Ronelle Coburn did not expect to become a Life Purpose Fingerprint Analyst. A natural-born Skeptic, she constantly asks "Why?" and has a hard time believing in much except common sense. Always curious about what makes people tick, she fell in love early with fiction and writing and had poetry published in a national magazine by the age of sixteen. Ronelle went on to earn bachelors degrees in literary studies, creative writing, and almost psychology (studying in Communist Hungary seemed more interesting than finishing those last two clinical psychology classes), and a master's degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University. After putting herself through school the reality of student loan payoff saw her working for an environmental non-profit grant making foundation where she learned much about business and persuasive writing as well as the management of complex projects and the even more complex people working on them.

After making a disastrous career change four years later, Ronelle quit her next job within six months with only $1,000 in the bank and $30,000 in student loan payments. After desperately selling most of her library and returning to the bookstore with credit slip in hand, she was considering a career as a psychotherapist when a credible hundred year old book about hand analysis narrowly missed hitting her in the head as it fell off the psychology shelf. Intrigued, she ended-up studying the LifePrints system, at Richard Unger's International Institute of Hand Analysis, while paying the rent with contract work at the upstart artisan chocolate manufacturer, Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker. Once she had the intrepid business experience gleaned from watching the founders make chocolate on used cranky machines, and make payroll with no money in the bank, and her fingerprint certification training was complete, she started her own full-time practice in 2000 and never looked back.

Since then, Ronelle feels fortunate to have gone places and met people she would never otherwise have come into contact with. From exotic dancers to corporate heads to spiritual seekers, Ronelle loves working with people in their common human struggle to find a meaningful life in a bewildering world. In addition to seeing clients for individual consultation, Ronelle is a faculty and Executive Committee member of the International Institute of Hand Analysis. She leads life purpose workshops and trains others in hand analysis as well as being a popular exhibitor at conferences and a dynamic public speaker.

Please contact Ronelle Coburn at 510-893-7044 or Ronelle@HandworksInternational.com for more information and to discuss how your group or individual needs can benefit from the powerful tool of Life Purpose Hand Analysis.



"I just wanted to tell you what a fabulous time we had and to thank you very much. You had quite an effect on us. You really hit on some key things because you treated us all equally and were able to get to the real person. Our understanding of each other and the work we do as a group was deepened. I was a little bit nervous, about how everyone would accept hand analysis, but I am thrilled with the way things turned-out."