Carol Hickson Mental Health

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Hmm… next years seeds! That’s hope in a packet 🙂
26/07/2025

Hmm… next years seeds! That’s hope in a packet 🙂

Good morning! Just picked lunch for today. I’ve been too tired to eat well recently so thought I’d go out and pick some...
21/07/2025

Good morning! Just picked lunch for today. I’ve been too tired to eat well recently so thought I’d go out and pick some goodies to incentivise myself. The tomatoes are gorgeous! What would be your favourite thing in the basket?

11/06/2025

Having a mental health condition alone does not make you a mental health expert. Please can we stop believing it does, because it’s misleading and unhelpful. # #

Celebrating the small things! It all goes in the resilience bucket. Let’s boost each other by celebrating the small stu...
06/06/2025

Celebrating the small things! It all goes in the resilience bucket. Let’s boost each other by celebrating the small stuff! What are you celebrating?

06/06/2025

Celebrating the small things! It all goes in the resilience bucket. Let’s boost each other by celebrating the small stuff! What are you celebrating?

Resilience is living intentionally – so as soon as you wake up set your Sat Nav for the day aheadToday I got out of bed,...
30/05/2025

Resilience is living intentionally – so as soon as you wake up set your Sat Nav for the day ahead
Today I got out of bed, did a few moves (creakily) and declared that “today is a good day”. A good day for me? For someone else on here or in the family? Who knows? But if we start the day by setting the expectation it will be good, by living intentionally, we’ve already programmed our Sat Nav for the day. Do you agree?

Resilience is living intentionally – so as soon as you wake up set your Sat Nav for the day aheadToday I got out of bed,...
30/05/2025

Resilience is living intentionally – so as soon as you wake up set your Sat Nav for the day ahead
Today I got out of bed, did a few moves (creakily) and declared that "today is a good day". A good day for me? For someone else on here or in the family? Who knows? But if we start the day by setting the expectation it will be good, by living intentionally, we've already programmed our Sat Nav for the day. Do you agree?

I was thinking the other day why I do what I do. I guess that over the years the words, and the explanation, might chan...
28/05/2025

I was thinking the other day why I do what I do. I guess that over the years the words, and the explanation, might change but what I've realised is that the feelings don't. The reason that I retrained as therapist and life coach, is because I got so used to living my life in fear, in survival mode if you like, I didn't realise there was another way. Living in fear is destructive and it's debilitating; it's like running a race with a tonne weight on your back or wearing wellies filled with treacle, or both! Everything is way harder than it needs to be.
It took me a long time to see the patterns that were holding me back, the toxic relationships that I had, and the fragility of my nervous system. When I did get there though, I wondered why nobody was shouting this stuff from the rooftops. I wondered why the medical profession had never talked to me about my dysregulated nervous system but why instead I was prescribed antidepressants and sleeping tablets. It didn’t make sense to me. It still doesn’t.

I remember saying to my sleep specialist, “I’m going to learn all about this stuff and when I do I’m going to make sure that nobody has to struggle on their own like I have.” I set up a website called Insomnia Cheshire to try to bridge the gap between experience and theory. They were big words at the time, and they remain so, but I’m still working on them.

When I first qualified as a therapist, I couldn't work out why we weren't building resilience in our children; I was so excited by what I was learning so I wrote to 20 schools in my local area and offered to go in for free. I was a former teacher, and DBS checked, I thought schools would bite my hand off; they didn’t, they were afraid of doing something different, there’s that fear again.

I don't know any other way to help my clients but by sharing what I know, teaching them to regulate their own nervous systems, and helping them evict the unhealthy tenants that have taken up lodging in their heads. A saying that has stuck with me is that people become the parent they always needed; I’m the therapist and coach that I always needed. Every time it feels too much for my clients you’ll find me in their corner. That's the simple why. I do what I do because fifty years ago I needed somebody to do it for me.
What about you? Why do you do what you do?

Wish me luck. I’m hoping to get some support today but also to find out more about the heart condition I’ve been diagnos...
15/05/2025

Wish me luck. I’m hoping to get some support today but also to find out more about the heart condition I’ve been diagnosed with. Onwards and upwards!

Good Afternoon! I've been absent from work due to a significant health issue but I'm slowly getting back into work. Th...
14/05/2025

Good Afternoon! I've been absent from work due to a significant health issue but I'm slowly getting back into work. There's always a big discussion around mental health on social media and I thought I'd share a few things that I've observed. The link in the comments takes you to my blog post what is Mental Health? I'd value any comments you have. Cheers!

Not sure who to credit for the photo but I just love the message. We are so often our own worst enemy.
11/05/2025

Not sure who to credit for the photo but I just love the message. We are so often our own worst enemy.

30/04/2025

I have absolutely no resistance to having a better, healthier and hell why not wealthier life!

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