Podcast Summary: Drop the Needle Podcast – Ep.44

Episode Title: Exploring Spiritual Gifts with Julie Ryan
Host: Jim Alstott
Guest: Julie Ryan, Psychic Medium & Medical Intuitive
Date: October 2, 2025

Overview

In this episode, Jim Alstott welcomes Julie Ryan, renowned psychic medium, medical intuitive, and entrepreneur, to discuss the breadth and depth of spiritual gifts—what she calls her “buffet of psychicness.” The conversation explores medical intuition, energy healing, remote viewing, and the mystery of what happens during the dying process. Julie also shares how she developed her abilities, her approach to teaching others, and the ways music acts as a bridge to spirituality. The episode closes with Julie’s personal musical memories and recommendations.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Julie Ryan’s Background and Journey

• Entrepreneurial Foundation: Julie describes herself as a “businesswoman and an inventor who learned how to do woo woo” (01:45).
• Spiritual Awakening: She emphasizes that everyone has intuitive abilities—it’s a matter of development and practice.
• Origin of ‘Woo Woo’: “In Taoism, ‘woo’ means source,” Julie explains, reframing a term sometimes used dismissively (02:54).
• Variety of Gifts: Julie’s spiritual toolkit includes mediumship, animal communication, past life readings, remote viewing, and more—hence “buffet of psychicness” (03:07, 04:58).

Developing Intuitive and Healing Abilities

• The Path of Learning: Julie shares her study with a Barbara Brennan-trained healer (08:42), highlighting the evolution from energy healing foundations (like Reiki) to more advanced practices.
• Teaching Others: Now, Julie condenses her decades of experience into a practical weekend course, bringing people from all walks of life to tap into their gifts (09:14).

The Mechanics of Medical Intuition

• Energetic Scanning: “I’m like a human MRI,” Julie describes her process of energetic scanning and healing (10:56).
  • She raises her vibrational level and connects through a visualized laser beam.
  • Diagnosis and Healing: She “sees” conditions (e.g., torn ligaments, infections) and receives guidance on complementary care.
  • Memorable Analogy: “Think of running an electrical current through a bowl of pudding—it’s going to slow it down, right?” (10:56)
• Interactive Approach: All healings involve the client’s own spirit as the true agent of healing: “Nobody ever heals anybody else, ever… The doctor doesn’t make your skin grow back. You make your own skin grow back.” (16:20)

Tapping Into “The Source”

• All Gifts Are Connected: Julie notes that many practitioners artificially silo their gifts, but insists, “It’s all the same thing. It’s all source.” (03:07)
• Spirit’s Playful Guidance: Spirit communicates in images both human and whimsical, helping clients visualize their healing ("It looks like a bowl of whipped cream…” 18:23).

Process and Experience of Death

• 12 Phases of Transition: Drawing from her book Angelic Attendance, Julie shares what she perceives spiritually as someone dies, regardless of how the death occurs (sudden or prolonged) (24:41, 27:04).
  • Spirit Exists Beyond Body: “The spirit’s the main part of us and the body is inside the spirit,” not the other way around (25:30).
  • Reunion with Spirits: Family members and pets join the dying, often seen by the person in their final hours (33:07).
  • The “Wingtip Vortex”: Describes a vivid moment when angels’ wings create a vortex to elevate the spirit—a parallel to real aeronautical phenomena (37:37).

Notable Quotes

• “All spirits are pure love. Hell doesn’t exist. The whole evil spirit thing is just nonsense.” – Julie (25:30)
• “It’s the maternal spirit, either the birth mother or the adoptive mother, that’s always in charge from the spirit world.” (29:25)
• “Personality stays with the body. When somebody dies, all spirits are pure love.” (29:29)
• “Time doesn’t exist in the spirit world. Time’s a human creation.” (13:20)

The Value and Practice of Teaching

• Course Details: Julie’s “Angelic Attendance” weekend in Atlanta covers all her methods in a hands-on format, open to all (24:05, 43:14).
  • Core topics: Medical intuition, pet communication, energy healing, remote viewing, 12 phases of transition.
  • Emphasizes that everyone already has these innate abilities—they just need nurturing (43:37).
• Course Experience: Julie’s “graduates” often return as volunteers, and all participants begin practicing within hours (44:59).

Music & Spirituality Segment

Julie’s Personal Soundtrack

• First Song Loved: “Downtown” by Petula Clark — memories of singing with siblings in the bathtub (47:10).
• Family Tradition: “Baa Baa Black Sheep” — sung across generations at bedtime (47:58).
• High School Favorite: “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees—windows down, singing with friends (48:58).
• Uplifting Anthems:
  • “Impossible” from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
  • “Sweet Home Alabama” — also a running joke and catchphrase for her healing sessions (“Here comes my laser beam from sweet home Alabama,” 49:44)
• Songs with Deepest Meaning:
  • “Open a New Window” from Mame: “Don’t be stagnant in your life. Try new things, you have to take action.” (50:22)
  • “What a Fool Believes” by Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins: “We believe what we see, and we see what we believe… If something feels badly, look at it from a different perspective.” (51:33)

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Julie Defining Herself:

  “I’m a businesswoman and an inventor who learned how to do woo woo…and I’m a buffet of psychicness.” (01:45)

• Intuitive Teachings:

  “Everybody can do this stuff. We all have the ability. We all come in with the hardware—it’s just a matter of developing and enhancing it.” (43:37)

• On Death and Transition:

  “Everybody goes to heaven. All spirits are pure love.” (25:30)

• On Healing:

  “Nobody ever heals anybody else, ever. No doctor, no provider, no shaman…If you think about it, the doctor doesn’t make your skin grow back.” (16:20)

• Music as Connection:

  “I always have music in my head going in the background.” (46:43)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Julie's introduction & backstory: 02:19–04:11
• Buffet of psychicness and cross-gift awareness: 03:07–04:58
• Learning Reiki and energy healing: 06:34–08:42
• First steps in medical intuition: 10:17–13:20
• How energetic scanning works: 10:56–13:20
• The role of the healer: 16:20–18:23
• Visualization and healing descriptions: 18:23–21:08
• Spirit’s role in healing: 16:20, 21:04
• Explaining the dying process & 12 phases: 24:41–37:37
• Guests and pets at end-of-life: 33:05
• Course & workshop details: 43:14–46:02
• Music questions and answers: 46:24–51:33

Additional Resources

• Free Book Download: Angelic Attendance (digital & audio, English & Spanish) available at askjulieryan.com (53:14).
• Contact & Upcoming Events: Info on Julie’s courses, sessions, and social media in show notes.

This episode offers both practical guidance and comforting perspectives on spirituality and the healing process, wrapped in warmth, clarity, and a sense of musical joy. Julie Ryan’s approach encourages listeners to explore their own intuitive capacities while understanding their place in the cycles of life, healing, and legacy.