Amy Butcher

Amy Butcher

embodied listener divergent questioner whimsical seeker
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Trunk Full of Wonder — in the final editing stage!

Making things
from the inside out

Amy brings her endless curiosity into concrete form through writing, sense-making, and image creation — sharing what she observes in the world in ways that entertain, illuminate, and invite others to see what she sees.

Books

Forthcoming memoir

Trunk Full of Wonder

Forthcoming memoir

Trunk Full of Wonder

The story of my 41-day, 32 state, 9,984 mile road trip around the USA in 2017 to promote the coloring book and recalibrate my friend-or-foe meter during Trump 1.0.

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Coloring book

Wonder Body

A sophisticated coloring book for curious adults exploring 15 sensory systems, the chakra system, and random portals of pleasure.

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Award-winning novel

Paws for Consideration

Award winning murder mystery. Like Tales of the City but with more dogs.

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Editor

Sex Still Spoken Here

An eclectic collection of erotic writing curated in partnership with the Center for Sex & Culture.

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Selected short story

Best Lesbian Erotica

A short story selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of this celebrated annual anthology of lesbian erotic fiction.

Video

Vision Statement movie projects using immersive combination of text and images. These were created in 2008 using a very particular system developed by Malcom and the SFO Rocketship. Ahead of their time, you had to be there to appreciate the magic. I suspect A.I. would create something even more spectacular now some 20 years later.

Vision

Vision Statement Film

Vision

Vision Statement movie exploring all the components of what would make up my best life.

Healing

Vision Statement Film

Healing

The inner psychic landscape navigated before the healing story can be told. More a vision poem than a vision statement.

Nurturance

Vision Statement Film

Nurturance

A short exploration of the things that feed me.

Thinking together,
going deeper

Amy brings her full presence to every collaborative engagement — as a coach, facilitator, and thinking partner for individuals and organizations ready to do real work. The thread linking all these endeavors is the power of experiential learning. There is deep wisdom to be discovered when learning by doing and our most potent ‘hack’ is learning to listen to the intelligence of the body.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business

Facilitation and coaching work with one of the world's leading business schools, working with executives and emerging leaders at the edge of their capacity. Small group facilitator for OB 374-Interpersonal Dynamics, one of the most popular electives at the GSB.

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Tavistock Executive Coaching

Deep systems-informed executive coaching rooted in the Tavistock tradition — for leaders who want to understand not just what they do, but why.

03

Body Trust

Erotic embodiment work that integrates somatic intelligence, helping people come home to their bodies and reclaim their full aliveness.

Play is a path to power.
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Where I Learned Some Useful Tricks

  • MBA (Simmons College)
  • Executive Coaching Certificate (The Tavistock Institute)
  • M.Ed. in Social Justice Education (UMass Amherst)
  • B.A. Physics/Math (Colby College)
  • Outdoor Leadership Certificate (Greenfield)

Ways to put me in a box

  • Horoscope: Gemini with moon in Pisces
  • Enneagram: Type 5 “The Investigator”
  • Myers-Briggs: INTP
  • Orientation: queer

What Amy doesn't do

Clarity about who you're not is its own kind of gift. Amy has strong opinions about where her energy belongs — and where it doesn't. She is not a…

  • Skills-based trainer
  • Source of your answers (you are!)
  • Absolutely certain of what comes next

Something stirring?

Amy loves a good conversation. If something here resonates, reach out.

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