Episode Overview
Episode Title: BONUS: Inside The Home Life Of Laura Lynn Jackson
Podcast: The Telepathy Tapes
Host: Ky Dickens
Date: October 23, 2025
In this intimate bonus episode, host Ky Dickens lifts the veil on the everyday life of world-renowned psychic medium Laura Lynn Jackson by talking to those who know her best: her husband Garrett and her three children, Ashley, Hayden, and Juliet. The episode explores how Laura’s extraordinary gifts blend into the fabric of her “very normal” family life, offering insight into the realities—both mystical and mundane—of growing up with a parent whose work connects with the other side. Through candid, heartfelt stories, listeners learn how Laura’s abilities shape family dynamics, the kids’ openness to intuition, and the importance of demystifying psychic gifts in a world often skeptical of the extraordinary.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Laura’s Dual Worlds: Medium and Mother
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Balancing the Gift and Daily Life
- Garrett met Laura “when I was in law school... she was a teacher” and her abilities were not part of daily routine at the time.
(Garrett, 01:35) - “We are just incredibly normal, like we're just an average American family... it really doesn’t come up all that much.”
(Garrett, 01:40)
- Garrett met Laura “when I was in law school... she was a teacher” and her abilities were not part of daily routine at the time.
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Navigating Public Skepticism
- Garrett talks to Laura about the inevitability of skepticism: “There’s always going to be a hardcore percentage of the population... that is just not going to be able to wrap their minds around this.”
(Garrett, 02:31) - He acknowledges the field’s complicated history: “Throughout history it's had a pretty sketchy reputation, and I think for good reason. I think it's been abused and exploited... but that’s not to say that the phenomenon itself isn't legitimate, because it very much is.”
(Garrett, 02:31)
- Garrett talks to Laura about the inevitability of skepticism: “There’s always going to be a hardcore percentage of the population... that is just not going to be able to wrap their minds around this.”
2. Childhood in a Medium’s Home: The Kids Speak
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Openness and Normalcy
- “I really grew up with a very unique perspective... I was always very open to this whole world that most people don’t really perceive or often ignore.”
(Hayden, 03:15) - Ashley echoes: “Growing up, it was just, like, very normal to me because she always had that... I didn’t know it wasn’t common or normal.”
(Ashley, 05:12) - The family’s “normalcy” is a running theme, with Ashley adding, “My family is, like, pretty normal in all terms, except that there are these abilities in our family.”
(Ashley, 05:12)
- “I really grew up with a very unique perspective... I was always very open to this whole world that most people don’t really perceive or often ignore.”
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Sense of Connection and Comfort
- “A lot of my life I’ve felt more comforted in the concepts of this interconnectedness and light than I am afraid of it... It’s made my reality something that feels more filled with love than I can ever fully explain to other people.”
(Juliet, 04:01) - Juliet adds, “Having her as my mother has created this... relationship not only with myself, but with the interconnectedness of all of us and the world beyond us that nothing is ever truly gone.”
(Juliet, 04:01)
- “A lot of my life I’ve felt more comforted in the concepts of this interconnectedness and light than I am afraid of it... It’s made my reality something that feels more filled with love than I can ever fully explain to other people.”
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Social Dynamics and Advocacy
- “Within a school situation... my entire school knows about it. She’s very well known throughout the community, and it’s something I really enjoy talking about...”
(Juliet, 07:29) - Hayden: “People... make jokes about it, be like, oh, it’s a scam. But usually when I explain some of these experiences... they tend to open up to it... I’ll tell people, open up to this. Try it yourself.”
(Hayden, 07:49)
- “Within a school situation... my entire school knows about it. She’s very well known throughout the community, and it’s something I really enjoy talking about...”
3. Gift or DNA? Nature, Nurture, and Inheritance
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Is the Ability Inherited?
- Host Ky asks if the ability “runs in families.”
(Ky, 08:29) - Garrett recounts, “It seems to be her mom’s side... her aunt has it to a degree, her mother has it... her brother be pretty accurate in a kind of a scary way...”
(Garrett, 08:47 and 08:58) - “My kids display it to a degree, but nobody has it the way Laura has it... But as Laura says all the time, we all have this ability to some degree and it comes out in different ways.”
(Garrett, 08:58)
- Host Ky asks if the ability “runs in families.”
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Developing Intuition: The ‘Radio Dial’ Analogy
- “Some people are maybe born with a higher percentage of that perception. It’s like if there’s a radio dial for volume... Some people are just born with it a little more turned up or they’re born more sensitive.”
(Ashley, 09:41)
- “Some people are maybe born with a higher percentage of that perception. It’s like if there’s a radio dial for volume... Some people are just born with it a little more turned up or they’re born more sensitive.”
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Demystifying the Process
- Ashley explains her own experience with intuitive readings:
“When I would do it, I wouldn’t go just based off of the cards. I’d almost use it as a tool to tap in to the energy... like a thought or information planted in my head.”
