Carey Portell

Breaking through Limitations

THRIVE*BIG

What Choice Will You Make?

Changing one perspective at a time by doing the one thing I've been most afraid of my entire life.

Choosing a Life you Want out of the Life you were Given

Speaking

I schedule speaking engagements with different presentations according to the audience. Please contact me for more details.

Blog

Enjoy my blog as I take you on my journey. Read about my trials of recovery, parenthood, photography, cooking and my life on a farm!

Workshops

Workshops/Online Courses include:
Healing with Courage,Gratitude and Attitude

TESTIMONIALS
"Thank you so much for coming and sharing this message. This can't be easy for you to talk about and "relive" each time. My kids also came home and talked about it with me. Carter told me that one of his friends, a girl, was crying while listening to you talk. You are impacting and, I am sure, changing lives. Thank you so much!!" ~ M. Deppe
"Carey Portell it was so good to see you today and hear your story as you tell it. You are such an inspiration of determination and what a positive spirit can do. Thank you for your willingness to share." ~ E. Mitchell
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My Blog

I have HUGE news!!!

What would you say if I told you I finally finished my book?  Finally!   Ten years after our car crash and eight years of writing on and off.   What was my catalyst?   My friend Kim.  Kim passed from cancer late summer and in one of our deep talks to and from chemo, she said, “Just

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What have I been up to?

It’s not right to just leave……. I skipped out on you guys since Spring and I apologize for that.  Like many of you, this year of 2020 has not been my best and I have been floundering around, trying to find my way back to……….me.I have basically been in quarantine since January when I had my

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Injury, Pain & Addiction

Yep.  Me. Some of you may be surprised and some may feel it’s a given. I was addicted to narcotics.  I didn’t know it until I stopped taking them.  My body was addicted eight weeks into my recovery.   That fast.  I was probably addicted sooner than that and had no idea. Why did I stop

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A Community of Faith

Last week I was able to spend a few days on the Illinois-Iowa state border.  The Riverdale and Erie School Districts in Illinois invited me to spend some time with their communities and boy did they leave an impression with me.  A wonderful woman and her daughter viewed my episode on FarmHer on the RFD

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Changing one perspective at a time by doing the one thing I've been most afraid of my entire life

I schedule speaking engagements with different presentations according to the audience. Please contact me for more details.