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Dr Naoisé O'Reilly
Shortlisted in top 10 for the People's Choice Podcast Awards 2017 in Education (maybe I should try entering an award again - I haven't since). I don't go in a box. Neither does this Podcast. "We are all different, some of us just stick out more than others" Dr Naoisé O'Reilly A podcast that ranges from Children to Adults. Personality to Psychology. Education to Development. Philosophy to a modern critique of society and our politics. Self-help to Spiritualism. Vulnerability & creativity. Racism & Society Culture I started out caring about success - now I care about secureness. And I am to do this in a way that sits with my own authentic self and spiritual nature. I don't aim to give answers - I aim to give you permission to arrive at your own. Critical thinking possible for everyone regardless of education status. I’ve been told that tuning into me is like taking the Red Pill from The Matrix as you build your core from the inside out. Writing - Essays in Awareness accompany each podcast (drnaoiseoreilly dot org). Please consider supporting my Patreon. (Link on my dot org) Thank you! Podcast disclaimer on Purple Psychology dot com. More information drnaoiseoreilly dot org. ©Dr. Naoisé O'Reilly 2022. Please support this podcast and my fee-free work on Patreon
Don't listen if you don't want spoilers to the film!
This is the start of season 11 - why everything wrong with the world can be blamed on postmodernism.
During the breaks catch up with my work on Patreon:
(the integration zone!)
https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychology
If we created by a Black soul, lived in a Brown principle and energy or treated the land with the respect of any Indigenous culture - the world would be more lovable
I'm not going to link all the material I quote - for once you are going to have to listen to the material closely to follow it!
This is a collaboration podcast I recorded .. hopefully, the visuals will follow soon!
Why do we need labels?
We never stop to reflect on the blueprint formed in education with the church - especially Christianity. 75 million views later and Sir Ken Robinson has not changed how schools kill creativity - there must be a bigger hook...
I recorded this for the lattice (star set) but I'm drawn to put it out publically briefly ...
This is the film I needed to see this week with all that is happening in my life ... how important it is for me to write from a place of love not suffering ... how important for me to gift this forward ...
https://youtu.be/11IPQYZMXjc
Alice Walker always turns up when I most need her - these are the two books I've leaned on and sorry I can't read the quotes better!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60943.In_Search_of_Our_Mothers_Gardens?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=sBGqCRxYJ4&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84016.The_Same_River_Twice?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19
My Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/purplepsychology
My new membership tiers:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Public for a brief time to coincide with Authentic Expression Creators club
How do you integrate experience honour the difficult? I will be sharing a clip where David Bowie manages to honour the beauty of Blackness as we meet on Juneneeth. (it's a surprise so I'll add it later :-)
Labyrinth:
https://www.cathedrale-chartres.org/en/cathedrale/monument/the-labyrinth/
https://learnglassblowing.com/discover-the-mystery-behind-the-rose-window-of-chartres-cathedral/
Books mentioned:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=l1VlTuVaPl&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84016.The_Same_River_Twice?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Oi7gNj26bt&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135484.Reason_for_Hope?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=FcjSJXPJYc&rank=1
Public for a short time to coincide with Patreon Authentic Expression Creators Club
What do we need for secureness?:
Bounce pads, Belonging?, tribe?
Most important books for the session:
Belonging
From Fear to Freedom on the Path to True Community By: Rev. angel Kyodo williams
https://www.audible.com/pd/Belonging-Audiobook/1683648242? ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_1683648242&pf_rd_p=80765e81- b10a-4f33-b1d3- ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=VH835RAFYVFPPATTSEFS&pageLoadId=iissL gr1rCMpcNSa&creativeId=4ee810cf-ac8e-4eeb-8b79-40e176d0a225
Quote:
We all have a deep yearning to belong―to a community or a people
that understands and supports us. “But at its heart,” Rev. angel
Monday 5 June 2023 ©Dr Naoisé O’Reilly 2022 Page 3 of 5
Kyodo williams teaches, “belonging isn’t about being good enough to be included ‘in the tribe.’ Quite the opposite. It is an inside job that requires self-reflection, redefining what we’re committed to: forgiveness, fierce love, and deep spiritual labor.”
Other books:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136814.Walking_on_Water? from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=MEGQP6qVNc&rank=1
Monday 5 June 2023 ©Dr Naoisé O’Reilly 2022 Page 4 of 5
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2784.Ways_of_Seeing? from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=M9DUhrx0HR&rank=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36436103-fame? ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234789-playing-to-the- gallery?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_22
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56655445-grayson-s-art-club
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57001545-still-life? from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=17Iptw3PUo&rank=3
Publicly available for a limited time and then reverts to subscription
I'm placing this in the Star Series as it's part of what I see as my life purpose to be here... the different frame of reference I came here to share.. the knowledge I innately feel within my own soul journey...
To take literacy and intelligence out of the same sentence
The lands and history I speak of:
https://uisneach.ie
Publically available for a limited time
Part of the Starseed subscription series
My lattice is like the trees network - same support and the same need for cleanness
How trees hold each other ...
https://youtu.be/yWOqeyPIVRo
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/28/branching-out-is-communication-possible-between-trees-and-people
Course on Mindfulness - the only one in the world capable of reaching what I think mindfulness offers ...
https://www.mndflcertification.com/get-started
A grounded example for you to think about mindfulness
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/06/witch-trials-jk-rowling-podcast-hesse-column/
Why I feel suffering is optional - not compulsory. Often therapy speak misses this cue for me!
Books I quote:
Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13532185-a-gift-of-love
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/transformed-nonconformist
It's Daniel chapter 3 verse 6
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%203%2CDaniel%206&version=NIV
A Redbird Christmas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199532.A_Redbird_Christmas?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_11
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199531.Daisy_Fay_and_the_Miracle_Man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7elOm2FqdF&rank=11
Why are we seeing this all playing out on the world stage? Why do we fundamentally need to reach a balance point within these conversations?
My Patreon for the book I've been writing:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261
It's not the right time for me to publically speak on some topics of the world stage but this doesn't mean I'm not feeling, researching, understanding and sharing...
Go to my Patreon for as little as the price of a coffee once a month for full access
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261
Thoughts on American Midterm elections on my Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-first-video-74645692
https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-podcast-74645766
Thoughts on Depp/Heard trial
https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-podcast-67290610
War poems:
War Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/war-221/
They by Siegfried Sassoon
https://allpoetry.com/%27They%27
https://allpoetry.com/Siegfried-Sassoon
My journey of acceptance in not belonging.
This is the project I'm most excited about building a world I could belong in:
https://www.mndflcertification.com/get-started
The Sinead O'Connor Documentary that Inspired so much:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLy1A4En4U
Her book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55609892-rememberings?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DdHrlsud8O&rank=1
The Funeral writing is publically open for a short time - please consider supporting my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/74184007
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
As promised a podcast with an off the cuff - wing it conversation on already dismantling egos in education.
Don't tell us what we can't do - we are already doing it!
A lot of sound advice to 15-year-olds there who've been told they can't do it!
I wish the audio was better - we are both maxed out and needed to do this via zoom which is never ideal and I feel it didn't do Graham's tone justice! Sorry!
Graham and a passion project on dinosaurs (this was a dream since a little kid!):
https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2019/june/13/tyrannosaurusrexnosedoutthecompetitionnewstudysuggests/
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2019.0909
I don't do plug podcats so when I say the support means a lot to me - I mean it - but the connections and the feedback are what matters to me as someone on the fringes of everywhere. I made a choice not to have an academic university 'home' to belong to.
For as little as €5 (a cup of coffee a month) you can have access to the writing journeys which are the advanced course of these podcasts. The journeys that help you find your own core. I've proven it over and over now the impacts of my writing. You can be whatever you dream. It becomes reality.
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261
I'm so excited to do the next episode with Dr Graham Huges!
Identity and labels are not simple for me - I can't just pick them to fit in .. this is why!
But this is not about me being right - it's about you making your own choices that are for the right motivations and your needs.
The books I talk about:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55224246-the-essential-june-jordan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13591815-the-collected-poems-of-lucille-clifton-1965-2010
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38598541-the-master-s-tools-will-never-dismantle-the-master-s-house
I don't mention this one but it's another in my current reading stack - it speaks strongly about the impacts of Jewish identity and feminism in relation to the American court system.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29868604-my-own-words
My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
A journey that shows how long change takes - over 4 generations.
Why we have to get that the criticism of Harry and Megan is a conversation on sexism first before we can get to the conversation on racisim.
I keep this informal and use no title for anyone - equally!
Video links:
https://youtu.be/wg_fib2gQaU
https://youtu.be/U4RcE9G1MhM
https://youtu.be/LQicq60aJaw
https://youtu.be/wRH_YJTMHoM
https://youtu.be/I02fZDd-BBc
Book mentioned:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=UM4jOsKrXP&rank=2
Why do we have such an obsession with status? Who decides what is adding to our position in society? Have they different monarchs decided this or did the court that surrounds them?
How can we change the patterns of humanity that we are moving towards? As we are obsessed with keeping middle class.
Podcasts mentioned:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Stephen-Frys-Victorian-Secrets-Podcast/B08DF7FCXM?qid=1663248773&sr=1-11&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_11&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=TCSHN40F86HQHWEDJD8C
https://www.audible.com/pd/Stephen-Frys-Edwardian-Secrets-Podcast/B09B496QVF?qid=1663249145&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=G68NC6H05Z0S4BXYGKDB
My Patreon Podcast on the impacts of writing:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-podcast-71190071
What made Queen Elizabeth II the statesperson she was? What are the most important factors? What is her most admirable achievement within a huge shifting terrain of 70 years?
Podcast mentioned hosted on Audible:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Stephen-Frys-Victorian-Secrets-Podcast/B08DF7FCXM?qid=1663248773&sr=1-11&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_11&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=TCSHN40F86HQHWEDJD8C
Why there has been a pause in the podcasts - and perhaps they need to be biweekly with the attention to all that is in consideration with institutions.
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What is connection? Why is it so demanding in the wrong way?
Contacts for me:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/contact/
https://www.instagram.com/drnaoise/
https://www.facebook.com/naoise.oreilly.2009
Books mentioned:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766216.Notes_on_Nursing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6114607-the-midwife
Quote:
“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.”
― Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
Wrapping up season 8 and moving on to season 9. We've moved from the individual to the scary fallout of humanity from the pandemic. What can we learn from those who survived the workhouses?
Books mentioned:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3925836-shadows-of-the-workhouse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261
Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/DrNaoise?fbclid=IwAR1ZRJcQmsasFXH59_n_ZGBEVn8izReMtAueOayITbMIa8rrtp2_1CIVe78
The ridiculous pressures we put ourselves under to send children back to school. The pressures to not be different.
One of the books I'm reading:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6114607-the-midwife
A friend suggested I include my Etsy shop here and I forgot! I always seem in the flow of the topics and don't want to push either my Patreon or other links to distract. Of course, the pieces are all unique and different.
https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/DrNaoise?fbclid=IwAR1ZRJcQmsasFXH59_n_ZGBEVn8izReMtAueOayITbMIa8rrtp2_1CIVe78
My Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261
Kansas didn't gain abortion - they lost the right to control.
A very simple list of reasons we need abortion to be legal.
All that has been on my mind with the Pope's visit to Canada and the Kanas vote today 2nd August on constitutional changes to women's rights.
Tuam mass graves:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60464447
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/642187249/pope-ends-visit-to-a-disillusioned-ireland-where-church-authority-has-declined?t=1659434051568
Residential School mass graves:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60395242
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/world/canada/mass-graves-residential-schools.html
Fictional Book by an Indigenous writer and on community themes:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52346471-firekeeper-s-daughter
Life before Roe v wade
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/us/roe-wade-decision-1973.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/24/abortion-before-roe-v-wade-illegal-ann-hill
My Patreon if you wish access to writing and extended podcasts:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
**there was a mistake in one of the track links so I had to repost the episode (sorry)
I don't want to go back and edit this as the energy is there for what I want to talk about and I don't talk enough about the demon of white money ... and when I say Black people are doing well, thriving it's all relative and a totally uneven world. I'm aware of that but I want to keep the energy of the passion in what I do talk about and not overlook my mistakes or the assumptions you might think I make that I don't in fact - I just feel there is a greater richness in the world than white money.
The tracks in order of listening to hear the lost soul;
https://open.spotify.com/track/5j8cflZIx0GwvlkzPImbtK
https://open.spotify.com/track/0pwDaXboNy1UALAl3ZOZOF
https://open.spotify.com/track/1mKhiITXCIpves7QbT4xo7?si=ff43495b62f74c6a
white Elvis
https://open.spotify.com/track/6lSGhstIFdvPT0mYbTM6Y2
return of his soul
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Uxk2dxmATlKH5quLX2iFG
Elmore James
https://open.spotify.com/track/0fM0mFxHP1R4KPX1PB8tWU?si=9733ad34baf54094
Bell Hooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792
Vanity Fair article on how Balck artists truthfully felt about Elvis;
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/elvis-biopic-black-musicians
Big Mama Thornton only got $500 for Hound Dog
Her version!
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Oc0vLGWdEWeCqIU8zyELt?si=d03f823d70214f8f
There is a drumbeat building around a generation not being successful because they didn't go to school for the pandemic. This is filled with the same measuring, racist and sexist message we take for granted in education.
Books mentions:
Bell Hooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman
Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29868604-my-own-words?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1NeFj6pIzz&rank=2
Play:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Blancs
TV series:
Foyle's War
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310455/
education, white supremacy, racism, Sexisim, development, psychology, philosophy, happiness, secureness, core, culture, society, humanity, university, school, parenting, children, learning, politics, extremism, homophobia, world leaders, self, Irish, change, sustainability, climate action, climate crisis, conservation, hope, inspiration, starseed, teen, teens, teenager, bullying, dyslexia, metaphysics, Transgender, trans, intersex, hate, equality, pandemic, vaccines, anti-vax, feminism, roe v wade, summer vaccation
This is not the summer vacation people thought they would have .. in the same way as I haven't done my work or the support as others feel I should - now you can look at your life and think maybe I don't need to live it the way you feel I should.
My Patreon article to match this podcast:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/gratitude-time-69028589
Book I mention on how creativity works:
I got the title slightly wrong sorry!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12987640-imagine?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ec8PU8hHN0&rank=2
What happens if we just look at the end results of your actions? Why are you able to justify your actions?
The rollercoaster I have been charting with the podcast because I'm not prepared to be anti-vax or anti-abortion or racist while speaking about humanity.
The geek in me loves that a podcast on women's rights is 13 minutes- the 13 moons of our cycle! Perfection while talking about the balancing of conversations on abortion...
Book I mention: Bell Hooks - Ain't I a woman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman
My Patreon: (support helps these podcasts)
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Sexualtiy and Gender are differnt conversations. The gaps that have facilitated 4 days of ignorance on national radio in Ireland
The backdrop to this podcats: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tds-to-grill-rte-bosses-after-dublin-pride-drops-media-partnership-over-anti-trans-discussions-on-liveline-41755471.html?fbclid=IwAR117gNLrEDX3Td1_D4kR9-fOX02jcaZVl_x_x27HGJ27kCnetBx8F8ufFs
I will not sit on the fence anytime soon - I will call out in hate the aspects that ironically facilitate Hate and your fear of it.
Why we need to have compassion for those who behave badly.
There is a tiny glip in the recording because someone texted me and the recording stopped briefly! But the rest was so much in flow I've just left it!
What is missing in the audio;
*Split Personalities or Borderline Personalities or what I call Duality (a positive outlook) - means that we don't have a strong sense of self - of who we are. We are afraid to stay as that person so we borrow roles and identities from those around us and try to become those people. In every way - become a character of a person. You can see the pedestal placement and displacement as a child would lead you to think - what do I need to be for you to reward me?
Why we need to change to have transformation as a society
- I meant 319b obviously ... this is the problem with being on a context rollercoaster here and on my Patreon.
Why I feel humans are not butterflies - we don't transform we change.
Books:
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
by Audre Lorde
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38598541-the-master-s-tools-will-never-dismantle-the-master-s-house?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=HAoLiZFpgx&rank=2
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
by bell hooks
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250792.Ain_t_I_a_Woman
Everything I didn't say in yesterday's podcast - the privileged view of COVID suffering.
Why I'm struggling to work with people right now and here is a link to my COVID writing - I'm so glad I did this writing ... it's part diary, journal but also my wish list for humanity. What I hoped we'd learn...
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/11-year-journey-dr-naoise-oreilly/
All my current writing is found on my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Disclaimer:
This podcast is not to be taken as medical advice or in place of medical advice - it is just my personal opinions and experience. I am not a medical doctor and am not providing this advice as one. Do not take this advice in place of seeking medical treatment. Naoisé O' Reilly
All you need to get over COVID, what to be aware of to not catch it - how to not develop long COVID
I forgot to mention that I have also seen huge benefits from green tea and Matcha.
Link to the cacao support in my life!
https://www.thecacaoambassador.com
If you are based in Ireland this is an amazing herbalist, Sean Boylan who has a COVID pack which is especially helpful for the chest issues:
https://www.dunboyneherbs.ie
This is a post on my Patreon about the books i am reading and there are some photos of my trip that have helped to think about this podcast
https://www.patreon.com/posts/forming-new-66868008
https://www.patreon.com/posts/macaroni-trail-67229944
Recording a podcast on a day the world is shattered. Because technology doesn't recognise the need for flow - it doesn't do metaphysics!
The book I speak about:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6454477-the-red-book
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
My new Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnaoise/
What I feel every time there is a mass shooting
Because of collective consciousness, I'm afraid often to write or say what I think.
The book I read an extract from: (even though I tried to learn it off I still stumble a little)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36436060-dark-days?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=tcY2yD6njb&rank=1
Another book worth reading of James Baldwin:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38458.Nobody_Knows_My_Name?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=cpGoYAeekK&rank=2
Why the Deep Heard trial is sicking for me - the need I have for a better result.
How to exit an abusive relationship and not have this circus.
Two books I mention :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23513349-milk-and-honey?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=cOSe6zlcyh&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35606560-the-sun-and-her-flowers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mij39j1xuC&rank=2
A ramble through what has collided in my brain this week and why I will always feel education is about the experiences integrated.
Posts I have shared in the past
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRYnQCEHRIu/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTjnFaygHNV/
Man's search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
Alice Walker’s Poetry Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40969.Absolute_Trust_in_the_Goodness_of_the_Earth
Quotes:
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.”
Gandhi
'Privilege isn't about what you've gone through; it's about what you haven't had to go through.'
Janaya 'Future' Khan
We are allowed to have fun in education - I once wrote "school too many rules, not enough colour"
I should probably convert to more progressive language *stick people but they'll always be stickmen to me
Blog post with templates for storyboards, comic stripes and Grafio App link-template examples made using grafio app - I create some type of a template for every student I work with to explain a system or a routine or an idea!
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/true-inclusion-in-education/
- it's a Bank Holiday Monday morning - I say Ecuador instead of Equator - forgive me!
Blog post with all presentation tips:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/true-inclusion-in-education/
Rocking up as yourself gives everyone else permission to do the same!
Blog post with all the tips:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/true-inclusion-in-education/
Our obsession with measuring in terms of education - what I'm going to endeavour to achieve in this podcast series.
How I feel the Transgender Journey is the penultimate development journey.
The article I speak about in relation to the Paralympics opposed to how we just normalise males or females in the Olympics. Do we really know the impacts of certain drugs on performance?
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/classification-explanation-understanding-the-paralympic-codes-1.544612
To sum up the Oscars read about the Oscars during World War 2
https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/how-the-oscars-went-austere-for-world-war-ii.html
If you want to create something different - if you want the world to stop measuring - you need to be in the world differently and ironically I'm going to talk about the only part of a book I don't agree with .. participation... It's ok to not belong in the room.
Two books I want to recommend you read
One I have shared in the past:
Belonging: From Fear to Freedom on the Path to True Community
by Angel Kyodo Williams
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55384181-belonging
The one I speak about in this podcast:
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Bell Hooks
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27091.Teaching_to_Transgress?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=L56PmXwplB&rank=4
This proves Louise Hays thinking that Thyroid conditions are due to suppression of expression. Why I focus so much on giving people a way to express themselves.
