Purple Psychology

Dr Naoisé O'Reilly
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Oct 14, 2025 • 2min

Episode 503: Part B - The sheer disgustingness of a 61 ton graveyard

That 61 tons of rubble is a grave yard 
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Oct 14, 2025 • 5min

Episode 502: The world is disgustingly racist

If humanity doesn’t unravel this thread … I don’t honestly know where we are going 
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Oct 13, 2025 • 7min

Episode 501: When are you going to stop sterilising yourself to fit in ?

I’ve been inspired by a photography exhibition - our generation and two visits to the new start of term on university campuses https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/A-new-form-of-Beauty-Photographic-Exhibition
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Oct 12, 2025 • 6min

Episode 500: All Our External Environments suck for people

Why none of the educational support is resonating with me Kneeling Chair - the original 1979 version https://www.varierfurniture.com/en/variable
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Oct 10, 2025 • 6min

Episode 499: The Emperor's New Clothes

Learning new language around South America… Middle East.. Far East Using Southwest Asia And I can’t find a term that does not have America! Sigh … Sudamérica … América do Sul ,,, New World (also Columbus) … hmm work to be done! The Emperor's New Clothes" is a literary folktale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about a vain emperor who gets exposed before his subjects. The tale has been translated into over 100 languages. "The Emperor's New Clothes" was first published with "The Little Mermaid" in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C. A. Reitzel, on 7 April 1837
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Oct 6, 2025 • 12min

Episode 494: The Privilege in Occupation

With occupation there comes a cohort of people who this system privileges - of course they don’t want to let this go! Book mentionedThe Day of the Jackal https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/540020.The_Day_of_the_Jackal
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Sep 28, 2025 • 14min

Episode 484: The mega Republican Gaslight machine

It’s such a mess to navigate why people who are insecure wish to make you feel education is elite and beyond you. I try to unpack this gaslighting so everyone can feel education does give you superpower skills but not at the cost of everyone else. Support my work Patreonhttps://patreon.com/purplepsychologyJoin for free or new student tier tooPodcasts are also shared on my Patreon for those who don’t have access to Apple Subscriptionshttps://podcasts.apple.com/ie/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392?hasPaidContent=trueiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work - My work is now driven entirely by donations or supporting my content creationPaypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drnaoiseoreilly
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Sep 24, 2025 • 8min

Episode 484: What the series Normal People doesn’t bring us

Through camera work it creates the beauty of the difference between introverts and extroverts - the inner and outer world - but do we ever get to see the true beauty? The camera work discussed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLeGKPKSCbkQuincy Jones 12 notes book:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56969503-12-notesSupport my work Patreonhttps://patreon.com/purplepsychologyJoin for free or new student tier tooPodcasts are also shared on my Patreon for those who don’t have access to Apple Subscriptionshttps://podcasts.apple.com/ie/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392?hasPaidContent=trueiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work - My work is now driven entirely by donations or supporting my content creationPaypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drnaoiseoreilly
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Sep 16, 2025 • 5min

Episode 483: Housekeeping - How to support and have access to my work

Patreonhttps://patreon.com/purplepsychologyJoin for free or new student tier too Podcasts are also shared on my Patreon for those who don’t have access to Apple Subscriptionshttps://podcasts.apple.com/ie/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392?hasPaidContent=true
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Sep 11, 2025 • 6min

Episode 482: The difficulties with sexualising the transgender journey

By sexualising the transgender conversation we miss out on the real challenges taking place - and I believe if we understood we wouldn’t wish to make children suffer through puberty.Heartstopper:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638036/

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