Why do so many people stay trapped in the past even after they've forgiven those who hurt them? In this deeply personal episode of WE, Joe Mittiga reveals that the greatest barrier to healing often isn't forgiving others. It's learning to forgive yourself. Through his own journey of addiction, trauma, recovery, and spiritual growth, Joe explores how guilt, shame, and the stories we continue telling ourselves can quietly keep us imprisoned long after the pain has passed.

Joe shares practical insights on emotional healing, self-compassion, making amends, releasing toxic shame, embracing silence, and reconnecting with your higher purpose. He explains why true freedom comes from living your amends rather than simply regretting your past, and how purpose, passion, and inner peace become possible when you stop defining yourself by yesterday's mistakes. Along the way, he offers powerful exercises to help you quiet the inner critic, strengthen your relationship with yourself, and begin creating a life guided by love instead of fear.
If you've ever felt stuck, weighed down by regret, or wondered why you still can't move forward despite doing everything "right," this conversation will help you discover that healing doesn't begin when your past changes. It begins when you do. Because healing doesn't happen alone. It happens when we remember the WE.