Why I don't agree you have long term inability to form good relationships. Why were you bullied in the first place? What did you have to offer?
Article:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220307-the-best-way-to-stop-bullying
Wow, this has been the most difficult podcast to record for quite some time ... I don't know what I have said that is so difficult but someone doesn't want it said out loud!
You will notice two points where the voice patterns change because I have to splice in new recording snippets ... the wind and rain have beat off the windows ... all of this is beyond my control but I have persevered!
The Crossing Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55371169-the-crossing
Why I dislike labels - the legacy left behind after the reports and the assumptions.
The judgements that are thrown out by people who don't have your processing challenges. Who have no idea how your brain works or how to actually support you.
We only ever focus on what we can't do.
But increasingly the personality content online is inaccurate and doesn't represent Myers-Briggs's work. But the limitations we often apply and our conditioning.
How we become something new because of the assumptions and expectations of education.
In reference to Black writers who speak to me in relation to this.
Links to what I reference during the podcast ....
Maya Angelou poem links:
https://www.aresearchguide.com/touched.html
https://blackartsmovementumf.wordpress.com/maya-angelou/
Post on the impacts of Cotton and the fashion industry on Black people:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZbwE6YIFyI/
Alice Walker, We are the ones we have been waiting for - read it please - only one little part hit off my personal pain!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40968.We_Are_the_Ones_We_Have_Been_Waiting_for?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=7VOmMUQjWF&rank=1
Zora Neale Hurston Books:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37415.Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=BQ9VjETahw&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590136-barracoon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=t6LZtMN5Pe&rank=1
Octavia E. Butler:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29535.Octavia_E_Butler?from_search=true&from_srp=true
Biography Star Child by Ibi Zoboi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57994153-star-child
I hate labels but I want you to find this so I'll use the well known markers.
How this makes you feel. How I can go from whole to feeling useless after 5 days.
How the stored trauma in my body will help me meet my students better.
Why are we Bullied?
A journey through the reasons we are bullied and how to reach peace with this so the patterns truly change for humanity. So it's no longer beneficial to bully.
Quote used:
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Best Boy meets Boy, coming out Teen fiction I've read:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52739801-date-me-bryson-keller
Link to become a podcast supporter and have access to my Patreon with 'extended podcasts' and writing to match them!
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
What should a good relationship be like? My simple tells in a complex world ...
My favourite book about relationships between women.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42442934-queen-of-coin-and-whispers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=AfKgfFKPHH&rank=1
Quote used:
"If I accept the fact that my relationships are here to make me conscious instead of happy, then my relationships become a wonderful self-mastery tool that keeps realigning me with my higher purpose. "
Pretty sure this is from A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle.
My teen book:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&filters[tag]=WTF
Conscious relationship Article:
https://iheartintelligence.com/conscious-relationships/?fb=iis
Mary Haskell - principle of a school in Boston
When the mist overwhelms the “I” in me, I take two or three letters out of the little box and reread them. They remind me of my true self. They make me overlook all that is not high and beautiful in life. Each and every one of us, dear Mary, must have a resting place somewhere. The resting place of my soul is a beautiful grove where my knowledge of you lives.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104855.Beloved_Prophet?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=vTR14ORAEJ&rank=1
May Elias Ziadeh was a Lebanese-Palestinian poet,
"If you happen to like anything in it, then your approval will turn it into a graceful reality, if not, then it will revert in its entirety to mist"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1678307.Love_Letters?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=bkwxB0RqUQ&rank=2
Why is this generation speaking in little dots that don't say anything?
How do we navigate freedom of speech?
Books on my reading list that I've not got to yet:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110193.The_Veil_and_the_Male_Elite
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1617.Night
It's mercury retrograde so of course, there is a tiny little blip in the audio I can't edit out!
And this episode has not been posted on Spotify?! So I have left all the links out and let's see if it will be included now?
Thanks for your understanding
Naoisé
(the joys of these 3 weeks spins with a planet of communication )
A very reflective podcast since it's 13 years yesterday since I got the keys to my school. Thinking about how I don't need the person opposite to be me. To even shut down aspects of myself to be less reactive in order to be of more help to others. Feeling my way through why my own report at 16 wasn't very helpful to me.
*it's mercury retrograde so of course, there is a tiny little blip in the audio I can't edit out!
Please create a space for people to talk. A culture of this could save lives.
The Speech transcript again:
https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety?t=1643110301423
The horrendous bullying that led to an 18-year-old taking his own life even after the chance to press reset on his life:
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2022/0118/1274478-eden-heaslip-cavan-bullying/?fbclid=IwAR0N4Yu14NZE-viDgmZD8Ns3aGMofyxbOLIRbx3QOfhsjzY1nBrK_WmV1Fc
The disconnect we now have between instant gratification - instant response and the natural course of development and how long change creates.
For years I have done a task with students to compare Rosa Parks and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
Both in terms of difference of personality to both create an impact as the best of themselves but also the length of time change takes.
References:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety?t=1642587267965
Because I didn't have notes I forgot to talk about this article on how long it took for MLK Day to be acknowledged in all States and under the name of what it represents. See the full timeline!
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mlk-day-timeline-how-the-martin-luther-king-jr-birthday-became-a-holiday
My main task - what it is most said to me at the end of a teen session - or any session really regardless of age
“I feel seen" - “I feel you get me"
Being seen - ironically it’s only when we feel seen that we bring the best of us to a group or a collective.
So why is this generation living in turmoil? Not feeling enough?
Books I mention:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=veFTMmvYwg&rank=4
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13622279-across-that-bridge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Z88mYMRKSe&rank=1
Article on John Lewis school visit:
https://www.ajc.com/gdpr.html?outputType=amp
As usual, I forgot to mention my Patreon. What I am saying always feels more important! Please support the podcast here;
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
Also, I have made this appeal before but if you would like to be one of the Patreon supported clients which are fee-free please make contact - just fill out the contact with me form on my dot org site and mention your interest in being on the list as a Patreon client.
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/patreon/
It's not a fad. It's an outing. It's a big deal to pick your pronouns.
I want to journey as Naoisé in the world but recognise the difference in others journeys to mine and hold them in their truth. It's not about just being in the club. It's about being in your wholeness. Your Core.
Books:
Passing the Playbook
and The art of being Normal.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42969261
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23058402
Myths around Transgender journey:
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2016/5/13/17938114/transgender-people-transitioning-surgery-medical
Article on Pronouns:
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/time.com/4327915/gender-neutral-pronouns/%3famp=true
Introduction to season 7 of the podcast - why did I pick to focus on teens for this series? Why is the world harder to grow up in right now? That's going to be the focus of this series.
Bad patterns don't just continue - they are about the choices people feel they can make. What they deserve.
The simplest way for teens to change is to ask for help - but they learn at home if this is too shameful or not.
Book mentioned:
Free lunch Rex Ogle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43726584
Well if you can ever warp up growth! And yes as Oonagh says it has a capital G! Her new good addiction ...
A rare interview podcast with Oonagh Browne (my prize guinea pig) - please check out the Cacao Ambassador https://www.thecacaoambassador.com
I really love the breakfast smoothie for these times!
https://www.thecacaoambassador.com/post/manage-your-blog-from-your-live-site
My Patreon which Oonagh kindly speaks about...
https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-my-books-do-55196300
The Blog post with Growth images:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/purple-learning-project/
Being over grounded. Focus on the Root chakra.
The need to look at 3 trauma zones; Crown, Heart and Sacral Chakra.
The link to the On-Point-Practice developed by Rev angel Kyodo Williams
(no big deal sit - half-day sit registration)
https://www.zenchangeangel.com/half-day-sit
This is a podcast in lessons on looking to biographies to find yourself.
I prescribe biographies for everyone I work with regardless of age.
This is also a lot of what I don’t talk about living in the gap because when I do I feel projected at ... so I thought it would be good for me to walk the talk for you all. These are the sorts of simple podcasts which feel like jumping off a cliff for me. Finding yourself in others and not wanting to compare to those so great.
It's a very difficult podcast to record - to record your truth - what drives you. What values do you really care about? How you hope that by your choices you enable others to be better versions of themselves.
The series of books for younger readers I couldn't remember the name of!
https://littlepeoplebigdreams.com
Or what I call the Projection Zone. When people no longer hear what you are saying - they are so focused on the gap from where you are working from that they can't reach you - just project.
Quote I use:
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
Carl Jung
Why I have been bullied my whole life ... that's the alternative title and how I had to splinch myself to understand why others needed to do this to me.
This is the original workshop link to register which I'm sure will put you in touch for the next stages of the process:
https://www.zenchangeangel.com/lib5-challenge
The book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84016.The_Same_River_Twice?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=OAPvxzyCRn&rank=1
Which I've just remembered that Gloria Steinem edited! So there you go fill circle - two white exceptions I can think of...
Methods Blog:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/purple-learning-project/
Link for the image to go with this podcast:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/splinching-the-journey-of-staying-your-core-but-learning/
Splinchign explained : https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Splinching
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible. “ Jung
What is that 4th blue doughnut stage? (my image last podcast) Why is it lonely? Why do you need this benchmark?
What else do you need? Routine or practice and to share
Beside my inbox this is an amazing place to share, journey and practice:
The no big deal sit by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
https://www.liblife.net
Belonging book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55384181
New Methods Blog - what I feel comfortable leaving the world with.
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/purple-learning-project/
Link for the new image you need to follow this podcast:
https://drnaoiseoreilly.org/five-ranks-of-tsao-tung-meets-purple-learning-project/
*there is a tiny jump in the audio where I say about the link - no idea why but I couldn't do a better explanation so I've not re-recorded - a mercury retrograde blip!
** also due to mercury retrograde we have no heat or hot water - my voice is a little ropy because of the cold and damp - sorry but it's what it is right now...
The skills you should get from doing a PhD or a religious training. The skills that are possible for everyone if we stopped being elites.
Skills:
Trust
Alignment
Reflection
Questioning
Objectivity
Stand on own space and don’t make it personal
You have the ability to discern
The dates were all a year out in my last podcast - why? hat relationship do I have to time? What are cycles and development so much more important for me?
