About Mikey
About Me
About Mikey Tableman
I used to think chaos was something to escape.
Now I know it’s where the truth lives.
I didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming an author, a CEO, or a mental health advocate.
I dreamed of disappearing — into characters, into crowds, into any version of myself that didn’t feel so heavy. I moved to LA to become an actor, to chase the lights, but it was the darkness that taught me who I really was. Before the poetry, the podcast, the nonprofit — there was just a kid trying to survive his own mind.
I found success early in Los Angeles — not on a stage, but in the shadows of nightlife and festivals. I became the guy who could light up a room, facilitate unforgettable experiences, and make people feel like they belonged. Behind the scenes, I was drowning in addiction, anxiety, undiagnosed mania, and a relentless need to prove I was worth something — to others and to myself. I built a life full of the finer things: luxury, access, status. But none of it could silence the war going on inside of my own mind.
Eventually, the performance cracked, and in one of my darkest moments, I attempted to take my own life.
That night didn’t end my story — it rewrote it.
I started writing before I ever got sober. I didn’t know what I was creating — I just needed to get the pain out of my body. That’s how My Manic Maze was born — in scattered notes, fragments of poems, and journal entries that were never supposed to be seen. At the same time, I began shaping what would become A Mind’s Pursuit, not knowing that both would eventually become the foundation of my purpose.
It wasn’t until I got sober that it all finally clicked.
The words sharpened, the mission was clarified, and he healing began.
I finally stopped trying to be someone else — and started becoming myself.
I built A Mind’s Pursuit to be what I never had: a space to speak the truth out loud.
Through storytelling, creativity, and unapologetic honesty, AMP became a movement rooted in empathy, expression, and emotional survival. It’s not just an organization — it’s a lifeline for people who are still trying to find their way.
From Chaos Controlled, our unfiltered podcast with actor/advocate Danny J. Gomez...
To My Manic Maze, the poetry-driven memoir and spoken word EP that walks through the storm...
To Alchemy Events, where we bring healing to the stage and build safe spaces for release...
To Little Mikey in the World, the children’s book series I created to make emotional literacy mainstream and give the next generation what we never had...
Every vertical of A Mind’s Pursuit is a chapter of the same story — a story about survival, reinvention, and what happens when you turn your pain into purpose.
We’re not just creating content. We’re creating connection.
We’re building a global brand that’s changing the stigma around mental health — and making sure no one has to suffer in silence.
I want to be a voice for everyone who can’t find theirs yet.
I want to show people that it is a strength not a weakness to be vulnerable. I am proof that it’s okay to feel, to ask for help, to begin again.
I don’t take any of this for granted — the pain, the poetry, the purpose.
Every struggle, every sleepless night, every moment I thought I wouldn’t make it… it all led me here. And I wouldn’t change a single part of it.
I’m here to build something bigger than myself — a movement that speaks for the voiceless, creates space for the unseen, and proves that healing doesn’t have to happen in silence.
“This is where healing becomes art—and art becomes a lifeline”.