What if healing yourself was never the destination, but preparation for something greater?

In this deeply personal episode of WE, Joe Mittiga shares how his journey from fear, addiction, trauma, and painful experiences led him to a powerful realization: healing isn’t only about understanding your past. It can become the wisdom, compassion, and strength you use to help someone else. 

Joe tackles the difficult subject of sexual abuse and generational trauma, sharing his own experiences and exploring how unresolved wounds can continue affecting relationships, self-worth, intimacy, and the next generation. His central message is that cycles can be broken when people have the courage to acknowledge their pain, seek support, and choose healing rather than continuing harmful patterns.  

This episode is ultimately about moving from pain to purpose, from isolation to connection, and from healing ourselves to helping others heal.

Because healing doesn’t happen alone. It happens when we remember the WE.