I forgot to add that in fact, I feel these are the roots of ageing concerns - people who focus on cycles and development don't worry about ageing. They live for growth to the day they die - they don't stop changing/growing/evolving and wait to die as many do.
This is an introduction to series 6 of the podcast. It is about working with all the levels of development. What do I mean by levels? I have shared two systems below to view them differently. Why are people stuck on different levels of growth? This is what this series is about. Why are we following people who are sharing such conspiracy content to the world?
As usual, this is a journey for me to embark on too - I'm sure the path will unfold. it always does.
I’ve gone for easy articles for you to dip into the topics ... not the ones with the most depth but I always try to share articles that are accessible in reading level.
Five Ranks (of Ts'ao-tung)
http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Miscellaneous/TheFiveRanksoftheHouseofTsaotung.htm
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/dictionary/details/five-ranks-of-tsao-tung
Jung’s 4 stages of life
https://iheartintelligence.com/carl-jung/
The Infinite Mirror
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208467.The_Infinite_Mirror
Walking the talk - I need a week to recharge my own batteries and give myself think time for a big podcast which is brewing in me!
We may be wrapping up this series too and switching gears again - same themes, the same purpose but I feel a shift on the horizon...
Thank you
There are always themes to my work and the current one is being translator - sometimes I work very closely with the 'students' but other times I work with their environments. I translate what unconditional love is which was the purpose of my first book Journey to Unconditional love hosted on my Patreo. I have watched the change in people's relationships - people they never thought they'd be able to get on with and be close too. Even being traped with them for the pandemic.
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=48642261&fan_landing=true
But a bigger question is what is the purpose of love in your life?
Book I talk about: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am
*Slight insurance in my telling of the story I remembered when editing - she managed to hide the whole pregnancy and birth but still wasn't allowed in school for last month because she had a child.
Unconditional and Self Worth Episode:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/unconditional-and-self-worth/id981266976?i=1000530149495
My website with my job titles: https://drnaoiseoreilly.org
What has COVID and lockdown brought to the surface? What is social? Can you force it? What happens when you do? Why have we made something that so many have fought for so complex?
I wrote this quote a long time ago now -
"Everyone has 3 fundemental needs;
to be liked
to have a purpose
& to know where they belong."
Naoisé, April 2010.
No one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth.
How to pronounce Irish - translate words
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bród
The magic we are losing -
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112
https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/
Duine de dhath - Person of Colour (cheering!)
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400
Colm con mac Iomaire Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/colmmacconiomaire/
Ceo Draíochta - magic mist
Adallamh beirte - in conversation
Sclimpíní - dancing light
athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh - happy new year
I don't think I did a good enough pronunciation!
Here's an expert - https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/happy-new-year-in-irish/
ta muid thatbheith buíoch as ucht do chuid tacaíocht - a note I got from Kenny's bookshop during the lockdown - thank you for helping us keep the lights on!
No one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bród
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112
https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400
Duine de dhath - Person of Colour
Colm con mac Iomaire Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/colmmacconiomaire/
Ceo Draíochta - magic mist
Adallamh beirte - in conversation
Sclimpíní - dancing light
athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh - happy new year
I don't think I did a good enough pronunciation!
Here's an expert - https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/happy-new-year-in-irish/
ta muid thatbheith buíoch as ucht do chuid tacaíocht - a note I got from Kenny's bookshop during the lockdown - thank you for helping us keep the lights on!
No one here on this land dreams in Irish - why? Because it is not a language you learn with a bond at birth.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/bród
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-magical-vision-is-hidden-in-the-irish-language-we-need-to-rediscover-it-1.3558112
https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/more-irish-terms-of-endearment/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/duine-de-dhath-new-phrase-for-person-of-colour-added-to-irish-lexicon-1.4619400
Duine de dhath - Person of Colour
Colm con mac Iomaire Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/colmmacconiomaire/
Ceo Draíochta - magic mist
Adallamh beirte - in conversation
Sclimpíní - dancing light
athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh - happy new year
I don't think I did a good enough pronunciation!
Here's an expert - https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/happy-new-year-in-irish/
ta muid thatbheith buíoch as ucht do chuid tacaíocht - a note I got from Kenny's bookshop during the lockdown - thank you for helping us keep the lights on!
In short what you reward in society. I've spent 3 weeks processing notes to make this a talk not a rant. Sorry Irish people swear when passionate and very honest.
Book I'm reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622390-just-as-i-am
News articles:
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-pubs-capel-street-pedestrianisation-21484332?fbclid=IwAR0c1T_g7X8DbSxUPpxAfp5EAUqmFevv0PbXkRXEBeoa1RPbXT_k4xCy4tc
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40373642.html
** last news story to add now that I found one with some background - https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/31/us/harlem-hellfighters-congressional-gold-medal-trnd/index.html
The uses of looking at the whole and what it brings up for you.
We can't simply avoid words or quotes or work left by those with darkness - we need to see what we can learn from their journey and why they behave the way they do. I use a number of Carl Jung quotes listed below.
”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.”
Jung
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
Jung
“Your perception will become clear only when you can look into your soul.”
Jung
“Everything about other people that doesn’t satisfy us helps us to better understand ourselves.”
Jung
Much of my work begins in the first experience of life on earth. The first moments of a team being formed or not. We have got this seriously wrong for the future of the world during these pandemic days.
This whole series of podcasts has been inspired by the Alice walker book, We are the ones we have been waiting for.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40968.We_Are_the_Ones_We_Have_Been_Waiting_for
An extract - I hope she won't mind me sharing this link but maybe it will encourage you to get the whole book and read it! A must for these times that was published in 2006 and maybe a little too far ahead for many...
https://books.google.ie/books?id=5PSx7PJ_2tYC&pg=PT608&lpg=PT608&dq=three+fates+alice+walker&source=bl&ots=6YrtIa6prV&sig=ACfU3U0W7bbDl6Cu7HoGd3KU4YQjfgBVIQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAlMfyqcLyAhVQQkEAHYYuDx8Q6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=three%20fates%20alice%20walker&f=false
What it feels like to write at the time of living but when humanity is not yet read for your words.
The comments from some of the first readers of Conversations from the Core. The book on how to stop living in the labyrinth.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/55196300
What if I made you deliberately go in a loop in your head? The one you say is down to me writing in a dyslexic way!
If you want to step out of the loop you can start with the first book on my Patreon.
Conversations from the Core
Part one
Journey to unconditional love
And you don’t know what unconditional love is .. you really don’t - hardly any of you have ever lived it
https://www.patreon.com/posts/conversations-1-48657389
I forgot the open dyslexia font I use along with inverted white text on black to be able to read my own words!
https://opendyslexic.org
I need others to look for the brilliance in people - the ones who are possible of the leaderships, the solutions, the innovations, the different way of seeing.
Articles spoken about:
https://www.newsweek.com/music-sia-movie-autism-controversy-maddie-ziegler-1569289
https://www.chimamanda.com/news_items/it-is-obscene-a-true-reflection-in-three-parts/
It's taken me a decade to understand why I didn't want to replicate the Montessori method and way of leaving a legacy of wor behind.
There are limitations when we are so set to leaving behind structures/methods rather than principles
Developed in the backdrop of the Pandemic.
Individual - wholeness - core - emptiness - consciousness all go together.
We confess development of an individual with self -
Ego - self - control - greed - self-serving all go together
We need individuals to develop to speak for the whole and the collective to express itself.
Books mentioned:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234789-playing-to-the-gallery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VmujrCP6OV&rank=2
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208467.The_Infinite_Mirror?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Y9h3KA55qD&rank=1
Links to Speach and Alice Walker book, We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For
https://www.un.org/webcast/ffd/2002/statements/cubaE.htm
https://books.google.ie/books?id=d1Ba4YqVUQYC&pg=PT43&lpg=PT43&dq=castro+speech+international+conference+on+financing+and+development+in+Mexico+in+2002&source=bl&ots=PEmFDqOcqL&sig=ACfU3U17H-NJnBVO_b9eyLImSAJq7QiF-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRyNuTvpTyAhVVi1wKHSb9C-MQ6AEwCXoECA4QAw#v=onepage&q=castro%20speech%20international%20conference%20on%20financing%20and%20development%20in%20Mexico%20in%202002&f=false
I'm more worried now than I have ever been about people's mental health. The transition back to the world is proving just how much we were in escapism and not secureness. We need to seriously take stock for small children of the safe virtual worlds they are happier in than real life and the controlling dangerous behaviours they are developing.
We muddle worthiness, success, unconditional, needs, conditions, and expectations all the time in society
What is your measure of yourself dependent on? Are you whole worthy secure in your core?
Why do you take actions? - be honest
Are your expectations for you or for others best?
It’s funny this is number ’66’ - as it’s said to be the number of unconditional love
I would argue that if you truly support people from an unconditional place they can’t even trace back what is helping them .... It’s as hidden and subtle as walking through a spiders web....
Happiness article: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/07/happiest-country-definition/619441/
What creates the horrors in our world? Why do we have such a divided society at present?
Books I mention:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135483.My_Life_with_the_Chimpanzees
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135484.Reason_for_Hope?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PmTxJl1wNt&rank=1
I said Staford instead of Standford University! It's early on a Sunday morning ... sorry
This is a podcast on what I have learnt since John Lewis died a year ago this week. I don't want to call it the John Lewis podcast.
I sit here and debate if to make the B a capital or not? I think I won't because it's my soul.
I have written more of what this means for me on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47490785
What are the secrets to my self-care at this time? Why are others so calm in my space.. Who is struggling and why? 8 to 10-year-old children with anxiety - how to re-adjust...
Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12987640-imagine?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=45HT4eHs6v&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23234789-playing-to-the-gallery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1bVJNFsPnI&rank=1
Music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire
https://youtu.be/2Ns8flgDyiY
https://www.colmmacconiomaire.com
In the Arms of the Angels / I mBaclainn na nAingeal
I may have to leave out Spotify and Youtube link as Apple is not updating - let's see...
Exhibitions I have been to:
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Exhibitions/The-Treasury
https://chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/edo-in-colour/
It's not a parrot on our shoulder who we bung a few treats to.
