Beyond The Truck Podcast with Jerry Curl

Send us Fan Mail Today we drive into where you at today. Have you made the decision to move forward in life or you playing safe where you are at? Maybe you haven’t started or maybe you have and don’t feel like you I made it far. Give yourself some compassion, the same you would your family or friend. Self Compassion builds SELF WORTH!! KEEP RISING KEEP INCREASING!!  Support the show Contact our Te...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beyond the Truck, we explore the concept of breadth—not just as a measure of distance or scope, but as a mindset. For Professional Drivers and industry leaders, breadth is the ability to see beyond the next mile, the next load, or the next challenge. It’s the discipline to widen your perspective, strengthen your decision-making, and lead with clarity in every la...

Send us Fan Mail Health care is your best friend to creating the health span you so desire! The warning signs in you ignore can be the ones that you need to drive to the best version of your health. Visiting a doctor on regular basis should be part of your regular maintenance program just as you do with oil changes and scheduled PM’s on your equipment. Knowing your numbers requires you to track th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beyond the Truck , we tackle one of the most misunderstood—and most critical—components of driver health: nutrition . Not dieting. Not restriction. Fueling for performance . Professional drivers would never compromise on fuel quality and expect peak performance from their equipment. Yet every day, poor nutritional choices are quietly draining energy, increasing...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beyond the Truck , we shift the conversation around physical health from “exercise” to maintenance . Just like the equipment you operate every day, the human body requires consistent care to perform safely, efficiently, and for the long haul. We begin by addressing a hard truth: the body keeps score . Aches, stiffness, fatigue, and chronic pain are rarely random...

Send us Fan Mail  Internal Load Management: Why Mental Health is Your Ultimate Maintenance Plan We spend thousands of dollars on oil changes, tire rotations, and engine diagnostics to prevent a breakdown. But what are you doing for the person behind the wheel? In this episode, we’re diving deep into the Internal Load. Isolation, long hours, and the pressure of the road create a weight that no susp...

Send us Fan Mail Your health is your wealth. If you think eating clean is expensive, try being sidelined. We’re talking about the discipline of the "Pause" and how to make choices that bring you home to your family in one piece. Join the Community: ✅ Like this video if you’re choosing health today. ✅ Share this with a driver who needs to hear it. ✅ Subscribe for more road-tested wisdo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beyond the Store, we shift the focus upstream before the plate, before the meal, before the habit to where health decisions truly begin: the grocery store. Our special guest, Rodolfo Giacoman from Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), brings clarity, credibility, and practical insight to one of the most misunderstood areas of driver health: nutrition. This...

Send us Fan Mail In trucking, a belief is like a weather report—useful, but not always accurate. A truth is like your pre-trip inspection—measurable, repeatable, and proven over time. In this episode, we define belief and truth in a way that professional drivers can apply on the road and at home. Belief is a thought you keep rehearsing; truth is the discipline you keep executing. And discipline is...

Send us Fan Mail In transportation, we’re trained to be intentional with every move—hands on the wheel, eyes on the road, decisions made with precision. Yet the same discipline is rarely applied to our conversations. In this episode of Beyond the Truck, we focus on intentional conversation—the quiet, often overlooked leadership tool that shapes culture, restores dignity, and can alter the trajecto...

Send us Fan Mail Success is rarely the result of a single breakthrough moment. It is built through consistency, discipline, and the decision to keep showing up—especially on the days when progress feels invisible. In this episode, Never Quit on Your Dreams, we unpack why sustainable growth is not driven by motivation alone, but by habits executed daily with intention. Dreams are not achieved overn...

Send us Fan Mail Reset day. Recharge day.  In this episode of the Beyond the Truck Podcast , Jerry Curl gets back in the saddle and back in your ear with a direct, grounding message for professional drivers and leaders who are ready to refocus and move forward with intention. This episode challenges you to step out of default living and into deliberate leadership—personally and professionally. Eve...

