Sparky Life
On Your Construction Network, welcome to The Sparky Life with Lia Lamela - Your Escape Route from Dead-End Jobs!
Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Hate your current career? Discover how skilled trades can transform your life - delivered with humor, real talk, and zero BS. If you already in the skilled trades transform your career with real stories, expert insights, and proven strategies from industry professionals who've built successful careers in the construction industry.
What You'll Get:
Career change strategies for people stuck in unfulfilling jobs
How to go from broke to building wealth in the skilled trades
Safety tips that could save your life and career (with a laugh)
Real stories from people who escaped corporate hell for trades heaven
Business growth advice for contractors and entrepreneurs
Industry insights delivered with humor
Perfect for anyone ready to ditch the cubicle, stop living paycheck to paycheck, and build a career that actually pays the bills - and then some. From office drone to skilled trades success - we'll show you the way (with a lot of laughs).
New episodes bi-weekly featuring the stories, and strategies that matter most to your success.
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Episodes
150 episodes
Why doesn't anybody tell women about construction careers?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.If you're tired of dead-end jobs, payc...
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Season 2
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Episode 143
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18:47
The 2 Milwaukee Tools Every Electrician Needs Right Now
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.This episode of Tool Time with Lia, I ...
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Season 2
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Episode 142
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10:53
What Is the Secret to Earning More In Construction?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.What if the difference between earnin...
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Season 2
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Episode 141
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44:27
Who Saves Lives Every Day
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!When disaster strikes, everyone sees the firefighters and first responders—but what about the invisible...
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Season 2
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Episode 140
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10:24
Why you don’t need passion—you need a plan
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!Ever wake up and wonder, “Is this really all there is?” You’re grinding, you’re exhausted, and yet it feel...
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Season 2
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Episode 139
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11:21
How Did She Get a VP Job Without Applying?! | Jennifer Harrison - SupplyHouse VP
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!🎧 In this episode:This week on Sparky Life, we’re breaking barriers — and glass ceilings — with Jenni...
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Season 2
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Episode 138
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35:53
How The Coalition is Solving the Skilled Trades Crisis
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!Meet Mark Hedstrom: Executive Director of Skilled Careers Coalition, skilled trades champion.
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Season 1
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Episode 137
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45:16
What Happens When Your Mentor Is Inappropriate? Episode 3 of Series
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!🎧 In this episode:Welcome back to Sparky Life, where Lia pulls back the curtain on one of the darkest...
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Season 2
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Episode 136
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10:04
How I Broke into the Trades with Zero Experience
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Here helping people actually make the leap into skilled trades—especially those who feel s...
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Season 2
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Episode 135
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12:04
Here’s What Nobody Tells You About the Trades? | Episode 2 of Series
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!In this episode:This week on Sparky Life, Lia dives into one of the most hones...
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Season 2
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Episode 134
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12:27
Why Building Stuff is the Real Antidepressant: Fruit Loops, Brains & the Skilled Trades
Every skilled professional need the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Ever wonder why you feel like a rockstar after nailing a tricky install? Turns out, your brain is literally...
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Season 2
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Episode 133
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13:48
How I went from Living in a Women's Shelter to making Six figures? | Episode 1 of Series
Every skilled professional need the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Welcome back to Sparky Life, where we don’t just wire up circuits — we rebuild lives. This week, Lia...
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Season 2
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Episode 132
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10:55
How to Start Your Career as An Electrician?
Every skilled professional need the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!What if college isn’t the only path to success — or even the best one for you?In this episo...
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Season 2
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Episode 131
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7:35
Who Secretly Built the Brooklyn Bridge?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!The Woman Who Secretly Built the Brooklyn Bridge (While Hollywood Kept Blowing It Up)Hollywood lo...
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Season 2
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Episode 131
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10:41
Stuck at Minimum Wage? There's a Path Out — Here's Your Road Map
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Working your butt off at minimum wage jobs that lead nowhere? I've b...
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Season 2
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Episode 130
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9:35
Work Fails That Will Save Your Life (True Stories)
Two TRUE construction stories that prove why safety isn't optional. Story 1: The Elevator Shaft of Shame - A superintendent ignored safety warnings for weeks. Then karma struck. Story 2: The Fan Blade Incident - Billy Bo...
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Season 2
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Episode 129
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20:54
This AI Revolution is Making Electricians RICH in 2025
BOOM! The AI revolution is HERE and electricians who ignore it will be left in the dust! While most sparkies are still stuck in the stone age, the smart ones are using artificial intelligence to literally PRINT MONEY in 2025! ⚡Fro...
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Season 2
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Episode 128
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7:43
Why Electricians Laugh at These Hollywood Movie Mistakes
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!"Think you know electricity because you've seen it in movies? Think again. I'm about to destroy thr...
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Season 2
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Episode 128
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15:38
Why Smart People In the Skilled Trades Learn Online: Utradie
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!🎧 In this episode:Welcome back to Sparky Life, the podcast for those who build...
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Season 2
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Episode 127
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58:09
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Electricity (Electrician Mythbusts)
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Let's discuss movie magic! In this episode, our electrician reviews a memorable scene from Home Alone 2 a...
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Season 2
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Episode 126
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19:09
The Safety Mistake That Changed Everything for Electricians
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!🎧 In this episode: Welcome back to Sparky Life, where we dive into the systems that p...
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Season 2
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Episode 125
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21:43
The $100K Trade That Built NYC (And Nobody Talks About It)
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!In this episode: Welcome back to Sparky Life, where we spotlight the fearless innovat...
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Season 2
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Episode 124
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10:45
From Broke to $100K: How This RV Tech Escaped the Paycheck Trap
🚐💥 Discover the Skilled Trade That Pays $100K+ — No College Degree Needed!In this episode of Sparky Life, Lia Lamela (Queen of Construction 👷♀⚡) interviews Curtis Hemmeler, a leading voice in the RV service world, to...
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Season 2
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Episode 123
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48:58
Why Smart People Take America's Most Dangerous Job
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!In this episode: Welcome back to Sparky Life, where we shine a spotlight on the gritt...
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Season 2
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Episode 122
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10:31