“She was right up front with Marg they had a great relationship,” Noelle’s mother Lynn Paquette recalled. One of Marg’s favourite class participants was Noelle Paquette. She didn’t have mirrors in her workout space and she really did a lot to switch peoples’ focus from caring about what they looked like, to caring about their bodies’ function and mobility, and being fit, not just physically - but spiritually and mentally.”
“She would not allow things like ‘diet talk’ or talk of ‘losing weight’ in her practice. “She recovered through finding her strength and being physically strong. “There were a lot of things that are typically part of the fitness industry that she would not allow in her practice,” MacKinleigh Stewart said of her mom, who struggled with a life-threatening eater disorder growing up. “Because this role of being ‘strong’ and being ‘the one who holds down the fort’ becomes an identity.”įor the past several years Marg Stewart ran GroupWorks - a small-group personal training program focused on strength, body positivity and overall health. “The strong ones often feel unworthy and afraid of asking for, or accepting help from others. They are often the ones that suffer in silence,” MacKinleigh Stewart said. “I just feel like there needs to be a conversation about strong people. Stewart died by suicide last month, leaving her community, family and friends in shock.
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