Find you voice. Write your story.
I write stories—both on the page and in real life—about reinvention, identity, and becoming. For women building their second life, one honest step at a time.
Hi, I’m Portia.
I’m a writer, storyteller, and creator learning in real time what it means to live on my own terms.
For years, I followed the expected path—career, responsibility, stability. But somewhere along the way, I realized I wanted more than comfort. I wanted alignment.
So I started writing.
Not just books—but reflections, lessons, and the messy middle of becoming someone new.
This space is where those worlds meet.
Two Ways I Tell Stories
On this site, you’ll find two types of storytelling:
The Blog
Where I share what I’m learning about writing, reinvention, discipline, and self-trust as I build a creative life in midlife.
The Books
Where those same themes come to life through fiction—stories of identity, healing, and finding your place in the world.
If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t quite belong…
you’re in the right place.
Now Available
Go Get the Priestess
A coming-of-age story about identity, healing, and learning that you don’t have to fit into one box to belong.
My inspiration for this story was reimagining my mother telling her father that she was choosing tarot, Mother Earth and the Universe as her choice of religion over the church. From there, I created the Bell family and how Diana Bell struggles to fit the dynamic of other peoples dreams for her life.
From the Blog
Real-life lessons from the writing desk and beyond—on creativity, reinvention, and building a life that feels like your own.
Habits of a Writer
A podcast for writers and creatives learning how to stay with the story—on the page and in life.
You’re Not Starting Over
You’re starting from experience.
Whether you’re here to write your story, rewrite your life, or simply figure out what’s next—you don’t have to do it perfectly.
You just have to keep going.
Portia Leivette 