The Telepathy Tapes: PREVIEW – Ask Me Anything with Jill Blakeway

Episode Overview
In this preview episode, host Ky Dickens welcomes back Jill Blakeway, a renowned acupuncturist and energy healer featured in episodes 8 and 9 of season two. The episode sets the stage for an exclusive "Ask Me Anything" session where Jill responds thoughtfully to listener questions about energy medicine, daily healing practices, skepticism around scientific studies, and more. The preview gives a glimpse of Jill’s candid, open-minded approach to consciousness and healing, emphasizing accessibility, joy, and healthy skepticism.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Introduction and Listener Engagement

• Ky Dickens introduces Jill Blakeway and thanks Backstage Pass listeners for submitting their questions.
• Ky highlights Jill’s role in exploring energy medicine and consciousness in previous episodes.
  [02:09]

Jill’s Approach to Daily Practices for Healing

• Question: “What daily practice would you recommend for each of us to stay in coherence, to promote our own health and healing?”

• Jill emphasizes a simple, non-dogmatic routine. She prioritizes being present, saying "yes" to the day, and grounding herself—literal and visual techniques to center her energy.

• Jill describes how she brings "openness" and enjoyment into her work and stresses that healing should be natural and fun.

  "I adhere to that no dogma, have fun kind of way of seeing this. ... I start by saying yes to the day. Saying yes to anything in the day that is going to be a curveball. Yes, yes, yes, there will be curveballs. I get a yes to my cup of coffee, a yes to the dogs, my husband and the trees. And then I carry that yes with me, that kind of openness with me into the clinic."
  — Jill Blakeway [02:36]

  "Before I start work, I ground myself. I very much feel my feet on the floor. Sometimes I even imagine putting a great big anchor chain down into the center of the earth. I get myself very in my body..."
  — Jill Blakeway [03:22]

• Jill shares her belief that healing and energy work is our birthright—natural, even everyday. She uses the metaphor of a parent soothing a child’s scraped knee for instant comfort, framing it as a universal form of energy medicine.

• She acknowledges the possibility that such effects, and even placebo responses, are valid forms of energy medicine as they prompt coherence in the body.

  "I think this is our birthright. I think we can all heal each other... That's a form of energy medicine. It's a prompt to self healing. And it may well be placebo, but as I said in the episode, placebo is also a form of energy medicine."
  — Jill Blakeway [04:07]

Responding to Skepticism About Scientific Claims

• Listener’s question: Addresses criticism of scientific studies Jill references in her book—specifically, studies on twin brainwaves (EEG) and the PEAR Institute’s random event generator experiments, both widely contested in the scientific community.

• Jill responds with gratitude for the question, affirming the value of skepticism.

  "Well, thank you actually, very good question. And I think it's very important to be skeptical. In fact, a sort of open skepticism is a very important thing."
  — Jill Blakeway [05:18]

• (Note: The preview cuts off before her full answer is revealed.)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Daily Coherence Practice

  "I don't think this is as complicated as people think it is. I think this is our birthright. I think we can all heal each other."
  — Jill Blakeway [04:03]

• On Energy Medicine as Everyday Life

  "If you're a mum, you will remember your little one falling over, scraping their knee and you kiss their knee and they're instantly much better. ... It's a prompt to self healing."
  — Jill Blakeway [04:08]

• Importance of Skepticism

  "I think it's very important to be skeptical. In fact, a sort of open skepticism is a very important thing."
  — Jill Blakeway [05:18]

Timeline of Important Segments

• [02:09] — Jill Blakeway introduction and welcome to the AMA session
• [02:36] — Description of Jill’s daily grounding and "yes to the day" practice
• [04:03] — Perspective on energy medicine as a natural, everyday phenomenon
• [05:18] — Jill’s initial response to skepticism and scientific criticism

Tone and Style

• Jill’s tone is warm, conversational, and encouraging, emphasizing openness and inclusion in exploring consciousness and healing. She avoids rigid dogma, advocates for a playful approach, and warmly welcomes critical questions.

Closing

For the full Ask Me Anything episode and further AMA content featuring Jill and other guests, listeners are directed to subscribe via the Telepathy Tapes’ Backstage Pass.

This preview reveals Jill’s approachable philosophy toward energy, coherence, and healing, as well as her willingness to engage with skeptical perspectives. It sets up a deeper, nuanced conversation about consciousness, alternative healing, and science in the full episode.