emphasizes the importance of community and connection.Emotional eating can be...
2024-12-1337 min
Support Pipelines Podcasts with David HermansonSupport Pipelines' Podcast with David Hermanson-Episode 23, Guest Nick Gemmell
Nick Gemmell discusses the launch of his podcast, One More Boom, aimed at providing valuable insights and support to individuals navigating personal and professional challenges. He shares his own experiences with divorce and the importance of building a supportive community for men. The discussion emphasizes the need for a clear vision for the future, the significance of finding a tribe, and the transformative power of fitness and social media in personal development. Nick also outlines future plans for the One More Boom community, focusing on providing resources for growth and well-being. #supportpipelines #canadianenergy #pipeline #pipelineestimating
2024-12-1039 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTCommunication is King on the RoadIn this episode of One More Boom, Shawn Miller and Nick Gemmell discuss their experiences in the pipeline industry, the challenges of transitioning from fieldwork to working from home, and the importance of communication in relationships. They reflect on personal stories, family dynamics, and the significance of understanding love languages to foster better connections. The conversation emphasizes the need for active listening and emotional maturity in relationships, especially when navigating long-distance situations.
Takeaways
You're part of a community that doesn't conform.
We've all experienced the challenges of wanting to help.
I am not built to sit in four walls.
Adjusting...
2024-12-0627 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTFrom Pipelines to Personal Growth w/ David HermansonIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, host Nick Gemmell interviews David Hermanson, a passionate advocate for the pipeline industry. David shares his personal journey from growing up in the industry to navigating various career transitions, emphasizing the importance of mentorship, community support, and resilience in the face of economic challenges. The conversation explores the cultural differences between fieldwork and office life, the impact of family dynamics, and the therapeutic aspects of physical work. David expresses his love for the industry and his aspirations for the future, highlighting the role of social media in job creation and...
2024-11-2938 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTNavigating Career Transitions in the OilfieldIn this episode of the One More Boom podcast, Shawn Miller and Nick Gemmell discuss the importance of community, career transitions, and the value of market research in the oilfield and pipeline industry. They emphasize the need for upskilling, leveraging free resources, and the significance of investing in software and safety management. The conversation also touches on reverse engineering career goals, building in public, and taking action during economic downturns to ensure personal and professional growth.
Takeaways
You're part of a community that doesn't settle for the status quo.
2024-11-2238 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTOverseas/Family & CompletionsIn this episode, Nick Gemmell and Shawn Miller delve into Shawn's life journey, exploring his early experiences, career challenges, and the importance of communication in family dynamics. They discuss the impact of mentorship, the struggles of finding fulfillment in work, and the significance of intentional living and future goals. The conversation highlights the evolution of relationships and the value of community support.
Takeaways
Shawn left home at a young age, shaping his independence.
Communication is crucial for maintaining family relationships.
Transitioning from a high-paced job...
2024-11-1539 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTBeer Money to PipelineIn this conversation, Nick Gemmell shares his journey from a young welder seeking beer money to becoming a successful rig welder and inspector. He discusses the challenges he faced, including personal struggles and the importance of mentorship and community support.
The conversation delves into his experiences with cognitive behavioral therapy and the impact of addiction recovery on his life.
Nick emphasizes the significance of open communication within families and the need for supportive communities to foster personal growth and resilience.
Takeaways
Nick started welding to earn beer money.
Transitioning from welding to inspection was a significant career move.
Personal...
2024-11-0847 minONE MORE BOOM PODCASTOne More Boom Intro for Oilfield and PipelinersSummary
In this episode of the One More Boom podcast, hosts Nick Gemmell and Shawn Miller discuss their motivations for starting the podcast, emphasizing the importance of community, mentorship, and personal growth.
They share personal experiences from their careers in the oil field, highlighting the challenges faced and the lessons learned.
The conversation focuses on the need for resilience, the value of fast implementation in business, and the significance of building a supportive community for individuals seeking to improve their lives and careers.
Takeaways
2024-10-2929 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTStranger in Your Own HomeWith 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 part of as well.
Nick talks about some examples as...
2023-09-1623 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTConsistency & ResultsRehab 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 input new habits and behaviours in a world that has been created by the old habits and behaviours.
In today's episode we dive deeper into...
2023-08-1932 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTFacts and RehabLife 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, Shawn, pulls some lessons and some tools that anyone can use and the biggest was having a...
2023-08-1128 min
The Borealis ExperienceEp.14 When you lose everything. w/ Nick GemmellAre you all familiar with the oil and gas industry ??I bet you are :The US consumes more oil than any other country -- 1.85 billion barrels per day. Gasoline makes up 45% of crude oil. Petrochemicals (found in oil) helped produce the electronic device you are reading on right now. Oil is used to create medicine,recreational sports items, and cosmetics.now .. the people who work in Oil and Gas have a very tough life.not only balancing weeks of workload, isolation and self-soothing but to...
2021-04-0238 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTTHE SCIENCE OF MAKING HOLESDawn 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 and has been her passion ever since. Her entire career could have been for nothing if she didn't make the decision to get sober. What...
