Dr Naoisé O'Reilly

Purple Psychology

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I’m a writer and researcher exploring human behavior, hidden patterns, and societal dynamics. I love connecting ideas across disciplines to help people think critically, live authentically, and better understand themselves and the world. My work includes poetry, books, essays, a podcast called Purple Psychology, and more—I have a heart for anyone seeking guidance, and I’ve spent my adult life helping students who don’t feel like they “fit” the mold. If that’s you, or you simply feel drawn to the space, I hope you’ll visit and stay for a time with me.©️Dr Naoisé O’Reilly 2026

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Jul 3, 2026

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Episode 347: INFJ not belonging - not suffering 14.12.2022

So this is the 3rd podcast in the set to wrap up current thoughts! The book I recommend that applies to 98% of the world .. that I listened to from my "alien" place  Belonging: From Fear to Freedom on the Path to True Community Rev Angel Kyodo Williams https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55384181-belonging?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wU7wiI9qr8&rank=4

Episode 346: Memory foam of INFJs 05.12.2022

The pros and cons of INFJ memory foam - our sheer embodiment of experiences.  For the plank routine, simply google plank routines! found him - the blinky checkout dude! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWf3ow0TvLU Book I mention: Cicely Tyson, As I am https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mywTY6saWk&rank=1

Episode 345: Suffering is Optional 02.12.2022

Why I feel suffering is optional - not compulsory. Often therapy speak misses this cue for me! Books I quote: Dr Martin Luther King Jr. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13532185-a-gift-of-love https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/transformed-nonconformist It's Daniel chapter 3 verse 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%203%2CDaniel%206&version=NIV A Redb...

Episode 344: Ultimate battle between Toxic masculinity and toxic femininity 21.11.2022

Why are we seeing this all playing out on the world stage? Why do we fundamentally need to reach a balance point within these conversations?  My Patreon for the book I've been writing: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261

Episode 343: American Midterms - Depp/ Heard trial .. all these are explored in depth 17.11.2022

It's not the right time for me to publically speak on some topics of the world stage but this doesn't mean I'm not feeling, researching, understanding and sharing...  Go to my Patreon for as little as the price of a coffee once a month for full access https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261 Thoughts on American Midterm elections on my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-first-video-74645692...

Episode 342: Waiting for Collective Consciousness 07.11.2022

My journey of acceptance in not belonging.  This is the project I'm most excited about building a world I could belong in: https://www.mndflcertification.com/get-started The Sinead O'Connor Documentary that Inspired so much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLy1A4En4U Her book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55609892-rememberings?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DdHrlsud8O&rank=1 The Fun...

Episode 341: Amazing Dr Huges - dismantling egos in education 25.10.2022

As promised a podcast with an off the cuff - wing it conversation on already dismantling egos in education. Don't tell us what we can't do - we are already doing it! A lot of sound advice to 15-year-olds there who've been told they can't do it! I wish the audio was better - we are both maxed out and needed to do this via zoom which is never ideal and I feel it didn't do Graham's tone justice! Sorr...

Episode 340: Why feedback counts - introduction to next episode 17.10.2022

I don't do plug podcats so when I say the support means a lot to me - I mean it - but the connections and the feedback are what matters to me as someone on the fringes of everywhere. I made a choice not to have an academic university 'home' to belong to.  For as little as €5 (a cup of coffee a month) you can have access to the writing journeys which are the advanced course of these podcasts. The j...

Episode 339: Identity and the validation trap 07.10.2022

Identity and labels are not simple for me - I can't just pick them to fit in .. this is why!  But this is not about me being right - it's about you making your own choices that are for the right motivations and your needs.  The books I talk about: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55224246-the-essential-june-jordan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13591815-the-collected-poems-of-lucille-clift...

Episode 338: sexism first before racisim. 20.09.2022

A journey that shows how long change takes - over 4 generations. Why we have to get that the criticism of Harry and Megan is a conversation on sexism first before we can get to the conversation on racisim. I keep this informal and use no title for anyone - equally!  Video links: https://youtu.be/wg_fib2gQaU https://youtu.be/U4RcE9G1MhM https://youtu.be/LQicq60aJaw https://youtu.be/wRH_YJTMHoM http...

