Becoming a Modern Mystic: Blending the Everyday and What’s Possible

I recently read an interview with award-winning writers Alice Walker and Colm Tóibín in the New York Times. It grabbed my heart when I...

Immediately after my father passed, I started waking up in the mornings in the midst of intense anxiety attacks. I’d wake UP and...

Last fall, I did something I never thought I’d do… I invited a woman I had never met to fly to town to spend a day and night at my house....

An archive of all press for The Inner Fitness Project and Founder and CEO, Tina Lifford.

Always put yourself first. Many people in the personal development field indicate that putting yourself first is not selfish. I agree....

Today, I’d like for you to consider the parable of The Wishing Tree. As a poor man walks through the woods, he reflects on his many...

One of the most charged subjects across the U.S. is deciding what children and young adults should be taught about Black history....

Damar Hamlin is now at home watching his team, The Bills, play on TV. However, on the evening of January 2, 2023, on Monday Night...

Stop making resolutions and start asking questions

Through the lens of inner fitness, a look at the Pareto Principle in operation: 20% of our emotional past drives 80% of our current disquiet

I have taken a stab at identifying a universal top 10 list of things all human beings must learn to accept. Note: I don't usually use...

- “OMG, all this INNER FITNESS talk is annoying.” -“Your thoughts create. Get to know your Self. Your past impacts who you are.” -“Could...

At a barbeque recently, I was introduced as an Inner Fitness Trainer to a single mother in her 30’s. The young mother all but sucked her...

Have you ever had something literally feel like a slap in the face, aha moment? Well, that happened to me this past week. I’ve been part...

Have you ever learned a life-changing lesson the hard way? Mine started 18 years ago when I walked away from a career in Environmental...

If you’re reading this, you’re probably the kind of person who wants to make a difference in the world. However, there’s one obvious...

4.5 billion years ago the earth was formed. 3900 million years ago life began to descend into all of the various forms that now represent...