Author, Teacher, Coach, Healer

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 Ate My Vanishing Twin! Trauma, Spirituality, and Hunger: Making Peace with Food. This fascinating memoir of my healing journey will be available early this summer.

“Dr. Purnell has given us a healing memoir that is refreshingly unconventional. Alternatingly heart-wrenching and hilarious, this is a riveting, heart-opening story and guide that takes the reader on the wild ride that has been the author’s relationship with food—and life. “

-Catherine Varchaver, MAT, CHHC, former owner, Body and Soul Nutrition

JOIN THE EXCITEMENT:

I Ate My Vanishing Twin!
Trauma, Spirituality, and Hunger: Making Peace with Food

BOOK LAUNCH JUNE 2025

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

HEARTFELT SENTIMENTS

  • “I recognize my role in the Drama Triangle and this awareness will help me improve my relationships at work and at home.”

    Corporate Employee, Newbury, Ohio

  • “This woman walks and teaches in advocacy and hope. She is a turbine with a power-point presentation and real-life stories, unhesitatingly facing race relations, cultural-blindness, white privilege/fragility, inequitable outcomes, and our responsibility for developing cultural competence and taking action in a complex and waking world.”

    Doctoral student in Transpersonal Psychology

  • “You have been an awesome mentor! I so look forward to working with you, learning from you and with you. I honestly do not believe I have ever visited school buildings with someone who was as respected and appreciated by staff as you are. “

    Colleague

  • “The meditation techniques you taught us have really decreased my migraines and allowed me to better respond to stress. Thank you for sharing sacred timeless strategies with us. I look forward to seeing you soon. I appreciate your holistic support during my first year in a new district and new state.”

    Principal, Cleveland, Ohio

  • “I appreciated and benefited from the Heart-Centered experience the most of all the leadership sessions. I was completely surprised to witness the healing that took place within such a small amount of time.”

    Assistant Principal, Cleveland, Ohio

  • "Laura is a lively, intelligent presenter who brings her sense of humor, purpose and vulnerability to each session. Her presentations are consistently rated by participants as focused, relevant, and transformational."

    Office Manager, Peters' Group

Let’s Talk! Your First Consultation is Free.

Contact me: laura@educationalalchemist.com.