2021-04-0252 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTTHE MAN IN THE BROWN JACKETWhile 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't get into here but what triggered me was the message at the end...
2021-03-2616 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTWELDING WOMEN SYNDICATETiffany 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 welded all over the US. She does not usually talk about herself, so I am very grateful to be able to have...
2021-03-1942 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTSPRING BREAKUPBeing 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 up with the boys, find time to unwind in the garage.
What happens though when breakup goes 1-8 months an...
2021-03-1223 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTTHE KING EATS FIRSTIn 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 nothing but.
If communicated the right way it can make a relationship bulletproof.
2021-03-0526 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTWHAT'S YOUR BEEF?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 what we have come up with is MEN have to step up and do better and both men an...
2021-02-2645 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTJUST ONE DONUTValentines 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 home and seeing a disaster the day the gas was turned on after the work for the outage was completed and...
2021-02-1916 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTDID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT???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 new house recently,
my welder blew up on this project,
I was drunk almost e...
2021-02-1219 min
Feed the MachineMaster Your "F" Words - The Nick Gemmell InterviewNick Gemmell is known for helping people drowning in life heal their marriages, improve their relationships with their kids, and teaching how (with a few shifts of mindset and action taking) you can have a better life.Nick's Program "Pipe Dream Solution" is easily accessible and focused on educating participants on the F's that matter...topics of Family, Fitness, Fulfillment, and Finances are incorporated into Nick's mission to help you empower yourself to have a better life, and be a better person to the people you love. LEARN MORE ABOUT NICK HERE: Http://pipedreamsolution
2021-02-081h 09PIPE DREAM PODCASTIS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!?!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 sitting behind the truck.
This inspector was pr...
2021-02-0522 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTGET ER' DONE, YOUR KIDS DON'T CAREMost 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 kids before returning to work.
Ho...
2021-01-2917 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTNO WAY AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT!?!?!My synopsis after the completion of a 2 week Pre-Training of my current coaching group embarking on their first Quarter experience in what I call the Apprenticeship Arena.
These men started for various reasons and come from different construction backgrounds.
Their reasons are personal to them and won't be shared but what I will share is what the common themes were.
When the one of the first clients video mission was posted in a private FB group of vulnerability of WHO HE WAS, I shortly after received a message of NO WAY AM I G...
2021-01-2225 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM ANYMOREMy current coaching client and my Mentor did a podcast not too long ago about the process and where my client came from.
I thought it was an absolutely amazing interview and figured my listeners would like to hear this.
Where this client has come from and where he is going is so amazing to watch and hearing his journey from his lens still inspires me to keep pushing him to let go of the old stories he has and to be honest, helps me let go of mine of separation and divorce.
He...
2021-01-1529 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTTHE DAY I DECIDED TO WOBBLEBack in 2007 and 2008 it was absolutely so busy.
The other welder and I decided it was time to WOBBLE for more money,
I was physically vibrating when we were discussing our terms...
actually I was angry.
I had no idea why but I do now.
I was angry because I had no idea how to ask for what I wanted in my marriage and others areas of my life so why would asking for more money be the same.
I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS SO ANGER...
2021-01-0817 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI SEE YOU BROTHERThere is an epidemic on Tik Tok and other social media platforms of MEN reaching out for help. Help for not having their kids during legal battles. Help for going through a divorce. Help for losing their job or a project being delayed and living one missed paycheck away from losing it all. As much as I respect these Men for reaching out, I am noticing a trend. The trend I am noticing is there is no action when they do get advice or when they start getting what they want, they revert back to the same patterns and behaviors...
2021-01-0118 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTELLIS MATE - THE COMEBACKAfter recently being fired by Sirius XM, Jason Ellis, tells me how how this is definitely NOT his lowest point.
From where he came from in Australia to millions of dollars to losing that revenue in a moment, the man knows how to PIVOT and I am personally excited to see this comeback!
Ellis has his podcast, The Jason Ellis Show, now launched by the time this with airs with sponsors and is already back on track to the way to the top and doing it on his terms.
Listening to Ellis so man...
2020-12-2520 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTBED REST TO PERSEVERANCEHave you ever wondered what it would be like to not know if you would live or die OR LOOSE A LIMB?
Carrie Creed has spent more days than she can count in that space and decided she had a choice.
Due to an extraordinarily complex medical issues in her first semester of college she had to make the choice, to let the disease WIN or choose to be grateful for the disease and create her own REALITY where she chose to mentally beat the disease and it eventually became that reality.
130 days...
2020-12-1852 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTLAY OF THE LAND!Going from Retail to Survey Party Chief to Independent Artist Consultant has been the path of Jesse Curtis.
All he knew was he felt the need to make more money when he was offered a starting position as rod man on a pipeline
and took it.
During that time he got a girlfriend and worked all over the country.
Now in my experience, Surveyors can be a crazy bunch and it seems that Jesse was able to manage his 6 years very
well and had a plan to save his mon...
