Mommy influencer announces new career as she emerges a year after husband's Hamptons suicide
A mommy blogger who vanished from social media after her husband took his own life at their $12million Hamptons mansion while drowning in debt has launched a new business endeavor.
Candice Miller has returned to the spotlight and revealed she is now a certified professional life coach, 11 months after she first went quiet and wiped her popular Mama and Tata blog.
The glamorous mother-of-two updated her Instagram bio section to share with her 84,000 followers the surprise new role.
'She who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How. CPC | Certified Professional Life Coach,' she wrote.
Her return to work comes as she builds a new life away from the ritzy Hamptons scene that she and her husband were accustomed to, brimming with glittering parties, private plane trips and luxury cars.
The 'Mama and Tata' page, which was also a lifestyle brand, frequently featured lavish displays of wealth like $800 facials and celebrity workout classes, helping her to amass a loyal following of aspirational viewers.
The illusion of the glamorous life she led was shattered on the 4th of July weekend last year when her husband Brandon Miller's body was found inside his Porsche in the garage of the family home.
He died of carbon monoxide poisoning while Miller and her two children were holidaying at a $2,000-per-night resort on Italy's Amalfi Coast, and his death was ultimately declared a suicide.
Brandon died owing $33.6million, leaving just $8,000 in the bank.
She has always maintained that she wasn't aware of her husband's finances or business dealings.
Brandon ensured his family would still be taken care of despite his debts, taking out life insurance policies worth $15million which were paid out after his death.
But some of that money could be swept up in legal fees and repayments as Miller works with lawyers to determine what debts she is on the hook for.
She was sued for $194,881 in unpaid rent from the Park Avenue apartment in New York where she and her family had lived since 2021, but argued that she did not owe any money given she did not personally sign the lease.
It's understood shortly after Brandon's death, Miller agreed to pay about $4million to settle a lawsuit over a separate loan.
In all, her husband had taken out an estimated $20million in unsecured loans, the New York Times reported at the time.
She sold the family home in the Hamptons in December 2024 for $12.8million. The home reportedly had five mortgages taken out on it, totaling nearly $12million.
After the sale, she and her two daughters began a new life in Miami, living in a $10million condominium overlooking the ocean which has been loaned to her by her friend, Alexander von Furstenberg, son of fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.
Far from hiding out and wallowing in misery, sources told Page Six she appeared to be thriving in the Miami scene.
'She's weirdly okay,' another socialite said. 'She's at parties and events and dinners. She's not sitting at home wearing all black with the lights off or anything.
'She's not shopping at Chanel every day. But, day to day, she is living life. She's residing in an expensive apartment that's been loaned to her by friends, She's going to dinners and places like the Four Seasons Surf Club and Casa Tua, working out, and traveling.
'Obviously, everything's changed. But, from what we see, it doesn't feel like anything's changed. She's not super laying low. That's for sure.'
She first returned to social media on Monday evening, sharing a cryptic quote to her Mama and Tata Instagram page accompanied by a picture of a sun peaking through clouds over the water.
'In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer,' the caption read.
'And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back.'
The glamorous mother-of-two shared a cryptic quote to her Mama and Tata Instagram page on Monday evening, accompanied by a picture of a sun peaking through clouds over the water
The cryptic statement was a quote from French philosopher and writer Albert Camus.
Miller's return to social media was met with an influx of supportive messages from her loyal fans who have been patiently waiting 11 months for her to end her self-imposed exile.
'I'm a stranger to you but I pray for you and your girls often,' one fan said.
'So happy you're back,' another added.
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