We had the good fortune of connecting with Mikki Silverman and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Mikki, can you talk to us a bit about the social impact of your business?
It feels lofty to say that my intention is to help the world through what I do. But the truth is I can’t think of a single person that wouldn’t benefit from leaning into a holistic lifestyle.

I simply plant the seeds for those wanting to take control of their wellness through adding in natural ways to live fully and, in turn, help the world through cross contamination, you could say.

After closing my holistic wellness studio in downtown Frisco over the summer to focus more on the culinary side of my vision while delving back into my writing career, I began my latest venture, Mindful with Mikki, to reach more people through content creation.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My online vision is to provide a landing spot for realistic and attainable lifestyle adjustments that bring us closer to nature in this confusing modern wellness environment.

I’m showing people how to do that through simple, mindful recipes, natural self-care remedies, Eastern energy healing techniques and virtual consultation.

All of these things have been a part of my own unique healing journey since my life should have ended six years ago at the age of 45.

On February 22, 2019 my family was told to say goodbye. I was in liver failure from overuse of prescription depression medication and alcohol.
Two hours before my transfer to hospice care I received a miraculous, life saving liver. A kidney would follow in early 2020.

What I wasn’t told about recovery is that while organ transplantation would give me life and a chance to address past traumas, I was still lost mentally, spiritually and emotionally. With a continued post-transplant regimen of antidepressants and anxiety medications I tried to become whole again for my husband and daughter.

I hated that the prediction of my future revolved around the right doses of yet more addictive medications that came with unbearable side effects and did nothing to rid the guilt and regret I faced daily.

I was doing a disservice to the people I loved the most. I wasn’t the healed version of me I had envisioned. I had not even begun to heal mentally. I was numb.

I knew it was up to me to find my unique path to health and wholeness; to really live.

In order to get off mood-altering prescriptions, nurture my gifted organs naturally and connect with my spirituality, I had to find a way to combine Eastern and Western care.

Learning to tap into my energetic body through self-reiki calmed my nervous system, helping me to naturally overcome trauma triggers and emotional blocks that medication and therapy could not. Friends and family began to notice and clients soon followed.

I received certifications in Eastern healing modalities, nutrition and holistic health coaching following my recovery. With a solid foundation and a year lease on a small space in downtown Frisco, I opened my wellness studio, letting it unfold organically.

It would be my fourth attempt at a business venture.

The restaurant I was gifted in college, the writing career that replaced it, the outdoor lifestyle magazine that I published to close out my 20s, the non-toxic, handcrafted candle company that followed in my 30s; each journey was overshadowed by trauma-based self-doubt but started out of a passion for food, storytelling, nature and a desire to live more holistically.

Each failure gave me a grounded knowledge in some aspect of healing and recovery. And with each venture, I believed I would bring something unique to an industry and, in turn, help a tiny piece of the world.

Like so many people I have met through the years, unhealed trauma prevented the full expression of success for me. As I began mindfully crafting my own holistic wellness journey I was able to put the pieces together to create something that can, without sounding again too arrogant, benefit everyone at any age.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
When friends and family visit we have a standard procedure – first stop Mexican food straight from the airport.

Our family favorite is the Uncle Julio’s off Keller Springs in North Dallas. It’s not exactly mindful, but so worth the cheat and the trip down the tollway.

If it’s a Saturday, we are hitting a local farmers market early (there are several good ones within 20 minutes of us), searching out organic produce and then heading to The Local Yocal Farm to Market off the square in downtown McKinney for dinner supplies, shopping for fun, unnecessary houseware and linens and grabbing lunch at any of the restaurants within walking distance.

There are always mindful meals and mocktails at home to counteract indulgences, which are going to happen if the Stars are in town because the trip will be arranged according to their home schedule, and my husband’s own ice schedule. As a local youth hockey director and coach, we pretty much navigate family life by hockey season.

We are lucky that most of our friends and family from out of town are sports fans, including some being avid golfers.

If it’s up to me, I’m taking them to Christie’s Golf Ranch to hit balls at the only beautifully-maintained, quaint practice facility in what remains of the country just north of us in Pilot Point. But visitors are likely to want to hit the PGA District on our way to The Star.

Sundays are for football. Period. If it’s not football season, we are shopping and dining in downtown Frisco.

It’s hard to see under all the construction dust, but there are gems in our downtown area that are worth visiting despite the traffic. Sometimes, guests get the chance to see our 16-year-old daughter singing and playing guitar at one of the local restaurants.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My husband and daughter saved my life.

Healing beyond the physical would have never began without the constant reminder that there was something beautiful to be discovered on the other side of failure and sickness.

Because of their selflessness, encouragement, patience with the process and constant humor I found the strength to heal myself, laugh at the absurdity of it all and nurture all of my passions into one clear vision- to help those who don’t always have access to or are blind to the love and beauty that surrounds them through showing how I navigate the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical aspects of healing.

Website: www.mindfulwithmikki.com

Instagram: @mindfulwithmikki

Image Credits
Mikki Silverman

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