FEATURED BOOK
I Ate My
Vanishing Twin!
Trauma, Spirituality, and Hunger:
Making Peace with Food
A raw, honest, heart-opening memoir about
food, trauma, hunger, healing, and the long
journey home to the self.
A story about hunger, healing and the soul's longing to be free.
When the ongoing, energy-depleting "diet riot" in Laura Purnell's head became unbearable, she began a healing journey that would take her far beneath the surface of food and body image. With courage, grace, vulnerability, and humor. Laura explores the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual impact of traumatic events in her life, including her birth story and the heartfelt experience of having a vanishing twin.
Her quest is about more that food.
It is about making peace with hunger.
Befriending the body.
Understanding survival.
Healing old imprints.
Liberating the self from suffering
And allowing the soul's light to shine in the world.
Like an archeologist, I dug, and I dug,
and I just keep digging in hopes of
discovering the antidote for my suffering around food, hunger, and body image.
- Laura Purnell
What the Book Explores
Inside the book, Laura explores:
The "diet riot" of
inner food and
body noise.
Trauma and
the body's need
for safety.
Hunger,
shame, and
self-trust.
The impact of
early life
experiences.
The healing
power of
subconscious work
Spiritual
awakening and
embodiment.
The connection between personal healing and shining in the world.
This is not a polished self-help story from someone who has never struggled.
It is deeply human memoir from a teacher, healer, and guide who has walked
into the hard places and come back with light.
Refreshingly unconventional.
Deeply human. Heart-wrenching and hilarious.
Laura writes from both her head and her heart. She weaves personal stories, education, reflections, humor, trauma, wisdom, and spiritual insight into a book that is relatable, raw, mesmerizing, and compassionate.
Real.Raw. Relatable.
Honest stories
and truths that
feel like a
heart-to-heart
with a wise friend.
Insightful &
Transformative
Trauma-informed, spiritual, and
practical wisdom
you can apply to
your own life.
Hopeful &
Healing
A reminder that healing is possible, and you were never meant to walk this path alone.
What if your patterns are not proof that something is wrong with you? What if they are invitations to listen more deeply?
From the book to the work
Feed Your Soul: Return to Love is a free community and learning space for reflection, connection, and transformation.
Feed Your Soul is a consciousness-based journey that guides you from emotional survival to spiritual awakening. It begins in the body, moves through the heart, and culminates in the remembrance of your true nature.
This is a homecoming
A return to coherence
A return to love
OUR FREE COMMUNITY
A supportive space to learn,
heal, and grow together.
Free Mini-Course: Nighttime Eating & Nervous System Safety
Free Classroom
No cost to join the community
From the book to the work
Feed Your Soul: Return to Love is a free community and learning space for reflection, connection, and transformation.
Feed Your Soul is a consciousness-based journey that guides you from emotional survival to spiritual awakening. It begins in the body, moves through the heart, and culminates in the remembrance of your true nature.
This is a homecoming
A return to coherence
A return to love
OUR FREE COMMUNITY
A supportive space to learn,
heal, and grow together.
Free Mini-Course: Nighttime Eating & Nervous System Safety
Free Classroom
No cost to join the community
What Readers Are Saying
Reflections on I Ate My Vanishing Twin
"Healing around food requires much more than dieting advice on behavioral control. The startling image on the book cover is purposeful: it suggests that the author is exploring symbolic, psychological, and prenatal roots of selfhood, scarcity, guilt, longing and survival rather than dieting advice or behavioral control."
"The spiritual layer is important because it broadens the frame from pathology to purpose. Many books on eating disorders focus on management. Purnell appears to ask a deeper question: What is the suffering trying to reveal?"
"Purnell frames recovery as a journey toward self-realization, not only symptom management. That gives the book a broad personal-growth dimension. A good read for anyone that has struggled with limiting behaviors that impact physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being."
Ready to read Laura's story?
Begin with the book, then step into the community or request
a consultation when you're ready for support with your own healing.
