
Purple Psychology
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Episode 93: Books that inspire
What book inspire you? some suggestions from me and facebook!

Episode 92: Being INFJ
Podcast on what it is like to INFJ. What matters to us? what do we need to get right? what drives us? how is it to be a young INFJ?

Episode 91: Jane Goodall: what inspiration can students take?
What can we learn watching the film Jane? What are the aspects of Jane Goodall's personality that make her work unique?

Episode 90: Millennials struggles
What are the struggles for Millennials commonly? What areas of life and society are they struggling with?

Episode 89: Pretending to be positive
What are the real motivations? What do happy people do? What happens when you suppress negative emotions?

Episode 88: Music and personality
What matters with music for different personalities. What sort of playlists should you create to work? Does sad music make you happier?

Episode 87: Group work in third level colleges and university
The problems. The debate on life skills versus education and learning objectives. Have we made third level as unenjoyable an experience as a school?

Episode 86: Nature versus Nurture - why does it matter in educational development.
What is nature? What is nurture? What can you change? How does age matter? What is multiplicity? Why should we be trying to develop less linear people? Why do we control students so much in school at such young ages? How can we maximise educational development with a nurturing phase?

Episode 85: Why do introverts not like talking on the phone.
Why do introverts not answer the phone? What's going on for them? Coping strategies. Mapping out calls to stop anxiety.

Episode 84: Calling your parents by their first name.
Creating respect in a house or forcing respect - what are the differences. Parent's losing their identities. What's wrapped up in children not calling their parents by their first names?

Episode 83: Creative time schedules different to business schedules.
What different about a creative model to a business one? How do you maximise your productivity and not feel tired? How do you set up your day? Why do sunrise and sunset times matter? What aspects do you need to get right? The perfect daily routine.

Episode 82: What sport suits each personality.
What are the differences between introverts and extroverts? What sorts of sports are people drawn to and why? What factors do you need to take into consideration? What baggage is left over from school that puts people off sport?

Episode 81: How to read more books with Dyslexia.
Tips to get you into reading more books. The advantages of reading 50 books a year. Physical books, audio books and virtual books the uses, pros, and cons. The settings for kindle app to help to make reading easier for people who find reading hard.

Episode 77: Shopping as therapy and what do different personality types spend their money on?
How to avoid feeling guilty about shopping. How to reward yourself. What do different personalities spend their money on?

Episode 80: Is the concept of retirement dead?
Is passion the key to not retiring? The internet as a second income. Women's role in the workplace and home. The need for people to have a role in society. The key to happiness.

Episode 79: Unsent letters
Mel spoils Santa letters for me. on a serious note, using letters to reconnect with people. The tool of unsent letters to express emotions.

Episode 78: Experience versus talking for long-term change
How do we really create real change, especially within the school system? Why does talking not create change by itself? Why do we still view dyslexia as being the end of the world? Educational blueprints.

Episode 76: Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and Dyslexics writings in multiple planes.
What did I see in Leonardo da Vinci's drawings? Why did I go back to see them over and over? His personality has been profiled wrong. The idea that dyslexics need to write in multiple planes in order to write neatly on the page.

Episode 75: Journaling
What is journaling? The different purposes. Ways to a journal that suits your personality. It's not just about filling a blank page. Using technology journals such as Day One App. Edison's last breath.

Episode 74: Concentrating on work after a traumatic event
How do you return to work after a traumatic event? How to get yourself back to normal. How to create a routine for yourself. What matters the most? How to deal with continual personal challenges while working. How important is self-care?

Episode 73: Perfect Children and Condescending tones
Why do we need perfect children? What are the effects of such behaviors on children from young ages? Speaking to children in condescending tones. Why do some children object and not others?

Episode 72: Why do some personalities lose things?
How are tidiness, punctuality and not losing things all connected? What makes people lose things? How do you train yourself not to lose your possessions?

Episode 71: Tidiness and Aesthetics
How to be tidy? Why are some people tidy and not others? What is aesthetics? How does it affect the world we live in? What industries and jobs are driven by aesthetics.

Episode 70: Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love. What is its importance in the world?

Episode 69: Adult Children in Marriage Separation
How should adult children behave in a marriage separation? How to deal with not having the perfect relationship with your parents?

Episode 68: Veganism Vegetarianism and self worth
What drives veganism and vegetarianism? How important is self-worth? What are the global impacts? How do texture and tastes develop for children? Why are some children fussy eaters?

Episode 67: 365Success App & Finding Balance in life
What is the purpose of the 365Success App? How does it work? The tells for knowing if you are out of balance in life. How to re-address the balance.

