We had the good fortune of connecting with Randy G. Howell Jr. and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Randy G., can you tell us more about your background and the role it’s played in shaping who you are today?
I am from Huntsville Alabama and growing up in a household that had heavy boundaries did not allow me to experience many things growing up. This method actually had me questioning how I would be as an adult due to a lack of preparation. I truly believe that growth comes from mistakes and being in an environment that attempted to eliminate the mistake factor pushed me to live a false reality for a long time. This false reality created a heavy layer of bitterness that I carried for years and it would always come out in the ways of excuses if I ever found myself backed into a corner. As I grew older, I realized that I could not continue to live in the past and I need to own up to my truth in the situation realizing that the path that will be taken from this point moving forward may not involve everyone around me but it was important for me to be happy with myself without the pressure and guilt of what others might say. This is the moment when I came up with my Mantra: Don’t find comfort in the Lies, instead seek freedom in the truth. This is when I was spiritually lead into my profession as a Life Coach. My focus is on helping individual seek their truth no matter what it looks like because that is the first step to self improvement and living one’s life to highest level possible. I truly believe that one of the strongest individuals is one that can own his or her truth and then choose happiness over everything else. Compromise and Sacrifice are a part of life but we have to stop forgetting how important it is to be happy with self first and your journey before these components come into place because it will make it easier to avoid making the wrong choices moving forward. This is so true because where you are going and the path you have to take cannot be occupied by everyone and this has to understood without guilt.
Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
Please tell us more about your business. We’d love to hear what sets you apart from others, what you are most proud of or excited about. How did you get to where you are today business-wise? Being a pioneer, I always had a dream of doing something radical, purposeful, and world changing in business. There was one roadblock that was preventing my dream from coming to fruition, and that was all of the doors and obstacles I had to face due to the style of upbringing I endured. Don’t get me wrong, I was loved and provided for but at the same time I was sheltered and protected at a high level therefore through my eyes I was being deprived of things that would later have a hand in the adult I would become. I was not allowed to experience a lot of things that went on around me due to the fear of being an individual that could get lost down the wrong path as the older I got I began to live in a false reality giving me a since of fulfillment, that in my mind, had resemblance to things I imagined others were experiencing. This false reality became my fuel to reach my original goal of creating a business that is radical, purposeful, and world changing and the best way I knew to start was by finding and owning up to my real Truth. Now the world has Randy G. Howell Jr. Truth Coach who focuses on assisting individuals in Life Business and Relationship by helping them to recognize and live within his or her truth. Through my proven approach (The S.I.M.S. METHOD, which is the acronym for Story, Implementation, Manifestation, and Show and Tell I am able to achieve my mission one person at a time and it is was my own ‘how did I get here moment?’ where I realized the difference between living within truth versus living within a lie or false reality. Through my healing, growth, and business development I have created a proven method that has created unwavering life changing positive results. THE S.I.M.S. METHOD. 1). S- IS THE STORY 2) I – IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS 3) M – MANIFESTATION PROCESS 4) S – SHOW AND TELL How does this process work? Once a person gets his or her story out and can do it with complete honesty and truth no matter how hard it may be then the journey to true self-empowerment and growth can be begin. Now that we have the story out, we can find dissect and recognize the issues or problems and begin to find ways to create solutions. Now the implementation process begins with tools, homework, and exercises to help with the sifting and sorting needed to find the solutions to these issues. This part can possibly be one of the hardest things to ever happen in one’s life but we as a people subconsciously find ourselves living for everyone but ourselves and regardless of how it may look or feel to everyone else each person on this earth deserves to be selfish enough to want to be happy for his or herself without the guilt of outside influence no matter what that looks like. The manifestation process is important because this is when you implement your solutions and create lifestyle change for positive results within your truth and happiness and without regret. Now one can become the best version of self at the highest level attainable and then see how much higher one can go. Show and Tell is all about self-reflection with the coach and allowing the coach to be present for support if there are fears or doubts that need to be addressed and faced. Ultimately the goal regardless of the direction the client takes within this personal journey is to learn the importance of living in one’s truth and implement that true way of living. Living a life fulfilled is important and everyone deserves to leave as little on the table if anything when it is all said and done. Was it easy? If not, how did you overcome the challenges? This was not easy. Through the years I started to realize that every downfall or bad decision could be referenced to excuses I had created due to the method of raising I believed did not allow me to develop to be the best version of me. I had to stop pointing the finger and look in the mirror. I turned that bitterness into power and instead of living in pity and regret I started living in my truth and realized that there were many versions of me in the world that needed to be a part of the epiphany that has now allowed me to live a FULFILLED LIFE WITHOUT REGRET. I was a person that wanted to accepted, wanted, understood, not over looked, and any other soliloquies that comfort a person when he or she is living in a bad situation and would rather stay in the comfort that depression and self-pity can create instead of taking a chance on losing it all to be happy and live in the truth. I took my entrepreneurial experience and God given gift to help others and became a life coach with a focus on helping one to live in his or her own truth. What are the lessons you’ve learned along the way? The truth will really set you free. Living in the bondage of my past was not only affecting me but it was also affecting the relationships around me negatively because I was not living for myself, I was living to prove myself in competition with the perceived version of me I believed those around me believed they had molded. I learned that everyone may not be meant to go with you the whole journey because some people are only supposed to be there a certain amount of time and with each relationship there is a lesson to be learned whether good or bad and if there comes a time where hard decisions have to be made it is ok to make the decision that may not make everyone happy but will make you happy. MY MOTTO IS ‘DON’T FIND COMFORT IN THE LIES, INSTEAD SEEK FREEDOM IN THE TRUTH. What do you want the world to know about you or your brand and story? I want the world to know that it is Ok to live in your own truths without guilt or regret. Your Story matters and it should not only be a lesson for oneself it is also a lesson for the world. If you can show the world that you have learned from those things you may not agree with or the wrongs you may have done the new story that is being told becomes even more powerful and impactful for generations to come. To ensure that my daughters understand that their truth matters and total happiness and fulfillment starts with living within your own truth 100%. Even though compromise and sacrifice are a part of life your true happiness should not be in that equation, always ensure self is taken care of because when it is over it is over. So always remember Don’t Find Comfort in the Lies, Always seek Freedom in the Truth.
If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
The best time for me with my best friend is one without an itinerary a time of pure freedom to do as you will on the fly. We live our life based on some sort of agenda or schedule the majority of the time, so the best times for me and those that I associate with are the ones that are not limited in any way by such boundaries.
The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My story would not be relevant without the love and support of my wife (Demi Howell) and my 2 daughters (Demi and Dandi). Their support and encouragement are 2 of the sole reasons I am able to help people on a consistent basis as a Truth Coach (life coach) because they refuse to allow me to fall back into the facade and continue to live in my truth because that gives them the best version of me as a husband and a father.
Website: www.truthcoachhowell.com
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Chris Dowdell Tiara Hampton