Mental Health and Compliance Support for Truck Drivers in Freight

The freight industry moves on drivers. And for a long time, the freight industry hasn't done enough to support them. In this episode of The Journey Podcast, Will Jenkins sits down with Megan Masud and Sarah Hanna, co-founders of Competum Collective, to talk about what's actually missing in the way the trucking industry supports driver wellbeing — and what Competum is doing to fill the gap.

Megan and Sarah share the story of founding Competum Collective and the specific problems that motivated them: the mental health challenges that drivers face and that almost no one in trucking is equipped to address, the compliance education gaps that create risk for drivers who don't fully understand the regulatory environment they're operating in, and the healthcare access issues that hit truck drivers particularly hard given the nature of their work and their insurance options.

The conversation covers how Competum Collective approaches each of these problems: what mental health support looks like in a practical, judgment-free context for drivers, how compliance education gets delivered in a way that actually changes behavior rather than just checking a training box, and how the healthcare solutions they've developed work for people in a non-traditional employment structure.

Megan and Sarah also talk about what they've learned building in a space that most logistics companies have historically ignored — the resistance they've encountered, the partners who've surprised them, and what the freight industry gets wrong about driver retention that addressing wellbeing directly.

For freight organizations focused on carrier relationships and driver experience, explore Journey's freight consulting services or learn more about the Journey team.