The Little Book of Big Lies
A Journey into Inner Fitness
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4.9 • 17 Ratings
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- $13.99
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Publisher Description
An inspiring and illuminating guide to true self care, from the sage teacher and breakout star of the critically acclaimed drama, Queen Sugar, from Executive Producers Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay for OWN.
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In all your years of schooling, did you ever take a single class that explained how to navigate the hurt, drama, and fear that come with living? Tina Lifford sure didn’t. She learned the hard way—through experience as both a Hollywood actress and as the founder of the personal development network The Inner Fitness Project. Now, she brings together her own hard-won insights as well as those of her clients in this helpful and transformative guide. A blend of personal anecdotes and meaningful, practical—and most important, actionable—advice, The Little Book of Big Lies is the life skills class you need to nurture the inner you and move beyond the past.
In fourteen raw, personal stories, Tina teaches you how to change your self-perception—to see yourself in the best possible light, to love and honor what you see, and to forge a new sense of what’s possible in every aspect of your life. But make no mistake, The Little Book of Big Lies is not a “rah-rah” quick fix for fear and pain. Like physical fitness, building and maintaining emotional strength requires continued effort. This invaluable book is the foundation you need to start building inner health and well-being so you can thrive.
Tina guides you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you turn shame into self-acceptance, self-rejection into self-love, blame into freedom, and old hurt into power. Wise and powerful, The Little Book of Big Lies will completely change how you think and live.
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Actor and playwright Lifford provides a valuable road map to achieving "inner fitness" self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-care in her frank and practical debut. The author aims to help readers recognize the "big lies" that hold them back from living a fulfilling life through a series of questions intended to unpack the things that make one feel sad or small, among them the belief that some pain lasts forever, the tendency to stay stuck in thoughts about the past, and the habit of avoiding difficult moments by rushing through days with the belief that "one day" life will be better. "Every time we avoid our feeling today," she writes, "we set ourselves up for inevitable sadness one day.' " Chapters begin with a question, such as "Are You Living Life Thinking Something's Wrong or Against You?" and "Do Your Circumstances Boss You Around?" and Lifford wraps up each with "inner fitness" practices which include a restatement of the "untruth," followed by a self-empowering truth and "try this" advice. Lifford's sage lessons will be an antidote to poisonous thoughts for those with battered self-esteem.
Customer Reviews
I was speechless
First, I did not even know she was an author. Second, classifying it as a good read would be an under statement. If I had to describe it, I would say I entered a class that I didn’t know I needed ,and the professor was lovely, transparent and life changing. There were moments in which I was truly speechless. I put the book down ,and I sat with my thoughts, hurts, disappointments, love, and peace. I finished it and I am so glad I did. Thank you for creating a piece that speaks to the unrelenting and shameless work done within. I stumbled into your class ,and I am grateful I did. Thank you!!