Alison Miller, Ph.D.

Tiara Global LeadersTiara Certified Coaches

Apr 15

UNITED STATES | Dr. Alison Miller creates collaborative coaching relationships with her clients and helps them identify important life goals. She promotes the personal growth of all her clients by helping them change beliefs and attitudes, take action, engage in new behaviors and live their lives according to their own values.

Alison has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago’s ABC, NBC, and Fox TV affiliates, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business and Time Out Chicago as an expert on stress, coping, and meeting life goals. Alison has been a featured speaker for O, The Oprah Magazine and SELF Magazine as well as participated in the NBC daytime reality series “Starting Over” as a psychologist.

Alison has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Cornell University. She is a published author in the field of psychology and the author of Finish Your Dissertation Once and For All: How to Overcome Psychological Barriers, Get Results, and Move on with Your Life published by the American Psychological Association. Alison is a member of the International Coaching Federation and the American Psychological Association. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and two children.

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3 Steps to Producing Results with Inspired Action

Explore the concept of “inspired actions” and learn how they can help you produce the results you desire.

3 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Are Looking for a Professional Learning Community

This blog article shares some important considerations for when you’re wanting to join a professional learning community.

5 Simple Ways to Actually Stick to Your Plan

Explore the 5 practices that have helped clients follow through on their plans.

How to Make a Plan That Works

Consider two key ingredients that we believe are necessary for an effective plan in this blog article.

How to Live with Peace and Power

I have had the honor and opportunity to bring the Tiara leadership principles and concepts to young people.

5 Easy Ways to Integrate Mindfulness into Your Day

The last thing we may feel we have time to add to our To-Do List is practicing mindfulness or sitting and meditating.

How to face tragedy with compassion.

In the wake of another school shooting in the United States, Tiara Global Leaders Elizabeth Ruske, Alison Miller, and Franciska Dekker share how the Tiara Model for True Leadership (SM) can help you choose how to respond when faced with a tragedy.

How to build your influence muscles.

As human beings we have a remarkable ability to influence and inspire each other, and we get to choose to be influential in an intentional and positive way. So what does it mean to be influential?

Parenting from the heart is an expression of True Leadership

When we think about being leaders, we typically discuss leadership at work and in our careers. Yet we have the opportunity to demonstrate True Leadership in every area of our lives, including one of the most challenging and rewarding: parenting.

The gift of gratitude.

I have been thinking a lot about gratitude lately. What it means, how it feels, and how to expand the presence of gratitude in my life.

What is the perfect gift to give your mother? Get to know her.

For Mothers’ Day 2013, Tiara International coaches shined the spotlight on their mothers in recognition of Mother’s Day. These influential women who shaped our lives provided us with incredible stories.

5 ways women lead powerfully even while experiencing Impostor Syndrome

Impostor Syndrome has been discussed since the 1970’s when psychologists first discovered this psychological pattern in high-achieving women. Since then studies have revealed that Imposter Syndrome impacts both men and women, making it a relevant leadership issue that needs to be discussed and addressed openly, across genders.

Ask and You Shall Receive

We all have needs: for love, affection, attention, support, advice, a helping hand. But often we feel we’re not getting enough of what we need.

Create An Inspired Integrated Life

We talk a lot about life integration here at Tiara. At a time when we women seem to be busier than ever, this focus is so relevant to the quality of our lives.

5 Reasons Leaders Slow Down — Even When There’s No Time!

We might think that slowing down is a fantasy, something we daydream about.

Standing for Solidarity

Tiara's Dr. Alison Miller talks about releasing judgments and standing for solidarity at the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in Washington D.C.

The Gift of Intuition

Intuition is something we frequently talk about without really understanding what it is, how we can trust our own intuition, or how we can relate to the intuition others have about our lives.

Failing Forward - Seeing Failure As A Messenger

“They were right.” Three simple words Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook and author of Lean In, used to openly apologize to critics of her failure to recognize the difficulties single moms face succeeding in the workplace