[5][6] However, other sources suggest that energy medicine can have a place in an integrative approach to health,[7] and while some are skeptical that "our biography becomes our biology",[5]: 538  the concept may have a scientific basis.

[10] She was raised a Catholic in a large Polish American family,[11] and attended the Mother Guerin High School, River Grove, Illinois, run by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.

[9] During the course of her career, she interviewed Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the author of the famous book On Death and Dying, which inspired her to pursue a master's degree in theology from Mundelein College, Chicago, which she completed in 1979.

Deriving from her practice as a medical intuitive, she started writing books, in the field of energy medicine, and healing, five of which became New York Times Best Sellers.

[10][21] In 2003, she founded the Caroline Myss Educational Institute (CMED) in Chicago, Illinois, with business partner David Smith,[22] offering weekend workshops on her books and teachings.

[30] In Michael Shermer's book The Skeptic: Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, Phil Molé says "Caroline Myss offers no tangible evidence to support any of her claims.