Episode 66: Soulmates - Their Purpose
What is a soulmate? What sort of relationship is it? What is their purpose in your life? How to recognise them.

Episode 65: Reasons you don't attract new relationships.
Top 11 factors. The effects of technology on relationships. Experiences versus perfection. How to open to a new relationship.

Episode 64: The effects of Ireland not supporting Culture.
Why Ireland needs an Art Academy. How Ireland's identity has been lost with the lack of support for culture.

Episode 63: Epidemic attention attempted suicide.
The epidemic of teenagers attempting suicide for attention. The effects of technology on teenagers. Tennergers not talking. The effects of technology on the next generation as parents?

Episode 62: Business people taking care of themselves.
How business people don't have self-care. Observing business people in the airport. Simple strategies to take care of yourself. The technology obsession.

Episode 61: The advantages of Profiling Children.
The advantages of profiling children. Using Purple Profiling. Getting away from the limitation of labels and learning difficulties. Focusing on happiness and balance in children instead of just education milestones.

Episode 60: Are there judgments in therapy?
How do judgments seep into therapy? How are they damaging? Why are assumptions so negative? What's different about how Dr Naoisé O'Reilly works.

Episode 59: Tips for Interviews
How to be yourself in an interview. How to control the space. How to get everyone engaged.

Episode 58: Perfectionism
Is perfectionism positive or negative? When does it become negative? How to make the best of being a perfectionist.

Episode 57: Negative Empathy
What is empathy? What are the positives and negatives? How can empathy be used for bad? Who is vulnerable to being manipulated by negative empathy? Strategies to help?

Episode 56: Personality of artists and musicians
Personalities and musical instruments. What happens when you profile a whole orchestra? What musical instrument suits which personality? *Only joking about the trumpet players!There is an artist for every personality. Why are different personalities drawn to different artists? Why do people leave school feeling they can't be creative?

Episode 55: Homeschooling
The positives of homeschooling, what are the misconceptions? Who does it work for and what is the process?

Episode 54: Negative parenting - what are the route causes?
The effects of negative parenting. Why are parents under such pressure? How to break the cycles and take control. Enjoying parenting.

Episode 53: Overthinking, is it all bad?
Why do some people overthink? Are there some personalities that need to overthink? Do we all overthink in the same way? What are the negative effects of overthinking? How to make it positive.

Episode 52: The correlation between learning difficulties and self-esteem.
What is self-esteem? Effects of Dyslexia and Epilepsy in particular on self-esteem? What are other factors are affected by having a learning difficulty effect such as relationships, self-worth, career paths?

Episode 51: Support mechanisms for young children of sexual abuse.
How to navigate the process of helping a child with the effects of sexual abuse, especially very young children.The 4 stage process to help break the long-term patterns of eating disorders.

Episode 50: What is the point of education?
Biographies of famous people suggest more opportunities in the past outside of education benchmarks. Have we lost these opportunities really? The dangers of becoming obsessed with measuring skills on the same systems as grades. The anxiety of class participation it creates.

Episode 49 Confidence, Positive and Negative People to have in Your Life
Confidence, Mentors, Soulmates, Negativity, Good and bad people to have in your life, What do confident people do differently?

Episode 48 Families, Learning Difficulties and Identity
School Reports, Psychological Reports, Learning Difficulties and the Effects on the Families, Mindset and Learning Difficulties.

Episode 47 Timescales and Developmental Scales
Time Scales, Developmental Scales created by Dr Naoisé O'Reilly, Development of teachers within schools, effects of the Micromanagement of people, Comparing students to an average, Use of Labels, The Glass Ceiling effect within schools, Concerns with Junior Certificate Cycle.

Episode 46 New Introduction to Purple Psychology Podcast
New Introduction to the Podcast, New interviewer Mel Hoskins, the thinking behind the Podcast, Dr Naoisé O'Reilly's 8-year Journey, What Have I learnt? Grind schools, Mocks evaluations, Doing radio Interviews, Using Bullet Journals.

Episode 42: Sweden’s 6-hour work day, further pattern analysis of successful people & why New Year’s Resolutions set you up to fail
Episode 42 Features: Sweden’s amazing 6-hour working day, 7 years working in a block of time, navigating Silicon Valley led Social Media news, further pattern analysis of successful people, the importance of writing letters, why New Year's Resolutions set you up to fail & student stress ahead of summer exam time.

Episode 41: The secret lives of Dyslexics & Banks branded anti-Dyslexic
Episode 41 Features: A brutally honest account of the secret lives of Dyslexics & Banks have been branded anti-Dyslexic.