2020-12-1156 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTREBUILDING A LIFEDr. Chris Zaino is a world-renowned speaker, author, entrepreneur, and HERO. After winning Mr. America in 1998, and being a leader in the fitness industry, he found himself defying a deadly disease in his late 20's.
Dr. Zaino leveraged his experience to establish one of the largest health and wellness clinics in the world, seeing thousands of patients per week (yes, per week).
Teaching mindset and health principles has allowed thousands of people to finally receive results where other health and medical systems failed them in the past.
Now an international speaker, author, and min...
2020-12-0435 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTCRACK ME UP, DOC!!Dr. Lance McAfee is a Chiropractor whose practice is approx. 50% oil and gas professionals in Sylvan Lake, Alberta Canada. He sees first hand the mental and physical consequences of both the Men or Women who chooses to work away as well as the partner/kids who stay at home. You would think these kind of Doctors would only want you in and out after they deal with the physical problems his patients come in with but the reason Dr. Lance wanted to come on the podcast was to show a lot of the issues that come with the body...
2020-11-2741 min
Oil and Gas HSENick Gemmell on Oil and Gas HSE – OGHSE129This podcast takes on a different twist focusing on mental health as Russell interviews, Nick Gemmell, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and founder of Pipe Dream Solution providing lifestyle coaching for the oil and gas professional. Nick shares his own personal story of redemption and how he’s helping others find theirs.
Contact Nick Gemmell and Learn more about the special program at these links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickgemmell
https://www.linkedin.com/company/pipe-dream-solution
www.pipedreamsolution.com
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Contact Russell Stewart via LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/russell-stewart-podcast-host
Visit Endress+H...
2020-11-2000 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTAS CUSTOM AS IT GETS!!Sean Flottman has been in the fabrication industry as a welder for 20 years.
He has seen so many changes in his career and has had to adapt.
Everything from the welding processes he has chosen to learn, to the changes in his life after his choice to get sober 5 years ago.
To keep his hands busy, he up'd his game in his backyard METAL ART to find a way to connect with his daughter more.
His side hustle could very well be his main hustle but because of his online presence b...
2020-11-2028 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTWHAT YOU DO TODAY AFFECTS TOMORROWThere are certain things we choose to do everyday.
Some of them help us....some of them hinder us.
The things that we think are helping us and making us feel good on a daily basis may actually be hindering us.
The parable of the day....
WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS TOMORROW is more to help you realize that you are seeking instant gratification.
The lesson of the day....
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT WILL...
AFFECT TOMORROW.
If you c...
2020-11-1316 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTGO AHEAD....FIRE ME!!Dr. Monique Andrews and Dr. Tamara MacIntyre started The Prana Foundation after necessity.
They were asked to leave their positions doing what they thought were their dream jobs in California.
Their whole life came crashing down when this happened and forced to move back to Canada.
With their backs against a wall, what does a Neuroscientist and a Chiropractor do?
They pulled themselves of the PIT and went to work building their dream where they now mentor young professionals to build their dreams while they get to live theirs.
In...
2020-11-0552 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTNAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS IN OIL & GASI decided to reach out to Alaya Rain to be on the podcast since trying to navigate dating after after 17 years with the same person and have just not been able to figure things out.
What we did end up talking about was what are some ways we can keep the relationships we have be it marriages or dating while living this oilfield lifestyle.
There is so much value in what she discusses and has insight into especially after she lived this lifestyle having went through a divorce as well.
Having gone through the...
2020-10-3050 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTLEAVING MEAT ON THE BONEToday's discussion is with the Owner and Head Coach of the Men of Iron, Dr. Ryan P. Doyle.
In the Pipe Dream Solution by Men of Iron, we set TARGETS in all 4 areas every single quarter.
We set them in our;
FITNESS
FUEL(Fulfillment)
FAMILY
FINANCES
We are usually pretty good in the Oil and Gas space at making money when there is money to be made...
BUT what about the rest of our lives.
IN THIS GAME YOU CANNOT HIDE. WE...
2020-10-2321 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTSTRENGTH ON THE ROADI have found that working on the road is the quickest way to let your body go in the midst of 12-16hr days,
poor food choices bouncing from town to town,
excuses to not work out coming from all over,
and so many more excuses why we let our bodies go to hell in the pursuit of our dream of Freedom coming from the working the TRADES and OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.
Daniel DeBrock is a strength coach with over eight years of experience in the field. He has coached athletes ranging from beginner to powerlifting world champions, national champion BMX racers...
2020-10-1653 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTKICKSTARTER -- BACK TO THE BEGINNING1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIPE DREAM PODCAST.
Not only do we have new theme music by the Ghost Inside...
We have been spreading this message of learning to BUILD YOUR PIPE DREAM for an entire year.
We have interviewed some fricken amazing individuals who have dropped some unbelievable content of HERO STORIES AND TOOLS OF RESILIENCE which is so important in the times we are currently living in.
In this episode I run through my story and introduce myself as so many new people are being introduced daily to this movement and may or may not who I am or w...
