Dear MOTIVATION is written by Ty Howard, also known as Mr. Untie the Knots®, whose career as an advice columnist began during the Covid-19 pandemic while also operating since 2012 as the founder, CEO, and editor in chief of the online magazine MOTIVATION. Howard’s third-grade teacher, Mrs. Bobby Lowman, ignited his passion for leadership, relationship building, collaborative teamwork, goal attainment, purposeful work, and writing uplifting advice to inspire hope, encouragement, self-preservation, and happiness in himself and others. Mrs. Lowman’s connection, relationship, support, and heart work with her pupil, Ty Howard, were deeply needed after he spent five of his early childhood years in foster care.
For the past 25 years, Ty Howard, Mr. Untie the Knots®, has been the founding principal and chief strategist of InspiraGen Institute, based in Baltimore County, Maryland. He is a nationally respected authority on human performance improvement.
Howard is also an organizational development consultant, manager and leadership development coach, relationship and team building expert, fatherhood and parent leader advisor, personal transformation strategist, equity and inclusion practitioner, and best-selling author of the book Untie the Knots® That Tie Up Your Life: A Practical Guide to Freeing Yourself from Toxic Habits, Choices, People, and Relationships. He has dedicated his life to teaching knots-free living and effective relationship-building to businesses, government agencies, colleges and universities, healthcare organizations, school districts and schools, business and community leaders, individuals, fathers, parent leaders, and families worldwide. His passion, research, and practical strategies have made him a trusted source for candid and actionable advice on five continents and counting. When he is not working, he enjoys being ‘Pop-Pop Ty’ to his beautiful twin granddaughters, Amina and Zaria, and a happy dog owner to his family’s two Shih Tzu puppies, Jellybean and Starburst (and Bentley – a Shih-Poo, rescue and foster).
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