Joe Mittiga

Mittiga contends that constant drinking suppresses emotions and stunts spiritual growth.

“You can't drink all the time, suppress your emotions, and think you're going to have a spiritual life”

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Mittiga proposes a test: if a person cannot watch college football without drinking a second time, it is time to address alcohol use.

“Then you have no issue with alcohol. When you can't do it the second time, it's time”

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Mittiga recounts that after praying for help on his seventh day without drinking, his compulsions for drugs and alcohol disappeared.

“A tear comes out my left eye and my compulsions for drugs and alcohol were gone”

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Mittiga argues external events are consequences that mirror inner lessons rather than a gauge of right and wrong.

“The external world ends up mirroring back whatever you have to learn inside”

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Mittiga says that on September 20, 2022, while hearing a woman call her divorce a failure, his higher power told him he had chosen divinity over humanity.

“you didn't fail your marriage. You chose to live your divinity over your humanity”

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Mittiga describes 'knowings' as the highest guidance system he has personally experienced as a human.

“your knowings are the highest guidance system that I personally experienced as a human”

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Mittiga contends that motivational speakers' passion comes from belief rather than heart connection.

“passion isn't connection folks passion is belief these people literally believe it because they've done it”

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Mittiga argues that people who refuse to reflect on their past lose the capacity for remorse and apology.

“if you can't reflect on your yesterday, that means you have zero capacity of remorse. Zero capacity of remorse means you cannot say you're sorry”

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Mittiga argues that higher purpose is not an external action but becoming the highest vibrational version of oneself.

“I believe your higher purpose is literally to live as the highest vibrational you that your path can grow into”

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Mittiga describes shifting from a mental, hypnosis-based therapist to a massage and emotion-based therapist after his breakup.

“shift a three and a half year relationship with a therapist who is mental and hypnosis to them, a therapist who is massage and emotional”

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Mittiga recommends that men release anger weekly by hitting with a wiffle ball bat rather than taking rage out on partners.

“take a wiffle ball bat and pictures of people you don't like and let it rip let the anger come out”

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Mittiga says his second therapist became his AA sponsor and taught him to emote and use dual-hand journaling.

“the therapist I was with ended up being my AA sponsor. She introduced me to AA after I got dry. She was the one that taught me how to emote”

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Mittiga says meditation helps calm the mind in the moment but does not heal underlying wounds.

“you calm the voices and the solution is in meditation. And I love that. Is it good for the moment? Yeah. Does it heal anything? No”

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Mittiga claims society has failed right-brained thinkers because it does not know how to educate them.

“Society has failed these people. They have failed right brain thinkers. Why? Because society doesn't know how to educate a right brain thinker”

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