Purple Psychology

How these debates are acting as a very useful master class is finding truth and lies in a modern world. All the information that we have to digest daily. Quote used "If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."—Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Why Introverts and Extroverts are different on social media. Why Extroverts need to share their pain. Stop judging them.

What are the assumptions of Black masculinity based in? Why is it so easy to judge? How are we goign to change these assumptions? If we change them for America we change them for the world. I mention Toni Morrison's Beloved and Barracoon by Zora Neal Hurston.

How we develop cores - a strong sense of achieving beyond ourselves? How we go through the Jung stages of development to feel good enough to take actions beyond us and for others. How if you have not had the privilege of achieving for yourself you don't feel good enough to be picked by the team for humanity. Those who have achieved need to be mindful of how they address these people who are still on stage 1 of development and make them feel as if they are good enough. I mention John Lewis and the Civil Rights Non-Violence Workshops run by Rev. James Lawson.

How do you expect women to find the confidence to go out and vote after such a demonstration of abuse on national prime time TV? To find their voice to vote against people abusing them at home in the same way?

The legacy of the church in education. We don't read to learn or to find the words to express ourselves.

Gaslighting effects in the election campaign. How to find your truth right now - some simple strategies to help you.

I mention - His Truth Marching On by Jon Meacham and Why I Write by George Orwell. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Stokely Carmichael speaking to the unresolved pain of the African American in 1966. How people fall off the pedestal for me. How John Lewis continued to believe in Gandhi's philosophies of non-violence to the end. Wholeness could change the world.

This episode is about everything from roles, effects of social media, cancel culture, younger voting age, banning books. But most especially why there is a huge generation gap - the lack of compromise.

We need to stop making so many assumptions about what others can see, hear, read and process. We need to stop press pause and match people where they are rather than shouting at them aggressively. But as I once wrote - it's always easier to judge than it is to understand.

I wrote a piece called 'Scales Of Literacy' on drnaosieoreilly dot org What is being literate? How have our expectations changed? Why does this matter? Why do I have such fear around the American Presidental Election? Why do I have a vision for a dance piece to change the world? How will you feeling what others feel change everything? My passion for Black Writers public writing on my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/49099014

How much of what you read and share actually asks you to feel pain? To feel others pain? To sift through your own experiences? To really challenge yourself to add humanness to humanity? My open writing Essays in Awareness (drnaoiseoreilly dot org)

Why do we not just make classes inclusive? How do we do this? Why is it really simple - why do 4 learning styles work and 10-minute slots?

You could be speaking about Brexit, the last general election in Ireland or the totally right-wing one in Poland or the games playing out in New Zealand despite the outside world view. But let's talk about America. You need to vote for actions, not words and how to navigate this.. “If not us, then who?If not now, then when?”― John LewisComment from Lorraine Hansberry on meeting the freedom riders leaders - Taken from To Be Young Gifted And Black.

Why we need to believe in something bigger than ourselves to be successful - successful being secureness. Why we can't keep comparing health and education. Essay in Awareness at (drnaoiseoreilly dot org) The Mirco-macro Balance

Why your motivations leave an energetic footprint. My own reflections on the mistakes I made when I moved on with my projects 7 years ago. My passion for Black Writers public writing on my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/49099014

I don't want to continue to read limited mindset articles on what is not possible this year... So many global projects are taking place online. Dr Jane Goodall's Back To Kind, Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs, The virtual March on Washington, Centenary of women's right to vote - there is so much happening now. Suddenly if you have a computer and an internet connection in school so much is possible. It's the biggest equality we have had for some time.

This can work for any campaign. Why are older speakers move effective? Some tips and what changes with ages? Essay in Awareness for the Podcast 'Wishing on a dream' (drnaoiseoreilly dot org)

Why do I find it so difficult to explain what I do? What has changed for me over the years? A follow on to what inspires me. Why I'm not a fan of learning assessments and educational development plans.

