

Purple Psychology
Dr Naoisé O'Reilly
Please Support my Independent Thought on Patreon PurplePsychology or On Apple Podcast Channel PurplePsychology. Podcast Disclaimer on PurplePsychology dot Com. More Information DrNaoiseOReilly dot org. A podcast that ranges from Teen to Adult. Originally I have a Doctorate in philosophy (Psychical Oceanography). I’ve spent my whole adult life supporting Students in one form or another. I always feel they are right and this podcast aims to get under the bonnet of what is really at the root of our society challenges. How to be authentic and vulnerable in practice not just in name. How to critically reflect on big topics. Always with a suggested reading list. I do the research and join the dots in my Sigma INFJ mode so you don’t need to do all the work. Presented in Bite size portions. ©Dr. Naoisé O'Reilly 2025.
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May 15, 2021 • 14min
Episode 248: Religion
Energy, belief, my own religious journey...Poem Meaning by Czeslaw Milosz.When I die, I will see the lining of the world.The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset.The true meaning, ready to be decoded.What never added up will add Up,What was incomprehensible will be comprehended.– And if there is no lining to the world?If a thrush on a branch is not a sign,But just a thrush on the branch? If night and dayMake no sense following each other?And on this earth there is nothing except this earth?– Even if that is so, there will remainA word wakened by lips that perish,A tireless messenger who runs and runsThrough interstellar fields, through the revolving galaxies,And calls out, protests, screams.Visiting the Chester Beatty Library: https://chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/sacred-traditions/Principles of Theosophical Society (inspired by Koot Hoomi/Kuthumi)1:To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste, or colour.2:To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and science.3:To investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in man.The quote I close on is from Confucius (I'm not going to write it out - I want to surprise you!) The harbour within: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32821062-the-harbour-within?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hC0Icq0oKO&rank=1

May 15, 2021 • 16min
Episode 247: Split Personalities - Conquering abuse from childhood - The ultimate Unicorns possible (ISFJ/INFJ)
Retrospectively I see how these two podcasts (religion episode) go together - even though I arrived at them from such different thinking!This is when a personality not only survives abuse but makes the experience a strength... What are split personalities - What creates them? Why are they negative for families (and humanity) - what is possible? How can integrating your life experiences make you a unique highly functioning being for the betterment of humanity?

May 9, 2021 • 8min
Episode 246: Unconditional Love - Mother's Day
Comparing Harry Potter and Nevile Longbottom. Why acceptance is the most important part of unconditional. We shouldn't need to lose our own self worth for unconditional love. * why Mother's Day is different in Ireland - it's Mid-Lent - from google "Historians believe it evolved from the 16th-century Christian practice of visiting mothers in the season of Lent. The date changes every year because it is linked to Easter, and Easter varies depending on the lunar calendar."

May 6, 2021 • 17min
Episode 245: How we build egos - why it matters for Humanity
A follow on from the podcast before - understanding the impacts and differences of internal noise versus external noise. Also an extension to the thinking in the Maslow/development podcast How we create egos by desensitising ourselves - how we need to lose our view that sensitivity is bad - that we need to use the tools to create secureness, not numbness. We need to understand how energy is carried through generations.

May 6, 2021 • 52min
Episode 244: ASD Genes versus Dyslexia Genes - demonstration of our fundamental judgement of difference
These next two episodes are a double bill even if they don't seem so initially!How I fundamentally don't like our obsession with labelling people with ASD (Asperger's syndrome/Autism)It's as if we build education to create industries to fix the damage. A general simple background to Alan Turing - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing

Apr 28, 2021 • 15min
Episode 243: Worst year in history? 2020
A rambling podcats on the worrying trends in humanity. Do we pay for our sins every 400 to 500 years? One slight important note I want to make - I have presented the number for the deaths of the Indigenous Peoples from Small Pox brought by European settlers. I have deliberately not commented on this as I'm researching it at the moment along with Druids (oddly) and I feel too uneducated at present. So this is why I present it in such a mere numbers way!

Apr 20, 2021 • 16min
Episode 242: Maslow - Development Scales - Purple Development - Developing from the top down
A weird journey into my brain this week and how I can finally describe something after a year of thought. I needed to realise you drag the centre of the labyrinth up out of the page 3D to form the top of the pyramid! The out of my comfort zone links to some energy readers who inspired my random thoughts .. I take inspiration from a whole host of random places! https://youtube.com/c/AwakeningToSpirit (It was the oak men reading about the Rhinos)https://youtube.com/channel/UCi3wWQtEY9JtRxLsvqKe8Kg (The pyramid reading - can't remember the name and the one about the cosmic egg)

Apr 18, 2021 • 13min
Episode 241: Covid Anxiety - coping with the pain and overwhelm of the world this week
I don't know what to call this podcast - being a muggle - being in a zone where I feel so overwhelmed that I have a new reference place for trying to discern a way through humanity this week. Have you ever questioned where your ancestor's wealth comes from? What they took part in? If you passed a row of images and sculptures depicting the barbaric past actions - would you represent, teach and protect others from a different place? *Disclaimer - I am not a medical doctor and none of my advice is to replace that of consulting medical advice and help. And the second disclaimer - some of the content is upsetting.

Apr 12, 2021 • 11min
Episode 240: Balance of Masculine and Feminine energy
If we viewed all relationships and connections as growth how different would the world be? If we saw that we all contain masculine and feminine energy to be balanced - how would the conversations around roles, identity and gender change? Why does each person cross our path and how do we help each person's growth? What difference does this make in a true balanced romantic partnership? How would women be supported in the world?

Apr 10, 2021 • 8min
Episode 239: Motivation and Responsibility
What motivates some people to be more responsible outside of themselves? How does sensitivity to the world play its part here? How do roles associated with the masculine change the outcomes? Play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit written by Nassim Soleimanpour *I think I may have reversed the words!