2020-10-0946 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTI'M ALL INToday's guest is a man who has put in the WORK.
Jeff is a Scaffolder by trade who owns his own Scaffold Company in Lethbridge, Upper Limit Scaffolding, while working away at a facility in the Oilsands in Fort McMurray.
He signed up when I first put my out my offer for online coaching clients at a time when it was it was either pack his bags in his marriage or do something about it.
He chose to fight for his marriage and himself.
We discuss the PIT and where he started when we started working together to where he is...
2020-10-0253 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTPAIN TO PROFITToday's guest is someone very special to me.
She was one of the first mentors that I looked to when I wanted to start selling myself online and the message we are spreading in this space of personal development in the Oil and Gas space. Not to mention her Webinar training I took of hers helped me launch a webinar in a week and actually filled the seats.
Such a weird dynamic, I am not gonna lie.
Nicole coming from being a high school math teacher to a Sales Coach and myself a Tradesman learning to navigate all of this to...
2020-09-2544 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTDRAGGING UP!!
Has this ever happened?
You wake up in the morning…
You come back from lunch to work…
And you just have this feeling of I am done!
I have had enough.
In the oilpatch, we call this DRAGGING UP.
You are to the point where you cannot take anymore and just say I am done and quit.
Or another offer comes and you don’t even think and take it to leave the job or contract you currently have.
Living this l...
2020-09-1823 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTPURPOSE BASED BUSINESSI have been excited for interviews before but not like this one.
The accomplishments that Chelsey has been able to crush to date have been nothing pure inspiring and amazing in the Oil/Gas sector, pharmaceuticals and now in a new start up venture with Chiron Group.
www.chirongroup.ca
All of this started in the concrete industry where she learned some valuable lessons where people shortly mistaken her for the new girl on the crew when she was actually the boss as her work ethic was nothing short of determined.
In this episode we discuss her first thoughts of the...
2020-09-111h 13PIPE DREAM PODCASTOLD DOG, NEW TRICKSHad a discussion with an plant operator today onsite and the discussion of retirement came up.
In a matter of seconds, we are talking about his divorce and now how he needs to work till he is 80 because of the financial ruin this left him in.
Should have been a good conversation topic when this came up discussing how another operator is retiring in a couple of weeks but I was wrong.
What this conversation taught me is you never know what is happening inside someone's house.
This man was ready...
2020-09-0421 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI JUST DON'T WANT TO F'KN DO THIS!𝙄 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝙁'𝙆𝙉 𝘿𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎...
𝘏𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙐𝙍𝘽𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵.
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘌𝘕 𝘖𝘍 𝘐𝘙𝘖𝘕, 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘙𝟹𝟹𝘋𝘖𝘔 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘔𝘜𝘓𝘈 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘎𝘙𝘈𝘔, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺.
𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯.
𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝟻... 𝟷𝟶... 𝟸𝟶... 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸... 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭?
𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵?
𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝟻𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯?
𝘎𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝟻𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯.
𝘚𝘐𝘛 𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘙𝘌𝘓𝘈𝘟 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘓𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘕 𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘖𝘋𝘈𝘠'𝘚 𝘛𝘈𝘓𝘌 𝘍𝘙𝘖𝘔 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘏.
2020-08-2821 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTSTOP...JUST STOP!!𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮... 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙥...𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥....
𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘰𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭.
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴...
𝙉𝙊 𝙁𝙐𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘼. 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳... 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳!!
𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘶𝘱.
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦..
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦.
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴.
𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨.
𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙐𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙏𝙃 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙀𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆𝙎 𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙔𝙊𝙐.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝?
𝙎𝙄𝙏 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙍𝙀𝙇𝘼𝙓 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙉 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔'𝙎 𝙏𝘼𝙇𝙀 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙃
2020-08-2108 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTLOOKOUT LITTLE GOPHER!!!Almost ran over a gopher today.
That little bastard had a choice,
Keep going or look up and see what was coming at him.
Just like ass down heads up at work.
How many times do you look up from the grind to see what is actually going on?
Most of us are really good at making money…
But do you ever look up to see what is truly going on?
Are you overweight?
Do you do anything to fill your cup?
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2020-08-1513 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTWHAT THE FUCK IS A LONG WEEKEND?!?!Being a long weekend this past weekend, families were abundant in the town I am in and I was triggered by a family having breakfast one morning at the hotel.
We do not get weekends off like most people.
We do not get vacations like most people either.
I was triggered because I was reminded of all of the vacations we never took.
I was triggered because of all the memories we made when the kids were young.
My ex and I were focused on making money and had the...
2020-08-0712 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTWHY CAN’T I F’N SWIM?!?!?Swimming with the kids on the weekend was so amazing.
What it reminded me of was a motorcycle trip years ago where these little kids swam across this lake we we were at....
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Sounds like a good idea we thought.
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We should follow them over to a rope swing.
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Turns out this was a terrible idea.
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The kids were able swim across no problem and I had to be picked up by a guy on a canoe because I was struggling so bad.
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This feeling of helplessness was felt again swimming to a dock on the weekend with my kids.
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Just like in...
