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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie sits down with Dr. Marianne Miller, an eating disorder therapist who specialises in ARFID, binge eating disorder, bulimia and anorexia. Dr. Marianne brings a neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed, sensory-attuned approach to her work, and in this conversation, she helps us understand how eating disorders like ARFID are often misunderstood or missed altogether, especially in neurodivergent individuals.
They explore how sensory sensitivities, trauma, and social expectations can all influence eating behaviours, and how current cultural norms—both in parenting and the wellness industry—can unintentionally worsen disordered eating.
Key Highlights
Trigger Warning: This episode contains conversations about depression, mental health issues, and eating disorders. Please take care while listening.
About Dr. Marianne
Dr. Marianne Miller is a licensed therapist based in California, specialising in eating disorders including ARFID, binge eating disorder, bulimia, and anorexia. She takes a neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed, and sensory-attuned approach to therapy, working with both teens and adults. In addition to her clinical practice, she offers online courses, resources, and hosts the podcast Dr. Marianne Land, where she shares compassionate, practical insights into eating disorders and mental health.
Connect with Maggie:
Instagram: drmariannemiller
Website:www.drmariannemiller.com
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie sits down with mental health advocate Sean Blake, who shares his deeply personal journey with an eating disorder and the complex relationship between exercise, control, and recovery.
Sean has become a prominent voice in mental health advocacy, working with organizations like Shine, Mental Health Ireland, Supported Families and St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services. His mission is to break the silence around eating disorders, particularly in men, and highlight the role that compulsive exercise can play in their development and persistence.
Key Highlights
If you’re a coach, parent, fitness lover or anyone navigating conversations around health and body image, this is an essential listen. Sean’s story brings to light how disordered behaviours can be hidden in plain sight, masked by our culture’s obsession with fitness and weight loss.
About Sean:
Sean Blake is a mental health advocate and lived-experience speaker based in Ireland. After years of struggling with an eating disorder—one that was deeply entangled with compulsive exercise—Sean began sharing his story to raise awareness and reduce stigma, particularly around eating disorders in men. Sean’s advocacy is rooted in honesty, vulnerability, and a drive to create more compassionate, informed spaces in fitness, healthcare, and everyday life.
Connect with Sean:
Visit the #EDinformed campaign for fitness and health professionals
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities.
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
Resources Mentioned:
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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie shares her journey of how exercise evolved from a source of strength into a coping mechanism rooted in fear. What began as a healthy postpartum habit slowly became a way to avoid difficult emotions, mask undiagnosed postnatal depression, and seek external validation.
Through raw reflection, Maggie explores how even the most celebrated wellness behaviors—like running during pregnancy—can become unhealthy when driven by fear, perfectionism, or internalized pressure. She also challenges common fitness narratives around confidence, “bouncing back,” and mental health, offering a compassionate reminder that movement should serve you, not control you.
Key Highlights
If this episode resonates with you or someone you know, please share it. Let’s change the conversation around exercise and motherhood.
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
Mental Health Support Ireland
HSE Mental Health Services
St Patrick's Mental Health Services
Mental Health Ireland
HSE Specialist Perinatal Mental Health
Bodywhys - The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland
St Patrick's Eating Disorders Programme
Eating Disorder Clinic Ireland
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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie sits down with returning guest Laura Doyle to unpack the rise of supermarket swap videos on social media and the subtle ways they reinforce diet culture.
This conversation explores why food is never just food, and how “healthy choices” are often rooted in privilege, perfectionism, and fear.
Key Highlights:
If you've ever felt guilty about your food shop or caught yourself overthinking every label, this one’s for you.
Please hit subscribe, rate & review the podcast, and share it with a friend, colleague, or client who’s exploring life beyond diet culture.
About Laura:
Join Laura in person on the 26th July in Rathcoffey Co. Kildare for a retreat for people in bigger bodies who want to practice accessible yoga in an authentic and affirming atmosphere.
https://www.lauradoyle.ie/pages/biggerbodiesretreat
Laura Doyle is a trauma-informed yoga and meditation teacher who helps women in bigger bodies reconnect with themselves through movement, rest, and radical self-compassion. Her work gently invites you to step away from shame, perfectionism, and the quiet grip of diet culture—and into practices that feel nourishing, supportive, and deeply human.
She’s the founder of Move ~ Breathe ~ Belong, a soon-to-launch membership that offers short, soul-soothing yoga and meditation practices designed for real life. Laura’s approach is warm, welcoming, and rooted in the belief that your body is not a problem to fix—it’s a place to come home to.
Connect with Laura:
Website: https://www.lauradoyle.ie/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulfullylaura/
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie sits down with Aoife O’Brien, a nutritionist and body image coach, for a raw, honest conversation about what really shapes our body image, and how we can begin to untangle ourselves from harmful messages about food, weight, and worth.
Aoife shares her personal journey of navigating disordered eating, compulsive exercise, and poor body image, and how healing her relationship with food became the catalyst for helping others do the same. Together, they explore how body image isn’t just about appearance. It’s about identity, self-worth, and liberation.
