Mindset Matters show 1 with Nick Wilson

Nick Wilson’s talks cover a range of topics surrounding well-being and mental health in the workplace.

His style of talking is open and frank, chatty and personal. It can be raw at times, too, giving the audience a deeper understanding of mental health issues as well as his personal story.

Nick speaks about:

• Mental Health - Helping people to better understand the impact on the workplace - balance between employer-employee empowerment and responsibilities.

• Mental Illness - His journey of recovery from Depression and Complex PTSD, of personal growth/ development, all whilst managing chronic pain and Fibromyalgia.

• Transition & Change - Military into a business where he created two successful businesses, to becoming an integral part of society and forging a place within a community that struggles to understand him as a person, his challenges and experiences.

• Talks about making necessary adjustments in your organisation, implementing MH training to benefit maximum effectiveness and guiding management on how to best communicate and support those with poor MH.

A Veteran who served 14 years in the British Army, Nick has had a rich yet tumultuous life. During his time in the Army, he carried out various roles including Training and Mentoring personnel in a wide range of subjects. In 2012, after leaving the Army, Nick started his own Executive Chauffeuring business. During that time, he battled with depression and was diagnosed with PTSD

Nick’s chauffeur business became well known throughout Oxfordshire, becoming a £1/4M business within two years. He then suffered a mental breakdown, attempted suicide and spent 3weeks with Combat Stress, where Nick then made the life-changing decision to fight back.

Nick started again, determined to help others with mental health issues, so co-founded 360 Wellbeing a mental health consultancy,

Nick was forced to step down as Director in January 2020, after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome. He spends his time as a Public Speaker and podcaster of the Let’s Talk mental Health show and is the face of his social enterprise Racing Minds CIC, launched a Men’s support group on July 20 and is developing a project, providing emotional and well-being support to frontline and secondary KeyWorkers who have been impacted by Covid19.

Achievements:

• Served 14 years in the Army, deployed on several Operational Tours around the globe including Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

• 2014 – Started a Chauffeur company, £1/4M business within two years

• 2017 – Studied CBT, NLP and Psychology

• 2017 – Started Mental Health Consultancy Working Minds Matter

• 2018 – Invited to ‘Bike Tours for the Wounded’ charity touring Route 66 in the US. A huge personal challenge.

• 2019 – Founded social enterprise Racing Minds CIC

• 2020 – Launched first Men’s MH Support Group, two in the pipeline within Northamptonshire

• Raised over £75,000 for charities by planning events such as Basrah's first half marathon in Iraq, a non-stop 1,000-mile cycle ride through Europe for the 60th D-Day commemorations

• Commendation from the Army, for going above and beyond whilst on Operational duties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Ran highly successful Mental Health campaigns in 2018 and 2019, positively impacting approximately 250,000 people #Realmentalk and #Timetolisten

Challenges:

• 2012 – Diagnosed Degenerative Disease Disorder of the spine, resulting in chronic pain daily.

• 2016 – Mental breakdown, attempted Suicide & Rehab. Diagnosed with PTSD

• 2019 – Diagnosed Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• 2020 - Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.

Nick is determined not to allow these challenges to dictate his life and his ‘cheeky chappy’ persona reflects a friendly, humble guy whose speaking style is open, honest and powerful. His wealth of personal, practical and professional experiences over 20 years guarantees a direct impact on all those he works with, inspiring and empowering everyone he meets.