
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

Mar 8, 2021 • 12min
Episode 230: Personality is out of season
The concerns I have as move away from developing the individual. Why we need this understanding to overcome our inabilities inside for whatever reasons which never leave.

Mar 3, 2021 • 14min
Episode 229: Re-Reading books - the benefits, what you can find in yourself?
The benefits - why are you drawn to certain books? Why you can't just re-read my own books - the words seem to change and the benefits of using a poetry style in places. People whose names I use in the podcast and I mangle some of them (sorry): Paulo Coelho, Fannie Flagg, Anna Gavalda (Hunting and Gathering), Toni Morrison (Beloved), Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Madeleine L'Engle (Wrinkle in Time), Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal) Please consider supporting my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true

Mar 1, 2021 • 2min
Episode 228: Feeling dejected with the world? How to keep going
Change always needs a gradient - create yoursYou can’t have flow without a difference Remind yourself what is different For COVID coaster story - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261

Feb 24, 2021 • 9min
Episode 227: This is your time - A year of COVID
Not my title - the phrase I've been getting sent to my inbox for a year. I'm a bit battered this week - writing books takes as much as working with people personally. and what does it take to get a result? Why is it easier to just write a prescription for pills and why do we have so many medicated teens?

Feb 17, 2021 • 11min
Episode 226: Racism and Irish Identity
The failing of Irish people in being so conditional with other cultures. Why I have not simply muted some of the people who have so upset me on social media in recent weeks. Please consider supporting my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true

Feb 9, 2021 • 8min
Episode 225: Love
Valentine and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, in either 269 or 270.“You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.”― Thich Nhat HanhKahlil GibranThe Prophet (extract)Our children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.They come through you but not from you.And though they are with you, they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts.For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite.And He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.Let your bending in the archer's hands be for happiness;For even as He loves the arrow that flies,So He loves the bow that is stable.Why we have St Valentine's head in Dublin and the history of two possible Valentineshttp://www.carmelites.ie/stvalentine.html

Feb 4, 2021 • 6min
Episode 224: Black History Month - learning in the difference
The history (for people like me who had to go learn it) What I love ... the purpose through this story (*And I've not used the hashtag)https://youtu.be/oiLltM1tJ9M

Feb 3, 2021 • 4min
Episode 223: Pandemic Wishlist Two - The privileged and the pandemic
So almost a year later - what do I hope for now? That privileged countries will understand the implications of their actions.

Feb 1, 2021 • 5min
Episode 222: Tips to block out noise while working from home
How to deal with noise while trapped at home for COVID. It's about resetting the space, body and mind. *because I'm recording this at nearly 11pm to escape next doors dog barking - I mix up playlists and podcasts (you know what I mean)

Feb 1, 2021 • 10min
Episode 221: COVID Fatigue, Routines and People Pleasers
What is COVID fatigue? Why are people pleasers suffering more? What do we need to change at this stage?