2020-07-3112 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTMISSED ANOTHER BIRTHDAYToday could have gone one of 2 ways, I could feel guilt and shame by working away again and missing my daughter's birthday or I could take this opportunity to sit down and think of what my daughter's VALUES actually could be. Then to use these values to plan things that when I actually see her this weekend, we can go do things that actually light her on fire!! So many times we focus on the negative and we can't see out of our own little box. Yes....I'm sure she would have liked it if I was home for her...
2020-07-2310 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI THOUGHT I HAD ONE MORE PAIR OF UNDERWEAR!?!?!Officially back to work.
WTF does that mean now??
I had my days organized down to a T when I was at home during all of the COVID crap.
Now I have no rhythm, no flow.
What that meant this week is when I reached into my hockey bag full of clothes expecting to pull out another pair of underwear, I was met with nothing.
I knew for the past 3 days that I was running low but did I do anything about it!
Absolutely NOT!!
Jus...
2020-07-1710 min
PIPE DREAM PODCAST$1500 CAR TO PURE FIRETHIS MEETING IS BORING!!!!!!!
How many times have that been said for a mandatory safety meeting or a meeting of the minds in an IVORY TOWER somewhere?
How many times have you walked into a meeting only to not hear a word the presenter says because you feel you already know what they are going to say but feel you have heard the message a million times?
This was a major problem in a physical meeting and now in a world of virtual meetings with people with their videos turned off completing another task or surfing instagram and Tik Tok, get...
2020-07-1054 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTWHAT IS MEN/WOMEN OF IRON?Today we introduce Dr. Ryan P. Doyle.
Dr. Ryan is a WARRIOR trained coach, Chiropractor and owner of MEN/WOMEN OF IRON.
We discuss his journey from being home every night, to almost burning his life down training and competing in triathlons, while building a practice.
We lived together 20 years ago and he went from having to crawl home to his parents after we had too much of a good time and he recognized he needed to make a drastic change to get the life he wanted, only to build it up to try to tear it all down.
This is w...
2020-07-0138 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTTHE CANADIAN GRIZZLYIt was my honor to have Russell on the show today to hear his point of view and how RESILIENCE has been a major theme in Russell's life and how Russell was a major contributor to getting my ass back into the gym again after almost 15 years away from any physical activity that did not have to do with work.
MMA Pro Trainer and Strength Coach, Russell Peel, discusses a variety of topics that include training a pro athlete from the beginning to greatness and surviving the earthquake and tsunami in Japan back in 2011 where he was an english teacher a...
2020-06-2650 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTIT'S ALL B.S.Dr. Jason Richardson is a pro bmx athlete, physcologist, coach of athletes, and author of the book IT'S ALL B.S.
In today's episode, we discuss how his book can help transform your life and how it ties into the mindset required to live on the road living this oilfield lifestyle.
Dr. Jason coaches some very amazing athletes in their given fields and in business as well. He is one of the business co-coaches in an Inner Circle that I am in and his insight is always appreciated and I look forward to our meetings.
Being an athlete and a phyc...
2020-06-1948 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTIRON MINDSETWhat is an IRON MINDSET and why is relevant to living your Pipe Dream?
In today's episode, Chris Duffin, engineer, one of the strongest men to ever live on this planet, author of the Eagle and Dragon and also owner of Kabuki Strength explains just that.
Chris is a huge proponent of tradesman and has fun with all sorts of projects building epic off-road vehicles.
We talk about his book and how growing up in a "DIFFERENT" childhood than most and the tools he has gained to be the first person to DEADLIFT and SQUAT 1000lbs for REPS in the h...
2020-06-1249 min
PIPE DREAM PODCASTPAIN TO PURPOSEOn today's episode we dive deep with Amberly Lago is a health and wellness coach, TEDx speaker, and a leading expert in the field of resilience and transformation. She is the best-selling author of “True Grit and Grace” and empowers people around the world by sharing her story how she turned a tragedy into triumph.
Through her book, coaching methods, and workshops she has curated unique tools to teach others how to tap into their superpower of resilience and persevere through any of life’s challenges. She offers hope and solutions for anyone (like her) living in chronic pain to live li...
2020-06-0551 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTGOD DAMN THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HURT MY BACKMost of us think we are really good at just letting life happen to us. What I would like you to consider is what would actually happen if you planned your next quarter and next week. Just like the trainer plans your workouts, what if you planned your life just like you plan your daily tasks at work. Starting a new fitness regime that makes me so scared to step into by trusting the process and then putting in the work is so amazingly difficult for me to give into but I in doing so.....I am reaping the benefits...
2020-05-2910 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTLEARNING TO BREATHE AGAINJeremy Smerek used to work the service rigs, lived the biker lifestyle, found his passion in carpentry and has been running his own company following his passion of renovating and building homes for for others for 13 years now. His whole life he could not figure out why Relationships would not work out. The same patterns showing up and showing up. Jeremy finally agreed to come the Men of Iron FORGE in Victoria this past January and found none of this is about making others happy. If he did not love himself there is no way he can feel anything from...
