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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Jul 19, 2020 • 10min
Episode 158: Special survival guide for INFJs during COVID19
What do INFJs need to know during COVID19? What parts our personality make this a mire intense time? How to get through? How to find the positives? How to be the best version who are contributing to a better humanity. Companion writing can be found in essays in awareness at drnaoiseoreilly dot org
Jul 14, 2020 • 8min
Episode 157: To tell students that they have dyslexia or not? The personality differences present in the reaction.
A journey through the personality traits that matter when telling a student if they have dyslexia or not? Why labels can be limiting. A how lack of expectation is the real enemy. A listen requested podcats email purple at purplelearning dot ie to send requests!
Jul 14, 2020 • 4min
Podcast 156: Surviving the pandemic(covid19) in good mental health - what we can learn from Dr Jane Goodall
Today marks the incredible feat of 60 years since Dr Jane Goodall (0ne of my heroes) first went to Gombe. What can we learn from her? What do mentally strong people really do to survive this pandemic (Covid19)? What can we learn as a society? Companion writing at drnaoiseoreilly dot org (essay in awareness - Developist)
Jul 12, 2020 • 7min
Episode 155: What boys need from their fathers? How does this matter in terms of radicalisation, domestic violence and idenity
A follow on to the podcats around what girls need from their fathers which I recorded around fathers day. What boys need is slightly more complex as it is more role driven both in their own identity and how they treat women.
Jul 8, 2020 • 8min
Episode 154: Honesty of communication through social media - Freedom of Speech
Why are we now seeing open letters asking for the right to speech? I always worried about the powerful legacy of insinuation that the '#MeToo' campaign highlighted. I've seen how teens struggle in this world - I know the complex layers to communication, especially those through a text-based world. It's taken me years to find the people to exchange communication with so openly on these platforms in a pure way. A little journey to the complexities I have experienced as a gay woman and why I wrote the piece called 'Insinuations legacy' (found on my drnaoiseoreilly dot org) #freespeach #MeToo
Jul 6, 2020 • 8min
Episode 153: Exiting the Matrix
I wrote a companion piece on exiting the Matrix (drnaosieoreilly dot org)Is there only the option to stay or go? How does having a core help you to stay in the madness? Why is it a journey? Why do I have to live in the grit and not on top of a mountain? Why do I look for a healthy amount of insecurity on others? Why do I sometimes take a step away and what are the origins of my need to understand others? What is it like to have a different frame of reference?
Jul 6, 2020 • 5min
Episode 152: Dancing and my core
How dance theatre represents my core. Inspiration from Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Pina Bausch. I wrote a companion piece called Individual Voice (drnaosieoreilly dot org) The origins of my own fears of dancing. Could you imagine if we were taught to swagger down the street with our unique voice? To not all learn to march to someone else’s shape?
Jul 6, 2020 • 6min
Episode 151: Generational patterns of colonialism and interracial relationships
Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's play Les Blancs. What are the scars? What are the generational patterns you are trying to overcome in any mixed relationship? Regardless of backgrounds, cultures or religions? What are the scars all around us in our cities? You can be in an interracial relationship and still be racist.
Jun 30, 2020 • 8min
Podcast 150: The differences between American and European racism - the scale of hate origins
This is an idea I first saw/heard Music by Loah talk about - the hate scale. How small acts of racism add up to the maximum end of the scale where your life is in danger. I introduce the origins of European racism and American. The cultural experiences which allow us to absorb these; Alvin Ailey's Greenwood, Small Island by Andrea Levy, A Rasin in the sun by Lorrain Hansberry, Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, 12 years a slave. The writing of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. How it's not enough to just say you are not racist or anti-racist. That you don't have these assumptions - you have to take actions that allow the realties of others lives to change. #blacklivesmatter
Jun 30, 2020 • 8min
Episode 149: Personalities of workers facing front line work during COVID 19 - how to make employees feel safe over customer preceptions
Now that lockdown starts to lift I see many nervous unsafe and unhappy employees. We now have hard evidence of how the virus transmits and know how to create safety. But I fear many mangers are being driven by their personalities and the perception of customers over the reality of what needs to be done for everyone's happiness and safety. The reality is ceratin personalities make better decisions on safety and protocols that can be followed easily by others. Maybe we need to pick the people within companies to have these roles? Hint they are not the usual extrovert sensing personalities that often rise higher in these roles - they are the quieter workers who pause more before actions. shout out to Helen Barry Arts face shields for staff. (helenbarryarts on instagram)
