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Empowering women’s freedom via Education🗣📝
Personal Growth Coaching👁🔑
Health & Wellness🥑🏋🏽‍♂️
Reform⬆️
Recidivism⬇️
Podcast🎧🎤
Project 👕

For 25 years, Personal Fitness Navigators (Wellness Center in Bexley, Ohio) has provided customized fitness and nutrition programs that nurture the mind, body, and soul. In 2016, PFN began working with women to implement a program within ORW Recreation Programming that supported them to improve their health and become health and wellness advocates. The program was life-changing for the women and the PFN team and helped PFN realize the true (social) value derived from translating a business and fitness experience into a social venture. This was the birth of Fit to Navigate (FTN). We exist to empower the human spirit for members passionate about emotional, physical, and social growth to drive community impact. We work with the body and mind using mindful movement, meditation, relationship-building via collaborative dialogue, and gratitude practices. Once interest is ignited, we provide training for participants to become nationally certificated and, in turn, teach others in their community, both inside and outside the prison. 95% of our wellbeing program participants, both in the community and inside the prison system, self-reported improved physical and mental health. Expansion beyond the prison: our participants facilitated a wellness workshop where 400 prison members donated to communities outside the prison system. When our participants re-enter society, they continue to stay in contact with us via closed groups. Our participants have added nearly $500,000 back to the Ohio economy/yearly, based on 100% employment rates/wages and 0% recidivism. We expanded our service to the disenfranchised during the pandemic, offering well-being practices to LGBTQ+ communities of color.

04/08/2026

Most people don’t realize they’re overwhelmed until they’re already reacting from it.

That’s why the pause matters. It creates space between what you’re feeling and how you respond.

At Fit To Navigate, we focus on building that awareness because learning to slow down in the moment is what helps you move with intention long term.

This is where it starts.

04/01/2026

“Freedom is a mindset that no wall can contain. 🧱🔓 This Women’s History Month, we are sharing Erin’s gratitude for the safe space she found within our cohort. Fit to Navigate creates a sanctuary where women can safely express themselves, finding a sense of liberation even behind prison walls. We are dedicated to ensuring an enriching tribe is available to all who seek it.

The Impact:

Mental Liberation: Using wellness as a tool to find mental freedom.
Safe Community: Building a supportive network that fosters trust and empowerment.

TheTribe”

03/24/2026

“You cannot pour from an empty cup. ☕ This Women’s History Month, we honor Darian’s transformation. For many women, finding the balance between putting themselves first and being kind to others is the key to lasting change. By prioritizing her own well-being, Darian is becoming the architect of a more equitable future for herself and her community. When women heal, the ripple effect reaches everyone around them.

The Impact:

- Sustainable Change: Learning that self-prioritization is the fuel for community impact.
- Life Transformation: Changing the trajectory of one’s life forever through holistic wellness.

03/17/2026

“Healing begins the moment we trade judgment for honor. 🌿 For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting Sillian’s journey toward radical self-acceptance. After years of being ‘judgy’ over her body, she is choosing to love and accept herself exactly as she is. Reclaiming the body is a revolutionary act of self-care and a fundamental right. We believe every woman deserves to see her body as a gift worth taking the best care of.

The Impact:
Physical Well-being: 95% of participants report improved physical and mental health.

Holistic Healing: Moving from self-criticism to self-honor.

03/10/2026

“History is made by those who dare to take charge of their own narrative. ✨ This Women’s History Month, we celebrate Morgan’s powerful realization: ‘I’m in charge of me’. At Fit to Navigate, we empower women to recognize that even in the most challenging environments, they possess the power to control their own mindset and choices. When a woman reclaiming her agency, she unlocks the door to true internal freedom.

The Impact:
Self-Sovereignty: Recognizing that self-control is the foundation of personal growth.
Mindset Mastery: Shifting from external labels to internal strength.

03/07/2026

“Wellness isn’t just a program; it’s a lifetime commitment to self. 🕊️ This Women’s History Month, we are honoring the voices of our cohort members who are reclaiming their futures through health. By providing wellness education and tools, we empower women to move from short-term change to a lifelong wellness plan. We believe that every woman has the right to be the architect of her own well-being.

The Impact:
Education: Participants gain a deep understanding of wellness that lasts a lifetime.
Empowerment: Moving from a ‘think tank’ to a ‘do tank’ for personal health.
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02/24/2026

This Black History Month, we honor Mariame Kaba who reminds us that everything worthwhile is done with other people. Her work in transformative justice focuses on healing harm through community, not cages. A leading organizer and founder of Project NIA, she has pioneered modern transformative justice and community-based safety. She created frameworks for communities to address harm without involving the police, directly influencing how we view “restoration” today.

02/17/2026

This Black History Month, we honor Angela Davis who taught us that justice is about presence—building the tools of care, education, and equity that allow communities to thrive. A world-renowned advocate, her experience as a political prisoner shaped her lifelong fight against the “prison-industrial complex”. She shifted the global conversation toward prison abolition, arguing that we must address root causes like poverty and education rather than relying on cages.

02/12/2026

This Black History Month, we honor Jane Bolin became the first Black woman judge in the U.S.. For 40 years, she used her seat at the table to humanize a rigid system and fight for the well-being of families. She revolutionized the New York Family Court system. She ended the practice of assigning probation officers based on race and forced private child-care agencies to accept children regardless of ethnic background.

02/06/2026

This Black History Month, we honor the “Architect of Re-entry.” After 15 years of being impacted by the system, Susan didn’t just survive—she led. She founded , proving that those most impacted are the best equipped to lead the healing. A New Way of Life provides housing and legal transformation for formerly incarcerated women. She spearheaded a national “re-entry” movement that shifts the focus from punishment to stable housing and leadership.

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2803 Delmar Drive
Columbus, OH
43209

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+16142077170

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http://FitToNavigate.com/

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Fit to Navigate imagines a world where health transformations and an enriched tribe are available to all who are seek it.

We intend to create that world by providing business and learning opportunities for those who wish to enter the fitness industry and receive relevant certifications both in and outside of prison.

We will implement our program through a training program inside the institution for incarcerated women. At the same time, we will instill the importance of entrepreneurship, personal growth, and relationship-building across two distinct populations.