Episode 337: Who determines status? 20.09.2022

  Why do we have such an obsession with status? Who decides what is adding to our position in society?  Have they different monarchs decided this or did the court that surrounds them?  How can we change the patterns of humanity that we are moving towards? As we are obsessed with keeping middle class.       Podcasts mentioned: https://www.audible.com/pd/Stephen-Frys-Victorian-Secrets-Podcast/B08DF7...

Episode 336: What builds a statesperson? 20.09.2022

What made Queen Elizabeth II the statesperson she was? What are the most important factors? What is her most admirable achievement within a huge shifting terrain of 70 years?    Podcast mentioned hosted on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Stephen-Frys-Victorian-Secrets-Podcast/B08DF7FCXM?qid=1663248773&sr=1-11&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_11&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2...

Episode 335: A Respectful Pause 11.09.2022

Why there has been a pause in the podcasts - and perhaps they need to be biweekly with the attention to all that is in consideration with institutions.  .  

Episode 334: Quiet quitting - where humanity has reached 31.08.2022

What is connection? Why is it so demanding in the wrong way? Contacts for me: https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/contact/ https://www.instagram.com/drnaoise/ https://www.facebook.com/naoise.oreilly.2009 Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766216.Notes_on_Nursing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6114607-the-midwife Quote: “The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do t...

Episode 333: When I challenge the institutions you struggle 16.08.2022

Wrapping up season 8 and moving on to season 9. We've moved from the individual to the scary fallout of humanity from the pandemic. What can we learn from those who survived the workhouses? Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3925836-shadows-of-the-workhouse https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261 Etsy:...

Episode 332: Sameness 09.08.2022

The ridiculous pressures we put ourselves under to send children back to school. The pressures to not be different.  One of the books I'm reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6114607-the-midwife A friend suggested I include my Etsy shop here and I forgot! I always seem in the flow of the topics and don't want to push either my Patreon or other links to distract.  Of course, the pieces are...

Episode 331: Lost the right to control 03.08.2022

Kansas didn't gain abortion - they lost the right to control. A very simple list of reasons we need abortion to be legal. 

Episode 330: Abuse in the name of the Church 02.08.2022

All that has been on my mind with the Pope's visit to Canada and the Kansas vote today 2nd August on constitutional changes to women's rights.  Tuam mass graves: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60464447 https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/642187249/pope-ends-visit-to-a-disillusioned-ireland-where-church-authority-has-declined?t=1659434051568 Residential School mass graves: https://www.bbc.com/new...

Episode 329: Black Elvis 25.07.2022

**there was a mistake in one of the track links so I had to repost the episode (sorry) I don't want to go back and edit this as the energy is there for what I want to talk about and I don't talk enough about the demon of white money ... and when I say Black people are doing well, thriving it's all relative and a totally uneven world. I'm aware of that but I want to keep the energy of the passion i...

Episode 328: Why do we go to school? 20.07.2022

There is a drumbeat building around a generation not being successful because they didn't go to school for the pandemic. This is filled with the same measuring, racist and sexist message we take for granted in education. Books mentions: Bell Hooks: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman Ruth Bader Ginsburg: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29868604-my-own-words?ac=1&from...

Episode 327: The summer you check-in 13.07.2022

This is not the summer vacation people thought they would have .. in the same way as I haven't done my work or the support as others feel I should - now you can look at your life and think maybe I don't need to live it the way you feel I should.  My Patreon article to match this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gratitude-time-69028589 Book I mention on how creativity works: I got the title s...

Episode 326: The unattainable scale of perfection for Black peoples 07.07.2022

What happens if we just look at the end results of your actions? Why are you able to justify your actions? 

Episode 325: Impacts of not going in a Box 04.07.2022

The rollercoaster I have been charting with the podcast because I'm not prepared to be anti-vax or anti-abortion or racist while speaking about humanity.     

Episode 324: Roe V Wade - the silver lining - integration of conditions 27.06.2022

The geek in me loves that a podcast on women's rights is 13 minutes- the 13 moons of our cycle!  Perfection while talking about the balancing of conversations on abortion...      Book I mention: Bell Hooks - Ain't I a woman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman My Patreon: (support helps these podcasts) https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true

Episode 323: What I don't hear in the Transgender conversation 18.06.2022

Sexualtiy and Gender are differnt conversations. The gaps that have facilitated 4 days of ignorance on national radio in Ireland 

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