Benefits
Kindred Beings
"Animals are not just our companions, they are our confidants, healers, and silent guardians
of our hearts."
- Anonymous
About Us
For decades, we've supported human and animal clients via family, systemic, and shamanic constellations, energy medicine, animal listening/communication, and compassionate connection that is deeply personal, and customized to your unique needs, and those of your animal.
We stand beside you so you're not alone, helping you understand your sacred contract, their role in your life, and the breadth of your unique relationship. When we honor the wisdom of this sacred union, our relationships, and our lives, can be transformed.
Meet Your Guides
Laura Widman, M.A.
Hello! I am Laura Widman, human-whisperer, and co-creator of Kindred Beings. It is my life's work and deepest pleasure to walk by your side as you slow down, sink in, feel and heal. Guiding people to reconnect with the roots of their struggles is life-changing work for us both. Your healing and transformation impacts everyone and everything. It is an exciting and liberating process.
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I am here to offer you my attuned presence and expertise so you can ease into healthy flow. My training in somatic inquiry, inner parts integration and the understanding of how to reveal and relieve the influences of systemic entanglements provides you a profound opportunity to step into your wholeness and thrive. With astute and gentle support you can feel safe in releasing the resistance that blocks you from connection to your sovereignty, dignity, desires, and self love. I enjoy teaching the tools and skills that help you navigate your own challenges as they arise, further expanding your capacity to remain grounded, clear and flexible no matter what life brings.
I know first hand what it feels like to love so deeply for a kindred being and give of oneself so completely for the benefit of another. Where there is love, there is also grief, worry, sleepless nights, growth, and the palpable joy of deep connection. Whether your attention is focused on a beloved human or animal family member, I am committed to standing in support as you need it, providing you some of the TLC you generously give to others. We shall seek clarity beyond ordinary knowing, using elegant healing tools that alleviate confusion and fragmentation, and restore your sense of spaciousness and connection to your expansive presence.
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Welcome. I'm Amy Painter, co-creator of Kindred Beings. Listening to, and healing animals and their human families, is my heart's calling and soul mission.
I've been devoted to animals for as long as I can remember, both domestic and wild. I welcomed my first dog, a schnauzer named Sebastian, at the age of eight, and my first horse, a paint gelding named Atlas, at age 12. Their love and friendship sustained me through the hardship of my teenage years. Since that time, I've had many soul mate dogs in my life, most of them rescues. Now, I'm blessed to share my life with my wise and wonderful horses, Amanra and Picasso. They, along with my clients (human and animal), are beloved to me.
Amy Painter, M.A.
For nearly thirty years, while working as director of marketing communications in corporate, governmental, educational, and non-profit settings, I also pursued my soul's passions: energy medicine, Gestalt coaching, somatic work, and animal communication.
I received my international coaching certification at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, and studied Vibrational Healing, Energetic Medicine, Shadow, and Integrative Parts Work. With training and wise counsel from many brilliant coaches, mentors (Callie Mae Bishop), animal communicators (Terri Diener, Joy Forbes, Michelle Peterson, Amelia Kinkade and others), shamanic practitioners, and energy/vibrational healers (Deena Spear, Erica VanEaton, Trust Technique, Fabiene Lui...), along the way, my own pain became my portal to freedom, and I have helped many animals and humans heal their pain at its source. I do so by honoring the truth and wisdom of the heart.
My passion is to help you and your animal understand each other fully so you can each embody your fullest, most vibrant, and joyful expression. I'm committed to animal listening and energy medicine/healing work that amplifies your health, enhances awareness, and enables each of you to thrive. I'm so excited to work together!
Kindred Beings was born from a need in our own lives
and in our community.
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For decades, we have fielded calls from friends, family, co-workers, and clients seeking support and guidance. They shared stories about their lives and their beloved animals – the joys and the challenges – and requested our support, presence, compassion, and expertise. They valued our willingness to hear all of the hard and sometimes sorrowful things, and knew we understood.
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After years of training, we have come to honor and respect the messages held in the body as symptoms, the wisdom the soul, and information revealed beyond ordinary knowing.
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