Dr Naoisé O'Reilly
Purple Psychology
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 249: Is spiritualism unintentionally racist? 23.05.2021 6:01
Patreon - intro to this book: If I wrote a book in advance to feel content, secure and happy going into Lockdown last year .. this was the book. It's the book I have shared over the year with many of my soul tribe ... it's an unusual book in that it talks more bout the conflict I have always felt between science and spiritualism - which I covered in my podcast only last week in the Religion Episod...
Episode 248: Religion 15.05.2021 14:15
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 bra...
Episode 247: Split Personalities - Conquering abuse from childhood - The ultimate Unicorns possible (ISFJ/INFJ) 15.05.2021 15:39
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...
Episode 246: Unconditional Love - Mother's Day 09.05.2021 7:30
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 i...
Episode 245: How we build egos - why it matters for Humanity 06.05.2021 16:43
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 carrie...
Episode 244: ASD Genes versus Dyslexia Genes - demonstration of our fundamental judgement of difference 06.05.2021 52:08
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
Episode 243: Worst year in history? 2020 28.04.2021 14:38
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....
Episode 242: Maslow - Development Scales - Purple Development - Developing from the top down 20.04.2021 16:13
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/AwakeningToSpir...
Episode 241: Covid Anxiety - coping with the pain and overwhelm of the world this week 18.04.2021 12:31
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 prot...
Episode 240: Balance of Masculine and Feminine energy 12.04.2021 11:04
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 wom...
Episode 239: Motivation and Responsibility 10.04.2021 8:14
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!
Episode 238: How sexuality controls us - inspired by Gandhi 28.03.2021 13:52
I’m sorry to my younger listeners - I pride myself on having a podcast that is listened to by every span of age groups and with gender freedom ... But I’m going to end up swearing, talking about difficult topics and I’m going to mention sex and so if I don’t make this content explicit someone will flag the whole podcast. Quotes used in podcast; "To become a brahmachari means you are ecstatic by yo...
Episode 237: I love black Sheep - Racism & Society Culture 23.03.2021 4:06
Why do we use language the way we do? What makes our expressions racist? Geeky project for someone: Can someone please submit a request for a black & brown unicorn? Oh and an alien one too .... Lots of other people search for this too - I’m not alone. Basically, unicorns shouldn’t just be white - there is a geeky homeschooling project for your teen ... The link for an emoji proposal https://un...
Episode 236: The benefits of not being in control - Vulnerability & Creativity 22.03.2021 10:25
A rambling podcast on vulnerability, meditation, gaming, online personas in the year of the pandemic, control, benchmarks, plugging into the Matrix! Eleanor Roosevelt quote: “Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Episode 235: Dr Seuss Books 14.03.2021 7:16
Their two vital purposes in the world. Literacy and Difference. We need to separate out the start of a career, the industry and the individual. The 6 books discontinued never had any merits to his real work. His less well-known artwork: https://www.drseussart.com/secretandarchive Please consider supporting my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Episode 234: How to make a class inclusive? 14.03.2021 7:22
You can’t teach a class of 30 people differently - why not? The summary of what matters; presentation, timing, action, voice, group work, validation, judgements.
Episode 233: INFJ Unicorn podcast 14.03.2021 12:20
A very specific podcast for INFJs who feel like fellow unicorns - all you need to know and reflect on to be happier and more content in your weirdness. How to find the connections you seek. The book I am waiting for is Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde Please consider supporting my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Episode 232: The Words Minority - Minorities how this contributes to Racisim 14.03.2021 7:13
A podcast that has taken 5 months of thought I mention; James Baldwin - Nobody Knows My Name - In Search of a Majority Mark Twain - "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it’s time to pause and reflect" The Writer Fannie Flagg What is the context I use the word? Why do we need so much consideration in its use?
Episode 231: Master Chef Vs The Great British Pottery Throw Down 08.03.2021 6:08
The blow by blow rant I listen to weekly from my potter mother!
Episode 230: Personality is out of season 08.03.2021 11:42
The concerns I have as move away from developing the individual. Why we need this understanding to overcome our inabilities inside for whatever reasons which never leave.
Episode 229: Re-Reading books - the benefits, what you can find in yourself? 03.03.2021 14:18
The benefits - why are you drawn to certain books? Why you can't just re-read my own books - the words seem to change and the benefits of using a poetry style in places. People whose names I use in the podcast and I mangle some of them (sorry): Paulo Coelho, Fannie Flagg, Anna Gavalda (Hunting and Gathering), Toni Morrison (Beloved), Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Madeleine...
Episode 228: Feeling dejected with the world? How to keep going 01.03.2021 2:06
Change always needs a gradient - create yours You can’t have flow without a difference Remind yourself what is different For COVID coaster story - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261
Episode 227: This is your time - A year of COVID 24.02.2021 9:11
Not my title - the phrase I've been getting sent to my inbox for a year. I'm a bit battered this week - writing books takes as much as working with people personally. and what does it take to get a result? Why is it easier to just write a prescription for pills and why do we have so many medicated teens?
Episode 226: Racism and Irish Identity 17.02.2021 10:37
The failing of Irish people in being so conditional with other cultures. Why I have not simply muted some of the people who have so upset me on social media in recent weeks. Please consider supporting my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Episode 225: Love 09.02.2021 7:55
Valentine and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, in either 269 or 270. “You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” ― Thi...
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