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.
Episodes
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Oct 21, 2020 • 7min
Episode 198: Migration and Education
Migration is going to continue - especially with Climate Change. When are we going to stop using education to judge people? And cashing in on foreign students. What did the homeless project in Vancouver show us?
Oct 19, 2020 • 9min
Episode 197: Women need to get pissed off during the pandemic
Why are women juggling it all? What started when my mother's generation returned to work? The two names I can't pronounce properly Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Guy Kawasaki. Article shared on Guy Kawasaki's Twitter.
Oct 19, 2020 • 7min
Episode 196: I can't be the only person capable of smiling during a pandemic? Using schools to create society.
Why are people struggling so much? Why are we now using schools to create society instead of education?
Oct 13, 2020 • 8min
Episode 195: Agism and Covid-19
What message is the young not getting to protect the older generation? Reasons the older generation are struggling. Why is there is a sense for everyone left out in society that it's survival of the fittest to be out here? The dance show I mention is Kontakthof by Pina Bausch which you will find clips of on YouTube. Quote New York Times, October 2014 "she brings us closer to humanity. Even in her absence, she makes us see ourselves for what we are."
Oct 12, 2020 • 7min
Episode 194: You create unconditional in the extremes
Why are the middle ground of people happy to wait for herd immunity in a pandemic? What do secureness, unconditional love and awareness and acceptance of difference have in common? Books mentioned: John Lewis Across That Bridge and June Jordan Some Of US Did Not DieMusic: Icelandic Band Amiina - song What Are We Waiting For?
Oct 8, 2020 • 7min
Episode 193: College and university students stuck in their dorms - mental well-being
The survival guide and a suggestion for a relief pack to be sent to these students trapped in college/university dorms, can we have Joe Wicks online for college dorm students, please? I mention an amazing open App called Insight Timer
Oct 8, 2020 • 3min
Episode 192 Voice patterns in the Vice Presidental Debate
How these debates are acting as a very useful master class is finding truth and lies in a modern world. All the information that we have to digest daily. Quote used "If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."—Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Oct 6, 2020 • 3min
Episode 191: Introverts and Extroverts social media - sharing pain
Why Introverts and Extroverts are different on social media. Why Extroverts need to share their pain. Stop judging them.
Oct 6, 2020 • 6min
Episode 190: Black masculinity and how the world is afraid
What are the assumptions of Black masculinity based in? Why is it so easy to judge? How are we goign to change these assumptions? If we change them for America we change them for the world. I mention Toni Morrison's Beloved and Barracoon by Zora Neal Hurston.
Oct 2, 2020 • 4min
Episode 189: The great divide - how to close the gap in humanity not just an election
How we develop cores - a strong sense of achieving beyond ourselves? How we go through the Jung stages of development to feel good enough to take actions beyond us and for others. How if you have not had the privilege of achieving for yourself you don't feel good enough to be picked by the team for humanity. Those who have achieved need to be mindful of how they address these people who are still on stage 1 of development and make them feel as if they are good enough. I mention John Lewis and the Civil Rights Non-Violence Workshops run by Rev. James Lawson.
