No, it doesn't mean it's easy. I don't know what it means practically, I have no retro planets but a stellium in Scorpio with Sun-Mars sq. Saturn (in 8th), Moon in 12th (chart ruler) with no easy aspect and I can assure you my life was anything but easy and smooth.
No retro planets normally means no oppositions in the chart. So maybe there is more awareness of the challenges the person has to endure during life and more drive to solve them (or worsen them actively, like suicide, self harm and addictions).