I chose to Live My Purpose in a World that is creating the Generation of Change - The Spiritual Awakening That Inspired Me to Help Heal Humanity, One Smile at a Time
We! - Joe Mittiga
In this powerful episode of 'We! - Joe Mittiga,' host Joe shares his personal journey from healing past wounds to embracing a higher purpose, framing it as part of a global spiritual
Key takeaways
- Healing is not the end goal—it's a foundation for becoming your true self.
- Humanity is undergoing one of history's greatest spiritual awakenings, marked by a shift from material success to inner peace and authentic connection.
Main topics
- The shift from personal healing to purpose-driven living
- Spiritual awakening in the modern era
Notable quotes
My healing wasn't the destination. It was preparing me to become the person I was truly created to be.
When you're doing what you love, you're literally doing God.
Conclusion
Joe Mittiga closes the episode by reaffirming that we are collectively in an era of profound transformation—the
Transcript preview
Speaker 2 (0:01) If you felt lonely, isolated, disconnected, with an empty feeling inside and just yearning for more, knowing something is missing, then this podcast is for you. So here's your host, Joe Mitiga. Hello, Speaker 1 (0:28) and welcome to WE. There comes a moment in every person's life when healing no longer is the destination. It becomes the foundation for something much greater. For years, I believed my purpose was simply to heal the pains of my past. I thought that if I could overcome loneliness, fear, anxiety, overwhelm, and forgiveness, I'd finally arrive at the life I was searching for. But one day I realized something that truly changed my life. My healing wasn't the destination. It was preparing me to become the person I was truly created to be. At the same time, I began to notice something around the world that was happening everywhere I looked. Humanity is changing. People everywhere are questioning the lives they've built, searching for deeper meaning, longing for authentic connection, and realizing that success without inner peace no longer really satisfies the human heart. We're living through one of the greatest periods of emotional and spiritual transformation in human history. I call it the generation of change. In this episode, I will share why I chose to stop living according to the world's expectations, and I started living according to my purpose. I'll talk about the spiritual awakening that transformed my life, how embracing my calling led to a deeper sense of peace and fulfillment and why I believe each of us has a unique role to play in humanity's healing. Purpose isn't about becoming famous. It isn't about making more money. It isn't even about achieving success. Purpose is discovering the unique way your life can become an expression of love. When we heal ourselves, we change our family. When families heal, communities begin to change. When communities change, humanity changes. Every act of kindness matters. Every word of encouragement matters. Every smile matters. Speaker 1 (2:55) This episode, it marks the completion of one journey and the beginning of another. It's the bridge between healing the wounds of our past and becoming the people our higher power is calling us to become. My name is Joe Mitiga, and this is we. Because healing doesn't happen alone, folks. It happens when we remember the we. So I want to welcome everybody here today. It's an exciting time to be here. I'm actually, interestingly enough, I'm in my hometown of South Bend, Mishawaka, Indiana, and it's kind of a cool place to be. You know, unfortunately, I'm here for a funeral, but... Fortunately, the aunt that I'm here to celebrate her life, she was my father's older sister and one of the last of that generation. Literally, my dad was 90. He had three older sisters. And the community we grew up in, really a foundation immigrant community, Italian community here in Mishawaka, my aunt was a huge part. She lived here her whole life. And she had been you know, going through her challenges. And this is a woman where, you know, it's why for me, I don't judge religions in any way, shape or form at all. I mean, this is a woman who was raised Catholic her entire life and probably without question, one of the single most spiritual people I'd ever met. literally my entire life. And it's funny because, you know, for Joe, everybody that's been on this podcast for any length of time knows that I consider myself more spiritual than religious. And I never judge one as right or wrong. You know, it's not about right or wrong. It's about honoring the paths of people. Well, I am here to honor my Aunt Joanne and her legacy. And I'm getting ready to... My family, my three sisters and I are here. We've got cousins coming in from around the country. And, you know, as a lot of you know, if you've been on the podcast for any length of time, I've been going through a lot of grieving. I had to put my dog Zeus to sleep a couple weeks ago. And, you know, so I'm now in the role of supporter instead of the role of griever. And, you know. I tell people all the time, we've got kind of two places to be in life. And if you're in a challenging time, get support. But if you have the opportunity, be the supporter. And the WE Podcast, that's really what the WE Podcast is all about, awareness and giving answers of support. So as I get started here, I want to remind people, visit my website, joemitiga.com. JoeMittiga.com. It's up. It's functioning now. You can download my book, Filling the Void, for free. Digital form, if you want it in format form, you know, in book form soon. We're giving that away for free. You know, I just need people to pay the shipping for me. And I'm really excited. I'm excited that that's up. That's been a journey that's 30 plus years long. That was the original book that was channeled through me. literally 30 years ago now. I used to call it Your Inner Child Has Rights Too, A Common Man's Quest to Become One with God. And now it's called Filling the Void, A Common Man's Quest to Become One with God. And the one with God concept is, it's an important one for me to share with everybody because my entire life, my entire path, my entire early decade of self-discovery are longer. two decades of self-discovery. I was never in pursuit of a power greater than myself. I was never looking for a relationship with God or a higher power, never. My sole motivation on a daily basis was I just really wanted to stop hurting. And as I stopped hurting, I started remembering. this essence called a higher power, which is in all of us. And that kind of leads me into what this episode is all about. This episode is about truly talking about higher purpose, higher passions, giving back into the world, why Joe calls this the generation of change. I've got four characteristics that I'm going to talk about later in the podcast that are literally why I can give you stats. intellectual stats and spiritual foundations of why we people on a podcast like this are we are the generation of change our kids are getting from us