What concerns do I have with the back to school model? How do I feel we have lost value for education? What are some practical tips to look out for students? Why do I feel we have a system based on bullying - why is this not ok.

I don't have all the answers in this podcast but I'd like to talk out the patterns I have seen between 1st and 2nd generation to university in families. What are we losing? Why is a 2nd generation so lost? Unfulfilled?

What is gaslighting and narcissism? Why are they so effective currently during the American election? This can be used for all relationships but I thought a practical example of the election would be a good context.

The full list from my website - I have skipped some just because this is the longest podcats I have ever recorded and I wanted you to get the end! But I think maybe it's a good way to see the sheer diversity that goes into my thinking and writing. *Note - slight slip where I called it the 'Progressive' Democrats Convention this week - But that has been because it's been so Progressive to me! I think it is really important to credit others work – what has gone before you. And to allow your readers/listeners and so on to form their own opinions of the work. You don’t have to love or agree for them to inspire you – but many of these are my heroes. Not in any order – just as they came to mind. I seem to add to the list weekly as I continue to learn.Pina Bausch, Alvin Aliey (American Dance Theater), CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, Lorraine Hansberry, Robert Nemiroff, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, June Jordan, Jason Reynolds, Nina Simone, Many Black Female Singers (too many to name), Kahlil Gibran, Mary Haskell, Gloria Steinem, Francoise Dolto, Maria Montessori, Eleanor Roosevelt, Katharine Cook Briggs, Isabel Briggs-Myers, Carl Jung, David Keirsey, Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson, David Attenborough, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Maya Angelou, Sister Consilio, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, John Lewis, Rev. James Lawson, Marie Currie, Daniel Bernoulli, Periodic Table of Elements, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Eileen Grey, René Magritte, Jack B. Yeats, Futurism, Cubism, Celie and Maud Baring, Lambay, Beatrix Potter, Céline Sciamma, Cédric Klapisch, François Ozon, Ethan Hawke, Alexandre Desplat, Yasmina Reza, Henrik Ibsen, Tennessee Williams, Seán O’Casey, Macnas, THEATREclub, Emma Watson, Cate Blanchett, The Matrix, Charlie Chaplin, Rebecca Miller, Lionel Logue, Dr Seuss, Paddington, The Giver, Rules for a Knight, Eckhart Tolle, Dan Millman, Albert Espinosa, Rumi, Rupi Kaur, Madeline L’Engle, John Berger, Robert Webb, Mary Robinson, Mary McAleese , Star Belly Sneetches, Miss Marple, Poirot, Harry Potter, My life with chimpanzees, Fannie Flagg, J.K. Rowling, Stella Cottrell, Oprah Winfrey, Pamela Druckerman, Edward de Bono, Howard Gardner, Anna Gavalda, Roody Doyle, Ali Smith, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Susan Hampshire, Sarah Crossan, Angie Thomas, Malorie Blackman, Gary Zukav, Paulo Coelho, Zoë Keating, Colm Mac Iomaire, All INFJ’s.

A complete overhaul of the education system presented for every stage of learning. Why we are not developing balance, responsible well-adjusted people. What needs to change. What possibilities are available to us now because of the pandemic. Link to Manifesto on drnaoiseoreilly dot org. Just above the image, 'Personality is an inconvenience in school'

How to turn this around so you don't just hit a wall. How to have a political debate without it being a debate. What matters right now? What is a date beyond the 3rd November which everyone cares about? - Thanksgiving. I promised to still focus at least one episode on the American election in the run up to November. This has huge implications for the whole world as I have already recorded in previous episodes. NOTE: Of course, the origins of Thanksgiving are ironically not positive - but for everyone, this is a landmark day. As many of the Native Americans have especially suffered during this pandemic it marks an especially poignant moment.

How do we create new majorities? Should it be our focus or should we focus on the individual? Why do some people continue the balance of working between the individual and the big message of why they started creating? Why I have had multiple projects since the start. Essays in Awareness on (drnaoiseoreilly dot org) Majorities don't change

Why do I feel this is the greatest inequality in education? Why does it not build learning goals or character? Who is affected by our constant pressure system? Why does this feed inequality in education?

