﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Thu, 21 May 2026 10:33:18 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>New Leaf College - Self-acceptance</title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk:443%2fwhat-can-help%2fctl%2fRSS%2fmid%2f863%2fev%2f1%2fCategoryID%2f23%2fCategoryName%2fSelf-acceptance</link><atom:link href="https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk:443%2fwhat-can-help%2fctl%2fRSS%2fmid%2f863%2fev%2f1%2fCategoryID%2f23%2fCategoryName%2fSelf-acceptance" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dimple - Pharmacist]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Living with PMDD:]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/146/Living-with-PMDD</link><description><![CDATA[  Living with PMDD: My Journey as a Mental Health Pharmacist  

   

 As a mental health pharmacist, I have spent much of my career supporting others in their recovery. What I did not expect was ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/146/Living-with-PMDD</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Louisa]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Writing Poetry for Recovery]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/139/Writing-Poetry-for-Recovery</link><description><![CDATA[  Celebrating World Poetry Day  

 At New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College, we believe in the transformative power of words — how they can heal, empower, and uplift. As we celebrate World Poetry ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/139/Writing-Poetry-for-Recovery</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samantha]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[My transition from male to female.]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/132/My-transition-from-male-to-female</link><description><![CDATA[ Life at work can be scary. For me, it was transitioning my sex from male to female. How were my company, colleagues, contacts, suppliers and clients going to take it? I was having enough trouble ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/132/My-transition-from-male-to-female</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dawn]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Transformation is achievable]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/131/Transformation-is-achievable</link><description><![CDATA[ Dawn is the advanced lived experience development lead for Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training for Hertfordshire’s NHS mental health Trust (HPFT) staff. 

 The KUF training is the ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/131/Transformation-is-achievable</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mollie]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The anti new-years resolution]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/119/The-anti-new-years-resolution</link><description><![CDATA[ I don't have a new year's resolution. I have a new way of thinking. Previously, like so many others, I spent new years eve reflecting on the past year, thinking about my grand goals and feeling a ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/119/The-anti-new-years-resolution</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Why I choose to disclose my mental health challenges to employers]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/95/Why-I-choose-to-disclose-my-mental-health-challenges-to-employers</link><description><![CDATA[ “When I decided to use Access to Work, my confidence, and job performance, soared. I found it hard accepting that I needed support, and even harder to share this with employers. I feared ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/95/Why-I-choose-to-disclose-my-mental-health-challenges-to-employers</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Penny]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Time to Talk - to myself]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/87/Time-to-Talk</link><description><![CDATA[ Talking is powerful. It gives freedom; to explore thoughts, gain clarity and ask and answer difficult questions. Talking therapies such as counselling and CBT offered me a way to offload and to ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/87/Time-to-Talk</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Monkey Business Bubbles]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/86/Monkey-Business-Bubbles</link><description><![CDATA[ I can imagine small light bubbles flowing through the air, coming out of the human existence that which are our thoughts. There are so many thought processes inside the human mind, consciously and ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/86/Monkey-Business-Bubbles</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Make your own kind of music…]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/10/Make-your-own-kind-of-music%e2%80%a6</link><description><![CDATA[ The title of this blog post is also the title of Paloma Faith’s new song, I really like this song, and it speaks to me of what it’s like trying to recover. 

 
  “It may be rough going, just do ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/10/Make-your-own-kind-of-music%e2%80%a6</guid></item></channel></rss>