
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 22, 2021 • 13min
Episode 278: Being Translator
There are always themes to my work and the current one is being translator - sometimes I work very closely with the 'students' but other times I work with their environments. I translate what unconditional love is which was the purpose of my first book Journey to Unconditional love hosted on my Patreo. I have watched the change in people's relationships - people they never thought they'd be able to get on with and be close too. Even being traped with them for the pandemic. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=trueBut a bigger question is what is the purpose of love in your life? Book I talk about: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am*Slight insurance in my telling of the story I remembered when editing - she managed to hide the whole pregnancy and birth but still wasn't allowed in school for last month because she had a child. Unconditional and Self Worth Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/unconditional-and-self-worth/id981266976?i=1000530149495My website with my job titles: https://drnaoiseoreilly.org

Sep 17, 2021 • 7min
Episode 277: Affects of forcing socialisation.
What has COVID and lockdown brought to the surface? What is social? Can you force it? What happens when you do? Why have we made something that so many have fought for so complex? I wrote this quote a long time ago now - "Everyone has 3 fundemental needs;to be likedto have a purpose& to know where they belong."Naoisé, April 2010.

Sep 14, 2021 • 12min
Episode 276: What's wrong with how we teach Irish?
No one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth. How to pronounce Irish - translate words https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bródThe magic we are losing - https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/Duine de dhath - Person of Colour (cheering!) https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400Colm con mac Iomaire Instagram https://www.instagram.com/colmmacconiomaire/Ceo Draíochta - magic mistAdallamh beirte - in conversation Sclimpíní - dancing light athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh - happy new year I don't think I did a good enough pronunciation!Here's an expert - https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/happy-new-year-in-irish/ta muid thatbheith buíoch as ucht do chuid tacaíocht - a note I got from Kenny's bookshop during the lockdown - thank you for helping us keep the lights on!

Sep 14, 2021 • 12min
Episode 276: What's wrong with how we teach Irish?
No one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth. https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bródhttps://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400Duine de dhath - Person of Colour Colm con mac Iomaire Instagram https://www.instagram.com/colmmacconiomaire/Ceo Draíochta - magic mistAdallamh beirte - in conversation Sclimpíní - dancing light athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh - happy new year I don't think I did a good enough pronunciation!Here's an expert - https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/happy-new-year-in-irish/ta muid thatbheith buíoch as ucht do chuid tacaíocht - a note I got from Kenny's bookshop during the lockdown - thank you for helping us keep the lights on!

Sep 14, 2021 • 12min
Episode 276: What's wrong with how we teach Irish?
No one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth. https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bródhttps://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400Duine de dhath - Person of Colour Colm con mac Iomaire Instagram https://www.instagram.com/colmmacconiomaire/Ceo Draíochta - magic mistAdallamh beirte - in conversation Sclimpíní - dancing light athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh - happy new year I don't think I did a good enough pronunciation!Here's an expert - https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/happy-new-year-in-irish/ta muid thatbheith buíoch as ucht do chuid tacaíocht - a note I got from Kenny's bookshop during the lockdown - thank you for helping us keep the lights on!

Sep 6, 2021 • 6min
Episode 275: What makes people selfish?
In short what you reward in society. I've spent 3 weeks processing notes to make this a talk not a rant. Sorry Irish people swear when passionate and very honest. Book I'm reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-amNews articles:https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-pubs-capel-street-pedestrianisation-21484332?fbclid=IwAR0c1T_g7X8DbSxUPpxAfp5EAUqmFevv0PbXkRXEBeoa1RPbXT_k4xCy4tchttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40373642.html** last news story to add now that I found one with some background - https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/31/us/harlem-hellfighters-congressional-gold-medal-trnd/index.html

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.