2020-05-2246 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTPIPELINE LIFEDean Nimmo is a Journeyman Pipefitter that is now an Area Manager for a major Oil and Gas company in Alberta, Canada. Dean has worked in a variety of positions to work up the ladder from project manager, at 35 going to get his journeyman pipefitter ticket, to now an Area Manager. His resilience and insight of asking for help at the end of his marriage, to working up the ladder in this type of environment are very inspiring and something everyone in the industry should hear. I welded on a project that Dean was a PM on over 10 years ago...
2020-05-1523 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTRESILIENCE LEADERSHIP IN THE OILPATCHDr. TARYN MARIE STEJSKAL is the Chief Resilience Officer of her own company and a corporate executive at a global Fortune 50 company, heading up leadership development, a writer, a Mom, an athlete, an international traveler, and a philanthropist. Dr. TARYN has proved she knows what it takes to be resilient having to deal with the after affects of a stalker as a teenager and the journey she took from a family therapist to leading some of the most prominent leaders in the world is truly amazing. I was curious how RESILIENCE LEADERSHIP ties to the oilpatch and everything from being...
2020-05-0850 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTERECTING INTEGRITY"ERECTING INTEGRITY".......
Building TEMPORARY STRUCTURES for other trades to perform their work.
Heath Kai is a father, husband, Journeyman scaffolder/carpenter who discusses the struggles of building these temporary structures for a career and how that can tie to your life.
We discuss what implementing the Fr33dom Formula tools and fueled by the Men of Iron has done to gain traction during this time of his life in the Midlife Triangle of Chaos.
Things are only getting started for this amazing individual and his story is one of a family history of Ironworkers and his pride in the industry b...
2020-05-011h 10PIPE DREAM PODCASTDIVORCED DADWe can only deal with what we contributed to the end of a marriage.
Luke 'THE DUKE' Spicer is as blue collar as it gets and makes the majority of his money by owning a concrete company and has a few other businesses also.
As a CAGE FIGHTER and a man of many faces; Luke had to deal with his biggest challenge at the end of his marriage.
Why was I unhappy he asked?
Why am do I not feel fulfilled?
In this space, he has found his recipe and has found it is up to him to make that ha...
2020-04-2449 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTCHRONICLES OF A PIPE DREAM - SPEECH AT COAA WEBINARIn today's episode, I did a talk at a Webinar the COAA(Construction Owners Association of Alberta) and tied the importance of leading yourself and being resilient in times of crisis like COVID, to what we do everyday working away in the oilpatch. I discussed how I dealt with my separation and the DAILY habits, I have implemented to live an actual full and balanced lifestyle still living this lifestyle we love and are proud to be in. Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-04-1721 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTSATORI ANANDAWe all have the choice of making a decision in life. Michael is an engineer that has now transformed his life after having the choice to continue down the same unhappy path that led to his to his separation with his wife, or look within himself to see what truly inspires him, what truly sets his soul on fire and most importantly make a life that makes sense to him. This is all discussed in his new book coming out soon SATORI ANANDA - AWAKEN TO HAPPINESS. Sit back and relax and listen to TODAY'S TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-04-1046 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTBEING EXPOSEDWhat I am seeing with this entire pandemic and looking around to how others are acting and reacting was just like what happened at the end of my marriage and just like a lot of people I am being EXPOSED in business and relationships. When you don't put in the time to cultivate the relationships you want and have a safety net of your job how does that make you feel. We have defined ourselves in a a certain way but when that is taken away like losing your job, like being at home all of the time with your...
2020-04-0317 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTSTAYING GROUNDEDUnbelievably crazy times. Now that I have daily habits aligned with my values, it is very hard for me outside forces to knock me off course. When I did not have that structure it was very easy for the midlife triangle of chaos to pull me off course and want to sedate. The daily game of the core 4 of doing something for my body, being, balance and business pulls your entire life together. Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-03-2714 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTUggghhh........I NEED TO GET READY FOR THIS!!Skiing again on the weekend with my son caused a lot of thoughts and emotions. Physically and mentally drained from working long shifts and hours. I was asked to ski some terrain that I was not prepared for. Just like in my marriage, there was no one coming to save me as I was sitting in some crusty powder section in the trees. I did not prepare for this skiing session with proper sleep and nutrition. In my marriage, I did not prepare by seminars and couples counseling. It was my duty to ask for help when I needed it...
2020-03-2015 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTBAND OF BROTHERSA discussion with Dr. Ryan P. Doyle and Jim Chester. 3 MEN OF IRON sitting down discussing things most men won't talk about. Dealing with how we how not putting not the deposits in relationships and our life. How the MEN OF IRON is changing my life, in all aspects of my life. Seeing life as happening for me and not to me. Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-03-1322 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI'M GONNA SMASH THIS _____ THING!!Ever have one of those days where everything is going sweet and according to plan and expectations when all of a sudden, something pops up that consumes you and makes you drift off course. In the process, you stop paying attention to everything else around you and buying your head in the sand and not paying attention to anything else around you. Today was just one of those days, just like in my marriage, I put my head in the sand and never looked up. Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-03-0611 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTLOOK BACK, LOOK BACK, LOOK BACK, UP THE MOUNTAIN!!How many times do we actually step back to look at what we have accomplished? I was always a man that looked at what I thought I needed in the future to make me happy, the crazy part is, none of it did. Skiing with my son and spending time with my daughter this weekend reminded me of that. Looking to the future and something that is beyond our control only causes anxiety and depression. My kids and this mountain last weekend reminded me of that. Mindfulness, FACTS AND FEELINGS are seriously a game changer if you want a fullfilling...
