the lighthouse

Hi, I’m Tina Lifford, Founder & CEO of the Inner Fitness Project. The National Science Foundation reports that humans think 12 to 60 thousand thoughts daily. 80% of our thinking is negative & 95% is repetitive. Now you add two years of COVID to that mix and it makes sense that the World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, depression will be a significant global health risk.

I can't say when I first realized I was related to Frederick Douglass. There was never a time that I can recall when my parents or grandparents sat me down and said we have something important to tell you about your ancestry. I've just always known. I remember being about five or six when I started to notice my ancestor's likeness on statues and patina-stained busts. His face was emblazoned on money and postage stamps. There were schools, bridges, and buildings named for him. I would ask my friends and classmates if their grandparents were on statues.