We need to integrate the mind, body and soul. We need to make a plan for younger ages to do this for those struggling.
Books mentioned:
Jane Goodall - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135484.Reason_for_Hope?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=CwFtuflkvE&rank=1
Roddy Doyle - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15841827-two-pints?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=4k7f1pRctd&rank=1
As long as someone is suffering - does it matter who?
Book passages read from:
Home Body by Rupi Kaur,
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49656780-home-body?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=DUmERDdCnb&rank=1
“Why do I let my mind,
Get under my skin,
I am so sensitive”
“But what did I know,
about involuntary orgasms,
and agency,
and consent,
at age 7. 8. 9. and 10.”
The power trip - the underlying two tier society. This is all goes back to 'love is love'
Quote used Kahlil Gibran from the Prophet;
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself… You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow…”
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Why I think writing creates change.
Quotes used; "Sharing our stories is a revolutionary act, and the first step towards building a world where we care for and protect one another. But the stories of Black survivors are often silenced or dismissed." Gloria Steinem, Twitter
“The root of oppression is the loss of memory.”
Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road
Old Vic Theatre Refugee Week;
https://youtu.be/fTr_OSRJ1u4
Octavia E. Butler
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29535.Octavia_E_Butler
All the norms we have that we don't think about - My journey outside of Dublin and time to reflect on the last few years in Ireland in particular.
Article I refer too; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-sexuality-and-romance/201711/what-everyone-should-understand-about-pansexuality?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwAR36b399X1EgvC8zQaF6X7VRp5LCFcxkS_kJUQcyxNBcgto5LedCrcYM4oE
My own journey in coming out - what I have learnt from working in conservative environments and being the only girl on the course .. my 1st women's club night ... Why I need to be a Feminist for others ... Why I find a lot of the posts BS... How I have really struggled to have intimate friendships. How I now have then and what matters.
I didn't say the quote quite perfectly (sorry, please forgive me!)
Alice Walker — "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Harry Potter quote from Dumbeldore to Harry on how Voldemort takes too much stock in the Prophecy - not Harry's mother's love
"Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!"
Success is not saving someone from their roots
Book Lion: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34517032-lion
A podcast that ranges from my experiences on a German exchange trip the year after the Berlin Wall fell to my research on Druids. I want you to look out for the souls who have come together from opposing backgrounds that have caused such trauma but have not compromised their identity. Why pain matters - why you have to feel it - it's not about comparison to what you know - it's about what you feel. When you feel, you heal. There must be no compromise in identity.
Heart over Mind, an Essay in Awareness: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49064802
(This is an especially relevant dynamic for daughters)
This podcast is aimed at teens as I explain in the intro and I also decided to use 'parent' as the gender-neutral term when I started talking it out! I decided that masculine and feminine energy is an overall complex adult viewpoint...There are enough complexities without this in the mix at 16 - thought if we get these dynamics right ironically they grow to create the balance I decide as being so important! Even if it is aimed at teens it's a very important podcast for parents to listen to especially if the relationship has ended due to a traumatic abusive event. I try to weave through the complexity of these relationships but show that it's very simple to actually create lasting change with a few simple insights. The quote I use is: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci.
This amazing woman had the unique experience of being the 'adult' observer while I worked with a teen who was supported by my Patreon.
This is a rare glimpse into what I do from someone who started out as a client as well. It's also an insight into the flexibility which Patreon has allowed me.
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An introduction to a rare interview episode I'm going to record next .... 'the fly on the wall' episode which may finally answer the question - what do I do... ?
Our limitations in thinking are the reasons for the injustices in humanity - when we understand our need for boxes - we will understand how to create change. A secure individual is not in a box!
PS I get 3s and 5s confused (and 'f's, 'r's and 'c's for some strange reason) - so this should be speaking about the 25th of May and for some reason the universe has determined it will go out early not after as I intended...
Patreon - intro to this book: If I wrote a book in advance to feel content, secure and happy going into Lockdown last year .. this was the book. It's the book I have shared over the year with many of my soul tribe ... it's an unusual book in that it talks more bout the conflict I have always felt between science and spiritualism - which I covered in my podcast only last week in the Religion Episode. I hope as we emerge back into the world or in some cases go through yet another spin of the Labyrinth you will find it helpful...
Link to this book on Patreon, any donation will get you access ;-)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/51476436
Public Patreon Testimony: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51565761
Energy, belief, my own religious journey...
Poem Meaning by Czeslaw Milosz.
When I die, I will see the lining of the world.
The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset.
The true meaning, ready to be decoded.
What never added up will add Up,
What was incomprehensible will be comprehended.
– And if there is no lining to the world?
If a thrush on a branch is not a sign,
But just a thrush on the branch? If night and day
Make no sense following each other?
And on this earth there is nothing except this earth?
– Even if that is so, there will remain
A word wakened by lips that perish,
A tireless messenger who runs and runs
Through interstellar fields, through the revolving galaxies,
And calls out, protests, screams.
Visiting the Chester Beatty Library: https://chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/sacred-traditions/
Principles of Theosophical Society (inspired by Koot Hoomi/Kuthumi)
1:To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste, or colour.
2:To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and science.
3:To investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in man.
The quote I close on is from Confucius (I'm not going to write it out - I want to surprise you!)
The harbour within: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32821062-the-harbour-within?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hC0Icq0oKO&rank=1
Retrospectively I see how these two podcasts (religion episode) go together - even though I arrived at them from such different thinking!
This is when a personality not only survives abuse but makes the experience a strength...
What are split personalities - What creates them? Why are they negative for families (and humanity) - what is possible? How can integrating your life experiences make you a unique highly functioning being for the betterment of humanity?
Comparing Harry Potter and Nevile Longbottom. Why acceptance is the most important part of unconditional. We shouldn't need to lose our own self worth for unconditional love.
* why Mother's Day is different in Ireland - it's Mid-Lent - from google "Historians believe it evolved from the 16th-century Christian practice of visiting mothers in the season of Lent. The date changes every year because it is linked to Easter, and Easter varies depending on the lunar calendar."
A follow on from the podcast before - understanding the impacts and differences of internal noise versus external noise. Also an extension to the thinking in the Maslow/development podcast
How we create egos by desensitising ourselves - how we need to lose our view that sensitivity is bad - that we need to use the tools to create secureness, not numbness. We need to understand how energy is carried through generations.
These next two episodes are a double bill even if they don't seem so initially!
How I fundamentally don't like our obsession with labelling people with ASD (Asperger's syndrome/Autism)
It's as if we build education to create industries to fix the damage.
A general simple background to Alan Turing - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing
A rambling podcats on the worrying trends in humanity. Do we pay for our sins every 400 to 500 years? One slight important note I want to make - I have presented the number for the deaths of the Indigenous Peoples from Small Pox brought by European settlers. I have deliberately not commented on this as I'm researching it at the moment along with Druids (oddly) and I feel too uneducated at present. So this is why I present it in such a mere numbers way!
A weird journey into my brain this week and how I can finally describe something after a year of thought. I needed to realise you drag the centre of the labyrinth up out of the page 3D to form the top of the pyramid! The out of my comfort zone links to some energy readers who inspired my random thoughts .. I take inspiration from a whole host of random places! https://youtube.com/c/AwakeningToSpirit (It was the oak men reading about the Rhinos)
https://youtube.com/channel/UCi3wWQtEY9JtRxLsvqKe8Kg (The pyramid reading - can't remember the name and the one about the cosmic egg)
I don't know what to call this podcast - being a muggle - being in a zone where I feel so overwhelmed that I have a new reference place for trying to discern a way through humanity this week. Have you ever questioned where your ancestor's wealth comes from? What they took part in? If you passed a row of images and sculptures depicting the barbaric past actions - would you represent, teach and protect others from a different place? *Disclaimer - I am not a medical doctor and none of my advice is to replace that of consulting medical advice and help. And the second disclaimer - some of the content is upsetting.
If we viewed all relationships and connections as growth how different would the world be? If we saw that we all contain masculine and feminine energy to be balanced - how would the conversations around roles, identity and gender change? Why does each person cross our path and how do we help each person's growth? What difference does this make in a true balanced romantic partnership? How would women be supported in the world?
What motivates some people to be more responsible outside of themselves? How does sensitivity to the world play its part here? How do roles associated with the masculine change the outcomes?
Play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit written by Nassim Soleimanpour *I think I may have reversed the words!
I’m sorry to my younger listeners - I pride myself on having a podcast that is listened to by every span of age groups and with gender freedom ... But I’m going to end up swearing, talking about difficult topics and I’m going to mention sex and so if I don’t make this content explicit someone will flag the whole podcast.
Quotes used in podcast;
"To become a brahmachari means you are ecstatic by your own nature. You can be married and still be a brahmachari. It is possible because you are joyful by your own nature; you are not trying to extract joy from your husband or wife. This is how it should be. The whole world should be brahmachari. Everyone should be joyful by their own nature. If two people come together, it should be a sharing of joy, not extraction of joy from each other." Sadhguru
"The Virgin (and I’m not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.
The Martyr finds her way to self-knowledge through pain, surrender and suffering.
The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.
Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure” Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
Why do we use language the way we do? What makes our expressions racist?
Geeky project for someone: Can someone please submit a request for a black & brown unicorn? Oh and an alien one too .... Lots of other people search for this too - I’m not alone. Basically, unicorns shouldn’t just be white - there is a geeky homeschooling project for your teen ...
The link for an emoji proposal https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html
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A rambling podcast on vulnerability, meditation, gaming, online personas in the year of the pandemic, control, benchmarks, plugging into the Matrix!
Eleanor Roosevelt quote:
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
Their two vital purposes in the world. Literacy and Difference.
We need to separate out the start of a career, the industry and the individual. The 6 books discontinued never had any merits to his real work.
His less well-known artwork: https://www.drseussart.com/secretandarchive
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You can’t teach a class of 30 people differently - why not? The summary of what matters; presentation, timing, action, voice, group work, validation, judgements.
A very specific podcast for INFJs who feel like fellow unicorns - all you need to know and reflect on to be happier and more content in your weirdness. How to find the connections you seek.