Send us Fan Mail Often we hear in life it’s just practice, just water or just one decision. Life is an accumulation of it is just ???. We need to rewrite the narrative in our minds that everything and every decision has a lasting value. Nothing is too small - all large accomplishments are an accusation of what we thought were just small touch points. Remember everything in life is impacting in som...

Send us Fan Mail In transportation—and in life—nothing destroys momentum faster than unmanaged drift. This episode confronts five silent threats that slowly pull professional drivers off course: Distractions, Detours, Disappointment, Disconnect, and ultimately Destruction. Just like a truck doesn’t leave the lane all at once, lives don’t fall apart overnight. It happens one mile at a time—through...

Send us Fan Mail Most drivers know this: the closer you get to the delivery, the tighter it gets. Narrow two-lane roads. No shoulders. No guardrails. Then the driveway shrinks, and the final move requires precision—often backing into a dock where inches matter. Scripture says the gate is narrow that leads to life, and the road is hard—but it’s the right one. In this episode, we connect the narrow...

Send us Fan Mail Habits are the invisible system running your life—personally, professionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically. Just like a truck doesn’t stay safe, efficient, and centered in the lane by accident, your life doesn’t stay aligned by accident either. In this opening episode, we do a straight, honest habit audit: what’s fueling you, what’s draining you, and what one “micro shift...

Send us Fan Mail In trucking, nothing moves until the key goes in the ignition. Life works the same way. You can have a great rig, good intentions, and a destination—but without the right key, the right standards, and the discipline to turn it every day, you stay parked. In this episode, we break down the ignition sequence as a leadership and health operating system: Key → Accessory → Start → Igni...

Send us Fan Mail Why Fear Isn’t the Roadblock—Your Response Is  Fear has cost more dreams, health, relationships, and opportunities than failure ever will. Fear is not reality—it is a projection created in the mind, fueled by uncertainty, fatigue, and past experiences. In this episode, we break down fear the same way a professional driver breaks down a mountain pass: assess it, respect it, and dri...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode of the Beyond the Truck Podcast , we explore timeless principles that have guided humanity long before any wellness trend, leadership model, or self-help system emerged. These are the original rules of life—rooted in Scripture—designed to anchor our health, strengthen our discipline, and keep our lives centered in the lane. Professional drivers face long hours,...

Send us Fan Mail In trucking, you don’t “accidentally” stay centered in the lane you make hundreds of micro-corrections every mile. Life works the same way. In this episode of Beyond the Truck , we break down how habits form, why your brain defaults to the familiar, and how repeated choices build “automatic” behaviors, good or bad.  We connect discipline, consistency, gratitude, and procedure-foll...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about legacy like a family chain—links handed down through generations. Some links are strong: faith, work ethic, resilience. Some links are liabilities: obesity, heart disease, diabetes, addiction, anger, isolation. The mission today is simple and high impact: identify what’s been passed down, keep what builds you, and break what destroys you, so your chi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we drive into today to see where you find yourself, following or leading. God created us in his image to be unique in his love and likeness. Today we worry about who we follow and how many are following us social media. Today we rewrite that script and start leading our life’s. Today we become the first rate version of ourselves and not a follower or second rate ve...

Send us Fan Mail If you were on the shelf as a product, would you make the purchase? More importantly after 30 days of use, would you keep yourself, file a warranty claim, or return yourself because you didn’t perform as expected? In this episode of Beyond the Truck, we conduct a disciplined self-audit through a lens every professional driver understands: product performance, reliability, maintena...

Send us Fan Mail Going into the weekend with a mile-long task list can feel like driving with an overloaded trailer, too much weight, too many variables, and your focus starts drifting. In this episode of Beyond the Truck , we reframe the pressure: do more by doing less . You’ll learn how to shrink your list down to the three most important priorities , then execute one task at a time with discipl...

Send us Fan Mail Every professional driver has a destination, but too many are rolling without a clear route. In this episode of Beyond The Truck , we break down the critical alignment between vision and mission . Vision is the long road ahead, the future you’re committed to building for your health, your family, and your legacy. Mission is how you run the miles today, the standards, habits, and d...