(Ashley, 09:41) - Hayden describes a personal “screen”:
“I do have that screen and I’m able to use it and visualize things and sometimes receive messages and information.”
(Hayden, 11:08)
- Ashley explains her own experience with intuitive readings:
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Experiencing Intuitive Flashes
- “I’ve had profound experiences in dreams before that have come true in real life. Just these undeniable things. I feel in some way, I am able to perceive energy and kind of tap into a collective consciousness.”
(Hayden, 11:36) - Hayden specifically cites premonitions of “COVID, the Ukrainian war, October 7th”—illustrating intuition’s practical, sometimes uncanny, application.
(Hayden, 11:36)
- “I’ve had profound experiences in dreams before that have come true in real life. Just these undeniable things. I feel in some way, I am able to perceive energy and kind of tap into a collective consciousness.”
4. Personal Stories of Signs and Connection
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Juliet’s Story of Loss and Signs
- “When in a situation like me where I’ve lost somebody very close to me... I have had the ability to receive such just this inundation of signs and love from the situation.”
(Juliet, 15:16) - “I’d asked for the most abstract signs... little, tiny origami animals... It was within the first week of her crossing, my mother got a package in the mail... they ship out little, tiny paper cranes... I didn’t tell anybody about the sign at all... I’m like, this was one of my signs.”
(Juliet, 16:42)
- “When in a situation like me where I’ve lost somebody very close to me... I have had the ability to receive such just this inundation of signs and love from the situation.”
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Intuitive Kinship
- “Sometimes, especially with me and my mom, we’re very tuned into each other’s energy... Even though... I’m not here at the house, we can kind of feel each other’s energy sometimes, and it can be intense, but it’s good.”
(Ashley, 05:12 and 06:27)
- “Sometimes, especially with me and my mom, we’re very tuned into each other’s energy... Even though... I’m not here at the house, we can kind of feel each other’s energy sometimes, and it can be intense, but it’s good.”
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
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On Skepticism and Legitimacy (02:31)
“There's always going to be a hardcore percentage of the population that is just not going to be able to wrap their minds around this... That’s not to say that the phenomenon itself isn’t legitimate, because it very much is.”
— Garrett Jackson -
On Family Normalcy (01:40 / 05:12)
“We are just incredibly normal… We rarely walk around discussing mediumship and spirituality.”
— Garrett Jackson
“My family is, like, pretty normal in all terms, except that there are these abilities in our family.”
— Ashley Jackson -
On Interconnectedness and Comfort (04:01)
“It’s made my reality something that feels more filled with love than I can ever fully explain to other people... because having her as my mother has created this... interconnectedness of all of us and the world beyond us that nothing is ever truly gone.”
— Juliet Jackson -
On Inherited Gifts (09:41)
“Some people are maybe born with a higher percentage of that perception. It’s like if there’s a radio dial for volume.”
— Ashley Jackson -
On Psychic Premonitions (11:36)
“There’s been times where I felt really tense about something, and then right after a large event happened... It happened with COVID. It happened with the Ukrainian war. It happened on October 7th.”
— Hayden Jackson -
On Signs from the Beyond (16:42)
“I specifically had wanted it to be little origami cranes... within the first week of her crossing, my mother had gotten a package in the mail... she hands it to me, and I just start like—I'm like, this was one of my signs.”
— Juliet Jackson
Timestamps for Key Segments
- 01:35 — Garrett: Meeting Laura and their early relationship as “ordinary”
- 02:31 — Addressing skepticism and the legitimacy of mediumship
- 03:15 — Hayden: Openness about Laura’s abilities and explaining to friends
- 04:01 — Juliet: The comfort and interconnectedness of having a medium as a mother
- 05:12 — Ashley: Normalcy of growing up with Laura, tuning into energy
- 07:29 — Juliet: Openness at school and in the community
- 08:29 — Ky/Family: Discussion on whether the gift runs in families
- 09:41 — Ashley: “Radio dial” analogy and personal intuitive readings
- 11:08 — Hayden: Describing his “screen” for intuitive information
- 11:36 — Hayden: Experiences of psychic premonition
- 15:16 — Juliet: Grappling with her abilities and experiences of receiving signs after loss
- 16:42 — Juliet: The origami crane as an extraordinary sign
Tone and Takeaways
The tone throughout is warm, curious, candid, and often touched by awe and tenderness. While skepticism, both social and personal, is addressed forthrightly, the family’s stories focus on the importance of remaining open—to intuition, to mystery, and to love as a connecting force. Demystifying Laura Lynn Jackson happens naturally through honest, everyday family anecdotes, underscoring how, even with “extraordinary” gifts, a family can feel familiar, relatable, and sincerely rooted in the mundane.
For listeners new to Laura Lynn Jackson or skeptical of mediumship, this episode humanizes the experience—showing that intuitive gifts exist side-by-side with the small comforts, challenges, and humor of daily life.
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