
Purple Psychology
Step out of black and white thinking. Shortlisted in top 10 for the People's Choice Podcast Awards 2017 in Education (maybe I should try entering an award again - I haven't since). I'm unboxable. A podcast that ranges from Children to Adults. Personality to Psychology. Education to Development. Philosophy to a modern critique of society and our politics. Self-help to Spiritualism. Vulnerability & creativity. Racism & Society Culture I started out caring about success - now I care about secureness. And I am to do this in a way that sits with my own authentic self and spiritual nature. I don't aim to give answers - I aim to give you permission to arrive at your own. Critical thinking possible for everyone regardless of education status. Writing - on .patreon dot com/purplepsychology become a supporter of this podcast - more information (drnaoiseoreilly dot org). Thank you! Podcast disclaimer on Purple Psychology dot com. More information drnaoiseoreilly dot org. ©Dr. Naoisé O'Reilly 2024. Please support this podcast and my fee-free work on Patreon
Latest episodes

Apr 9, 2022 • 14min
Episode 308: Intro to optimising education environments
Our obsession with measuring in terms of education - what I'm going to endeavour to achieve in this podcast series. How I feel the Transgender Journey is the penultimate development journey. The article I speak about in relation to the Paralympics opposed to how we just normalise males or females in the Olympics. Do we really know the impacts of certain drugs on performance? https://www.irishtimes.com/news/classification-explanation-understanding-the-paralympic-codes-1.544612

Apr 1, 2022 • 10min
Episode 307: The slap - how we reward sanitised society
To sum up the Oscars read about the Oscars during World War 2https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/how-the-oscars-went-austere-for-world-war-ii.html

Mar 23, 2022 • 19min
Episode 306: Not belonging in education
If you want to create something different - if you want the world to stop measuring - you need to be in the world differently and ironically I'm going to talk about the only part of a book I don't agree with .. participation... It's ok to not belong in the room. Two books I want to recommend you readOne I have shared in the past:Belonging: From Fear to Freedom on the Path to True Communityby Angel Kyodo Williamshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55384181-belongingThe one I speak about in this podcast:Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of FreedomBell Hookshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27091.Teaching_to_Transgress?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=L56PmXwplB&rank=4

Mar 16, 2022 • 11min
Episode 305: Turns out Bullying is medically bad for you
This proves Louise Hays thinking that Thyroid conditions are due to suppression of expression. Why I focus so much on giving people a way to express themselves. Why I don't agree you have long term inability to form good relationships. Why were you bullied in the first place? What did you have to offer? Article:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220307-the-best-way-to-stop-bullying

Mar 9, 2022 • 7min
Episode 304: Two Sides
Wow, this has been the most difficult podcast to record for quite some time ... I don't know what I have said that is so difficult but someone doesn't want it said out loud! You will notice two points where the voice patterns change because I have to splice in new recording snippets ... the wind and rain have beat off the windows ... all of this is beyond my control but I have persevered!The Crossing Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55371169-the-crossing

Mar 3, 2022 • 10min
Episode 303: How Harry Potter show us what is wrong with personality theory
Why I dislike labels - the legacy left behind after the reports and the assumptions. The judgements that are thrown out by people who don't have your processing challenges. Who have no idea how your brain works or how to actually support you.We only ever focus on what we can't do. But increasingly the personality content online is inaccurate and doesn't represent Myers-Briggs's work. But the limitations we often apply and our conditioning.

Feb 23, 2022 • 17min
Episode 302: What we become because of the Scale
How we become something new because of the assumptions and expectations of education. In reference to Black writers who speak to me in relation to this.Links to what I reference during the podcast .... Maya Angelou poem links:https://www.aresearchguide.com/touched.htmlhttps://blackartsmovementumf.wordpress.com/maya-angelou/Post on the impacts of Cotton and the fashion industry on Black people:https://www.instagram.com/p/CZbwE6YIFyI/Alice Walker, We are the ones we have been waiting for - read it please - only one little part hit off my personal pain!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40968.We_Are_the_Ones_We_Have_Been_Waiting_for?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=7VOmMUQjWF&rank=1Zora Neale Hurston Books:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37415.Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BQ9VjETahw&rank=1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590136-barracoon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=t6LZtMN5Pe&rank=1Octavia E. Butler:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29535.Octavia_E_Butler?from_search=true&from_srp=trueBiography Star Child by Ibi Zoboihttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57994153-star-child

Feb 21, 2022 • 13min
Episode 301: My Dyslexia - My Literacy
I hate labels but I want you to find this so I'll use the well known markers. How this makes you feel. How I can go from whole to feeling useless after 5 days. How the stored trauma in my body will help me meet my students better.

Feb 13, 2022 • 1h 12min
Episode 300: Why are we Bullied?
Why are we Bullied?A journey through the reasons we are bullied and how to reach peace with this so the patterns truly change for humanity. So it's no longer beneficial to bully. Quote used: “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.Best Boy meets Boy, coming out Teen fiction I've read:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52739801-date-me-bryson-keller

Feb 13, 2022 • 2min
Episode 299: Introduction to extended podcasts
Link to become a podcast supporter and have access to my Patreon with 'extended podcasts' and writing to match them!https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true