2020-02-2809 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTAPPLICATION OF THE CODEWhen something bothers you and have no idea why, or do not want to deal it, you spin all these stories as to why it is what it is. In living the code, FACTS X FEELINGS + RELEVANT = RESULTS, you cannot hide from the facts and spin your bullshit stories. When you are isolated and feel you have no one to turn to, the application of the CODE at least gives you a place to check in with yourself and deal with those FACTS. Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-02-2112 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTGOD DAMN THIS TRAIN ROLLS SMOOTHI had a choice to not put in any maintenance into myself or my relationships while living a super difficult live of isolation working away. Now that I am putting in the maintenance is it CLEAR where I need to ask for help when I do not have the proper tools to fix myself. Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-02-1412 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTTOILET BOWL OF SHITTY PAPERTriggers are a magical thing. At the office there was a guy who would leave the toilet a mess and the second day I saw this it pissed me off. This had nothing to do with the shitty bowl of paper but it was a trigger for me to when I let chaos run my life and not dealing with my problems. SIT BACK AND RELAX AND LISTEN TO TODAY'S TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-02-0710 minPIPE DREAM PODCAST#OILFIELDWIFEHey my brothers, you have heard my story of being away and how I dealt with this lifestyle of working on the road living the oilfield life. Today I had the pleasure of having an interview with Oilfield WIFE, Shelby Jean. She is an amazing women doing amazing things all while her husband is grinding away making a living in this GAME as well. She knows the life not only being married to a oilfield husband but she was also in the industry before they met. It is so nice to hear the other side because I was oblivious to...
2020-01-3155 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTMAN OF IRONA discussion with Jim Chester. This brother in ARMS that I have ended up connecting with in the MEN OF IRON movement, has changed both our lives forever. Our decisions in our lives GOOD AND BAD have landed us here. I love this BROTHER and we have connected for a reason. In this episode, we discuss how this movement has moved us out of our darkest time in our lives. Sit back and RELAX and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-01-2455 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTMAKING BANKIn the oilpatch, making money is the easy part, if you have a good work ethic. In this chaos I created to make money how does that apply to my values and 90 day targets?? In being one dimensional you push in ways to expand one area. I was really good at body and business, but only at one at a time, leaving the rest to crumble to the ground. In knowing my values now and having clear targets in all areas of my life can I make space to work toward actual PEACE. There is always going to be obstacles...
2020-01-1715 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTSniper MindsetRunning around the country side chasing bank can be amazing and fulfilling for a while.
That is one area of your life.
What if there was a way to organize your thoughts and your feelings on CLEAR and concise targets that are aligned with your values and your mission and where you want to go in your life?
Pushing you to expand your limits.
I was never a fan of NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS as I now i know why! My brain is so scattered as it is without the need to add some bullshit GOALS to the mix. Now I...
2020-01-1014 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTJust BeingStarting from the beginning to the end.........to the buildup...........Sit back and relax and listen to today's TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2020-01-0346 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTMy First TattooI settled for going to an artist that I knew probably wouldn’t be the best fit because I had shiny object syndrome. I had something in my mind I wanted and wasn’t even sure that was exactly what I wanted. I wanted a tattoo but I was vague in what I wanted and ran to the first opening I could get instead of waiting for the guy that I really wanted to and get specific about what I wanted. This holiday season there is tons of shiny objects that rush us into getting things just to get things. Wher...
2019-12-2711 min
The Health Fix PodcastEp 162: How Business Travel Causes Disconnection from Self & Family – Nick GemmellAt first glance the allure of business travel looks fun and glamorous. Seeing new cities, exploring new regions, & trying out new cuisine. Unfortunately, many men and women who travel for long periods of time for work lose connection with themselves, friends & families. Whether you travel for a large corporation or you're working for yourself in the oil patches of Canada traveling for business affects you, your relationships & your family. Nick Gemmell, the Awakened Tradesman, knows what this is like and is sharing his story with the world so that no tradesman suffers in silence and hits rock bottom like he...
2019-12-2445 minThe Health Fix PodcastEp 162: How Business Travel Causes Disconnection from Self & Family – Nick GemmellAt first glance the allure of business travel looks fun and glamorous. Seeing new cities, exploring new regions, & trying out new cuisine. Unfortunately, many men and women who travel for long periods of time for work lose connection with themselves, friends & families. Whether you travel for a large corporation or you're working for yourself in the oil patches of Canada traveling for business affects you, your relationships & your family. Nick Gemmell, the Awakened Tradesman, knows what this is like and is sharing his story with the world so that no tradesman suffers in silence and hits rock bottom like he...
