Background
Glennon Doyle Melton was born in Burke, Virginia and comes from a close family that includes one sister, Amanda Doyle.
Glennon Doyle Melton was born in Burke, Virginia and comes from a close family that includes one sister, Amanda Doyle.
Her first memoir, Carry On, Warrior (Scribner, 2012), was a New York Times bestseller, and she is the creator and president of the non-profit, Together Rising (To Get Her Rising), an organization working to uplift and empower women by meeting critical needs. Her writing has been featured in Reader"s Digest, Woman"s Day, and Family Circle, and she has appeared on The Today Show, The Meredith Vieira Show and the #OWNSHOW.
She writes and speaks frequently about early struggles with bulimia and addiction. In her 2013 TEDx talk, Lessons from the Mental Hospital, she discusses time spent in a mental hospital when she was a teen.
Melton began her online writing career in 2009, with the creation of her blog, Momastery.
The funny, conversational and tell-all nature of her writing quickly gained popularity. Viral blog posts beginning with "2011 Lesson #2: Don"t Carpe Diem" led to the publication of her memoir, Carry On, Warrior and the growth of her social media audience.
Melton has also become a professional public speaker. In her own words, Melton describes her career and life philosophy like this:
"Life is brutal.
But it"s also beautiful.
Brutiful, I call lieutenant Life"s brutal and beautiful are woven together so tightly that they can"t be separated. Reject the brutal, reject the beauty.
So now I embrace both, and I live well and hard and realium
My job is to wake up every day, say yes to life"s invitation, and let millions of women watch me get up off the floor, walk, stumble, and get back up again.".
During her time at James Madison University, she was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority.