
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

Sep 2, 2021 • 8min
Episode 274: The dark side of people
The uses of looking at the whole and what it brings up for you. We can't simply avoid words or quotes or work left by those with darkness - we need to see what we can learn from their journey and why they behave the way they do. I use a number of Carl Jung quotes listed below. ”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.”Jung“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”Jung“Your perception will become clear only when you can look into your soul.”Jung“Everything about other people that doesn’t satisfy us helps us to better understand ourselves.”Jung

Aug 26, 2021 • 14min
Episode 273: Maternity ward to my door
Much of my work begins in the first experience of life on earth. The first moments of a team being formed or not. We have got this seriously wrong for the future of the world during these pandemic days. This whole series of podcasts has been inspired by the Alice walker book, We are the ones we have been waiting for. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40968.We_Are_the_Ones_We_Have_Been_Waiting_forAn extract - I hope she won't mind me sharing this link but maybe it will encourage you to get the whole book and read it! A must for these times that was published in 2006 and maybe a little too far ahead for many... https://books.google.ie/books?id=5PSx7PJ_2tYC&pg=PT608&lpg=PT608&dq=three+fates+alice+walker&source=bl&ots=6YrtIa6prV&sig=ACfU3U0W7bbDl6Cu7HoGd3KU4YQjfgBVIQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAlMfyqcLyAhVQQkEAHYYuDx8Q6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=three%20fates%20alice%20walker&f=false

Aug 22, 2021 • 9min
Episode 272: What my writing does - making myself obsolete
What it feels like to write at the time of living but when humanity is not yet read for your words. The comments from some of the first readers of Conversations from the Core. The book on how to stop living in the labyrinth. https://www.patreon.com/posts/55196300What if I made you deliberately go in a loop in your head? The one you say is down to me writing in a dyslexic way!If you want to step out of the loop you can start with the first book on my Patreon.Conversations from the Core Part one Journey to unconditional love And you don’t know what unconditional love is .. you really don’t - hardly any of you have ever lived it https://www.patreon.com/posts/conversations-1-48657389 I forgot the open dyslexia font I use along with inverted white text on black to be able to read my own words! https://opendyslexic.org

Aug 15, 2021 • 9min
Episode 271: Why I am at the doom stage with humanity
I need others to look for the brilliance in people - the ones who are possible of the leaderships, the solutions, the innovations, the different way of seeing.

Aug 15, 2021 • 6min
Episode 270: Cancel culture - the emotional intelligence conflict
Articles spoken about:https://www.newsweek.com/music-sia-movie-autism-controversy-maddie-ziegler-1569289https://www.chimamanda.com/news_items/it-is-obscene-a-true-reflection-in-three-parts/

Aug 8, 2021 • 11min
Episode 269: The Development Journey
It's taken me a decade to understand why I didn't want to replicate the Montessori method and way of leaving a legacy of wor behind. There are limitations when we are so set to leaving behind structures/methods rather than principles

Aug 3, 2021 • 9min
Episode 268: Self
Developed in the backdrop of the Pandemic.Individual - wholeness - core - emptiness - consciousness all go together. We confess development of an individual with self -Ego - self - control - greed - self-serving all go together We need individuals to develop to speak for the whole and the collective to express itself.Books mentioned:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234789-playing-to-the-gallery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VmujrCP6OV&rank=2https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208467.The_Infinite_Mirror?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Y9h3KA55qD&rank=1Links to Speach and Alice Walker book, We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting Forhttps://www.un.org/webcast/ffd/2002/statements/cubaE.htmhttps://books.google.ie/books?id=d1Ba4YqVUQYC&pg=PT43&lpg=PT43&dq=castro+speech+international+conference+on+financing+and+development+in+Mexico+in+2002&source=bl&ots=PEmFDqOcqL&sig=ACfU3U17H-NJnBVO_b9eyLImSAJq7QiF-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRyNuTvpTyAhVVi1wKHSb9C-MQ6AEwCXoECA4QAw#v=onepage&q=castro%20speech%20international%20conference%20on%20financing%20and%20development%20in%20Mexico%20in%202002&f=false

Jul 30, 2021 • 1h 18min
Episode 267: OCD, eating disorders, role-play games and the pandemic
I'm more worried now than I have ever been about people's mental health. The transition back to the world is proving just how much we were in escapism and not secureness. We need to seriously take stock for small children of the safe virtual worlds they are happier in than real life and the controlling dangerous behaviours they are developing.

Jul 27, 2021 • 7min
Episode 266: Unconditional and Self-Worth
We muddle worthiness, success, unconditional, needs, conditions, and expectations all the time in society What is your measure of yourself dependent on? Are you whole worthy secure in your core? Why do you take actions? - be honest Are your expectations for you or for others best? It’s funny this is number ’66’ - as it’s said to be the number of unconditional love I would argue that if you truly support people from an unconditional place they can’t even trace back what is helping them .... It’s as hidden and subtle as walking through a spiders web.... Happiness article: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/07/happiest-country-definition/619441/

Jul 18, 2021 • 14min
Episode 265: With Consciousness comes our sense of Weaknesses
What creates the horrors in our world? Why do we have such a divided society at present?Books I mention:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135483.My_Life_with_the_Chimpanzeeshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135484.Reason_for_Hope?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PmTxJl1wNt&rank=1I said Staford instead of Standford University! It's early on a Sunday morning ... sorry
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