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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Mar 3, 2026 • 4min
Episode 578: The Violet Writer - A new Unconditional Space
The Violet Writer https://substack.com/@thevioletwriterhttps://thevioletwriter.substack.com/p/displace-souls-and-surviving-beauty?r=73q1xqBy training, I am an observational scientist. I spend my life witnessing everyday human behaviour and trying to understand the hidden patterns. The invisible conditioning in plain view.Not unlike the violet spectrum: completely invisible to many.The part of the rainbow we simply assume to be there.Consider with me the unwritten rules we might blindly follow. The efforts that feel like mere survival, but are perhaps more. The assumptions we've never questioned. Once seen, it can't be unseen.My writing is about creating a peaceful, unconditional space for you. I hope you'll come by now and then.
Mar 2, 2026 • 7min
Episode 577: Can we talk about the hypocrisy of not wanting a name to have Jewish associations?
The colonial hub in the Middle-East called the Middle-East based on another Colonial land .. Can we decide no one deserves to die? Surely all the religions agree on this fact?
Mar 1, 2026 • 8min
Episode 576: The Rose Field is a victim of capitalisation somewhat ironically
The world is so disjointed for us now as creatives and ironically this book even though it wanted a massage of what is swallowed in progress and order is also a victim of the writer’s integrity … it’s not a teen book and it’s not accessible to the readers the earlier series it’s born from …. I shouldn’t have to re-read a book to get it … The Rose Field Philip Pullmanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228587642
Feb 23, 2026 • 8min
Episode 575: The ultimate ego marker -vegetarianism is dying
The world feels like a soup you couldn’t possibly create an unconditioned reality in right now
Feb 22, 2026 • 4min
Episode 574: Current Manifestation Energy
It’s an energy we haven’t had for a while… a theme of being careful with your words Readings with Jonhttps://youtu.be/8GWtyUoxYo8?si=HwcENsTqPn42Jbl3
Feb 18, 2026 • 3min
Episode 573: Grave of the Fireflies - We’ve forgotten Gaza
This animation may be based in Japan … however all I could think about the whole way through was Gaza Grave of the Fireflies https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
Feb 17, 2026 • 32sec
Episode 572: Meet Buttons
The bundle of joy
Feb 17, 2026 • 8min
Episode 571: We can't build values from the top; only the beginnings
Barack Obama Interview https://youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw?si=HAMO36uveaCDV7Ck
Feb 2, 2026 • 3min
Episode 570: I wish I wasn’t so connected to the collective consciousness sometimes
or at least realised in advance of speaking that I am … I certainly didn’t mean yesterday’s thoughts to be on the band wagon of Black History Month!
Feb 1, 2026 • 6min
Episode 569: Lessons from the Civil Rights movement, non-violence & the solidarity missing
Th people we need to offer compassion to are not in the room … they are not in any room and the people who speak to them don’t care about their needs. There is no solidarity at the moment, ironically especially if you are white and speaking out. Background on corehttps://www.crmvet.org/tim/timcore.htmBombing of Dr Martin Luther King’s Homehttps://historianspeaks.org/f/bombing-of-martin-luther-kings-home-1956John Lewis 48 years after his attack https://www.gracelutheranpsl.com/news/forgiveness-forty-eight-years-after-john-lewis-was-attacked
