﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Thu, 21 May 2026 10:34:56 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 - Opportunity building</title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk:443%2fwhat-can-help%2fctl%2fRSS%2fmid%2f863%2fev%2f1%2fCategoryID%2f30%2fCategoryName%2fOpportunity-building</link><atom:link href="https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk:443%2fwhat-can-help%2fctl%2fRSS%2fmid%2f863%2fev%2f1%2fCategoryID%2f30%2fCategoryName%2fOpportunity-building" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><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[Lived experience tutor]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Life Long Learning]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/90/Life-Long-Learning</link><description><![CDATA[ I am a lived experience tutor for the College, with mental health challenges and a Neurological condition. Having started but not completed a degree due to tragic family circumstances, I’ve always ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/90/Life-Long-Learning</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanya]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[How being on the student development programme has helped my personal recovery]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/99/How-being-on-the-student-development-programme-has-helped-my-personal-recovery</link><description><![CDATA[ What encouraged you to join the college? 

 I was having suicidal thoughts and the GP offered me anti-depressants, which I didn’t feel was the right option for me. The GP told me he wouldn’t help ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/99/How-being-on-the-student-development-programme-has-helped-my-personal-recovery</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Louisa]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Reducing isolation and lonliness]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/80/Reducing-isolation-and-lonliness</link><description><![CDATA[ Many people have reported that the COVID-19 outbreak has dramatically affected their mental health and wellbeing. One thing that has become quite clear over the past 18 months is that we all need to ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/80/Reducing-isolation-and-lonliness</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Site Administrator]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Smarts goal]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/50/Smarts-goal</link><description><![CDATA[ If you are already familiar with SMARTS goals, here is a handy template you can use to create your goals, break them down and keep yourself motivated. 

     

 What is a smarts goal? 

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 Recovery is about more than managing challenges — it’s also about rediscovering strengths, building confidence, and finding new opportunities. For ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/17/Wellbeing-and-Open-Learning-Initiatives</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[If I shared my dreams with the world]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/16/If-I-shared-my-dreams-with-the-world</link><description><![CDATA[ If I shared my dreams with the world I would want ‘I’ to become ‘we’ so no one would ever be lonely, we would capture every happy memory in slow motion and we could revisit and share that moment ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/16/If-I-shared-my-dreams-with-the-world</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Going With The Flow]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/15/Going-With-The-Flow</link><description><![CDATA[ Once upon a time, there lived a farmer. While working in his field one day, he lost a horse, and it ran away. That evening, his neighbours came round to see him. 
 
'That's too bad!' they said. 
 ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/15/Going-With-The-Flow</guid></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shamala]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Volunteering]]></title><link>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/4/Volunteering</link><description><![CDATA[ I first got involved in volunteering as I wanted to help organisations that helped my grandfather, who had battled cancer. Friends and family helped me fundraise, but I wanted to do something ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.newleafcollege.co.uk/what-can-help/ArtMID/863/ArticleID/4/Volunteering</guid></item></channel></rss>