Jill McLaggan Massage

17/10/2025

Terrifying yea?

15/10/2025

Another week, another example of a mid-life woman having cardiac symptoms be dismissed.
What do we have to do to get the correct info to the front line medical staff; paramedics, A&E staff, GPs?
I'm open to offers of giving presentations, talks, just how to we get these to happen?
This really could be the difference between life and death.
Womenkind Collective
The Guilty Feminist Podcast
Balance Menopause

02/10/2025

📣 We’re hiring! 📣

We’re looking to fill two important positions at the Book Festival that each support our aims to bring the power of books, stories, and words to life for both young people and people in their own communities.

Find full job descriptions and how to apply on our website: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/about-us/jobs

Here are a few details in the meantime:

📚 Head of Children, Schools and Young Adults (Parental Leave Cover)
⏰ Closing: Monday 20 October, 09:00

📚 Communities Programme Assistant (Fixed-term, 3 days per week then full time in August 2026)
⏰ Closing: Wednesday 15 October, 09:00

Make sure to keep an eye on the jobs section of our website for more information on upcoming vacancies. And please share with anyone you think might be interested ✨

01/10/2025

30+ years ago this couple were some of my 1st Personal Training clients when I lived in the NW of England!
Although they've lived in Portugal for many years, we've kept in touch and we managed to meet up whilst Cameron & I were on holiday there in September.
Just lovely!
It's so lovely to still be in touch with some of my first ever clients 😊

24/09/2025

Pilot SCAD heart attack clinic in Scotland doing great things!
Well done to Prof. Lis Neubeck of Edinburgh Napier University for pioneering 🙏
NHS Forth Valley NHS Lothian NHS Lanarkshire Beat SCAD UK Womenkind Collective
Napiers the Herbalists Napiers Glasgow

14/09/2025

Randomly, was on whilst we were in ! Great time. All genders, all ages just being happy. Loved it 🏳️‍🌈❤️

08/09/2025

They make their flower pots BIG in Portugal 😄
(I AM.standing behind it. No photo editing used - or required 🤣)

04/09/2025

Yes, we are in Portugal. No, we are not in Lisbon & are not affected by events there last night.
Lots of love ###

02/09/2025

Yup! The more we amplify these facts, the more empowered women will feel when dealing with cardiology depts.❤️

🚨 New research in the European Heart Journal has exposed alarming risks for women’s heart health.
Women with only minor heart damage after a heart attack who were put on beta-blockers actually faced worse outcomes — more likely to suffer another heart attack, end up in hospital with heart failure, and nearly three times more likely to die than those who weren’t prescribed the drug.

The risks were greatest for women on higher doses, according to lead researcher Dr Borja Ibanez.

This is yet another example of how women’s health is too often sidelined, misunderstood or treated as an afterthought with life-threatening consequences.

Screenshot taken from .independent article will link in stories.

29/08/2025

And to end August... I am published! Ok, it's only 900 words & i didn't get paid for it but stilll 😁
(For those new to my socials, I had "1 if not 2" SCAD heart attacks in 2021 due to perimenopausal hormone fluctuations)
I was put forward to write it by Prof. Lis Neubeck, Head of Centre for Cardiovascular Research at Edinburgh Napier University
And now I'm off on hols!
Toodle pip!!
Napiers the Herbalists
Golden Jubilee Hospital, Clydebank, Glasgow
https://academic.oup.com/eurjcn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf152/8221362?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=eurjcn&utm_medium=email

27/08/2025

What a lovely 2025!
Thankyou all, for coming, for entrusting your precious mind-bodies to me and for making me laugh.
A small selection...
Nick Brice of Bite-Size Plays Amy from Austentatious! An Improvised Novel Sindhu Vee
Stevens Andy of Leith Pilates & The Edinburgh Fermentarium Tuck Susan Wokoma Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist Podcast Charlie Vero-Martin Comedy and the lovely Edinburgh local, Iain as we cannae forget them!
Napiers the Herbalists