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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|9|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]]
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| occupation = Life coach, motivational speaker, [[author]]
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| website = {{URL|http://www.carolinemiller.com/}}
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'''Caroline Adams Miller''' (born September 15, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] executive coach and [[motivational speaker]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17013025/the_daily_reporter/|title=Don't Worry, Be Happier|last=|first=|date=2006-11-29|work=The Daily Reporter|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=15|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Miller has written six books, including ''[[Getting Grit]]'', ''[[Creating Your Best Life]]'', and ''[[My Name is Caroline]]'', which chronicles her struggle with [[bulimia]].

==Early life and education==

Before college, Miller attended the [[National Cathedral School]] for Girls in Washington, D.C. Afterwards, she graduated from Harvard [[Latin honors|magna cum laude]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Fry|first=Meg|date=December 2016|title=Miller: True 'Grit' Leads to True Greatness|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=120239587&site=ehost-live|journal=Njbiz|volume=29|issue=49|pages=8|subscription=yes|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> and in 2006 earned her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":1" />

==Career==

Miller was the co-founder and president of the [[Foundation for Education and Eating Disorders]] (FEED) in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17013401/santa_cruz_sentinel/|title=Too Young to Diet|last=Lucas|first=Laurie|date=1993-09-07|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=25|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17014256/courierpost/|title=Eating Disorders Strike More Women Than Men|last=Eisenberg|first=Paul|date=1993-09-30|work=Courier-Post|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=67|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

== Personal Life ==

Miller first started to [[Dieting|diet]] when she was eight years old,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17014314/muncie_evening_press/|title=The Glorification of Anorexic Emaciation|last=Salter|first=Stephanie|date=1994-02-14|work=Muncie Evening Press|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=9|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> developing an [[eating disorder]] while in 9th grade. For the next eight years, she suffered from [[bulimia]].<ref name=dio>{{citation|last=DiObilda|first=Barbara|title=Author finally beats bulimia, tosses out the bathroom scale|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=January 3, 1993|page=A14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/lifestyles/how-learned-eat-live-and-stop-living-eat/ZuR9g1xvdhQ9HsdJ8YDFhN/|title=How I learned to eat to live— and STOP living to eat|last=Alessi|first=Janet Meckstroth|date=2017-08-28|work=Palm Beach Post|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> None of her family, including her husband, was aware of her eating disorder.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17013994/the_baltimore_sun/|title=The Hard Road Back From Bulimia|last=Henderson|first=Randi|date=1988-02-07|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=117|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In February 1984, she decided it was time to seek help and began to attend [[Overeaters Anonymous]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17014099/the_baltimore_sun/|title=Successful After a Four-Year Struggle to Control Her Bulimia|last=|first=|date=1988-02-07|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|pages=124|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> eventually overcoming her disorder.<ref name="dio" />

Miller chronicled her fight with bulimia in the memoir ''My Name is Caroline''.<ref name=banks>{{citation|last=Banks|first=Ann|title=When Eating is all the Matters|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 13, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/13/books/when-eating-is-all-that-matters.html?scp=1&sq=%22my%20name%20is%20caroline%22&st=cse|accessdate=January 21, 2010}}</ref> She recounted, "It wasn't easy to go public about it, because bulimia still has that shame stigma attached to it."<ref name=dio/> An excerpt of the book was the cover story of the March 1987 issue of the [[Washingtonian_(magazine)|''Washingtonian'']] and was in ''[[Family Circle]]'' in 1988.<ref name=dio/>

While in high school and college, Miller was a competitive swimmer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://parade.com/636232/lhochwald/age-is-just-a-number-4-inspiring-athletes-over-50/|title=Age Is Just a Number: 4 Inspiring Athletes Over 50|last=Hochwald|first=Lambeth|date=2018-01-14|work=Parade|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> She resumed swimming in 2003 after a 23-year hiatus and is now a top-ranked Masters Swimmer in multiple events.<ref name=":0" /> Miller also has a black belt in [[Hapkido]].

Miller lives in Bethesda, Maryland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/03/09/grit-the-key-ingredient-to-your-kids-success/|title=Grit: The key ingredient to your kids’ success|last=Holland|first=Judy|date=2015-03-09|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-01-30|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.carolinemiller.com Official Site]

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[[Category:People from Bethesda, Maryland]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Life coaches]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
[[Category:National Cathedral School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni]]
[[Category:American health and wellness writers]]
[[Category:American motivational writers]]
[[Category:Women motivational writers]]
[[Category:American women non-fiction writers]]

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