2019-12-2445 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTPattern DisruptsWhen stuck in the midlife triangle of chaos of spouse, kids and business it is easy to lose yourself. In losing yourself you are stuck in this hamster wheel that you feel you can’t get out of. I finally made the decision to go away to rehab in Thailand months ago for my pattern disruption and was inspired by others recently in their story of pattern disrupts. It is easy to feel comfortable in sedation and your own chaos because that is what you created but I challenged myself to change my way of thinking by leaving everything I kn...
2019-12-2012 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTMoving RocksHow many times did I just things around in life just to make life work. Just to exist instead of strategically looking at what I truly wanted. In stepping back and looking at why my business is not what I sent out to have because my Being and my relationships were failing me. I lost sight of what I truly wanted in life and was just MOVING ROCKS to try to make life work. Sit back and relax and listen to today’s TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2019-12-1313 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTRun and Hide!!!There is so many times throughout the day we sedate to not deal with what is actually going in our life. What the problem with that is when that becomes a way of life on a constant basis to RUN AND HIDE, we burn everything to the ground without even noticing the damage in all of our relationships over time. In the daily actions now and the Men of Iron have I found that sedation and drifting from what I do not want to deal with my relationships. In looking at the FACTS of working away from home and the...
2019-12-0614 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTSITTING IN MY THOUGHTSThe revelation today is who wants to SIT IN THEIR OWN THOUGHTS. I am not a spiritual person by nature but the events over the past year has had me take a more mindful approach to life and realize there is something bigger than me, bigger than my EGO. Meditation and mindfulness has been a game changer to slow down these self destructive thoughts and course correct. Seeing life for what it is and the gifts that come from seeing events happening for US and not to US by sitting in those thoughts has allowed me to reframe the stories...
2019-11-2912 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTIt’s My BODY. I will do what I WANT!!!!Over a decade of letting my body fall apart working on the road caused me to totally let my body fall apart to the point I could barley tie my shoes without breathing heavy after being an athlete all of my life.
This cause me to totally go the opposite direction and quit drinking almost entirely and get a personal trainer. What I did not know is I was using this as a cross addiction from stopping drinking which caused my whole world to implode when it was all that I could think about, dream about. This c...
2019-11-2214 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI am BETTER THAN!!!!!!40 years of not even knowing what my values were had shaken my life to it’s CORE.
In hiding behind my thoughts of I AM BETTER THAN and not looking at what was RELEVANT to my life for reasons of not wanting to deal with the reality that was around me.
I thought going to work and making money was serving everyone in my family but never looking at the FACT I was growing more and more distant from everyone in my life.
Now in looking at the FACTS, associating feelings towards those FACTS...
2019-11-1514 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTOk that's what a FEELING is. So NOW WHAT?In the last episode we looked at the FACTS behind what I allowed to happen. When it came time to actually address those FACTS of my life, I had no idea what FEELINGS were and how to process them and once I started to an entire new life has emerged. The question is what do we do with these FEELINGS now that we have addressed what the FACTS of our life is actually doing to us.
Sit back and RELAX and enjoy and TALE FROM THE TRENCH.
2019-11-0813 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTI'm Going Home, Why Can't I FEEL Anything?????In my experience there has been times in my life working away from my family where I would come home after a long hitch away and I should be happy to be going but I just did not FEEL anything. Not happy, not sad, just nothing inside. If I had of looked at the FACTS behind why this was going on maybe I could have recognized this was happening to me and why. When we are not looking at the FACTS in anything in our life, we will tell ourselves STORIES that do not serve us and eventually mess...
2019-11-0113 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTThe PitIn the hustle of life of being alone on the ROAD, working away to provide for your family, I lost myself and found that I had been in the proverbial PIT for so many years now. Just running on a treadmill thinking I was doing the right thing in business and at home. Boy was I was so wrong. After I lost everything, I was forced to look inside at what the REAL problem was, and it was ME. I was the problem. Stuck in old habits and old ways of thinking that did not serve me and brought...
2019-10-2514 minPIPE DREAM PODCASTHow the ____ did I End UP HERE??!!In the pursuit of providing a better life for my Family choosing to live the Pipeline Lifestyle and in not dealing with my SHIT, I ended up burning my life to the ground.
In this inaugural episode of the Pipe Dream Podcast I explain a little on how I ended up Burning it all down. Just because I have passion for THIS WORK, didn't mean I didn't have to become so disconnected from the outside world and have this happen to my family and myself.
Sit back and relax and listen to today's Tale From th...
2019-10-1803 min
EXPANSION CAST - Roger MetzXI - NICK GEMMELL - On the Other Side of Oilfield Camp LifeNick Gemmell joins the Expanded Cast of guests and discusses life on the other side of waking up from an avoidant life in the matrix. After a separation, and realizing he doesn't know his family, Nick seeks support from a Hope Rehab - a retreat group in Thailand.
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