Caroline Adams Miller (born September 15, 1961) is an American executive coach and motivational speaker.[1] Miller has written six books, including Getting Grit, Creating Your Best Life, and My Name is Caroline, which chronicles her struggle with bulimia.
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| Born | September 15, 1961 Bethesda, Maryland |
| Occupation | Life coach, motivational speaker, author |
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Early life and education
editBefore college, Miller attended the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, D.C. Afterwards, she graduated from Harvard magna cum laude,[2] and in 2006 earned her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Career
editMiller was the co-founder and president of the Foundation for Education and Eating Disorders (FEED) in Bethesda, Maryland in the early 1990s.[3][4]
Personal life
editMiller first started to diet when she was eight years old,[5] developing an eating disorder while in 9th grade. For the next eight years, she suffered from bulimia.[6][7] None of her family, including her husband, was aware of her eating disorder.[8] In February 1984, she decided it was time to seek help and began to attend Overeaters Anonymous,[9] eventually overcoming her disorder.[6]
Miller chronicled her fight with bulimia in the memoir My Name is Caroline.[10] She recounted, "It wasn't easy to go public about it, because bulimia still has that shame stigma attached to it."[6] An excerpt of the book was the cover story of the March 1987 issue of the Washingtonian and was in Family Circle in 1988.[6]
While in high school and college, Miller was a competitive swimmer.[11] She resumed swimming in 2003 after a 23-year hiatus and is now a top-ranked Masters Swimmer in multiple events.[11] Miller also has a black belt in Hapkido.
Miller lives in Bethesda, Maryland.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Don't Worry, Be Happier". The Daily Reporter. 2006-11-29. p. 15. Retrieved 2018-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Fry, Meg (December 2016). "Miller: True 'Grit' Leads to True Greatness". NJBIZ. 29 (49): 8 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ Lucas, Laurie (1993-09-07). "Too Young to Diet". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 25. Retrieved 2018-01-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Eisenberg, Paul (1993-09-30). "Eating Disorders Strike More Women Than Men". Courier-Post. p. 67. Retrieved 2018-01-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Salter, Stephanie (1994-02-14). "The Glorification of Anorexic Emaciation". Muncie Evening Press. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-01-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d DiObilda, Barbara (January 3, 1993), "Author finally beats bulimia, tosses out the bathroom scale", Houston Chronicle, p. A14
- ^ Alessi, Janet Meckstroth (2017-08-28). "How I learned to eat to live— and STOP living to eat". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Henderson, Randi (1988-02-07). "The Hard Road Back From Bulimia". The Baltimore Sun. p. 117. Retrieved 2018-01-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Successful After a Four-Year Struggle to Control Her Bulimia". The Baltimore Sun. 1988-02-07. p. 124. Retrieved 2018-01-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Banks, Ann (March 13, 1988), "When Eating is all the Matters", The New York Times, retrieved January 21, 2010
- ^ a b Hochwald, Lambeth (2018-01-14). "Age Is Just a Number: 4 Inspiring Athletes Over 50". Parade. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Holland, Judy (2015-03-09). "Grit: The key ingredient to your kids' success". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-30.