Dr. Erica Miller was born on November 10, 1933 in Tshernovitz, Romania. When she was seven
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Dr. Erica Miller
Motivational Speaker, International Best-Selling Author Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Entrepreneur and Holocaust Survivor
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Dr. Erica Miller was born on November 10, 1933 in Tshernovitz, Romania. When she was seven, Erica and her family were among thousands of Jews herded into cattle cars and imprisoned in a Nazi holding camp in Mogilev, Ukraine for four years. After Erica, her parents, and her sister were liberated by the Russians, the family emigrated to Israel in 1949.
Erica attended high school at night and worked during the day. Upon graduation, she joined the Israeli Air Force and served proudly from 1954 to 1956 before landing a prestigious job at the Israeli Government Tourist Information Office in Tel Aviv. Next, fate and opportunity brought her to Los Angeles, California, where she met her future husband, Jerry Miller.
Together they built a nest and filled it with two children. In 1970, Erica returned to school. Eight years later, she graduated with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Afterwards, she opened a chain of mental health clinics, which she ran for more than 30 years. Today, in addition to public speaking, Dr. Miller oversees her family’s real estate business in Austin, Texas.
She’s written three books, The Dr. Erica Miller Story: From Trauma to Triumph, Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Do It: Living Audaciously in the Here and Now and the international best-seller, Chronologically Gifted—Aging with Gusto! Dr. Miller has always considered herself a citizen of the world. She travels extensively and pushes the envelope everywhere she goes.
In June 2018, she climbed to the 17,000 ft. base camp at Mt. Everest, and in August 2018, she skydived in New Zealand.
At 88, she’s even playing pickle ball and square-dancing weekly. Her adventures, at home and abroad, with family and friends continue to demonstrate how her
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Many people experience challenges in life, but I have never met a more inspiring, fearless woman than Dr. Erica Miller.”
Dr. Erica Miller is such an engaging and inspirational speaker. Only she can deliver such an authentic perspective of history, trauma and living beyond the Holocaust from both a clinical and personal perspective. She had us all laughing and crying!”
We have witnessed tragedies of immense proportion on a regular basis. However, we have also seen the power of the human spirit at its greatest. Dr. Erica Miller’s story is a strong example of how truly powerful the human spirit can be when put to the test. Her fighting spirit shines through in this inspirational memoir.”
Wow! What a talk at Rotary yesterday. You had the group listening intently and laughing regularly. My late mother, a second-generation Jew, would have said, ‘What a broad.’ Thanks.”
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Age Is Just a Age Is Just a Number: How to live Long and and Well
Having experienced her share of blessings as well as having witnessed unfathomable suffering, Dr. Miller is a natural spokesperson for positivity, vitality and longevity. With insights revealed from her third book, Chronologically Gifted—Aging with Gusto, an international best seller, Dr. Miller advocates for a life where age doesn’t come with limits. Instead, Dr. Miller demonstrates how to grow, evolve and rejoice in the excitement of life at any age. Audience Takeaways:
- The importance of attitude
- What living with gusto means
- Finding passion and purpose at any age
- Experiencing the value of community
- Ways to overcome actual or self-imposed limitations
Guts, Grit and Gusto: Finding Your your Strength
Dr. Miller believes that throughout our lives we are on a journey of continuous evolvement. In an interactive, informative and engaging way, she teaches audiences the importance of having a vision and how to turn that vision into reality by reprogramming one’s mindset and adopting a take-charge attitude. With
her trademark guts, grit and gusto, she delivers practical advice about tapping into your hidden courage, strength, determination and commitment to live a meaningful life. Audience Takeaways:
How to identify your passion
• How to fulfill your life’s purpose
• How to stay the course—even with little or no support from significant others
• How to get creative when you’re told, “No”
• How to embrace life’s joys and challenges
Don”t tell Me I Can’t Do It
A presentation with the same name as her 2015 book, Dr. Miller shares her unique philosophy that inspires people to abandon the limitations expressed by naysayers and proactively pursue the lives they desire. By sharing the fi ve core beliefs that have guided her life, Dr. Miller shows audiences how to navigate challenges and seize opportunities as they seek to realize their dreams. Audience Takeaways:
• How to tap into five life affirming principles
• How to turn challenges into opportunities
• How to get rid of the negative messages with which we were raised
• How to proactively create your life’s journey
Living Fearlessly: Lessons from the Holocaust
Dr. Miller provides a bold and gripping account of her four years in a Nazi holding camp. Through her no-holds-barred story of bravery, survival and relentless accomplishments, audiences learn how wartime atrocities and experiences shaped her personality, helped her develop survival strategies and motivated her to live life fearlessly. Audience Takeaways:
• How to understand the impact of trauma and address it
• How to live life with courage
• How to deal with cruelty and bullying
• Personal responsibility for making the world a safer and better place in which to live
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One World in a New World with Dr. Erica Miller - Author, Clinical Psychologist, Holocaust Survivor
Meet Holocaust Survivor Dr Erica Miller with a Speech for Women Today
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