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S12 Ep 452Episode 452: Navigating the Collective Void
Link to iBooks http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194I realise the part that is causing me extreme pain is that I am experiencing what the collective is doing - and it's a massive death - a much more painful journey than the one of simply not fitting in ... I guess it's harder for parts of yourself for die than it is to have never signed up ... I have done this journey for 3 months before a massive shift that has taken place in the collective ... I haven't found anywhere I have the desire to speak ... my wish list is to know someone to speak with who can reflect to me where I begin and end so I suffer less in these collective experiences .... I have yet to find anyone who actually takes impressions through their body ... Support my Podcats Channel on Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392 (This allows me to have independent views!)Some of these have helped me to be unfragmented myself in what people experiencehttps://www.youtube.com/@spiritualodyssey-01https://www.youtube.com/@spiritualfrequency001?si=NyjqF2LAUuvq8zb_
S12 Ep 451Episode 451: The impacts of over labelling
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194Some people are starting to speak to me - there is a time to stop showing up - to put the work down - to say no - to stop meeting the expectations - as the expectations exist - if you don't - they will never die! There is no change if you feed off what needs to change ... Article mentioned:https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2025/04/05/adhd-children-are-now-in-a-queue-with-50-year-old-adults-for-a-drug-that-is-in-short-supply/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/30/adhd-should-not-be-treated-as-a-disorder

S12 Ep 450Episode 450: Navigating Root Fear
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194What I have been integrating with huge transits and the backdrop of the world. Not to mention my yearly gripe of when they f**k with the clocks... Mentions:Jimmy Carter Open Letter 2019 https://www.npr.org/2019/04/15/713495558/president-trump-called-former-president-jimmy-carter-to-talk-about-chinaBell Hooks Belong Smelly storyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207369.Belonging?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DyhWCRLM6f&rank=1

S12 Ep 449Episode 449: We need to focus on corruption
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194We need to focus on corruption - not the noise or the attention-seeking circus - with one clear message we can dismantle what is creating the advantageous divide for a few. App I use for articles: https://getpocket.comAtlantic article:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption-trump-administration/681794/

S12 Ep 448Episode 448: ADHD is wrong not your operating system
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194I'm disturbed by the push for people to do ADHD testing.. and in fact even the Economist recently wrote maybe we are looking at people wrong - "ADHD diagnosis is created by society norms" So why not look at fish oils and flax seeds in your diet? Or Human design http://geneticmatrix.comspecifically, look at your digestion and environmental factors... Visual Stress Opticians in Ireland https://www.elliottopticians.ie https://irlen.com/what-is-irlen-syndrome/
S12 Ep 447Episode 447: You are not in a controlled simulation of society
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194How do we create more choices for people - it really is that simple for me. Divergent:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergentJames Baldwin - The Man and His Work link:https://www.audible.com/pd/James-Baldwin-The-Man-and-His-Work-Audiobook/B0DSCHZSLV?ref_pageloadid=9H22Pn6jdp7Fh3Nz&pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=J8XW2K1KGJZ1P0W8WMNY&plink=TwMWgQOToZ1aq3DW&pageLoadId=yN7faNIl6uPPRJO2&creativeId=4ee810cf-ac8e-4eeb-8b79-40e176d0a225&ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_B0DSCHZSLVUncle Vanya:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Vanya
S12 Ep 446Episode 446: A Better Template for Humanity - Collective Consciousness just got easier
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194I know you think that January 2026 has marked a change for the worse - I don't - it has never been so transparently clear the power of the single human in a collective change and conscious humanity.

