Jan 15, 2026 · 34 min · 29 segments
In this powerful episode of the WE Podcast, Joe Mittiga explores why positive thinking and affirmations often fail to create real change. He reveals a deeper truth: **mental answers can’t heal…
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I thought, "What the heck?" Now, y'all have to remember, I'm 60, and the whole idea of self-discovery and positive affirmations and writing your goals down and all of that, to say that it was around in the '60s and '70s, it might have been.
But some of the old-timers of the industry, you know, the Zig Ziglars of the world or the Wayne Dyers, of course John Maxwell, a beautiful speaker.
So even John probably gets dated if you go back to the '70s, and he's got 150 books.
So the concept was what I'm talking about of the positive affirmations is really all part of the transformation of consciousness, quite honestly, I talk about all the time, and how the world is changing.
And back in the '80s and '90s and even now, there's a lot of different amazing programs out there that truly focus on change your mind, change your life, which is great.
I've heard that slogan somewhere, I'm not sure where, but it makes all the sense in the world.
I thought, "What the heck?" Now, y'all have to remember, I'm 60, and the whole idea of self-discovery and positive affirmations and writing your goals down and all of that, to say that it was around in the '60s and '70s, it might have been.
But some of the old-timers of the industry, you know, the Zig Ziglars of the world or the Wayne Dyers, of course John Maxwell, a beautiful speaker.
So even John probably gets dated if you go back to the '70s, and he's got 150 books.
So the concept was what I'm talking about of the positive affirmations is really all part of the transformation of consciousness, quite honestly, I talk about all the time, and how the world is changing.
And back in the '80s and '90s and even now, there's a lot of different amazing programs out there that truly focus on change your mind, change your life, which is great.
I've heard that slogan somewhere, I'm not sure where, but it makes all the sense in the world.
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