Dr Anne Butcher

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.

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!

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!

Can I tell you about one of the bravest things I ever did? It scared me silly… and it changed everything.

Here's the thing about ✨𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘: It almost never feels glamorous in the moment: My heart pounded. My hands shook. Every part of me wanted to stay where it felt safe.

But I took the leap anyway, and on the other side was a version of my life I'd been quietly longing for.

That's the secret nobody tells you: 💪 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘 isn't a feeling you wait for. It's a choice you make while you're still nervous. And every single time you choose it, you grow.

So consider this your nudge today, that scary, exciting thing? 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗧!

When did being brave pay off for 𝗬𝗢𝗨? Share your moment below. Let's celebrate it!

With the new financial year freshly underway, a clean slate for so many of us. I've noticed lots of new faces arriving in this little corner of the internet. 👋 Welcome! I'm so glad you're here.

For those I haven't met yet: 💖 𝗜'𝗺 𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, based in Mackay.

For more than 30 years I've had one joyful mission: Helping women succeed and step into their full potential. As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (and Medicare provider) I walk gently alongside women through life's harder seasons. As a coach, I help women get clear on what they truly want, then go build it.

I'm not here from a pedestal. I'm an ordinary woman who once stood at her kitchen sink wondering if this was all there was… and found out it wasn't.

So if you're new here, consider this your warm welcome. Stay a while, there's a little encouragement waiting for you every week. And whatever a "𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵" looks like for you this year, please know it's absolutely within reach. 𝗗𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 & 𝗕𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲!

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘? Say hello in the comments so I can welcome you properly, and tell me one fresh start you're hoping for this year!

Let's talk about that ✨𝗕𝗜𝗚 dream — yes, the one! The goal that makes your heart race and your palms sweat at the same time.

After 30+ years walking beside women, here's what I know for sure: the goal that scares you a little is usually the one pointing straight at your purpose. So let's stop tucking it away for "𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆" and start chasing it!

Swipe through for 3 questions that'll help you find yours Simple. But they just might change everything.

This is the very heart of my book, 📖 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹. All about reaching your deepest desires before it's too late.

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁? Drop it below — I can't wait to read your answers!

Hold onto this today: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁. 💖

For a long time I let old stories, the labels, the gossip, the things said about an "𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹" from a small town, decide what I was allowed to want. Until I realised those stories were handed to me. I didn't have to keep them.

The past is real, and it shaped you, but it doesn't get the final word. You do. And what a freeing, hopeful thing that is.

Save this for a day you need the reminder. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻?

𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗧: Me at 23, mopping the kitchen floor, when a thought stopped me in my tracks, there has to be ✨𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 to life than this!

I adored my family. I was a wife and a mum to three little ones. But somewhere along the way I'd lost sight of me, my dreams, my spark, the things that lit me up.

Maybe you know that feeling? That little whisper that says you were made for something more?

Here's the joyful truth, from a woman who grew up an "𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡" with the odds stacked against her: That whisper isn't ingratitude, it's an invitation! And oh, the places it can take you. I followed mine, and it led to a whole life I never dreamed was possible.

It is never, ever too late to answer that call. Do More & Be More!

P.S. I share this whole adventure in my memoir, "𝗜 𝗥𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲... 𝗢𝗿 𝗦𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗱."

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂? Tell me in the comments. I'd love to hear!

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀 … 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀?

Have you ever noticed you'd never speak to a friend the way you speak to yourself:

🗣️ “Who do you think you are?”
🗣️ “You always stuff things up.”
🗣️ “Everyone else seems to be coping with it – why can’t you?”

.. 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁?

Most women I work with are incredibly kind and encouraging to others, but incredibly hard of themselves.

It’s difficult to take even small steps forward in your life when you’re being criticised from the inside out.

My online program 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂 is for women who are ready to:

~ Stop letting that inner critic make every decision
~ Rebuild a sense of self‑worth after years of putting themselves last
~ Remember what they want, not just what everyone else needs

Inside 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂, I guide you to:

✨ Understand where that critical voice came from
✨ Question the beliefs that keep you small and stuck
✨ Practise new, kinder ways of speaking to yourself
✨ Create small changes that fit your real life

You can start any time and move at your own pace.

👉 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂.

💭 Be honest for a second....

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿?

✔️ You’re kind and supportive to everyone else, but harsh with yourself
✔️ You second‑guess nearly every decision
✔️ You’ve lost touch with what 𝘺𝘰𝘶 actually want
✔️ You feel guilty when you rest, as if you haven’t “earned it”

If you nodded along to even one of these, you’re not alone.

So many women (especially in midlife) tell me they feel like they’ve disappeared into roles – mother, partner, carer, colleague – and somewhere along the way, their own voice got quieter and faded into the background.

My online program 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂 was created for women who feel like they're in that exact place.

It gently supports you to:

✨ Reconnect with what matters to you now
✨ Turn down the volume on your inner critic
✨ Build a kinder, more supportive way of speaking to yourself
✨ Create small, realistic habits that look after 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 wellbeing

There’s no rush, no pressure – and you work through it at your own pace, in your own time.

I'll add the link in comments so you can have a look inside 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂, and see if it feels right for you.