{"id":6,"date":"2021-02-08T20:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:48:36","slug":"create-your-website-with-blocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Carol Higgins, a true champion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\" style=\"font-size:64px;line-height:1.1\">Meet Author and Publisher Carol Higgins, a true champion!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Signing-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Signing-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Signing-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Signing-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Signing.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol has never given up, refusing to live in the shadows of her own life as a victim.<br>Author and mother of two wonderful children, Carol Higgins has conquered more than her fair share of turmoil: violent childhood<br>abuse, crippling cancer and the traumatic passing of her beloved sister, Donna, have all challenged this remarkable Yorkshire woman<br>through the depths of her mind to the very core of her body. Only eight months after she underwent nine hours of surgery to remove the tumour that threatened her life, Carol\u2019s determination compelled her to set off to fulfil a life-time dream: conquering the biggest free-standing mountain in the world, Mount Kilimanjaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol\u2019s book, Conquering the Impossible, is told in her own witty, engrossing voice. Carol brings the reader into the journey she<br>undertook and whisks them through the throng of far-away<br>airports and tourist traps, culminating in above-cloud magic at the<br>top of the world.<br>Carol has appeared on regional and BBC radio numerous times,<br>been published in newspapers and online magazines and conducts regular inspirational talks across Yorkshire and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol gives inspirational and motivational talks with great experience on the following subjects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-style-twentytwentyone-columns-overlap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<p>Surviving child abuse<br>Surviving cancer<br>Volunteering and community fundraising<br>Climbing mountains (and a number of other extreme activities,<br>including vagabonding, sky diving, scuba and skiing)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n<p>Relationships (including parenting)<br>Publishing and being an author<br>Youth work<br>Carol is DBS cleared for youth and school work and has certificates in safeguarding and delivering courses to raise awareness of abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SpeakingCircle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SpeakingCircle.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SpeakingCircle-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SpeakingCircle-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Author and Publisher Carol Higgins, a true champion! Carol has never given up, refusing to live in the shadows of her own life as a victim.Author and mother of two wonderful children, Carol Higgins has conquered more than her fair share of turmoil: violent childhoodabuse, crippling cancer and the traumatic passing of her beloved&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet Carol Higgins, a true champion!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet Carol Higgins, a true champion! - Conquering the Impossible<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wp.carolhiggins.co.uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Carol Higgins, a true champion! - Conquering the Impossible\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet Author and Publisher Carol Higgins, a true champion! 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