The book I am waiting for is Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde
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A podcast that has taken 5 months of thought
I mention; James Baldwin - Nobody Knows My Name - In Search of a Majority
Mark Twain - "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it’s time to pause and reflect"
The Writer Fannie Flagg
What is the context I use the word? Why do we need so much consideration in its use?
The concerns I have as move away from developing the individual. Why we need this understanding to overcome our inabilities inside for whatever reasons which never leave.
The benefits - why are you drawn to certain books? Why you can't just re-read my own books - the words seem to change and the benefits of using a poetry style in places.
People whose names I use in the podcast and I mangle some of them (sorry): Paulo Coelho, Fannie Flagg, Anna Gavalda (Hunting and Gathering), Toni Morrison (Beloved), Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Madeleine L'Engle (Wrinkle in Time), Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal)
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Change always needs a gradient - create yours
You can’t have flow without a difference
Remind yourself what is different
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Not my title - the phrase I've been getting sent to my inbox for a year.
I'm a bit battered this week - writing books takes as much as working with people personally. and what does it take to get a result? Why is it easier to just write a prescription for pills and why do we have so many medicated teens?
The failing of Irish people in being so conditional with other cultures. Why I have not simply muted some of the people who have so upset me on social media in recent weeks.
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Valentine and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, in either 269 or 270.
“You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet (extract)
Our children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you, they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite.
And He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hands be for happiness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
So He loves the bow that is stable.
Why we have St Valentine's head in Dublin and the history of two possible Valentines
http://www.carmelites.ie/stvalentine.html
The history (for people like me who had to go learn it)
What I love ... the purpose through this story (*And I've not used the hashtag)
https://youtu.be/oiLltM1tJ9M
So almost a year later - what do I hope for now? That privileged countries will understand the implications of their actions.
How to deal with noise while trapped at home for COVID.
It's about resetting the space, body and mind.
*because I'm recording this at nearly 11pm to escape next doors dog barking - I mix up playlists and podcasts (you know what I mean)
What is COVID fatigue? Why are people pleasers suffering more? What do we need to change at this stage?
What have I learnt in 12 years? What are the shifts for me? From school to home to humanity.
My hope for the future from this week. Being able to always be the person you were at 22.
Are some personalities more racist? Are there aspects of our personality which make us racist - how do I predict non-racism?
Jung Quote used - “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
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I have a strange wish for 2021 that I will transition to working with individuals without need of payment.
This is hopefully the first step towards this aim!
That and my bigger aim to have literacy and intelligence no longer twined.
Thank you
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I use two quotes form Toni Morrison's Beloved;
“That anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came to mind. Not just work, kill, or maim you, but dirty you. Dirty you so bad you couldn’t like yourself anymore. Dirty you so bad you forgot who you were and couldn’t think it up.!"
“His first earned purchase made him glow, never mind the turnips were withered dry. That was when he decided that to eat, walk and sleep anywhere was life as good as it got.”
I've played spot the racism in Agatha Christie for Christmas. How is this related to the horrible posts lacking understanding or compassion for a Black man who lost his life in Ireland on the 30th December?
Welcome to season 5 of the podcast - 2020 was the most illuminating year of my life - I finally feel I have a purpose big enough to take on. All I have learnt and experienced in almost 12 years poured into a soul journey. Let's begin.
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Thank you for journeying - Thank you to all those who support me in the background ...
The seismic shift that took place on the podcast this year ... the wind of change I feel! Excited for season 5...
We have an opportunity to look at 3, 20 and 200-year cycles at the moment.
How to join Spirtuisim and science. My own joinery to help you find your own path over these cycles and invitation to step into the new.
Why hair matters - why it is my one materialistic need.
The Dove Crown Act - please sign and support
https://www.dove.com/us/en/stories/campaigns/the-crown-act.html
The Zurich Portrait Prize winner - Mandy O'Neill (Diane, Larkin Community College, 2018)
https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/zurich-portrait-prize-2018/mandy-oneill-winner-zurich
My 100th Podcast recorded since lockdown - A very personal podcast about my writing mind spaces and how they have developed since I first started writing. How I now have this 'no-man land' space (odd nickname!) but also the 'experience space' I go into to create journeys for others. Book quoted: Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
When competition is helpful to get over perfectionism. But is a hindrance in creativity and especially group collaborations.
Why I admire John Lewis and Dr Jane Goodall so much. The idea of being 'in this world but not of it' as spoken about John Lewis. Reading others, questioning your work but not yourself and your true Core. Working with others to reach a place of true equality and support. the cloak of compromise we vail our Core with.
John Lewis quote used: “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates.”
*sorry one day I will find a chair which doesn't 'click' in the podcast!
Anxiety is an externally created process. It's one of the easiest ways for us to see our differences and our different needs. Anxiety is created by not being met by others as we are.
I have recorded the intro to this podcast 3 times as I have messed up 3 times in new ever-increasing ways!
I used the word 'minority' originally which is accurate in an Irish context. The challenge with our own frame of reference. Then I made it worse. And now I don't know what to call it.
Why the pain as a white person not being able to read and write in school does not have the same generational patterns as it does for a student who is not white.
Understanding how having a core gives you security but also the knowledge to know where your pain stops and someone else starts. How this prevents polarisation.
Why we create moody, uncooperative and secret teens. How parents and older people can embrace the joy. the discovery and not contain it. As an adult are you still hanging on to the baggage you grew up with? The inability to be different from your family?
The equal and opposite reaction to growth. Why you need to have pride in what it has taken for the reaction of the red mass. How those people are trapped in those red squares and you are not. The equal and opposite reaction that has taken place in every sense. Where this week has taken me back to personally. My own empathetic pain.
Why we need the elder tress to protect the young saplings and encourage their growth to their true possibility.
Quotes used: Post Of Gloria Steinem (Instagram) "...change always grows from the bottom up, like a tree, not from the top down. So look at each other, trust what you know is right - and keep going!"
Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart - Alice Walker
".. the young trees coming up had no shade to protect them from the blistering sun that backed the earth to ash. They were as brittle as matchsticks and unable to grow tall. They would never know the grandeur of the parents and grandparents who proceeded them. How would they ever guess what their true nature was?"
The Hidden Life Of Trees - Peter Wohlleben
As we enter the second lockdown in Europe and others have not been so fortunate to have a break between waves - what has the pandemic thought us about our society and how we need to live differently?
A master class on why business people can't create humanity or have the patience for change - proper change.
I quote John Lewis book 'Across That Bridge' and Martin Luther King Jr. - "I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable." from his "Unfulfilled Dreams Speech"
Migration is going to continue - especially with Climate Change. When are we going to stop using education to judge people? And cashing in on foreign students. What did the homeless project in Vancouver show us?
Why are women juggling it all? What started when my mother's generation returned to work?
The two names I can't pronounce properly Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Guy Kawasaki. Article shared on Guy Kawasaki's Twitter.
Why are people struggling so much? Why are we now using schools to create society instead of education?
What message is the young not getting to protect the older generation? Reasons the older generation are struggling. Why is there is a sense for everyone left out in society that it's survival of the fittest to be out here?
The dance show I mention is Kontakthof by Pina Bausch which you will find clips of on YouTube.
Quote New York Times, October 2014 "she brings us closer to humanity. Even in her absence, she makes us see ourselves for what we are."
Why are the middle ground of people happy to wait for herd immunity in a pandemic?
What do secureness, unconditional love and awareness and acceptance of difference have in common?
Books mentioned: John Lewis Across That Bridge and June Jordan Some Of US Did Not Die
Music: Icelandic Band Amiina - song What Are We Waiting For?
The survival guide and a suggestion for a relief pack to be sent to these students trapped in college/university dorms, can we have Joe Wicks online for college dorm students, please?
I mention an amazing open App called Insight Timer
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?
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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 Lewis
Comment 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 Baldwin
Essay 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
People often say to me that parenting has become harder in this generation. Has it? Why do we feel this way? What are we being asked to match and unravel in ourselves? What part do roles play?
What are we really talking about with twin flames and the ideas of divine masculine and feminine energy? Do you have an awareness of both within you? Do you form relationships for balance? For mutual growth. Do you get beyond the hurdles of the assumptions that intimacy has to be sexual? Why I struggle with pride season every year. The assumed roles. Inspirations: relationship of Lorraine Hansberry and Robert Nemiroff
Why I have begun to hate the idea of success and creating success - how I have adapted this to be about helping to create secure people instead.
Everyone has biases, idea and opinions - if you say you don't you are either lying to yourself or not self-aware enough. It's impossible to create change and support others form this place. Once you are secure you can have a voice for other people.
Why others see personality theory as limiting. They are only trying to put you in a box not give you the tools to navigate through life. My own journey my work has taken to hopefully being obsolete.
Personality has the potential to total change self-understanding and community understanding. It is the most palatable form of difference. I get annoyed when I read anyone who talks about personality theory in a limiting way - those are their limitations, not yours.
How do we rise above judgement and validation? Why do we listen to people with little blue dots beside their names? What I resonate within the biography Gwendolyn Brooks and the words of James Baldwin from 1960 Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a letter from Harlem.
This is not last weeks news - I'm not moving on until we have created real change.
One real and one imaginary conversation thining about how we have switched off our feeling way of processing the world - the implications of this especially when it comes to justifying behaviours. Are we using justify to understand or to excuse? The differences in the reasons we look for root causes of behaviours.
As always companion writing (expression is the real intelligence) can be found on drnaoiseoreilly dot org
"Everything must come from the heart, must be lived." Pina Bausch
I've seen so many lists of what I'm supposed to read to educate myself on Black lives. Why Is Alice Walker on so few? If I made my own list she would be top with Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, and James Baldwin. And those are just my starting blocks.
Why are we so afraid of authentic? What happens when we lose roles in society? The parameters and boxes we so love. Why are teens struggling so much in liberal societies? This is my next body of work and I'm just starting to talk out the ideas and form the thinking.
Essays in Awareness are the companion to my thinking found on drnaoiseoreilly dot org
My passion for Black Writers public writing on my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/49099014
Expression the ability to end all abuse. The chasm left inside by not being able to read and write. How we victimise people's literacy which allows others to hide behind their insecurities. How we are breeding narcissism and insecurity in the world. What it means and effects to not be able to read, write and express your feelings constructively.
