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PIPE DREAM PODCAST
by Shawn Miller, Nick Gemmell
All of us started out in the oilpatch with PIPE DREAMS and aspirations of what this lifestyle can bring. At one time the most viable industry in our country. Downturns and recessions have allowed us as MEN to hide and sedate from the REAL problems. I personally did not look at the FACTS and address my FEELINGS properly and sedated to the point my wife left me and my kids did not know me. This podcast is committing to describe how I burned my life to the ground and in the process share with you how I found myself again and learning to have a full life and leaving the bullshit story behind.
Episodes
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Intention While on the Road or Doing your Own Thing
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…
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Perseverance in the Oilfield
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...
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Dealing With it All
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...
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The Cost of Money and Time
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…
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Accountability and Leadership
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...
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Stranger in Your Own Home
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...
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Consistency & Results
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...
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Facts and Rehab
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...
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PIPE DREAM PODCAST - 2.0 - RELAUNCH
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…
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MESSAGE TO MY CLIENTS
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.
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BLONDE CHICK IN THE OILFIELD
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,...
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NEVER DOING WHAT YOU SAY
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…
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NO DAUGHTER OF MINE!!
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...
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CLASH OF THE SEXES
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...
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THRIVING IN THE PERMAIN
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...
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THE SCIENCE OF MAKING HOLES
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…
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THE MAN IN THE BROWN JACKET
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...
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WELDING WOMEN SYNDICATE
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...
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SPRING BREAKUP
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...
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THE KING EATS FIRST
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...
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WHAT'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…
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JUST ONE DONUT
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...
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DID 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…
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IS 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...
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GET ER' DONE, YOUR KIDS DON'T CARE
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…
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NO 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…
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I REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM ANYMORE
My 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...
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THE DAY I DECIDED TO WOBBLE
Back 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...
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I SEE YOU BROTHER
There 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…
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ELLIS MATE - THE COMEBACK
After 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…
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BED REST TO PERSEVERANCE
Have 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...
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LAY 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…
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REBUILDING A LIFE
Dr. 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...
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CRACK 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...
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AS 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…
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WHAT YOU DO TODAY AFFECTS TOMORROW
There 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…
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GO 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…
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NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS IN OIL & GAS
I 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...
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LEAVING MEAT ON THE BONE
Today'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…
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STRENGTH ON THE ROAD
I 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…
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KICKSTARTER -- BACK TO THE BEGINNING
1 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...
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I'M ALL IN
Today'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...
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PAIN TO PROFIT
Today'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...
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DRAGGING 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…
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PURPOSE BASED BUSINESS
I 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...
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OLD DOG, NEW TRICKS
Had 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...
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I 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...
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STOP...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...
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LOOKOUT 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...
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WHAT 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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
All of us started out in the oilpatch with PIPE DREAMS and aspirations of what this lifestyle can bring. At one time the most viable industry in our country. Downturns and recessions have allowed us as MEN to hide and sedate from the REAL problems. I personally did not look at the FACTS and address my FEELINGS properly and sedated to the point my wife left me and my kids did not know me. This podcast is committing to describe how I burned my life to the ground and in the process share with you how I found myself again and learning to have a full life and leaving the bullshit story behind.
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Shawn Miller, Nick Gemmell
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All of us started out in the oilpatch with PIPE DREAMS and aspirations of what this lifestyle can bring. At one time the most viable industry in our country. Downturns and recessions have allowed us as MEN to hide and sedate from the REAL problems. I personally did not look at the FACTS and address...
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