what we did not get from our parents and then their kids will get even more and even more even more and i'm going to describe all of that this is a perfect place for me to welcome the world literally The WE Podcast now is in 11 countries and five continents. Welcome people from Norway and Canada. Brand new group of people now in South Korea. The list, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Australia. I wish I would write the list down. I forget to, but I am just so thrilled that you are all here. It is a continual reflection of my belief that humanity is waking up. Not any... one sector of religion, not just women, not just men, not white, black, green, or orange. I don't care the color of your skin. I don't care where you live. I don't care what continent you live in. We are humanity. If you're living and breathing and you're a person, you and I are humanity. And humanity is waking up in a way it never has. That's where the we comes from, human self, higher self. inner self and i'm going to talk a little bit more about how i kind of was awoken to that concept that instead of calling myself a me i call myself a we because we are multi-dimensional beings from the emotional side the inner child the inner essence of your emotions there's multiple dimensions of your emotional self multiple ages that if you're in a deep self-discovery of emotional healing That's why it takes some time and that's why you need support. And if you're going deep, I say all the time, buckle up because it's not easy. And though it is completely worth it, every ounce of recovery that you get, every ounce of reclaiming the depths of yourself that you're able to ask for the strength and courage to go deeper and deeper and deeper. On the other side, there's a wonderment. That is truly amazing. And I have to say, I live that wonderment most of the time. And that's why my desire to give back is so strong. And that's why my desire to support systems out there, websites out there, solutions, real life solutions is so important. And that's why this group called Divorce Post, I have a passion. I've never met these people yet. I'll get them. you know if i never do it's okay i'm not affiliated with any of the websites that i refer zero joe makes no money anything none of that craziness but i'm living what i preach you know and divorce post is one of those things it's a foundational support that is needed more now than ever before because we are growing and you know we're moving more into a spiritual position of our lives And love and communion and connection and relationships of the past were more emotionally based. They just were. And years ago, for most people, they were satiation addiction focused. You fill my holes, I'll fill yours. Well, you know, folks, as a humanity, as mankind continues to grow, especially people that are in, you know, more... advanced ages of the progression of their life. The people that have been married, they've already got the kids, they've already done the business, they're kind of that next era of life. In my opinion, if you're in partnership now and everything is great, fabulous. It's wonderful. That just means you and your partner are growing spiritually at the same rate. And you can be married for somebody for 20 years and spiritually outgrow them. It does not mean you don't love them. Love is of your humanity, folks. Your spiritual growth is of your divinity. And what this podcast is all about, as I get into it and why Generation of Change is so powerful, I'm going to be talking about how to activate and pursue your divinity, which is a giving back experience. moving from gratitude to grace. And that's why I mentioned Divorce Post a lot, because I believe over the next decade, the numbers of people that are going to be outgrowing their partner is going to be extreme. It's just going to be a large number. And is that a bad thing? No. Is it a painful thing? Yes. Is it a confusing thing? Yes. Do you have to completely destroy your life because you're spiritually growing? No, you don't. And hence this website divorce post and hence technology and their availability to support is all because of technology. One of the things that I'm talking about and I've got. five or six different areas that I'm going to be talking about because it's happening. And I never want to be a resource that doesn't have answers, doesn't have true solutions. I can tell you you're outgrowing your partner, maybe if you are, and I can honor that's happening. Can I support you now on a Tuesday morning? No, I can't. Visit Divorce Post. Let those people help you. Other things I'm going to be finding. is addiction recovery you know we are in an epidemic of opioid addiction we are as a society so sooner or later i'm going to have a resource where if you know somebody i'm going to tell you send them there i keep going back to divorce posts and i say i don't know them because i don't know them at all but i've looked at their stuff and i say to you right now you're either in a divorce You know somebody's in the divorce or you know somebody's getting ready to go to a divorce. Be the support. Tell them about that site. Then you've done your part. And soon I'm going to have the same thing for, you know, hopefully if you're on this podcast, you're not the person literally in opioid addiction yourself. If you are, click off right now and call somebody. Call somebody right now. Now, I wish I had the number to give you. I don't yet, but I will. And if you know somebody who's in that challenge, I'm going to have a resource for that. I'm going to. I'm going to have a resource for career change, job change, life coach, that whole thing. We're creating an entire network of life coaches out there that eventually I'll be able to share with you. And, you know, I kind of see the WE Podcast and what all of you are helping me do as an awareness podcast. I want to validate and honor. your spiritual, emotional path, because you're the warrior. And it doesn't, sometimes you don't feel like the warrior because you're the only one. You know, I had an experience in September of 2022, where I came across the woman. It took me three freaking years to figure it out. But this woman is more spiritually connected to her heart than I am. And I can't tell you the glory I felt because after 30 years of never coming across somebody literally, Joe's path, that was on the same type of path, it felt fantastic to know at least there's another person. Now, you know, I tend to work anonymously. I've never met this person either. But my point is... You're right now listening to this podcast, but then you're going to go to church tomorrow. You're going to be around your family tonight. You're going to be around your siblings, your partner. And most people may or may not know what you're going through. Why? Because as humanity wakes up, there's the initial group. And people like you and people like me, we are that initial group. And that's why the WE Podcast is such an important voice out there. Because... I'm creating a library where on your Tuesday night when, you know, you have a