If you only ever listen to one podcast by me - this is the one which tells you why I've devoted my lifes work to expression.
How to break controlling patterns in children. How to restore balance in the home. How to break the cycles that didn't break for their parents.
What consistent behaviours do you need to have as a parent? What to expect fallout as a result.
How is this relevant to what we are watching unfold across America currently? Why have we had generations of controlling people who are drawn to professions where they can abuse this need? why my books are starting to feel like manuals for a better humanity.
Some parents are really struggling in their own homes to raise very controlling children and we are not talking about it. Society rewards their behaviours outside the home and they are struggling to find the balance within.
Why do Black writers speak to me on a level like no others? Why is there a correlation for me in illiteracy and race? Why have I spent years using examples from Black history and culture to show difference in every way? Why we have to want difference to finally have history. What Zora Neale Hurston's writing means to me.
I've written various companion pieces in the last few weeks on Essays in Awareness on drnaoiseoreilly dot org
So the summer camps have been cancelled. Here is why I'm excited about this too. And here are some suggestions of what you can do instead!
Nailing open book exams. Why I am excited to get beyond regurgitating knowledge. Why this might be the change we need. Why are university exams so much better than school ones. The Experience Effect explained.
Why do we need friends - are they the same for everyone? What is social interaction for different personalities? Why is zoom sessions good for some? Does school provide the depth of connection we need?
I do companion writing for the topics on my dot org lookup drnaoiseoreilly
Why do we read? We are not all the same - we have different motivations. Find yourself in the descriptions and what you might enjoy and why.
The gap for Teens to the world has never been so apparent. What is the purpose of education? Are we all just going to sit in our bedrooms waiting for online classes to start and life to begin?
Another podcast on the differences and similarities with just one letter. The two personalities hat most add voice to the under-represented in the world.
What personalities make passive aggressive types? Why is it such a damaging trait - how to change their cycle? Understanding the behaviour. The differences between INFJs and INFPs
This is the follow on to the last podcast on domestic violence - the loss of roles - the effects. Why this is so important generationally. Why I struggled to record practical tips to help right now? What I have tried to create in the last episode and why it's not perfect. It feels outdated to have to go back to such defined roles to help. But I know it's the starting place for better communication and respect. Then we can move forward to more balanced relationships.
Why now are the ingredients for an increase in domestic violence and child abuse? How do we change the patterns? What are practical solutions to help everyone feel they have a role at home?
We need to get inside the mindset and change the dynamics and feelings for those involved. Not just judge from the sidelines. I believe that if you create more happy times that these will generate more going forward. Then the real conversations can start.
What is visual stress? Why do I wear red glasses? How do they help? What do younger children miss when we don't realise the page is dancing for them? Tips and tricks to cope without glasses and the benefits of doing this for a while growing up.
How to make your online lessons more accessible for people with these challenges.
The benefits and the pitfalls. Finding your own child in the description.
I'm a unique educator who uses personality theory to excel rather than focusing on labels.
Personality is an inconvenience in school don't let it be the same at home!
How do influencers work? What questions do we have an opportunity more than ever to ask? Why I will never have a large social media account any time soon. How is social media algorithms actually limiting us?
Can we really measure change in likes?
To avoid mental illness and hitting a real destructive wall here you need to process that we are not going back to normal. You need to mourn what you have lost. Only then will you be able to see the possibilities.
Only when you have done this honestly for yourself can you lead your children through.
For open writing of my journey see (drnaoiseoreilly org)
So we are all starting to lose the plot - what elements do students/children in your world need right now? What can help? Ideas for projects that build towards a future point. Why it is important to talk about grief and how to do this.
Lookup (homeschooling ie ) for open resources and lesson ideas - I'll try find puppet photos!
Look up Dr Naoise O'Reilly and contact me for other resources
All that is possible during this time. Why creativity matters so much. How it allows us to think of new ideas and process our emotions. The difference between reading, listening to talk/podcast or watching a drama or a theatre show. What theatre really evokes in us.
Creating the next generation of creative souls.
Please donate to the artists of whatever you watch!
Open resources lookup (homeschooling dot ie)
The shortest podcast I have ever recorded but probably the one which has meant the most to me.
What can you gain from this time in isolation? How can the world become a better place? How can you parent a better generation? What is the real cost of saving the planet?
For all those people who are sick of hearing from motivators at this time - here's another clear message for you!
What are the different values in being a teacher or a parent? What is confusing right now in isolation world? Why is it so important to have outside external validation? Who needs mentors and why? How do you create this external space right now?
Why are children not working independently? Stop micromanaging Homeschooling - allow space for the magic to unfold. If we focus on perfectionism we lose personality and creativity. Personality has always been an inconvenience in school - don't allow it to feel the same at home!
Open resources lookup (homeschooling dot ie)
ps sorry, my chair needs maintenance as it's developed an annoying click! will sort out for next episode ...
Week 3 of the pandemic lockdown
I’ve grown to really hate the term homeschooling - but then I don’t like unschooling either so let's go for un-homeschooling!
How to take control during this time. What amazing benefits are there to this time in terms of personality development?
look up homeschooling dot ie for open resources
The new great taboo - to do anything meaningful during this time! The is not about letting everything go. Productivity happens in the slowness. The balance. Not the rat race - what example are you setting your children? Pure escapism from your life?
Great piece featured on Motherwell "The class of 2020" By Christina Nifong. Get inventive about how to create these milestones ...
This is not about cramming your whole course. This is not an extended study break! It's an end of the world type of experience. This is a time to completely re-evaluate all you want from life! Do all the things you don't normally do. Learn a self-care routine. Learning as an experience instead of knowledge. Stretch yourselves.
Look me up (homeschooling dot ie) for link to open resources for all.
You've become a home educator overnight - not something that was ever on your bucket list - How do you cope? what is available? How do you enjoy this? What are the benefits?
Look up (homeschooling dot ie) for 'open resources for all' links
The Teen episode of how to cope with suddenly being stuck at home! How to navigate all the people in the house - what role you can play! How to not get sucked into a vortex of staying in bed too late and everyone being in a nark with you! I accidentally suggested burying your books under your bedroom instead of bed! But it's natural and real recording.
How to not only survive self-isolation but be productive, happy, balanced, have a family life - how to live for life and not just work. How to create different environments in your home to reflect the different elements of living in confinement.
Why is the framework of learning styles good? How do I use these? It's not simplistic. It's not about showing, it's about learning.
Why has the podcast been so quiet in the last year? What are the tips and tricks I've learnt for writing? What are the best tools for someone with dyslexia to use to write? What are the important factors to get right?
All you need to know about the different types of mediation and all the ways you can use mediation. Still a bit voiceless after the flu sorry!
Using all the phone and app statistics to help you stick to new routine, goals and new years resolutions so they don't all die by February!
Ambiverts, what are they? why the confusion? what are all the other factors as it is not as simple as introversion and extroversion? Are you really an INFJ?
How does believing in something bigger than you help you in a pressured world? Jung's 5 keys to happiness. The harbour within, The story of sister Consilio and the development of her addiction clinics in Ireland.
Vulnerability is your greatest strength. How? What is it so important to accept your own vulnerabilities and insecurities? Why do good teachers have a healthy amount of insecurity? Divergent - selfless sounds like selfish when I say it! A word I get stuck on pronouncing right!
How we don't develop experiences in education. We don't allow people to use their natural coping strategies. Why do people use their fingers to count? What can we learn about the perfect learning environment from Dumbledore, Harry Potter, and the Deathly Hallows?
A new format of the podcast. No presenter - just me! Ironic to record an episode on what does growth feel like? The 4 stages of growth according to Jung. Reading the Seat for the Soul by Gary Zukav. What do different personalities need to jump over the stages? Why do we need to incubate sometimes? and Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
In defence of the snowflake generation. What is missing? What causes the challenges? Why is expectation crippling them? Why are university progression rates so bad?
Why do we define gender roles in children? Talking about the fantastic book of how not to be a boy by Robert Webb. How does the economic background make a difference? When have you reached a point of acceptance?
What do people with dyslexia have to rely on to write cards? Why is showing your handwriting such a big deal? What do doodles and your signature tell you? Why I hate the school "pen pass"!
Coping strategies for the madness. It turns into an extrovert/introvert debate! Mel's Bells! Between the bells, I do try to give some good advice!
What are the roots of loneliness? What do Intorvert and Extroverts need differently? Quotes from Jung, Rumi, Jennae Cecelia. What do you need to bring to a relationship?
What are the 3 factors you need to change negative controlling and manipulative behaviour? How do different personalities react to growing up in a controlling environment?
Who are the next Jane Goodall, next David Attenborough, next Eileen Grey, Next Agatha Christie... In a world with more access to promote ideas why are we not hearing about these people? Is school crushes these people? Why have we become so obsessed with a set of core skills? What inspires people? What outside influences missing? Can the rarer people save the planet?
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?
What can we learn watching the film Jane? What are the aspects of Jane Goodall's personality that make her work unique?
What are the struggles for Millennials commonly? What areas of life and society are they struggling with?
What are the real motivations? What do happy people do? What happens when you suppress negative emotions?
What matters with music for different personalities. What sort of playlists should you create to work? Does sad music make you happier?
The problems. The debate on life skills versus education and learning objectives. Have we made third level as unenjoyable an experience as a school?
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?
Why do introverts not answer the phone? What's going on for them? Coping strategies. Mapping out calls to stop anxiety.
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?
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.
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?
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.
How to avoid feeling guilty about shopping. How to reward yourself. What do different personalities spend their money on?
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.
Mel spoils Santa letters for me. on a serious note, using letters to reconnect with people. The tool of unsent letters to express emotions.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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?
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.
How should adult children behave in a marriage separation? How to deal with not having the perfect relationship with your parents?
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?
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.
What is a soulmate? What sort of relationship is it? What is their purpose in your life? How to recognise them.
Top 11 factors. The effects of technology on relationships. Experiences versus perfection. How to open to a new relationship.
Why Ireland needs an Art Academy. How Ireland's identity has been lost with the lack of support for culture.
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?
How business people don't have self-care. Observing business people in the airport. Simple strategies to take care of yourself. The technology obsession.
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.
