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-coach 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!

I started dieting when I was 12.I stopped at 50.That's 38 years of obsessing over food and my weight. 38 years of gainin...
03/16/2026

I started dieting when I was 12.
I stopped at 50.
That's 38 years of obsessing over food and my weight. 38 years of gaining, losing, and gaining it all back again.
And here's the part that still gets me —
I'm a doctor. I knew exactly what to do. I even counseled my own patients on nutrition. And I still gained and lost over 250 lbs in my lifetime.
So if you've ever thought, "I know what I'm supposed to do — why can't I just DO it?"
Yeah. I've been there. I lived there for nearly four decades.
Then menopause showed up. I went back to Weight Watchers — for what felt like the hundredth time — to lose the same 20-30 lbs. And for the first time ever… it just wasn't working.
My doctor looked at me and said, "Welcome to menopause."
And honestly? That was the moment everything changed.
Not because menopause was easy. But because it finally forced me to stop doing the same thing and expecting different results.
I started asking a different question. Not "what should I eat?" but "why do I keep abandoning myself?"
That was the last time I ever had to lose weight. 🙏

If you're in menopause and the old approach has stopped working — that's not failure. That's your body asking for something better.
You're not broken. You just need a new way. 💛

💬 How long have you been on this journey? I'd love to know. Drop a number in the comments.
🔗 Grab my free Jumpstart Your Weight Loss in Menopause guide — link in bio.

We spend so much energy blaming the food. The ice cream. The chips. The wine.But the real culprit? The drama we wrap aro...
03/14/2026

We spend so much energy blaming the food.

The ice cream.
The chips.
The wine.

But the real culprit? The drama we wrap around it.

Less drama = fewer urges. It really is that simple — and that hard.

What food are YOU still giving too much power to? 👇

The full conversation is in Episode 518. Worth a listen. 🎧www.drdebbutler.com/518

03/13/2026

I know what you're thinking — "Dr. Deb, what does Buddhism have to do with my weight in menopause?" And I hear you.

But stay with me for a second. 😄

Because equanimity — this idea of taking something or leaving it, not being attached — is honestly one of the most practical things I've ever brought into my work with women around food.

Think about your favorite food right now.

The one you say you "can't resist."

What if the only reason you can't resist it is because of everything you've told yourself about it? The drama, the history, the "I've loved it since I was a child."

What if you just… let that go? What if it was just food? That's the practice. And it works.

Go listen to the full episode —🎧 https://youtu.be/H0l7gDeBOOI

Real talk — the reason most women struggle with food in menopause has nothing to do with the food.It's the story we tell...
03/11/2026

Real talk — the reason most women struggle with food in menopause has nothing to do with the food.

It's the story we tell about the food.

I see it every week with my clients.

The ice cream they "can't keep in the house."

The chips they "have no control around." Sound familiar?

Swipe through — I broke it down into 3 shifts that actually moved the needle. 👉

Want to go deeper? I talk all about this in Episode 518. 🎧www.drdebbutler.com/518

03/11/2026

How many of you have said "I just can't keep that in my house"? 🙋‍♀️

I hear it all the time from my clients — and I get it, I really do.

But here's what I want you to understand.

It was never about the ice cream.
It was never about the chips.
It was never about the wine.

It's about the story you've been telling yourself about those things.

The more you call it your favorite, the more you say you can't resist it, the more you build it up — the more your brain is going to want it.

That's not a willpower problem.

That's a drama problem.

And the good news? You can actually work with that.

This is exactly what I talk about in Episode 518 and I really think it's going to shift something for you.

Go listen — 🎧 https://youtu.be/H0l7gDeBOOI

You know that feeling when you KNOW what you should be doing, but you just can't seem to make it stick? You're not broke...
03/10/2026

You know that feeling when you KNOW what you should be doing, but you just can't seem to make it stick?

You're not broken.
You're not lazy.
You just haven't figured out what's actually going on in that beautiful, busy mind of yours yet.

That's exactly what a free mini session with me is for.

No sales pressure.
No cookie-cutter advice.
Just you and me, figuring out what's really getting in the way — and what we can do about it.

Because I promise you, it's not another diet that's going to get you there.

If you're a woman in menopause who's tired of fighting with food and frustrated that nothing seems to be working the way it used to — this conversation is for you.

Come talk to me. It's free. And it might just be the thing that changes everything. 💛
👉 drdebbutler.com/workwithme

5 days of silence.No talking. No phone. No distractions. Just sitting with my own mind, and eating three meals a day wit...
03/10/2026

5 days of silence.
No talking.
No phone.
No distractions.

Just sitting with my own mind, and eating three meals a day with zero conversation.

