Read this month’s blog from Louise Halling, a counselor wife, and mum living with a disability – a type of muscular dystrophy. Here are her thoughts on January, the New Year, and the things we often put ourselves through. To anyone...
Read moreExcited to be supporting the new ‘Peer Support Network’ in Southampton
tastelife is exctied to be working with Options Wellbeing Trust in Southampton as they launch their Peer Support Network this Autumn. More information from our joint press release below… “Charity calls for volunteer peer supporters...
Read moreA Father’s Perspective
A Father’s Perspective We just want to say a Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! Thank you for all you do and all the love you give. We know at tastelife that being a Dad in the midst of eating disorders can be an incredibly...
Read moreTackling Loneliness Together
It is Mental Health Awareness Week and we are talking about loneliness this year. Research has revealed that one in four adults admit to being lonely some or all of the time. Loneliness is no doubt an incredibly difficult emotion to...
Read moreAutism and Eating Disorders
This week is World Autism Acceptance Week. We know all too well at tastelife that eating disorders affect people from all walks of life, they do not discriminate. We asked Barbara Mitra from Worcester University to share with us, her knowledge...
Read moreWorld Sleep Day… why you should be catching some quality zzz’s
In light of world sleep day last week we thought we would share why you should catch some good zzzzs tonight! read our latest blog by Marie-Ellen Dove ‘We are all realising that sleep is a powerful tool not only in our efforts...
Read moreintroducing mens track
tastelifeuk is starting a brand new mens online community course. Created for men, run by men. The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people struggling with eating disorders. Over 4 million people are thought to be...
Read moreSurviving eating disorders at Christmas for sufferers and supporters
By Jean Hart – co-founder of tastelife. For anyone suffering from an eating disorder, the thought of Christmas does not conjure up feelings of delightful anticipation, far from it. Thoughts about the Christmas meal itself, and having to sit round...
Read moreThe Big Christmas Challenge 2021 is live!
Let this be our most generous Christmas yet It’s that time of year, some call it the most wonderful time but it is especially the most wonderful time for us here at tastelife as it is our once-a-year Big Give week! Our link is live and we...
Read moreThe Big Give Christmas Challenge 2021 is coming up!
Another year…another Big Give Christmas Challenge! 2021 is one more year that tastelife is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. We are running again this year 30th November – 6th...
Read moreAn Anxious Return: Eating Disorders among School Children
An Anxious Return: Eating Disorders among School Children September. The word brings a range of thoughts and feelings to us all. For some children, September is a positive time: a chance to reconnect with friends or an opportunity to turn over a...
Read moreA guide to easing yourself out of lockdown
Anxiety flourishes in the face of uncertainty. Fuelled by the ever changing environment COVID has thrown us into this past year, we face a final challenge. Returning to before. For some of us the ‘double vaccine’ status we hold fills us with...
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