Dr. Deb Butler

Dr. Deb Butler Are you still trying to lose weight after all these years? Is menopause making it HARDER than EVER? Dr. Deb is a seeker of life.

Get a jumpstart on losing weight in menopause with my free guide 👇 Dr. Deb Butler is a board certified chiropractor and acupuncturist, as well as a certified nutritionist and master weight loss- and life-coach. She helps women who are going through menopause end their struggle with weight — ultimately helping them reconnect with and manifest their truest desires — FINALLY! With additional life-coa

ch certification through both Martha Beck and Brooke Castillo, Dr. Deb helps women learn to embrace and enhance their life experiences — from over-stressed executives and stay-at-home Moms, to those experiencing menopause (and a lot more in-between). Dr. Deb utilizes a blend of brain science, nutrition, physiology, life coaching and life lessons, teaching that REAL weight loss — lasting weight loss — starts from the inside out. She loves spending time with her husband, family and her dog, Baron. She enjoys hiking and being in nature whenever possible. Her favorite thing is to have you “reach out” and ask her anything!

Before you reach for the food, pause for just a moment.Not to decide whether you're “allowed” to eat it. Not to judge yo...
09/04/2026

Before you reach for the food, pause for just a moment.

Not to decide whether you're “allowed” to eat it. Not to judge yourself.

Just ask:

Why am I choosing this?

Maybe you're genuinely hungry. Maybe you really love the food and want to enjoy it. Maybe you're celebrating. Or maybe you're eating because you don't want to disappoint someone, because it's a special occasion, or because you've decided you deserve to overeat.

There is no need to shame yourself for the answer.

The goal is simply to notice. Because when you understand why you're making a choice, you have the opportunity to decide whether it's a choice you truly want to make.

I talk more about this in Episode 543: Is Overeating Really a Gift to Yourself? | A Special Birthday Episode.

🎧 Listen to the episode here www.drdebbutler.com/543

09/04/2026

This has very little to do with pasta.

It made me think about how easily we can put someone else's happiness ahead of our own without even realizing we're doing it.

Maybe you've done this with food. Maybe you've done it in other parts of your life, too.

How often do you say yes because you don't want someone else to be disappointed?

Sometimes becoming more peaceful around food begins with becoming more honest about what you actually want.

In this clip from Episode 543, I share why our relationship with food can sometimes reveal a deeper pattern of putting other people before ourselves.

Listen to the full episode here www.drdebbutler.com/543

That was my intention for this birthday year.And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that knowing our worth...
09/03/2026

That was my intention for this birthday year.

And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that knowing our worth isn't just something we say to ourselves.

It can show up in the small choices we make every day.

How we treat our bodies.
Whether we listen to what we really want.
Whether we say yes because we want to, or because we don't want to disappoint someone else.
Whether we use food to celebrate ourselves or to disconnect from ourselves.

Your worth isn't determined by what you eat, what you weigh, or whether you make the “right” choice every time.

But learning to honor yourself can change the way you make those choices.

I talk more about this in this Special Birthday Episode. 🎧 Listen here:
www.drdebbutler.com/543

09/02/2026

We can call something a gift without ever stopping to ask whether it actually feels like one.

If overeating leaves you feeling stuffed and terrible, I want you to pause before calling it a treat.

You don't have to judge yourself. Just get curious.

What am I really giving myself here?

In this clip from Episode 543, I ask you to look at what you're calling a “treat” and consider whether you're really treating yourself.

Watch the full episode: www.drdebbutler.com/543

Have you ever told yourself, “It’s my birthday, so I might as well eat whatever I want”?Or maybe it’s a holiday, vacatio...
09/01/2026

Have you ever told yourself, “It’s my birthday, so I might as well eat whatever I want”?

Or maybe it’s a holiday, vacation, or special celebration. Suddenly, the rules change, and overeating feels like a way of treating yourself.

But I want you to pause and ask yourself: Are you really treating yourself?

In this special birthday episode, I share a story about birthday cake, two stories from my clients, and a question that can change the way you think about your food choices:

Do you actually like your reason for choosing this?

You don't have to give up the foods you enjoy. But you can learn to make choices that truly feel good to you.

🎧 Ep 543: Is Overeating Really a Gift to Yourself? | A Special Birthday Episode

Listen here: drdebbutler.com/543

08/31/2026

If you're a woman who is used to pushing through everything, I want you to think about this.

What if pushing through your exhaustion isn't strength? What if it's a sign that you're not listening to your body?

I know how easy it is to keep going when you're tired, ignore your hunger, or push aside what you're feeling. But becoming more connected to your body means learning to notice those signals before you have to reach a breaking point.

What's it like to go to bed when you're tired? To eat when you're hungry? To stop when you're full?

You don't have to keep pushing yourself to create change.

Watch the full episode: www.drdebbutler.com/542

What if you took the pressure off yourself to lose weight, even for a little while?I know that can feel almost impossibl...
08/28/2026

What if you took the pressure off yourself to lose weight, even for a little while?

I know that can feel almost impossible when you've spent years thinking about what you weigh, what you should be eating, and how much more you need to lose.
But what happens when the goal changes?

Instead of constantly thinking, “How can I lose weight?” you start asking, “What is my body telling me?”

Am I hungry? Am I full? Am I tired? Am I eating because I'm physically hungry, or is something else going on?

For me, getting more connected to my body has been a much more important part of creating peace around food than constantly chasing a number on the scale.

08/27/2026

If you're trying to lose weight in menopause, you may think the answer is to restrict more, eat less, and try harder.

But what if your body is asking you to pay attention, not deprive yourself?

I want you to try something that may feel completely backwards.

Whatever weight you're at right now, accept it. That doesn't mean you've given up on losing weight. It means you're taking the pressure off long enough to actually pay attention to what's happening in your body.

For the next week, or even better, the next month, what would it be like to stop thinking, “I have to lose weight” and start thinking:

“I have to pay attention.”

Pay attention to your hunger. Your fullness. Your energy. Your choices. Your patterns.

Because menopause changes your body. And learning to work with those changes can be very different from constantly fighting them.

I know how easy it is to be hard on yourself when you've struggled with your weight for years.You tell yourself you shou...
08/26/2026

I know how easy it is to be hard on yourself when you've struggled with your weight for years.

You tell yourself you should have more discipline. You should be doing better. You should be able to figure this out by now.

But being harder on yourself isn't what creates lasting change.

Sometimes the first step is learning to listen to your body, understand what's really happening, and give yourself the same kindness you would give someone else who was struggling.

You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to punish yourself into change.

You need to learn to be kind to yourself first, then results will follow.

Listen to this week's episode on how kindness to yourself can help with weight loss in menopause www.drdebbutler.com/542

What if the reason you keep gaining and losing the same weight isn't because losing weight is impossible?I see this with...
08/25/2026

What if the reason you keep gaining and losing the same weight isn't because losing weight is impossible?

I see this with so many women. They have a weight they never want to go above, and a weight they wish they could reach. But when they get a little closer to their goal, something changes. They relax, celebrate, and before long, they're back in the same range again.

I did this for 30 years.

I call it a game because your brain can convince you that you can't lose weight, when you've actually learned to stay within a certain range.

In this week’s episode, I talk about what happens when you stop making weight loss the immediate goal and start paying attention to your body instead.

If you've been stuck in the same cycle for years, I think this conversation will make you look at your weight in a completely different way.

Listen to Episode 542 www.drdebbutler.com/542

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