Teaching, Coaching, & Healing

Hi, I’m Laura Purnell, Ph.D., ACHT, also known as the Educational Alchemist.

Many of you know that my life’s work has been focused on leadership, equity, wellbeing, & consciousness. Well, it’s all coming together! I’ve written a book called, I Thought I Ate My Vanishing Twin!” Trauma, Spirituality, and Making Peace with Food & Hunger: Memoir of a Healing Journey. There’s more! Stop the Diet Riot!™ a six-week, self-paced, virtual program including teachings, exercises, zoom gatherings, and access to my book launches in February 2025.

Sign up by reaching out today! Ask how you can get your hands on the book before it’s published!


There’s a diet riot going on in my head.  It’s got to stop!

My Hero’s Journey: Finding peace with food. Befriending my hunger. Liberation from suffering.

Shining my light in the world!

Laura Purnell

 Why work with me? Perhaps you want to:

  • Maintain physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing

  • Learn how to manage your energy

  • Be more responsive and less emotionally reactive

  • Experience hypnotherapy, breathwork, Reiki, coaching

  • Engage in meaningful ways with others in a class

  • Make peace with food, hunger, eating, and body image

  • Enhance your mental clarity

  • Develop coherence between your heart, brain, and nervous system

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
— Audre Lorde

Let’s Talk! Your first consultation is free.

Contact me: laurapurnell@stopthedietriot.net.

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

-Anais Nin