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.
How to be yourself in an interview. How to control the space. How to get everyone engaged.
Is perfectionism positive or negative? When does it become negative? How to make the best of being a perfectionist.
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?
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?
The positives of homeschooling, what are the misconceptions? Who does it work for and what is the process?
The effects of negative parenting. Why are parents under such pressure? How to break the cycles and take control. Enjoying parenting.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Confidence, Mentors, Soulmates, Negativity, Good and bad people to have in your life, What do confident people do differently?
School Reports, Psychological Reports, Learning Difficulties and the Effects on the Families, Mindset and Learning Difficulties.
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.
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 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 Features: A brutally honest account of the secret lives of Dyslexics & Banks have been branded anti-Dyslexic.
Episode 40 Features: What Personality Types buy the most thoughtful Christmas presents? Tips for dealing with Phone Anxiety & discussing Coping Strategies for HSP Highly Sensitive People.
Episode 39 Features: Promoting Independence, Responsibility & a Safety Consciousness in very young Children in Japan, Why all Masters & Doctorate Students around the World have a ‘Freak Out’ at some stage & Revealing one of the most damaging Negative Language Patterns a Teacher can inflict on a Pupil.
Episode 38 Features: Advice for INFJ’s to learn more about other INFJ’s! Why you can’t compare Education Country by Country, Stress of Homework Spellings for Children ‘wrecks Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly’s head,’ 10% of Children can’t learn through Phonics, Children with Auditory Processing Disorders have issues with Phonics, DuoLingo free App is brilliant for languages! Some Dyslexics are Maths geniuses, Why asking Essay Writers to ‘expand’ is torture & Research reveals Homework is bad for Mental Health.
Episode 37 Features: Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly was interviewed in studio by Newstalk National Radio in Ireland recently about stepping up her calls for Parents & Children to boycott homework. What’s significant about writing with a Fountain Pen? The importance of choosing unique stationery.
Episode 36 Features: Examine the strength of your relationship by visiting IKEA together! Why has IKEA recently gone for the ‘Clutter Look’? Strategies for answering Multiple Choice Questions.
Episode 35 Features: LEGO’s importance in Creativity & Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly contacted LEGO Headquarters in Denmark as different Personality Types make LEGO in different ways! Dress codes in the workplace. Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly calls for tracksuits to be banned in non-sporting environments in Universities, the importance of becoming involved in Enterprises at School such as a School Store/Shop & the Japanese book store displaying just one book per week.
Episode 34 Features: ‘Crowd Control’ in Schools to diminish Bullying. The merits of The Convention Centre Dublin for crowd flow. Announcement: Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly proves new Asperger’s Syndrome breakthroughs with pre 7-year-old & 10-year-old Children & is referred by National Government Health Services.
Episode 33 Features: ‘The Label Vortex’ & the obsession with Schools going behind Parents backs & having Schoolchildren labeled with Asperger’s Syndrome, Dyslexia & ADHD etc. ‘Resource Hours’ in Schools don’t work, Governments & Education Departments Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly has worked with abroad are more focused on the success of Students, there’s no scope in School for ‘Big Picture Thinking’ & scrap homework in School to focus on projects instead.
Episode 32 Features: The line of sight of People who are homeless observed through a photography project, Tips to cope with Smart Phone addiction, integrate Children into conversations in restaurants instead of shoving a device in their hands! Introverts using music & headphones to cope with crowded environments, Irish Parents playing Big Brother to monitor what their teenagers are doing online & Teenagers expecting instant gratification in the real World due to Social Media.
Episode 31 Features: Visual Stress in families living with Dyslexia, the importance of non-fluorescent lighting & low wattage light bulbs in the workplace, why people shouldn’t be looking at any type of screen 30 minutes before bedtime, choosing more readable fonts for spreadsheets, the best desk colour to work on, Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly recommends the 'Pocket' App for organizing news articles, Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly also recommends the 'Rules' App for Sequencing & some of the most creative people in the history of the World never worked 9 to 5!
Episode 30 Features: An entire Episode dedicated to the Introverts versus Extroverts debate! Introverts & Extroverts find Public Speaking difficult - even TED & TEDx Speakers! The best combinations of Personality Types to have working together in stores and cafés & Confidence is key to closing high end business deals.
Episode 29 Features: Debunking Introvert Extrovert myths in classrooms, how Teachers can recognize when classes are functioning well, why Children shut down in class from age 10, Maths explained through ‘Speed Dating’ type games, the importance of Heroes, Vision Boards, The Secret & The Law of Attraction to some Personality Types & recommending online & offline Vision Boards for Children.
Episode 28 Features: Adventures in Introvert Extrovert myth busting! Device advice for people living with Learning Difficulties. Horrible assumptions about Dyspraxia in the press.
Episode 27 Features: Encouraging Teachers to highlight when they make mistakes, why traditional School stationery suppresses expression, discover the best colours to use on whiteboards & everyday incidents negatively affecting Children in adulthood.
Episode 26 Features: Introverted teenage boys dropping out of the School system, discussing Susan Cain’s book on Introverts ‘Quiet’, what stresses Extrovert students out during exams, the benefits of Origami, Noise Canceling Headphones, LEGO, Jigsaws, colouring books for grown-ups, exercise, cooking & puzzles for personal wellbeing & Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly recommends ‘Momentum Valley’ App for Dyspraxia & Directional Difficulties.
Episode 25 Features: Get inside the minds of Small Business Owners, how timing is crucial to success in Business & why an M.B.A. qualification suits Employees more than Entrepreneurs.
Episode 24 Features: The Definition of a ‘Seminar Junkie’, discussing Sir Ken Robinson’s book ‘Finding Your Element’ & Dr. Claudia Hammond’s book ‘Time Warped.’ Building exam Time Management Skills. Hidden reasons behind drivers failing their driving tests & toys Children can play with to enhance Space Relations Skills.
Episode 23 Features: Why People in Denmark are so happy. Discussing Helen Russell’s book “The Year of Living Danishly.” Secrecy is good for Business. Observing happiness in Children in Spain & the levels of interaction with People living with disabilities.
Episode 22 Features: Discussing Nature versus Nurture. Why conventional Personality Testing in the workplace is terrifying. Introverts & Extroverts reacting differently to Ireland’s new post code system.
Episode 21 Features: Do you hold Anxiety in your head or stomach? Joint Writing & how Dyslexics think faster than they can write. Why Dyslexics need to read & write daily so they don’t forget how to. Highly Visual People experiencing vivid nightmares. Huge creativity in Children who don’t watch T.V. Kindle settings for Dyslexics. Ergonomic pens & writing styles. Dyslexic friendly fonts.
Episode 20 Features: Reasons why Dyslexic Children find escalators & playing music difficult. Seeing colour in music and Dyslexics finding patterns in music. 3 new Methods from Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly - Purple Speech Paths®, Purple Empathy Creation® & Purple Integration Programmes®. Tips on how to deal with a perfectionist Child & Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly discovers there are two types of Practical people.
Episode 18 Features: How different Personality Types cope at home. How Introverts & Extroverts differ when choosing holiday/vacation destinations & types of accommodation.
Episode 17 Features: Educational blueprints, Charles Dickens’ limited education & impact on Global literacy, Interviewing International celebrities about literacy & not being permitted to make the content public, why Hogwarts in Harry Potter got School wrong & Dr. Naoisé O’Reilly unveils Her education wish list.
Episode 16 Features: What is Success? How Personality Theory differs from Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP.
Episode 15 Features: Teenage themed Films “Girlhood,” “Boyhood” & “Pyjama Girls.” Observations on the Referendums in Ireland, Socioeconomic Expression differences & the school bullying of a Student living with disability witnessed in an International fast food outlet.
Episode 14 Features: Legacy & the importance of your Name relating to Success in Families, Royal Families or a Dynasty. Why people Stutter. Language Patterns & Speech volume levels in different socioeconomic areas.
Episode 13 Features: Are You Left Handed, Right Handed or Ambidextrous & the impact on Creativity. The Pressure Cooker Effect™. The Immune systems of Dyslexics.
Episode 12 Features: Work Life Balance. Life satisfaction levels. Sleep patterns. Tips for Insomnia. Dreams & keeping a dream diary. Nightmares. Anxiety. Dyslexic sleep patterns. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD. Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour OCD. Premier League professional Footballers & Hypnosis.
Episode 10 Features: Anti Bullying. What makes someone a victim to Bullies? Guidelines for dealing with Bullies. The difference between Bullying in School & Bullying in the Workplace. The Insecurities of Bullies.
Episode 9 Features: Did You know many Children are strategically branded with labels so they can receive additional School resources? Quality controls when correcting School, College/University Exam Papers & what’s important to 10-year-old Children?
Episode 8 Features: Getting inside the minds of Professional Athletes, Premier League Footballers, why Professional Soccer Players underperform, Dyslexics naturally seeing patterns in data & the personality of horses winning races.
Episode 7 Features: Exploring the origins of Eating Disorders & Self Harm in Teenagers, the importance of Expression, why lack of Expression leads to multiple issues in society, Intelligence, IQ Tests, Asperger’s Syndrome & why Italians are natural born designers!
Episode 6 Features: Productivity in the Workplace, Work Life Balance, the significance of the colour purple, why homework in School teaches Employees to take work home, the structure of writing a Ph.D. Dissertation/Masters Degree Thesis & the mathematics of writing a novel.
Episode 5 Features: ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, 4 Learning Styles, Processing Scales, Learning Difficulties such as Dyslexia & Dysgraphia, Personality Types, Visual & Hearing Impairments, Visual & Auditory Processing Disorders & concentration levels.
Episode 4 Features: Trauma from School in Adults & Children, the epidemic labeling of Children & Teenagers, Learning Difficulties & Education system failures.
Episode 3 Features: Teenagers with genetic Learning Difficulties turning violent at home, Personality Types, making Methods open source & when Twins are total opposites!
Episode 2 Features: Introverts & Extroverts explained. How Introverts & Extroverts share the same World & how they differ on Social Media!
This is the old intro - I record a new episode one in June 2020 Naoisé
Episode 1 Features: Introducing the Genre of the Psychology of Success and how 1 hour can have more impact than 35 hours at School.