Carol trained and worked as a teacher in Derbyshire for 12 years. She also trained in holistic therapies during this time, becoming qualified to give treatments in Reiki, Crystal Healing, Indian Head Massage along with counselling and numerous courses for Relaxation, Meditation, Colour Therapy  and more. This moved Carol onto opening a charity called SPODA helping those recovering from Drug abuse and their families. She moved to Devon in 2004 where she continued to teach alongside running her holistic business, and managing a local counselling and support centre with Amanda-Jayne Staddon.