Key Highlights:
Please hit subscribe, leave a 5 star rating & review, and share with a friend, client, or colleague who’s ready to explore a life beyond body shame and diet rules.
About Aoife:
Aoife O’Brien is a registered nutritionist and body image coach helping people reconnect with their bodies and build a peaceful relationship with food. Drawing from lived experience and professional training, Aoife supports clients through a non-diet, weight-neutral lens that prioritizes compassion, autonomy, and healing.
Connect with Aoife:
Website:https://www.aobcoaching.ie/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/aob.coaching/
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie shares her personal journey from bedside nurse to inclusive gym owner, and the moments that shaped her passion for a weight-neutral, non-diet fitness space.
Through honest reflections on postnatal depression, fad dieting, and years of being disconnected from movement, Maggie shares how she learned to show up imperfectly, and how that philosophy became the foundation of Simple Strength Leixlip.
Key Highlights:
Whether you’re navigating body image after motherhood, struggling with fitness perfectionism, or just trying to rebuild trust with yourself, this episode is for you.
If this episode resonated with you, hit subscribe, rate & review the podcast, and share it with a friend, colleague, or client who’s exploring life beyond diet culture.
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
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In this episode of Inclusive Movement & Nutrition Ireland, Maggie sits down with embodied yoga and yoga nidra teacher Laura Doyle to explore the often-hidden layers of diet culture, body trust, and what it means to truly heal. Laura shares her personal story of recovery from binge eating, perfectionism, and body dysmorphia, and how her yoga practice has become a path to self-connection and empowerment.
Together, they unpack how wellness culture, fitness spaces, and even body positivity can sometimes reinforce the very things they aim to dismantle. This is a deep, honest, and incredibly validating conversation for anyone seeking liberation from diet culture.
Key Highlights:
If this episode resonated with you, hit subscribe, rate & review the podcast, and share it with a friend, colleague, or client who’s exploring life beyond diet culture.
About Laura:
Laura Doyle is a trauma-informed yoga and meditation teacher who helps women in bigger bodies reconnect with themselves through movement, rest, and radical self-compassion. Her work gently invites you to step away from shame, perfectionism, and the quiet grip of diet culture—and into practices that feel nourishing, supportive, and deeply human.
She’s the founder of Move ~ Breathe ~ Belong, a soon-to-launch membership that offers short, soul-soothing yoga and meditation practices designed for real life. Laura’s approach is warm, welcoming, and rooted in the belief that your body is not a problem to fix—it’s a place to come home to.
Connect with Laura:
Website: https://www.lauradoyle.ie/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulfullylaura/
About Maggie:
Maggie is the owner of Simple Strength Leixlip, a size-inclusive gym in Ireland that prioritizes evidence-based, non-diet approaches to movement. She’s passionate about creating welcoming, empowering spaces for people of all shapes, sizes, and abilities
Connect with Maggie:
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/inclusive_movement_nutrition/
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/simple.strength.leixlip/
Website: https://simplestrengthleixlip.com/
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In this episode, Maggie Lawler of Simple Strength Leixlip sits down with Jess Willow, a registered dietitian and intuitive eating counsellor specializing in fertility and PCOS, to explore how intuitive eating and weight-inclusive approaches can support fertility journeys. Moving beyond BMI restrictions and weight-centric care, Jess shares her expertise on nourishing fertility through an inclusive, holistic lens. They discuss the limitations of using the BMI criteria for fertility treatment, the impact of weight cycling on fertility, and how GLP-1 medications may fit into fertility journeys. This conversation challenges common misconceptions around weight and fertility while offering a compassionate, evidence-based approach to supporting people trying to conceive.
Connect with our guest: Jess at Willow Nutrition Instagram: @willow_nutrition Website: willownutrition.ie Email: jess@willownutrition.ie
This episode is brought to you by Simple Strength Leixlip A weight-inclusive gym in Leixlip, Co. Kildare Host: Maggie Lawler Website: simplestrength.ie
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Join host Maggie as she welcomes Damali Fraiser, a size-inclusive and trauma-informed kettlebell coach from Brampton, Ontario. In this inspiring conversation, Coach Damali shares her unexpected journey from engineering to martial arts, and ultimately to becoming the founder of Liftoff Strength and Wellness and Coaches Corner-the first inclusive kettlebell certification program. Learn how her experience in Muay Thai led her to discover the power of kettlebell training, and hear her passionate approach to making fitness spaces more accessible through trauma-informed, size-inclusive, and anti-oppressive coaching methods. Damali discusses the importance of understanding that bodies are inherently political, the value of letting students be the experts of their own bodies, and her mission to create inclusive communities in both martial arts and kettlebell training. Whether you're a fitness professional or someone interested in inclusive movement practices, this episode offers valuable insights into making fitness more accessible for all bodies.
You can find Coach Damali liftoffstrength.ca
This podcast is sponsored by Simple Strength Leixlip.
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