Do you believe you have to suffer to heal?

In this episode of This Tree & Me, Cory J Riggs explores the belief that pain and suffering are required for growth—and challenges the idea that holding onto your past is what proves you’ve changed.

This conversation breaks down the difference between feeling pain and living in it, and how identity can become tied to guilt, past actions, and self-imposed punishment.

You are not your past.

You are not required to live in suffering to prove your growth.

This episode invites you to question what you’re holding onto—and why.