Purple Psychology
416 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsStep 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
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Episode 311: Part 3 - Creating inclusive education - processing
April 18, 2022 00:00 - 6 minutes - 11.4 MBWe are allowed to have fun in education - I once wrote "school too many rules, not enough colour" I should probably convert to more progressive language *stick people but they'll always be stickmen to me Blog post with templates for storyboards, comic stripes and Grafio App link-template examples made using grafio app - I create some type of a template for every student I work with to explain a system or a routine or an idea! https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/true-inclusion-in-educati...
Episode 308: Intro to optimising education environments
April 09, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutes - 26.4 MBOur obsession with measuring in terms of education - what I'm going to endeavour to achieve in this podcast series. How I feel the Transgender Journey is the penultimate development journey. The article I speak about in relation to the Paralympics opposed to how we just normalise males or females in the Olympics. Do we really know the impacts of certain drugs on performance? https://www.irishtimes.com/news/classification-explanation-understanding-the-paralympic-codes-1.544612 ...
Episode 307: The slap - how we reward sanitised society
April 01, 2022 00:00 - 10 minutes - 19.1 MBTo sum up the Oscars read about the Oscars during World War 2 https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/how-the-oscars-went-austere-for-world-war-ii.html
Episode 306: Not belonging in education
March 23, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 34.1 MBIf you want to create something different - if you want the world to stop measuring - you need to be in the world differently and ironically I'm going to talk about the only part of a book I don't agree with .. participation... It's ok to not belong in the room. Two books I want to recommend you read One I have shared in the past: Belonging: From Fear to Freedom on the Path to True Community by Angel Kyodo Williams https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55384181-belonging The one...
Episode 305: Turns out Bullying is medically bad for you
March 16, 2022 00:00 - 10 minutes - 20.1 MBThis proves Louise Hays thinking that Thyroid conditions are due to suppression of expression. Why I focus so much on giving people a way to express themselves. Why I don't agree you have long term inability to form good relationships. Why were you bullied in the first place? What did you have to offer? Article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220307-the-best-way-to-stop-bullying
Episode 304: Two Sides
March 09, 2022 00:00 - 7 minutes - 13 MBWow, this has been the most difficult podcast to record for quite some time ... I don't know what I have said that is so difficult but someone doesn't want it said out loud! You will notice two points where the voice patterns change because I have to splice in new recording snippets ... the wind and rain have beat off the windows ... all of this is beyond my control but I have persevered! The Crossing Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55371169-the-crossing
Episode 303: How Harry Potter show us what is wrong with personality theory
March 03, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 18.1 MBWhy I dislike labels - the legacy left behind after the reports and the assumptions. The judgements that are thrown out by people who don't have your processing challenges. Who have no idea how your brain works or how to actually support you. We only ever focus on what we can't do. But increasingly the personality content online is inaccurate and doesn't represent Myers-Briggs's work. But the limitations we often apply and our conditioning.
Episode 302: What we become because of the Scale
February 23, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes - 31.1 MBHow we become something new because of the assumptions and expectations of education. In reference to Black writers who speak to me in relation to this. Links to what I reference during the podcast .... Maya Angelou poem links: https://www.aresearchguide.com/touched.html https://blackartsmovementumf.wordpress.com/maya-angelou/ Post on the impacts of Cotton and the fashion industry on Black people: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZbwE6YIFyI/ Alice Walker, We are the ones we hav...
Episode 301: My Dyslexia - My Literacy
February 21, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 24.6 MBI hate labels but I want you to find this so I'll use the well known markers. How this makes you feel. How I can go from whole to feeling useless after 5 days. How the stored trauma in my body will help me meet my students better.
Episode 299: Introduction to extended podcasts
February 13, 2022 00:00 - 2 minutes - 5.67 MBLink to become a podcast supporter and have access to my Patreon with 'extended podcasts' and writing to match them! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Episode 300: Why are we Bullied?
February 13, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 23.4 MBWhy are we Bullied? A journey through the reasons we are bullied and how to reach peace with this so the patterns truly change for humanity. So it's no longer beneficial to bully. Quote used: “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Best Boy meets Boy, coming out Teen fiction I've read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52739801-date-me-bryson-keller
Episode 298: Relationship advice for Teens
February 09, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 25.6 MBWhat should a good relationship be like? My simple tells in a complex world ... My favourite book about relationships between women. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42442934-queen-of-coin-and-whispers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=AfKgfFKPHH&rank=1 Quote used: "If I accept the fact that my relationships are here to make me conscious instead of happy, then my relationships become a wonderful self-mastery tool that keeps realigning me with my higher purpose. " Pretty sure this i...
