Caroline Adams Miller

Caroline Miller (born September 15, 1961) is an American Goal-Setting and Performance Coach and author of nonfiction books, best known for writing the first book by a survivor of bulimia nervosa, My Name is Caroline.(1991 - 12 years after the 1979 classification of bulimia as a psychiatric disorder) Caroline Miller was born and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. She attended the prestigious schools of Norwood School and National Cathedral School. She ... more

Caroline Miller (born September 15, 1961) is an American Goal-Setting and Performance Coach and author of nonfiction books, best known for writing the first book by a survivor of bulimia nervosa, My Name is Caroline.(1991 - 12 years after the 1979 classification of bulimia as a psychiatric disorder) Caroline Miller was born and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. She attended the prestigious schools of Norwood School and National Cathedral School. She developed the eating disorder of bulimia at the age of thirteen, when a few of her friends showed her how to binge and purge to keep her weight down. She was accepted to Harvard University where she met her future husband. She became engaged at the age of nineteen to Haywood Miller, and after graduating Harvard magna cum laude in 1981, the two got married. It wasn't until after their honeymoon in Jamaica that Miller informed her husband of her eating disorder. She became involved in organizations such as Overeaters Anonymous to recover. My... less