And you know what I couldn't stop thinking about? Food. 😂

Not because I was starving.

But because of how DRAMATIC my brain was about it.

That experience cracked something open for me, and in this week's episode, I'm sharing a Buddhist concept called equanimity that has genuinely changed the way I and my clients think about food.

If you've ever felt out of control around your favorite foods... this one's for you.

🎧 Episode 518 is live now. Link in bio. www.drdebbutler.com/518

Watch it on YouTube - https://youtu.be/H0l7gDeBOOI

I have to be honest with you about something.For decades, I thought I just didn't have enough willpower.Not disciplined ...
03/09/2026

I have to be honest with you about something.

For decades, I thought I just didn't have enough willpower.

Not disciplined enough. Not consistent enough. Not good enough.

Turns out, I was asking entirely the wrong question.

It was never "why can't I lose the weight?"

It was "why do I keep abandoning myself?"

That one shift — that single reframe — changed everything. And it's the same thing I see holding back every woman I work with who's in the thick of menopause, exhausted, and convinced her body has turned against her.

Here's what I wish someone had told me sooner:

Your body isn't broken. She's actually trying to tell you something. We've just spent so long dieting, restricting, and fighting her... that we forgot how to listen.

Menopause isn't the beginning of the end. It's honestly the first time most of us are finally forced to stop white-knuckling it and try something different.

And different? Different actually works.

If you're in it right now — the sleepless nights, the scale that won't budge, the feeling that time is running out — I want you to hear this:

You're not too late. You're just still using the old map. 🗺️

What's one thing you wish someone had told you about your body before menopause hit? Drop it below. 👇

Every time you say "I'll try," your brain files it under "probably not happening." It's not you being weak, it's just ho...
03/07/2026

Every time you say "I'll try," your brain files it under "probably not happening." It's not you being weak, it's just how language works on the mind.

One tiny word swap. "I will" instead of "I'll try." And watch what shifts.

I know it sounds almost too simple. But I've seen it change everything for the women I work with. Give it a shot this week and tell me what you notice.

Link in the comment👇

03/06/2026

I used to say "I'll try" all the time, and I genuinely thought I was being realistic and honest with myself. Turns out, I was just quietly giving myself permission to quit before I even started.

Dr. Ellen Langer, a Harvard researcher with 50 years of mind-body research behind her — says it so clearly: trying already expects failure. And once she said it, I couldn't unhear it.

Think about how many times you've said:
"I'll try to eat better this week."
"I'll try to get moving."
"I'll try to stop eating at night."

Your brain hears that word try and it files the whole thing under "probably not happening."

It's not a discipline problem.
It's a language problem.

And the fix is so much simpler than another diet or another plan. It starts with how you talk to yourself.

This episode goes deep on this — and honestly, I think it's one of the most important things I've shared in a long time.

Here's the link to YouTube - go listen. And drop a 💬 below if "I'll try" is a little too familiar. Because same, friend. Same.

Swipe through this, especially if you've been "trying" to lose weight in menopause and it's just... not clicking. 👉The t...
03/05/2026

Swipe through this, especially if you've been "trying" to lose weight in menopause and it's just... not clicking. 👉

The truth is, the problem probably isn't your discipline or your metabolism.
It's the words you're using. It's how you see movement. It's what you believe is possible for you right now.

Harvard research actually backs this up, and I break it all down in Episode 517 of Thinner Peace in Menopause.

Drop a 🙋‍♀️ in the comments if slide 2 hit a little too close to home. Because same, friend. Same.

👉 Full episode at www.drdebbutler.com/517

03/04/2026

I was listening to an interview of Harvard psychologist Dr. Ellen Langer where she shares a study on the Mel Robbins podcast. Same job. Same movement. Completely different results. The only difference? Is what they believed.

Hotel housekeepers who were simply told their daily cleaning counted as exercise lost weight, changed their body composition, gained muscle mass. The ones who weren't told? Nothing. Not a thing.

And I sat there thinking — how many of us are doing the same thing every day and telling ourselves it doesn't count? How many of us have already decided before we even start that it's not going to work?

This is exactly why I do what I do.

The mind is not a "nice to have" in weight loss. It is the whole game. Especially in menopause, when everything feels harder and your body feels like a stranger. You don't need to work harder. You might just need to change what you believe.

The full episode is up now — https://youtu.be/Wkiu6Bi-bV4. This one is worth your time. 🎙️

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Dr. Deb Butler is a master weight loss- and life-coach, certified nutritionist, and board certified chiropractor and acupuncturist. 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-coach 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. Dr. Deb is a seeker of life. 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!