Trucking & Freight Wellness Network: Helping Each Other On the Road

Problem:

• The Trucking Industry isn't always safe for their drivers or for others on the road.

• Those who drive struggle with an unsustainable lifestyle leading to high-turnover.

• Truck Drivers have a variety of factors that make it difficult to be healthy in a variety of dimensions of life, but it doesn't have to be like that.

• The industry is changing and semi-driving might be taken over by self-driving vehicles.

• Trucking has one of the largest impacts on human trafficking.

Solution:

• Create a national and regional networks of freight business owners and truck drivers who want to be well and help others be well.

Strategy (regional):

• Map encouraging freight business owners and healthy drivers: Please Fill Out This Form

• Gather annually to celebrate, encourage, and connect each other for ongoing support

• Map and distribute wellness resources via this document to owners and drivers

• Connect wellness-oriented owners to each other via groups and gatherings

• Connect wellness-oriented drivers to each other regionally and within companies

• Help each owner and driver become more well in a community of wellness

Dimension	Problems	Solutions
Physical	Hard to get adequate nutrition, exercise, and sleep.	Implement wellness solutions in community with other drivers.
Financial	Difficult to be financially disciplined with short and long-term goals.	Create financial education resources specifically for drivers. Podcasts to listen to and coaching calls for financial planning.
Occupational	Difficult to maintain as a long-term and sustainable career. Industry is threatened by technology.	Create a network of high-quality owners and drivers to increase quality of life.
Environmental	Cabs, DCs, and store loading docks all feel unkempt and lack positive physical and relational vibes.	Increase awareness and frequency of cleaning cabs and having a well kept home for mental clarity.
Emotional	Isolation, previous trauma, and community of unwell folks only deteriorates emotional wellness and increases mental illness.	Use driving time for specific healing content and conversations to increase well-being and become more emotionally and mentally healthy.
Intellectual	Driving is stimulating in the moment for safety but not intellectually stimulating.	Use drive time to learn about what the driver cares about and do so in community with others. Create shared interest connections amongst drivers for ongoing conversation.
Relational	Relationships with family (spouse and kids) suffer due to odd hours, strain, isolation, and generally an industry that doesn't promote health. Isolation is the norm and friendships are few.	Increase relational connections through trucker-specific content that teaches about healthy relationships with family and friends. Use drive time for counseling and friend connections.
Spiritual	Due to layers of unhealth, spiritual connectedness is likely lacking and not reinforced within the industry.	Create a community of drivers with a shared spirituality and reinforce via trucker-specific content, music, and friendships.
Sexual	Trucking Industry is a male-dominated transient community with sexual unhealth being available at truck stops and influenced through human trafficking.	Create a community of drivers with shared values and reinforce via trucker-specific content and relationships of accountability.
Missional Purpose	Truck Driving can often feel purposeless and lacking meaning.	Create a network of wellness-oriented drivers and owners that feel their missional purpose is to help other drivers to be well and to prevent trafficking together.

Relevant Industry Data*:

• A lot of drivers: 3.55 million truck drivers employed in 2023.

• A lot of decentralized companies:

  • 577,000 active US motor carriers registered with FMCSA that own or lease at least one tractor. Out of those carriers: 95.5% (551K/577K) operate 10 or fewer trucks. 99.6% operate 100 or fewer trucks.

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