Why are we viewing distance learning as difficult? Possibly because we have lost the purpose of education in the mix. Why can't we look at other models such as the Open University in the UK which have had a blended learning model since 1969? Will we finally decide to look at inequality in education?

In a context to Ireland and America. Why I have never got involved in Irish politics despite starting out in student politics both national and within my own university. Why we are still banning tampon ads in Ireland and what route thinking needs to change. Why I focus my energy on the core of each individual.

How do we chart our own growth? Why do we tend to count up the 'young' achievements of famous people so much more easily than their later achievements? Why is reflection so important in a world of external validation? “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”James BaldwinEssay in awareness - 'Journeys' on drnaoiseoreilly dot org

A journey into my thoughts from the legendary Rep. John Lewis, non-violent workshops of CORE and the legacy of Alvin Ailey. The dance shows from Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Green Wood and Lazarus. My own trauma and my challenges of not being able to dance. My final understanding of how much it takes for us to be physically secure in order to be vulnerable. We can only be vulnerable from the inside out, form having a strong core. And others can only connect with s through our vulnerability.

Where it all began for me - my goal starting my own school. To take literacy and intelligence out of the same sentence. But what I have realised how we need to build others up in order to achieve this goal. Everyone needs to feel secure and whole in order to meet others as equals. I'm very worried about the legacy of our associations of literacy and intelligence in the mass media for the last few years which is growing daily.

How has this changed now that we look to go back to normal? Or has it? Should it? Have we really learnt the difference between education, school and learning? What are my wishes for a new tapestry of education? Can you still find yourself without college? Writing at drnaosieoreilly dot org Essays in Awareness

Why do I can myself an Expression Developist? What is the difference between overthinking and critical thinking? Why I don't like the idea of overthinking. What are the concerns of not having a generation who can critically think and express their opinions? Essays In Awareness pieces 'developist' and 'writing up 11 years' can be found on drnaoiseoreilly dot org

What do INFJs need to know during COVID19? What parts our personality make this a mire intense time? How to get through? How to find the positives? How to be the best version who are contributing to a better humanity. Companion writing can be found in essays in awareness at drnaoiseoreilly dot org

A journey through the personality traits that matter when telling a student if they have dyslexia or not? Why labels can be limiting. A how lack of expectation is the real enemy. A listen requested podcats email purple at purplelearning dot ie to send requests!

Today marks the incredible feat of 60 years since Dr Jane Goodall (0ne of my heroes) first went to Gombe. What can we learn from her? What do mentally strong people really do to survive this pandemic (Covid19)? What can we learn as a society? Companion writing at drnaoiseoreilly dot org (essay in awareness - Developist)

A follow on to the podcats around what girls need from their fathers which I recorded around fathers day. What boys need is slightly more complex as it is more role driven both in their own identity and how they treat women.

Why are we now seeing open letters asking for the right to speech? I always worried about the powerful legacy of insinuation that the '#MeToo' campaign highlighted. I've seen how teens struggle in this world - I know the complex layers to communication, especially those through a text-based world. It's taken me years to find the people to exchange communication with so openly on these platforms in a pure way. A little journey to the complexities I have experienced as a gay woman and why I wrote the piece called 'Insinuations legacy' (found on my drnaoiseoreilly dot org) #freespeach #MeToo

I wrote a companion piece on exiting the Matrix (drnaosieoreilly dot org)Is there only the option to stay or go? How does having a core help you to stay in the madness? Why is it a journey? Why do I have to live in the grit and not on top of a mountain? Why do I look for a healthy amount of insecurity on others? Why do I sometimes take a step away and what are the origins of my need to understand others? What is it like to have a different frame of reference?

