Exploring Life & Business with Amber Mikesell of Suivera

Today we’d like to introduce you to Amber Mikesell.

Hi Amber, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
Suivera started as daily texts going between friends. I had a wellness practice and, as part of my daily routine, both myself and my team would send daily messages to individuals to help keep focus for the day. Before we knew it, our messages were being shared around and we found that our little list had grown to include a lot of people from all over the world – most of whom we had never met, all joining together out of a desire to be inspired.

From this list of simple text messages, my partner Austin Uhl and I would receive messages asking questions that would seek to go deeper and many individuals appeared to be longing for community connection and personal growth. The more this continued to occur, the more Austin and I knew there was a need, so we decided to do two things:

First – create a book from these daily text messages that seemed to be meaningful to so many and make it readily available (Book Title: Opportunities For Expansion);

Second – establish Suivera, a non-profit, all-faiths, grassroots effort to reawaken the heart of humanity through a global movement of love.

As fate would have it, we launched our global movement at the start of 2020, just before the bottom fell out of everything. Although the pandemic presented its challenges for a new organization, Suivera found its footing and quickly grew to just over 1.1 million members from 87 countries, all dedicated to leading a life of love, compassion, inclusion, and global improvement — and we’re continuing to grow at a steady pace.

Suivera focuses on love as the common language and connection point and then utilizes that connection to show our members how to reignite and reawaken their hearts, aligning it with their minds to engage fully in life.

We do this in multiple ways:

1. free live stream courses and services available through Facebook
2. free courses, workshops, and resources available through our website
3. free weekly podcast
4. variable rate coaching programs, courses, and services
5. membership programs and so much more

Our goal is to offer tools and resources that support, inform and excite our members as they build a love-filled life. With over one million members joined together in success to date, we’re beyond excited to see where the next several years will take us!

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Life is rarely a smooth road I’ve found, but that’s part of the amazing journey! Kicking off a grassroots global movement focused on love, compassion, and inclusion in a time when the world was in a panic, confusion, and fear certainly presented our team with a need to step out of our way of looking at things and take on a new perspective. We couldn’t ignore what was happening. The pandemic was and still is terrifying for many.

The question then became: how do we recognize, acknowledge and embrace the fear, but not become consumed by it? What are ways that we can move through the fear in a mentally, physically, and spiritually healthy way?

Our goal is empowerment – creating programs that place our members in a position that gives them knowledge and resources to actively move through fear and return to a place of inward connection with some semblance of peace. Once connected within, feeling less fear, they can align their heart and mind to make choices in their lives from this empowered state of being.

In times when our members need support, they have the community to turn to – leaning on one another to share their fears and talk things through. There is power in numbers. There is comfort in knowing you’re not alone. And although we were struggling during the pandemic and may continue to struggle today, we’re also lifting one another and showing each other love, support, compassion, and understanding. Through the challenges, we’re finding that our very purpose for creating the movement not only has merit but is vital.

We’ve been impressed with Suivera, but for folks who might not be as familiar, what can you share with them about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
We’re very excited at the moment about our Heart Leader HQ Membership Program. We have many ways to get involved through our organization, from listening to our weekly podcast to exploring our free resources and beginning to implement the practices into your daily life.

But the Heart Leader HQ Membership Program pulls all of that together in one place and provides a structure and framework for those who are goal-oriented and ready to align heart and mind. Heart Leaders are those who believe that one person can change the world through the power of Love and are committed to being that person through actions, words, energy and thought.

In the Heart Leader HQ Membership Program, twelve defined attributes are broken down over the year. A few of these attributes include Compassion, Communication, Authenticity, Transparency, and Self-Love. A new attribute is kicked off at the beginning of each month, then the Heart Leaders in the program can follow along in their Heart Leader Toolbox as we dive into real-life challenges and provide tools for success.

Suivera is committed to empowering Heart Leaders to move from “knowing what to do” to “embodying it and doing it lovingly and consciously.” You can learn more about the Heart Leader HQ Membership Program on our website (Suivera.org) and see Heart Leaders in action on The Heart Leader Podcast, available on all podcast platforms and on YouTube.

In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
There is a movement occurring in the area of personal wellness and transformation. I do see major shifts as people are beginning to commit to building a healthier sense of self and society. The health and wellness industry is already seeing significant increases after the pandemic, with the global wellness industry as a whole expected to grow 5.5% annually from 2021-2030.

The pandemic showed us that preventive measures for health, including mental and spiritual health, can assist greatly in times of need. We’re becoming a proactive society and Suivera is here to support that movement. Community-driven programs are also becoming a very large trend and we’re proud to be part of that movement as well. When hearts and minds join together for a common purpose, meaningful change happens.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.suivera.org
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiveraofficial/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suivera.org/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHeartLeaderPodcast
• Other: http://theheartleaderpodcast.com

Image Credits
Byron Medina and Suivera