
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, 2025 • 17min
Episode 452: Navigating the Collective Void
Link to iBooks http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194I realise the part that is causing me extreme pain is that I am experiencing what the collective is doing - and it's a massive death - a much more painful journey than the one of simply not fitting in ... I guess it's harder for parts of yourself for die than it is to have never signed up ... I have done this journey for 3 months before a massive shift that has taken place in the collective ... I haven't found anywhere I have the desire to speak ... my wish list is to know someone to speak with who can reflect to me where I begin and end so I suffer less in these collective experiences .... I have yet to find anyone who actually takes impressions through their body ... Support my Podcats Channel on Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392 (This allows me to have independent views!)Some of these have helped me to be unfragmented myself in what people experiencehttps://www.youtube.com/@spiritualodyssey-01https://www.youtube.com/@spiritualfrequency001?si=NyjqF2LAUuvq8zb_

Apr 6, 2025 • 7min
Episode 451: The impacts of over labelling
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194Some people are starting to speak to me - there is a time to stop showing up - to put the work down - to say no - to stop meeting the expectations - as the expectations exist - if you don't - they will never die! There is no change if you feed off what needs to change ... Article mentioned:https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2025/04/05/adhd-children-are-now-in-a-queue-with-50-year-old-adults-for-a-drug-that-is-in-short-supply/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/30/adhd-should-not-be-treated-as-a-disorder

Apr 4, 2025 • 13min
Episode 450: Navigating Root Fear
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194What I have been integrating with huge transits and the backdrop of the world. Not to mention my yearly gripe of when they f**k with the clocks... Mentions:Jimmy Carter Open Letter 2019 https://www.npr.org/2019/04/15/713495558/president-trump-called-former-president-jimmy-carter-to-talk-about-chinaBell Hooks Belong Smelly storyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207369.Belonging?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DyhWCRLM6f&rank=1

Mar 14, 2025 • 7min
Episode 449: We need to focus on corruption
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194We need to focus on corruption - not the noise or the attention-seeking circus - with one clear message we can dismantle what is creating the advantageous divide for a few. App I use for articles: https://getpocket.comAtlantic article:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption-trump-administration/681794/

Mar 12, 2025 • 8min
Episode 448: ADHD is wrong not your operating system
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194I'm disturbed by the push for people to do ADHD testing.. and in fact even the Economist recently wrote maybe we are looking at people wrong - "ADHD diagnosis is created by society norms" So why not look at fish oils and flax seeds in your diet? Or Human design http://geneticmatrix.comspecifically, look at your digestion and environmental factors... Visual Stress Opticians in Ireland https://www.elliottopticians.ie https://irlen.com/what-is-irlen-syndrome/

Mar 3, 2025 • 8min
Episode 447: You are not in a controlled simulation of society
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194How do we create more choices for people - it really is that simple for me. Divergent:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergentJames Baldwin - The Man and His Work link:https://www.audible.com/pd/James-Baldwin-The-Man-and-His-Work-Audiobook/B0DSCHZSLV?ref_pageloadid=9H22Pn6jdp7Fh3Nz&pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=J8XW2K1KGJZ1P0W8WMNY&plink=TwMWgQOToZ1aq3DW&pageLoadId=yN7faNIl6uPPRJO2&creativeId=4ee810cf-ac8e-4eeb-8b79-40e176d0a225&ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_B0DSCHZSLVUncle Vanya:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Vanya

Feb 2, 2025 • 4min
Episode 446: A Better Template for Humanity - Collective Consciousness just got easier
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194I know you think that January 2026 has marked a change for the worse - I don't - it has never been so transparently clear the power of the single human in a collective change and conscious humanity.

Jan 23, 2025 • 8min
Episode 445: Why are students using AI for essays and what are the impacts on authentic expression
Why are students using AI for essays and what are the impacts on authentic expression Why have I stopped using Grammarly for my creative writing? The irony of what it takes to have a unique authentic report from the system. Why are teachers and academics positively correcting essays generated by AI? It brings into question what skills we are not teaching students and why are the pressures so high at certain points in the academic year?

Jan 20, 2025 • 8min
Episode 444: Cleansing to Create
What am I actively doing at the moment to keep moving forward? What am I reading? A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other PreachingsMartin Luther King Jrhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13532185-a-gift-of-lovePedagogy of the OppressedPaulo FreireMyra Bergman Ramos (Translator),Donaldo Macedo (Introduction)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72657.Pedagogy_of_the_OppressedTeaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedombell hookshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27091.Teaching_to_Transgress

Dec 29, 2024 • 11min
Episode 443: Making choices for the collective - a new ways to set new year intentions
Why did I return Malcome Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point? How change has happened in the patterns of behaviours in Ireland over Christmas and how these impact the 'big systems' we feel are unchangeable? What to change on setting your New Year resolutions, goals intentions,Make up your own mind, Revenge of the Tipping Point book link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216857785-revenge-of-the-tipping-point