How dance theatre represents my core. Inspiration from Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Pina Bausch. I wrote a companion piece called Individual Voice (drnaosieoreilly dot org) The origins of my own fears of dancing. Could you imagine if we were taught to swagger down the street with our unique voice? To not all learn to march to someone else’s shape?

Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's play Les Blancs. What are the scars? What are the generational patterns you are trying to overcome in any mixed relationship? Regardless of backgrounds, cultures or religions? What are the scars all around us in our cities? You can be in an interracial relationship and still be racist.

This is an idea I first saw/heard Music by Loah talk about - the hate scale. How small acts of racism add up to the maximum end of the scale where your life is in danger. I introduce the origins of European racism and American. The cultural experiences which allow us to absorb these; Alvin Ailey's Greenwood, Small Island by Andrea Levy, A Rasin in the sun by Lorrain Hansberry, Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, 12 years a slave. The writing of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. How it's not enough to just say you are not racist or anti-racist. That you don't have these assumptions - you have to take actions that allow the realties of others lives to change. #blacklivesmatter

Now that lockdown starts to lift I see many nervous unsafe and unhappy employees. We now have hard evidence of how the virus transmits and know how to create safety. But I fear many mangers are being driven by their personalities and the perception of customers over the reality of what needs to be done for everyone's happiness and safety. The reality is ceratin personalities make better decisions on safety and protocols that can be followed easily by others. Maybe we need to pick the people within companies to have these roles? Hint they are not the usual extrovert sensing personalities that often rise higher in these roles - they are the quieter workers who pause more before actions. shout out to Helen Barry Arts face shields for staff. (helenbarryarts on instagram)

We need to understand that there is a hidden energy need in all successful social media posts - unless you have lost all privacy for other reasons. And that comes with a responsibility too. We all need to look at our part we play - how we need to privately support people. How we need teens to understand this is not a measure of self and validation or how much impact they can make in the world. I use the Alice Walker quote from a Color Purple - “I try to teach my heart not to want nothing it can't have.”From a piece Soul Level, I wrote; So I must apply the wisdom of Alice Walker - I can't crave something that I can't have. I can't judge myself based on a world which doesn't operate at a soul level. Well, at least not publicly. I must hold all those private worlds dear. Know they mean so much more than any meaningless fan base. That the level of public engagement never can tell what they have meant privately to the soul of the reader.

I'm not afraid to show my own evolution over the last 5 years. That's true development. A new introduction to the Purple Psychology Podcast. No presenter just Dr Naoisé O'Reilly's understanding. What these podcasts are about and why. Essays in Awareness act as companion writing found at (drnaoiseoreilly dot org)

The challenges of dating regardless of if you're 15, 35 or 55! What is ghosting - why do we fall into the trap of it? Why people find dating so hard. What relationships do I admire and why? It's not what you might think. Dating for growth. The importance of parents dating and why. Essay in Awareness - Heart over mind (drnaoiseoreilly dot org)More on Lorraine Hansberry and Robert Nemiroff found in books - To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: An Informal Autobiography and Looking for Lorraine (Imani Perry)

Start by explaining the name. Facts. The Whys. Having an escape plan if things go wrong. How to feel safe. Community-based. A shout out to Helen Barry Artist for her child's face shield! Take a look at my Instagram (drnaoiseoreilly) for a short video with more information.

We get too focused on roles. What do girls need from their fathers? What did I see that successful women had from theirs? What have I seen that is missing from others I've worked with?

Nothing new that has ever been created has been embraced. I have to remind myself of this as I stay true to what I'm creating - knowing it has a soul of its own and a big lasting impact for us to finally see the world full of difference. To lose our biases once and for all. How I see those biases so proudly in relation to black people. How I have experienced them in a different way. I talk about James Baldwin's essay - A Fly In the Buttermilk (original title The Hard Kind Of Courage)My own short writing I speak about can be found at Essays in Awareness on drnaoiseoreilly dot org - Unfortunately, my books are only availbe to trusted readers right now... My passion for Black Writers public writing on my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/49099014