Purple Psychology

No one needs to struggle either returning to school or beginning school ...  We need to change our perceptions of teaching 'normal'     Online Literacy Course - for Parents, Students and Resource teachers  https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/literacy_and_numeracy_program Labels are Limits https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/labels-are-limits/

What stands in the way of the 1st Black Woman President?  The only people you are hurting by not voting for a Black Woman now are those who believe in unity and hope. The Black people in your life, past and present, who have fought for this change.  

What is change? How is it integrated? how long does it really take?  What happens when we just keep returning to the same river?  IMMA exhibition mentioned: https://imma.ie/whats-on/we-realised-the-power-of-it-derry-film-video-workshop/  

A podcast I put out on my subscription space at the beginning of July How can we change the cycle where even those who have experienced such trauma are prepared to pass this on to 'others'?  I think by talking about the pain they inflict on those close ... not those who they have been trained to de-humanise   

I've been trying to find a system - find a visual for what I know inside .. to debunk the lies I see posted and sold in the world all around me - all that I can feel is just wrong - and I know doesn't fit for 20% of the population who gravitate to my door for support   I know I'm on the right track when once I start talking about what I know at a soul level and I start to jar with those I'm speaki...

We will never have inclusive education if we can't accept differences - we need to stop feeling there is something wrong with our children. We need to feel empowered to support the gifts our children have, not the failings we are told they do. It's what I've spent 15 years supporting families to do globally.  Links to course site: http://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com

Can we start to take very simple actions and use all the spaces lying around the country to save the crafts we are so renowned for?  Turning Turns 40 - Celebrating 40 years of the Irish Woodturners Guild https://www.dcci.ie/events/turning-turns-40/ https://www.farmleigh.ie/events/clay-works-ceramics-ireland-annual-exhibition/

Have you ever considered how ridiculously selfish and insecure you are? Like do you really think your body is so much better? or that any Trans person embarks on this journey so they can share a changing room with you and perve over your body?   It brings up deep questions of how you relate to men? How do you relate to gay women?    It's such a place of insecurity and unfortunately, success doesn'...

What do we need for sanity to prevail - for a nation to be a good role model for democracy? 

I don't often feel overwhelmed - but I feel overwhelmed to tackle this topic. I'm reminding myself of the roots of why it is in a quartet of books with certain common themes. 

Messages from Unconditional will be hosted on my Patreon  Join my Patreon for free to have access to this material - the first part out 19th June  https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychology

This is not about a bunch of white people saving face or ego - this is about the space for long difficult discussions that have not taken place since 1948    

We need to take our privilege of peace in Europe to create unity and sharing in these difficult days - only by valuing what we have can we create a role model for better justice, inclusion and choice in the places which haven't gained our freedom.   

Abdicating responsibility in supportign your child - there is a whole industry queued up waiting to feed off your family.  In creating these courses I'm asking you to take reusability as a family to create the trajectory of support - for the most difficult conversations; suicide, self-harm, eating disorders,  isolation, anxiety, school refusal, literacy and learning challenges. I'm asking you to f...

You don't get to be academic and not humanitarian - It's time for this narrative to change - the Israeli Universities need to stop sanctioning their academic staff who stand up for humanitarian rights - if they deserve to be included in international collaborations again.    Jewish journalist, Gideon Levy, speaking on the use of Jewish Victimhood (he is qualified to speak on this - not me)  https:...

Factors for doing well in exams There are 8 - being a swat in your bedroom is just one of them... 

Introducing - Changing Literacy and Numeracy Learning Challenges Program  This course is why I have been called a wizard - and it contains magic. The very practical approach I take is designed to get even the most reluctant learner involved. I've developed the support my own parents couldn’t find for me. I always promised students that an hour with us was worth three in your bedroom. Now you get t...

Online course to integrate Homeschooling into the Home  https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com If you are embarking on homeschooling for any age, any background any learning challenge - for a week, a month a year or life - this program is about creating holistic learning and life balance skills for life.   By the end of the program, you should feel as excited as me about the possibilities that ho...

Online Course for Trapped Teen - School Refusal - School Anxiety  https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com The term Teen goes way beyond an age limit - these people are still dependent on us. They are the outliers of the world with much to offer us - the greatest tragedy is they have worked out the system is broken and doesn't meet modern needs for our world - we've yet to catch up!  This program i...

New Online Program to Support Families with Self-harm, Eating Disorders and Suicide Prevention  https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com I read an extract from this book not because I wove it - but because of the place the author gets to in realising that in order to get your best results working with people - you take a part of them through you and you are changed - and in that change is healing ...

Critical Thinking Unversity League Tables All of the skill universities are meant to be teaching students on full display on their front lawns and they call in politicians and law enforcement rather than celebrating their students.  It might be time to use your own critical thinking to decide what league tables are really based on? Student celebration, initiative, political change and welfare are...

Kindness is not a disease - you just don't expect or know how to play the games of insecure unkind people  This book is based on the best fictional character I've ever read to bring together my own school experiences of bullying, isolation and the depths of where this can take you too. I was lucky I had the contrast of home to not go to the depths of self-harm or suicidal thoughts.  The Apple Tart...

How comparison crushes us The most destructive habit that holds us back and that we can land ourselves in at any stage of our development.. no one is immune ... even me! 

Forget blanket statements on technology being 'bad' for us ... it's how we use the tool for our well-being which determines our mental health. We can't assume that if you have a smartphone you have anxiety, depression and concentration challenges.  Use pick-up data, notifications settings, scheduled downtime and nighttime mode to change your habits.  Change your practices for good well-being, enga...

I love it when I'm proven right ... even if i need to wait a decade for the research to prove my innate knowing on how best to create a secure society!