Introducing Our Founder, Portia Chambers!
You may recognize Portia as someone who pops into the WE social accounts from time to time and as the organizer of all of the WE events, but you may not know too much about her background and how the WE came to be. Part of this is intentional because she created the WE not for herself but for all women. But today, we are pulling back the curtain.
The WE came to Portia in a time of deep healing.
After selling her home-based cycling studio, The Den, Portia successfully started, grew and scaled a social media management business. As time went on much of her business centered around mindset practices while growing and scaling a business. She saw many around her struggling with comparison, burnout, and the frustrations of social media. So she added coaching services to help extend that human connection and share everything she learned along the way.
As her business grew, boundaries started to fade. Comparison set in. Something was missing. She didn’t find the same fulfillment that she previously felt in the studio or on the mat teaching yoga. She knew that she was happy, but she could be much happier.
The missing piece was community.
She turned to healing, meditation and manifested a business where women from all walks of life would be celebrated, come back to themselves, and embrace themselves as they are. No more, no less. Saying fuck it to the things that no longer serve you (“Fuck” is Portia’s love language, just ask her daughter and husband!)
And so the WE Experience was born.
The WE Experience was a response to the culture of toxic positivity, comparison, and isolation that women experience everywhere. Healing alone can be so isolating, but healing as a community is empowering. She never wanted the WE Experience to be solely for entrepreneurs because, at any given point in their lives and professions, women need to be supported. Celebrated. Empowered.
Portia created the WE social media account as a place where women can say “fuck it” to the expectations placed on their shoulders, take a moment to breathe and return to their authentic selves. She also started the WE blog, a place where women can share their stories about moments that left them breathless. Events to celebrate one another and a Membership to give women a space to feel connected, empowered, celebrated and inspired.
The WE Membership takes healing and community to a deeper level.
Here you will find expert-led monthly Masterclasses, huddles, and constant support from Portia and other members to help you through every point in your journey. There’s also a library of breathwork, yoga and meditations to feed your soul.
Portia's dedication to community comes naturally, since she is the first person to step up and empower women around her. If you are looking for someone who will be in your corner as a cheerleader in your business, in your life and in your healing journey, Portia will be there. Throughout her journey even leading up to the WE, she loved taking every opportunity to inspire and educate others. People who have worked with Portia rave about feeling famous, or like they are the only person in the room.
You will find Portia within the WE, fully dedicated to her community. Portia coaches each new member on how they can make the most out of their membership and helps connect them to like-minded women who have been in their shoes. She created a judgement-free space where women can come back to themselves and just be, because this is the energy that she cultivates wherever she goes.
The WE blog is a collection of stories and journal entries from women sharing moments in their life that left them breathless. We believe in celebrating all moments. Whether they are the happiest moments of your life, moments that left you feeling lost. Or moments where you healed yourself again and again. We are here for all of it. No moment is too small. No moment isn’t worth celebrating. This is a safe space to share. A place where you can be yourself. A place to heal.
Here's what women are saying after writing their story:
“So surreal! I am so glad I could use this place to heal. It is perfect, it is supportive, it is beautiful. Thank you for this gift. I will cherish this opportunity forever.”
“It was such an interesting experience to write it. The process of writing it, is the moment that took my breath away.”
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WE are a space where women can be celebrated and honoured just as they are; nothing more or less. We encourage you to be nosy and take a look around.
This space is for you. A place where you can be your badass self and surrounded by women raising the bar within themselves.