S11 Ep 445Episode 445: Why are students using AI for essays and what are the impacts on authentic expression
Why are students using AI for essays and what are the impacts on authentic expression Why have I stopped using Grammarly for my creative writing? The irony of what it takes to have a unique authentic report from the system. Why are teachers and academics positively correcting essays generated by AI? It brings into question what skills we are not teaching students and why are the pressures so high at certain points in the academic year?
S11 Ep 444Episode 444: Cleansing to Create
What am I actively doing at the moment to keep moving forward? What am I reading? A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other PreachingsMartin Luther King Jrhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13532185-a-gift-of-lovePedagogy of the OppressedPaulo FreireMyra Bergman Ramos (Translator),Donaldo Macedo (Introduction)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72657.Pedagogy_of_the_OppressedTeaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedombell hookshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27091.Teaching_to_Transgress
S11 Ep 443Episode 443: Making choices for the collective - a new ways to set new year intentions
Why did I return Malcome Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point? How change has happened in the patterns of behaviours in Ireland over Christmas and how these impact the 'big systems' we feel are unchangeable? What to change on setting your New Year resolutions, goals intentions,Make up your own mind, Revenge of the Tipping Point book link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216857785-revenge-of-the-tipping-point
S11 Ep 442Episode 442: New Soundtrack to Christmas?
Do we need a new soundtrack to Christmas that allows us to stay a little more aligned with the present? Do the traditions cause anxiety? Maximise the grief and sadness? With Climate Change how many of us will have a white Christmas?
S11 Ep 441Episode 441: The Paradoxes of Young Humans
If we focused on paradoxes and not labels we'd embrace difference ... diversity and just simple human complex nature I can't listen or read or accept any of the limiting views that are meant to be supporting this circus any longer.. how can more attention mean more challenges? It's because of the intention behind the attention.
S11 Ep 440Episode 440: Power of the non-violent artist
Why does every oppressive regime fear the writer? The creator? I reflect on what is being exposed in Syria, and what we have seen taking place in Gaza and the West Bank. Listen to the voices of Palestine:https://theunprecedentedtimes.net/articles/listen-to-the-voices-of-palestinenbspIncluded:The Young H.G. Wells: Changing The WorldClaire Tomalinhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57515294-the-young-h-g-wellsPEN Internationalhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DDPG0grs15B/
S11 Ep 439Episode 439: Elections, Captilisim, Socialism, Human Design Reflectors and Projectors - the Carters - How do they all go together?
What have I been learning and researching in the pause? H.G. Wellshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57515294-the-young-h-g-wellsRosalynn Carterhttps://www.audible.com/podcast/Rosalynn-Carter-Audio-Biography/B0CNP68Z8C?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdphttps://www.audible.com/pd/Jimmy-and-Rosalynn-Carter-Power-and-Human-Rights-1975-2020-Audiobook/B0B21VR7BC?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpJimmy Carterhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330592-a-full-lifeNaom Chomsky:https://youtu.be/Ls6D055tjwo?si=P0Q4lcTLgr3Vbrouhttps://youtu.be/WEnv5I8Aq4I?si=2M7qP_IEjOEXrLymAlan Watts - Lectures - The Void https://youtu.be/7vuFBP8apGQ?si=i5-jD324IVQJsH_YThe Art of War https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Art-of-War-Audiobook/B00URXOQ1E?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpWhat have I created?3 courses on self-care for Human Design Projectors and Reflectors (Orchestrators and Calibrators) https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/young-human-design-projectorhttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/ultimate-human-design-reflector-self-carehttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/Human-Design-Projector-Guide

S11 Ep 438Episode 438: The spectres of society that feed on teens for self-gain
Thank you for supporting my independent thought - how to support my work Podcast channel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychologyiBooks: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6744105194The world has worked out how to manipulate Teens (and their parents) by the sheer fact that they are driven by outward influence - everyone is feeding off this need for their financial gain. From education to social media to big corporations and pop stars. Links:WTF - What Teens Feelhttps://www.patreon.com/purplepsychology/shop/w-hat-t-eens-f-eel-11363?source=storefrontNaom Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent Documentary https://youtu.be/BQXsPU25B60?si=cbxunNY-PgV3iQx6The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullmanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41637836-the-subtle-knife?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WaVr3qj8xN&rank=2
S11 Ep 437Episode 437: The real tragedy of school refusal, school anxiety and self-harm cycle
The talented souls who are sent to the equivalent of daycare and who have so much to offer our humanity are the ones I can't forget. The system is happy because they are occupied and I know the solutions for our future have been lost. The course I have poured my soul into and all of the experiences I have learnt from over the last 15 years - all the success storieshttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com
S11 Ep 436Episode 436: Why are Teens behaving as packs of Wolves?
I keep asking this question - why? Why are teens moving as packs? Seeking safety in numbers? Why carry knives? Fear then we ask the question why are they fearful? Then I look at the trajectory of what we have been presenting in real time to them online - with all the lies that make every civics and social studies class a complete lie.
S11 Ep 435Episode 435: From the Top Down
Who do we hold accountable for the distress we have seen on the streets? For the waves of online bullying? How do we decide who's children should die? How do we expect there to be a moral sanity as 'normal' in these contradictions?
S11 Ep 434Episode 434: Returning to School with Learning Differences
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_programLabels are Limitshttps://drnaoiseoreilly.org/labels-are-limits/
S11 Ep 433Episode 433: What stands in the way of the 1st Black Woman President?
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.
S11 Ep 432Episode 432: How change is integrated
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/

