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Dr Anne Butcher is a professional social worker and qualified Neuro Change Practitioner with over 30 years of experience working in the social welfare fields of Community Development, Youth Development, Youth Justice, Child Protection and Disability Services. She has also gained extensive working experience when managing domestic violence and sexual assault counselling services, and women's health and wellbeing programs. An in demand, engaging and personable speaker, Anne is regularly asked to speak at conferences or significant community events such as International Women's Day, or to a range of other women's groups, service clubs, and other community groups. Anne is passionate about seeing people - particularly girls and women -- be their best so they can succeed in all areas of their lives and reach their fullest potential, whatever that may be for them.

05/10/2026

Let's clear something up about "𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥" because it's not what the movies make it look like!

❌ 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥.
❌ 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘺.
❌ 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 is quietly knowing your worth and choosing your own direction on purpose, again and again. And here's the best bit: 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀!

Your daily practice? Each morning, ask yourself one question: "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳?" Then go make it. That's power in action.

Do More & Be More!

Save this practice and tell me the choice your future self will thank you for!

28/09/2026

A little truth bomb for your day: 💪 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱. Which means you are 𝗦𝗢 much braver than you give yourself credit for!

We tend to wait for the fear to disappear before we begin. But here's the secret I've learned beside so many incredible women: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. The bravest among us felt every wobble and made the call, had the conversation, started the thing anyway.

So if you're standing at the edge of something exciting and scary, don't wait to feel ready. Take the step. The confidence catches up after, I promise. ✨

Save this for your next brave moment and share it with a woman who's about to leap!

22/09/2026

Can I let you in on one of my favourite truths? 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳! 🌸

I started over later than the world said I should. Wife, mum, well past the age when you're "supposed" to have it all sorted out… and I decided to chase a calling I'd been quietly carrying for years. 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿.

That one leap led to a PhD, a career I adore, two books, and a life this "ordinary girl" from a small Queensland town never dared to dream of!

And here's the exciting part: 🚪 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨! Right now. At whatever age, in whatever season.

You don't need the perfect moment or anyone's permission, just back yourself and take that first joyful step.

Your fresh start could be so much closer than you think. How exciting is that?!

Do More & Be More. 𝗟𝗘𝗧'𝗦 𝗚𝗢!

Tell me in the comments. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨? Let's cheer each other on!

15/09/2026

Ever feel like you're working 𝗦𝗢 hard… but you couldn't quite say what you're working toward?

You're so not alone in that, and the good news is, 💖 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 is absolutely within your reach!

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚:
✨S𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
✨𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
✨𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘱.
✨𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

One of the wonderful women I've worked with put it perfectly:

"𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙤𝙧-𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙥 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙖𝙢, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄'𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚." — 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭

If you're ready to feel that clear and excited about your own life, 𝗟𝗘𝗧'𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗧! A Discovery Call is your first bold step toward the life you've been dreaming about. ✨

Do More & Be More!

08/09/2026

Let's talk about that 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖. The voice that says you're not enough, not clever enough, not far enough along.

Here's the good news I've seen proven again and again: That voice is a habit, not a fact. And habits can absolutely be changed.

It comes down to 𝟯 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣𝗦:
✨C𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.
✨𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵.
✨𝘙𝘦𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

Swipe through for how each one works.

You won't silence the critic overnight, and that's okay. But every time you choose a kinder, truer thought, you're building a brand-new pattern. One that's firmly on your side. 💖 𝗕𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.

Save this for the next day your inner critic gets loud. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸.

31/08/2026

Big, joyful reminder for today: 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗢 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡! 🌟

Not too old.
Not too late.
Not too far down a road you didn't choose.

I've watched women start over and absolutely bloom in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond, and honestly? 𝗜'𝗠 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠!

A fresh start doesn't ask you to undo the past or have it all figured out. It just asks for one brave, hopeful little "𝗬𝗘𝗦."

So whatever you've been dreaming about beginning, this is your sign. Go on. ✨

Save this for a day you need it and tell me:
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲?

24/08/2026

For a long time, I believed a story about myself that I hadn't written.

I grew up an "ordinary girl" in a small Queensland town, married young, and had three children before I really knew who I was. Along the way I picked up a lot of messages about what someone like me could expect from life, and somewhere in there, the title of my own memoir was born: 𝗜 𝗥𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲... 𝗢𝗿 𝗦𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗱.

For years, I carried that story as though it were true.

What I've come to understand through my own journey, and walking beside so many women since is this, Just because we're handed a story, doesn't mean it's ours to keep. The past is real. It shaped us. But it doesn't get the final word. We do.

So, gently and over time, I set that old story down. And in its place I built a life I'm proud of.

If you're holding a story someone else handed you, that you're too late, too ordinary, not enough, hear this with all the warmth I mean it. You're allowed to put it down. You are not what happened to you. You are who you choose to become.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲? Share it below if you feel moved to naming it, is often the first gentle step toward letting go.

18/08/2026

If you're carrying something heavy right now, I want you to hear this gently: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 💖

Life can knock us sideways. Grief, change, the weight of things that happened that we never chose. As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I offer a safe, unhurried space to talk it through, with no judgement and no pressure. Just understanding, and a steady hand to walk beside you.

You can do this in person here in Mackay, or online from wherever you are. And as a Medicare provider, support may be more accessible than you think.

🫂 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁.

If you're ready to reach out, you're warmly welcome. Booking details are in my profile.

12/08/2026

Feeling pulled in a hundred directions? Let's fix that because 💖 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗢 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸!

After years of coaching women, I've found getting clear doesn't need to be complicated. It really comes down to three simple steps, and you can start today.

Swipe through and by the last slide you'll have your one next move. (𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳: 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥.)

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼. 𝗗𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 & 𝗕𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲!

Comment your ✨𝗢𝗡𝗘 next step below. Putting it in writing makes it real!

04/08/2026

Read this twice, because it matters: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 "𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵." 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗲𝘁. ✨

Too loud, too ambitious, too sensitive, too big for your britches. If you've ever been handed labels like these, let today be the day you hand them right back.

The world doesn't need a smaller, quieter version of you. It needs the full, glorious, all-in 𝗬𝗢𝗨. The dreams, the passion, the big feelings and the bigger goals.

You are not too much. You are exactly, 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛. 💖

Save this and share it with a woman who needs to hear it today!

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