Vie Portland helps people, schools, and workplaces build confidence, happiness, and inclusivity.

About me

Vie Portland ("as in c'est la vie") built a 25-year speaking career out of an accident: a talk meant for 25 people turned into one in front of 250.

Vie Portland is the founder of VIP Empowerment, a UK-based confidence creator, trainer, speaker, and author who works with people of all ages as well as workplaces and schools. Her approach combines a psychology degree, counselling qualifications, and a background in childcare and education with trauma-informed lived experience, since she lives with a rare disability herself.

That first accidental talk to 250 people, given on behalf of a charity supporting her condition, launched a speaking career she still carries on today, including regular appearances for that same organization and on radio. She now delivers 1-1 confidence sessions, corporate and school training under her "Training 4 Influence" methods, and keynotes on topics like moving from self-rejection to living visibly, disability and inclusion, running a business as a disabled entrepreneur, and raising confident children.

She has authored confidence-building books including 'Find Your Fabulous' and 'Shining Bright' (a confidence workbook for teenagers living with physical disabilities), and co-authored 'Extraordinary Butterflies', a collection of resilience stories from the Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) community.