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Episode 96: Carrying More Than Mail
Today’s episode is for letter carriers. Not supervisors. Not management. Not everyone thinks this job is easy. This episode is about the mental weight of carrying mail every single day—because we don’t just carry letters. We carry pressure. We carry stress. We carry fear, anger, exhaustion, and silence. We break down what a letter carrier's mental struggle actually looks like behind the scanner numbers and forced smiles. Why does this job cut so deeply into mentalhealth? Why burnout, isolation, and emotional shutdown are treated like weaknesses instead of warning signs. This isn’t…
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