The Wisdom of Animals: Healing Touch, Intuition & Coming Back to Yourself

Kate Brown on Learning to Listen to Nature & Allowing Our Animals to Be Our Teachers in Healing, Self-Awareness & Intuition

What if learning to trust your intuition isn't about developing something new—but remembering how to trust what was already there?

For Kate Brown, some of her greatest teachers weren't found in a classroom. They were found in nature and in the animals who have accompanied her throughout her life.

In this episode of The Energy Healing Podcast, Kate joins Leila Briggs to share how growing up on a farm shaped her relationship with nature, energy, and intuition long before she had words for any of them. She recounts a pivotal childhood experience with her dog Duchess that eventually helped her recognize how early she had learned to question her own inner knowing.

That realization became part of a much larger journey—one that eventually brought Kate to aromatherapy, energy healing, Healing Touch for Animals®, and working with both animals and people.

Together, Leila and Kate explore the idea of animals as teachers, guides, and sometimes mirrors—not from a place of blame, but as an invitation to pay closer attention to ourselves and the relationships around us. They also discuss intuitive information, energetic connection, the differences Kate observes when working with animals and people, and what animals have taught her about bringing the different parts of ourselves back into conversation.

At the heart of the episode is a simple question: What might we learn if we stopped assuming wisdom only comes through words—and became willing to listen differently?

What You'll Hear

How growing up on a farm shaped Kate's understanding of nature, presence, and intuition
The childhood experience with her dog Duchess that later changed how Kate understood her intuitive abilities
Why Kate describes her journey as remembering how to trust what was already there
How animals can become teachers, guides, and mirrors without placing blame on ourselves or them
Kate's path from the corporate world into aromatherapy, energy healing, and Healing Touch
How working with animals eventually expanded into working with their people
Why Kate believes animals can help us understand boundaries, presence, and our relationship with ourselves
How Kate approaches intuitive information without trying to force a message or outcome
What working with animals has taught Kate about integrating the body, emotions, mind, spirit, and intuition
Why coming back to ourselves may begin with learning to listen differently

Chapters & Timestamps

00:00 – Meet Kate Brown
02:00 – Learning From Nature & Animals
06:30 – Duchess: An Early Lesson in Intuition
09:30 – Learning to Trust What Was Already There
12:30 – Animals as Teachers, Guides & Mirrors
15:00 – Finding Aromatherapy & Energy Healing
19:00 – Discovering Healing Touch
22:00 – From Corporate Life to Healing Work
25:00 – Helping Women Come Back to Themselves
28:00 – The “One More Thing” Trap
31:30 – Working With Animals Today
33:00 – Distance Healing & Working With Animals
36:00 – Intuition & Receiving Information From Animals
41:00 – The Apple Tree Story
44:00 – Understanding the Animal Energy Field
48:00 – What Animals Teach Us About Wholeness
53:00 – Community, Mentorship & Being the Right Person

About Kate Brown

Kate Brown helps women reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies, trust their inner knowing, and create greater alignment in their lives through energy healing, aromatherapy, nervous system awareness, intuitive practices, and the wisdom of animals and nature.

Kate is a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist and instructor with the Institute of Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy (ISHA), a Healing Touch for Animals® Certified Practitioner and Instructor, and a Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Advanced Practitioner. She is also a bestselling author and has spent more than two decades helping others integrate energy healing, aromatherapy, intuition, and whole-person wellness.

Connect with Kate:
Website: https://www.katebrownhealingessentials.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrownhealingessentials
Free Gift — Be the One: https://www.katebrownhealingessentials.com/be-the-one

About Your Host

Leila Briggs is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, intuitive practitioner, educator, and co-owner of TriLia LLC. Through her work, Leila explores the intersection of energy healing, intuition, spirituality, and the ways we learn to better understand ourselves and one another.

About The Energy Healing Podcast

The Energy Healing Podcast: Exploring Stories, Practices & Science is presented by Healing Touch Program and hosted by Leila Briggs. Through conversations with practitioners, educators, researchers, healthcare professionals, and members of the Healing Touch community, the podcast explores the stories, practices, science, and lived experiences surrounding Healing Touch and energy healing.