Episode 297: Freedom of Speach - Complexities for Teens
February 03, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.6 MBWhy is this generation speaking in little dots that don't say anything? How do we navigate freedom of speech? Books on my reading list that I've not got to yet: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110193.The_Veil_and_the_Male_Elite https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1617.Night
Episode 296: Trust and Speach for teens (episode 294 again)
January 29, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MBIt's mercury retrograde so of course, there is a tiny little blip in the audio I can't edit out! And this episode has not been posted on Spotify?! So I have left all the links out and let's see if it will be included now? Thanks for your understanding Naoisé (the joys of these 3 weeks spins with a planet of communication )
Episode 295: Feeling and thinking differences
January 27, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MBA very reflective podcast since it's 13 years yesterday since I got the keys to my school. Thinking about how I don't need the person opposite to be me. To even shut down aspects of myself to be less reactive in order to be of more help to others. Feeling my way through why my own report at 16 wasn't very helpful to me.
Episode 294: Trust and Speach for Teens
January 25, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MB*it's mercury retrograde so of course, there is a tiny little blip in the audio I can't edit out! Please create a space for people to talk. A culture of this could save lives. The Speech transcript again: https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety?t=1643110301423 The horrendous bullying that led to an 18-year-old taking his own life even after the chance to press reset on his life: https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2022/0118/1274478-eden-h...
Episode 293: Time, Instant Gratification and Change
January 19, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 16.9 MBThe disconnect we now have between instant gratification - instant response and the natural course of development and how long change creates. For years I have done a task with students to compare Rosa Parks and Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Both in terms of difference of personality to both create an impact as the best of themselves but also the length of time change takes. References: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott https://www.npr.org/2010/01...
Episode 292: Dangers of the individual focus
January 12, 2022 00:00 - 5 minutes - 30.3 MBMy main task - what it is most said to me at the end of a teen session - or any session really regardless of age “I feel seen" - “I feel you get me" Being seen - ironically it’s only when we feel seen that we bring the best of us to a group or a collective. So why is this generation living in turmoil? Not feeling enough? Books I mention: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=veFTMmvYwg&rank=4 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Episode 290: Changing Teen Patterns
January 02, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.3 MBIntroduction to season 7 of the podcast - why did I pick to focus on teens for this series? Why is the world harder to grow up in right now? That's going to be the focus of this series. Bad patterns don't just continue - they are about the choices people feel they can make. What they deserve. The simplest way for teens to change is to ask for help - but they learn at home if this is too shameful or not. Book mentioned: Free lunch Rex Ogle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/437...
Episode 291: Why it’s more than picking pronouns?
January 02, 2022 00:00 - 10 minutes - 19.5 MBIt's not a fad. It's an outing. It's a big deal to pick your pronouns. I want to journey as Naoisé in the world but recognise the difference in others journeys to mine and hold them in their truth. It's not about just being in the club. It's about being in your wholeness. Your Core. Books: Passing the Playbook and The art of being Normal. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42969261 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23058402 Myths around Transgender journey: https://www.g...
Episode 289: Wrap up to Growth series
December 07, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 46.4 MBWell if you can ever warp up growth! And yes as Oonagh says it has a capital G! Her new good addiction ... A rare interview podcast with Oonagh Browne (my prize guinea pig) - please check out the Cacao Ambassador https://www.thecacaoambassador.com I really love the breakfast smoothie for these times! https://www.thecacaoambassador.com/post/manage-your-blog-from-your-live-site My Patreon which Oonagh kindly speaks about... https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-my-books-do-55196300...
Episode 288: Embodied Practices
November 23, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 48.4 MBBeing over grounded. Focus on the Root chakra. The need to look at 3 trauma zones; Crown, Heart and Sacral Chakra. The link to the On-Point-Practice developed by Rev angel Kyodo Williams (no big deal sit - half-day sit registration) https://www.zenchangeangel.com/half-day-sit
Episode 287: Cicely Tyson Biography - finding yourself
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 21.8 MBThis is a podcast in lessons on looking to biographies to find yourself. I prescribe biographies for everyone I work with regardless of age. This is also a lot of what I don’t talk about living in the gap because when I do I feel projected at ... so I thought it would be good for me to walk the talk for you all. These are the sorts of simple podcasts which feel like jumping off a cliff for me. Finding yourself in others and not wanting to compare to those so great. It's a very ...
