About

Laura Purnell, Ph.D., ACHT

I’m a mom, grandmother, friend, teacher, coach, healer, and spiritual BE-ing. I’m committed to helping raise human consciousness and I’m willing to be vulnerable, and authentic, in the process.

This is the debut of my first book. While managing the on-going “diet riot” in my head, I began integrating my experiences as an urban school superintendent focused on educational equity, leadership, policy, community engagement, and student and staff wellbeing, with my experiences and training in Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy (ACHT), Comprehensive Energy Psychology, Integral Breath Therapy, Reiki, and treating trauma.

I offer experiential training programs, consulting services, and transformational coaching. I also use a variety of healing practices with individuals seeing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual coherence.

As a certified HeartMath™ Resilience Advantage Trainer, I studied with first responders from around the world who are teaching their teams to develop coherence and improve their heart rate variability (HRV). Research demonstrates the impact of coherence (alignment of the heart, brain and nervous system) on HRV, and our ability to be resilient, even during complex and challenging times. Developing coherence has been integral on my personal healing journey and in all of my teaching and coaching.