S11 Ep 431Episode 431: Moving on from Generational Pain
A podcast I put out on my subscription space at the beginning of JulyHow 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
S11 Ep 429Episode 429: The Energy Lie of the Personal Development Industry
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 speaking with ... it's like yes here is another alien 101 moment!
S11 Ep 422Episode 422: When will we accept the difference of our children?
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
S11 Ep 425Episode 425: Reasons Behind the Death of Creativity and Craft work in Ireland
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 Guildhttps://www.dcci.ie/events/turning-turns-40/https://www.farmleigh.ie/events/clay-works-ceramics-ireland-annual-exhibition/
S11 Ep 423Episode 423: Trans Changing Room Conversation
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't come with security.
S11 Ep 421Episode 421: How to re-mould politics
What do we need for sanity to prevail - for a nation to be a good role model for democracy?
S11 Ep 419Episode 419: changing perceptions and language of migration
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.
S11 Ep 417Episode 417: Messages from Unconditional
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
S11 Ep 416Episode 416: This is more than a ceasefire
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
S11 Ep 415Episode 415: The costs of just choosing your own safety
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.
S11 Ep 414Episode 414: Abdicating Responsibility in Supporting your Child
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 find the gifts here in the truth. I'm asking you to take ownership of your child's development. This is as big as when I closed my physical school to work more impactfully with families - so they couldn't leave their problems at my door and go off to the supermarket. Courses:Changing Literacy and Numeracy Learning ChallengesSchool Refusal - Teens Trapped in Bedrooms - School AnxietyIntroduction to HomeschoolingSelf-Harm, Suicide prevention and Eating Disordershttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/collections
S11 Ep 413Episode 413: You don't get to be academic and not humanitarian - the end of the Ivy League tables
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK7NOniv2pwhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CzgCFVNuCRn/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSPFuHSopo
S11 Ep 412Episode 412: Factors for doing well in exams
Factors for doing well in examsThere are 8 - being a swat in your bedroom is just one of them...
S11 Ep 411Episode 411: Changing Literacy and Numeracy Learning Challenges
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 to recreate this for your child. Course Link: https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com
S11 Ep 410Episode 410: Online course to integrate Homeschooling into the Home
Online course to integrate Homeschooling into the Home https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.comIf 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 homeschooling offers. I read an extract of this book - not because I love it but I do agree with some statements! It's as if the author learns from mistakes we all make. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WEv4wUUYQj&rank=1The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual GrowthM. Scott Peck
S11 Ep 409Episode 409: Online Course for Trapped Teen - School Refusal - School Anxiety
Online Course for Trapped Teen - School Refusal - School Anxiety https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.comThe 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 is about fostering their talents to engage with the world again and contribute all they have to offer us.
S11 Ep 408Episode 408: New Online Program to Support Families with Self-harm, Eating Disorders and Suicide Prevention
New Online Program to Support Families with Self-harm, Eating Disorders and Suicide Prevention https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.comI 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 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WEv4wUUYQj&rank=1The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual GrowthM. Scott PeckThese are very difficult topics and I have taken through all the situations I've met in over a decade in recording it for you.

S11 Ep 407Episode 407: Critical Thinking Unversity League Tables
Critical Thinking Unversity League TablesAll 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 not top priorities.

S11 Ep 406Episode 406: Kindness is not a disease
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 of Hope Sarah Moore Fitzgeraldhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/142318557-the-apple-tart-of-hope-by-moore-fitzgerald-sarah-2015-paperback

S11 Ep 405Episode 405: How comparison crushes us
How comparison crushes usThe 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!

S11 Ep 404Episode 404: How we use smartphones determines our mental well-being
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, engagement and a learning tool - and then change your parents!
S11 Ep 403Episode 403: How to not isolate gifted bright students
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!

S11 Ep 402Episode 402: The St Patrick's Day circus
My Ireland - my home is not the same as an American's Irish. An Authentic expression podcast I am drawn to make public
S11 Ep 401Episode 401: Dissecting the Happiness Index
Dissecting the Happiness Index - the qualities humans seem to need for happiness are pretty disturbing and unsustainable as a society.

S11 Ep 400Episode 400: Ditching Psychology Speak
Ditching Psychology Speak - what is narcissism? Why do we do so many books in school with narcissistic characters and not discuss this with you? How to survive the games of narcissism that are entering our school "friendships" The simple steps to not engage and get over the mistakes.

S11 Ep 399Episode 399: Think time to perform efficiently
Think time to perform efficiently One of the ways we perform more effectively and efficiently is to press pause. To allow ourselves to passively think about what we desire to create - to do - to answer. To do tasks in our mind and body before we ever sit down to do them! Hence we think best while we move, while we experience in a different way - not at a computer screen!

S11 Ep 398Episode 398: Picking a life instead of a career
All I wish career guidance considered while helping people to pick a career - it's time to change our focus from the hamster wheel to a lifestyle choice

S11 Ep 397Episode 397: the Truama of 'Posh' school
Reading this book reminded me of the hell of private - posh school ... what should have just been an opportunity - why wasn't it? and why does dedication need to be private for there to be opportunity? Book this podcast is inspired by:All the Money in the WorldSarah Moore Fitzgeraldhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57805402-all-the-money-in-the-world?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0FHmTxbmlA&rank=5

S11 Ep 396Episode 396: Finding Your Tribe
Finding your tribe, not having friends at school, the different meanings of friends to different people, growing and changing groups - just keep experiencing and don't search for somewhere to belong outside yourself! Quote:"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard Inspiration: If I mention the word belonging this book should be included! It's an audiobook too Belonging: From Fear to Freedom on the Path to True CommunityAngel Kyodo Williamshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55384181-belonging?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PKMRkn17KK&rank=5