Episode 286: The Gap in growth
November 05, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 27.3 MBOr what I call the Projection Zone. When people no longer hear what you are saying - they are so focused on the gap from where you are working from that they can't reach you - just project. Quote I use: "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." Carl Jung
Episode 285: Splinching your soul - working from an open-hearted space
October 29, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 18.6 MBWhy I have been bullied my whole life ... that's the alternative title and how I had to splinch myself to understand why others needed to do this to me. This is the original workshop link to register which I'm sure will put you in touch for the next stages of the process: https://www.zenchangeangel.com/lib5-challenge The book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84016.The_Same_River_Twice?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=OAPvxzyCRn&rank=1 Which I've just remembered that Gloria Steinem...
Episode 284: Isolation - sharing
October 21, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MB“Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible. “ Jung What is that 4th blue doughnut stage? (my image last podcast) Why is it lonely? Why do you need this benchmark? What else do you need? Routine or practice and to share Beside my inbox this is an amazing place to share, journey and practice: The no big deal sit by Rev. angel Ky...
Episode 283: Growth out - the racism in the 5 rank system
October 17, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 27.7 MBNew Methods Blog - what I feel comfortable leaving the world with. https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/purple-learning-project/ Link for the new image you need to follow this podcast: https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/five-ranks-of-tsao-tung-meets-purple-learning-project/ *there is a tiny jump in the audio where I say about the link - no idea why but I couldn't do a better explanation so I've not re-recorded - a mercury retrograde blip! ** also due to mercury retrograde we have no heat or ...
Episode 282: Breaking the confinements of your training
October 12, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 21.6 MBThe skills you should get from doing a PhD or a religious training. The skills that are possible for everyone if we stopped being elites. Skills: Trust Alignment Reflection Questioning Objectivity Stand on own space and don’t make it personal You have the ability to discern
Episode 281: My relationship with time
October 06, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 18.5 MBThe dates were all a year out in my last podcast - why? hat relationship do I have to time? What are cycles and development so much more important for me? I forgot to add that in fact, I feel these are the roots of ageing concerns - people who focus on cycles and development don't worry about ageing. They live for growth to the day they die - they don't stop changing/growing/evolving and wait to die as many do.
Episode 280: Current blocks to growth in humanity
October 03, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 33.3 MBThis is an introduction to series 6 of the podcast. It is about working with all the levels of development. What do I mean by levels? I have shared two systems below to view them differently. Why are people stuck on different levels of growth? This is what this series is about. Why are we following people who are sharing such conspiracy content to the world? As usual, this is a journey for me to embark on too - I'm sure the path will unfold. it always does. I’ve gone for easy articles ...
Episode 279: Week Off
September 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 7.67 MBWalking the talk - I need a week to recharge my own batteries and give myself think time for a big podcast which is brewing in me! We may be wrapping up this series too and switching gears again - same themes, the same purpose but I feel a shift on the horizon... Thank you
Episode 278: Being Translator
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 23.7 MBThere are always themes to my work and the current one is being translator - sometimes I work very closely with the 'students' but other times I work with their environments. I translate what unconditional love is which was the purpose of my first book Journey to Unconditional love hosted on my Patreo. I have watched the change in people's relationships - people they never thought they'd be able to get on with and be close too. Even being traped with them for the pandemic. https:...
Episode 277: Affects of forcing socialisation.
September 17, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MBWhat has COVID and lockdown brought to the surface? What is social? Can you force it? What happens when you do? Why have we made something that so many have fought for so complex? I wrote this quote a long time ago now - "Everyone has 3 fundemental needs; to be liked to have a purpose & to know where they belong." Naoisé, April 2010.
Episode 276: What's wrong with how we teach Irish?
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 22.4 MBNo one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth. https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bród https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112 https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400 Duine de dhath - Perso...
Episode 276: What's wrong with how we teach Irish?
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 22.4 MBNo one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth. https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bród https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112 https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400 Duine de dhath - Perso...
Episode 276: What's wrong with how we teach Irish?
September 14, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 22.4 MBNo one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth. https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bród https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112 https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400 Duine de dhath - Perso...
Episode 275: What makes people selfish?
September 06, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 11.5 MBIn short what you reward in society. I've spent 3 weeks processing notes to make this a talk not a rant. Sorry Irish people swear when passionate and very honest. Book I'm reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am News articles: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-pubs-capel-street-pedestrianisation-21484332?fbclid=IwAR0c1T_g7X8DbSxUPpxAfp5EAUqmFevv0PbXkRXEBeoa1RPbXT_k4xCy4tc https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40373642.html ** last n...
Episode 274: The dark side of people
September 02, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MBThe uses of looking at the whole and what it brings up for you. We can't simply avoid words or quotes or work left by those with darkness - we need to see what we can learn from their journey and why they behave the way they do. I use a number of Carl Jung quotes listed below. ”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” Jung “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”...
Episode 273: Maternity ward to my door
August 26, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 26.5 MBMuch of my work begins in the first experience of life on earth. The first moments of a team being formed or not. We have got this seriously wrong for the future of the world during these pandemic days. This whole series of podcasts has been inspired by the Alice walker book, We are the ones we have been waiting for. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40968.We_Are_the_Ones_We_Have_Been_Waiting_for An extract - I hope she won't mind me sharing this link but maybe it will encour...
Episode 272: What my writing does - making myself obsolete
August 22, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.1 MBWhat it feels like to write at the time of living but when humanity is not yet read for your words. The comments from some of the first readers of Conversations from the Core. The book on how to stop living in the labyrinth. https://www.patreon.com/posts/55196300 What if I made you deliberately go in a loop in your head? The one you say is down to me writing in a dyslexic way! If you want to step out of the loop you can start with the first book on my Patreon. Conversations from the ...
Episode 270: Cancel culture - the emotional intelligence conflict
August 15, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 11.4 MBArticles spoken about: https://www.newsweek.com/music-sia-movie-autism-controversy-maddie-ziegler-1569289 https://www.chimamanda.com/news_items/it-is-obscene-a-true-reflection-in-three-parts/
Episode 271: Why I am at the doom stage with humanity
August 15, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 16.2 MBI need others to look for the brilliance in people - the ones who are possible of the leaderships, the solutions, the innovations, the different way of seeing.
Episode 269: The Development Journey
August 08, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 21 MBIt's taken me a decade to understand why I didn't want to replicate the Montessori method and way of leaving a legacy of wor behind. There are limitations when we are so set to leaving behind structures/methods rather than principles
Episode 268: Self
August 03, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 16.6 MBDeveloped in the backdrop of the Pandemic. Individual - wholeness - core - emptiness - consciousness all go together. We confess development of an individual with self - Ego - self - control - greed - self-serving all go together We need individuals to develop to speak for the whole and the collective to express itself. Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234789-playing-to-the-gallery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VmujrCP6OV&rank=2 https://www.goodreads.com/b...
Episode 267: OCD, eating disorders, role-play games and the pandemic
July 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBI'm more worried now than I have ever been about people's mental health. The transition back to the world is proving just how much we were in escapism and not secureness. We need to seriously take stock for small children of the safe virtual worlds they are happier in than real life and the controlling dangerous behaviours they are developing.
Episode 266: Unconditional and Self-Worth
July 27, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MBWe muddle worthiness, success, unconditional, needs, conditions, and expectations all the time in society What is your measure of yourself dependent on? Are you whole worthy secure in your core? Why do you take actions? - be honest Are your expectations for you or for others best? It’s funny this is number ’66’ - as it’s said to be the number of unconditional love I would argue that if you truly support people from an unconditional place they can’t even trace back what is helping ...
Episode 265: With Consciousness comes our sense of Weaknesses
July 18, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 26.4 MBWhat creates the horrors in our world? Why do we have such a divided society at present? Books I mention: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135483.My_Life_with_the_Chimpanzees https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135484.Reason_for_Hope?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PmTxJl1wNt&rank=1 I said Staford instead of Standford University! It's early on a Sunday morning ... sorry
Episode 264: My black soul journey
July 14, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MBThis is a podcast on what I have learnt since John Lewis died a year ago this week. I don't want to call it the John Lewis podcast. I sit here and debate if to make the B a capital or not? I think I won't because it's my soul. I have written more of what this means for me on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47490785
Episode 263: Self-care return to the world
July 12, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 27.8 MBWhat are the secrets to my self-care at this time? Why are others so calm in my space.. Who is struggling and why? 8 to 10-year-old children with anxiety - how to re-adjust... Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12987640-imagine?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=45HT4eHs6v&rank=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234789-playing-to-the-gallery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1bVJNFsPnI&rank=1 Music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire https://youtu.be/2Ns8flgDyiY https://www.colmmaccon...
Episode 262: How we view mental illness
July 08, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 37.7 MBIt's not a parrot on our shoulder who we bung a few treats to. We need to integrate the mind, body and soul. We need to make a plan for younger ages to do this for those struggling. Books mentioned: Jane Goodall - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135484.Reason_for_Hope?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=CwFtuflkvE&rank=1 Roddy Doyle - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15841827-two-pints?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4k7f1pRctd&rank=1