Purple Psychology

Abdicating responsibility in supportign your child - there is a whole industry queued up waiting to feed off your family. In creating these courses I'm asking you to take reusability as a family to create the trajectory of support - for the most difficult conversations; suicide, self-harm, eating disorders,  isolation, anxiety, school refusal, literacy and learning challenges.I'm asking you to find the gifts here in the truth.  I'm asking you to take ownership of your child's development.   This is as big as when I closed my physical school to work more impactfully with families - so they couldn't leave their problems at my door and go off to the supermarket.    Courses:Changing Literacy and Numeracy Learning ChallengesSchool Refusal - Teens Trapped in Bedrooms - School AnxietyIntroduction to HomeschoolingSelf-Harm, Suicide prevention and Eating Disordershttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/collections

You don't get to be academic and not humanitarian - It's time for this narrative to change - the Israeli Universities need to stop sanctioning their academic staff who stand up for humanitarian rights - if they deserve to be included in international collaborations again.  Jewish journalist, Gideon Levy, speaking on the use of Jewish Victimhood (he is qualified to speak on this - not me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK7NOniv2pwhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CzgCFVNuCRn/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSPFuHSopo

Factors for doing well in examsThere are 8 - being a swat in your bedroom is just one of them... 

Introducing - Changing Literacy and Numeracy Learning Challenges Program This course is why I have been called a wizard - and it contains magic. The very practical approach I take is designed to get even the most reluctant learner involved.I've developed the support my own parents couldn’t find for me. I always promised students that an hour with us was worth three in your bedroom. Now you get to recreate this for your child. Course Link: https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com

Online course to integrate Homeschooling into the Home https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.comIf you are embarking on homeschooling for any age, any background any learning challenge - for a week, a month a year or life - this program is about creating holistic learning and life balance skills for life.  By the end of the program, you should feel as excited as me about the possibilities that homeschooling offers.    I read an extract of this book - not because I love it but I do agree with some statements! It's as if the author learns from mistakes we all make. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WEv4wUUYQj&rank=1The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual GrowthM. Scott Peck

Online Course for Trapped Teen - School Refusal - School Anxiety https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.comThe term Teen goes way beyond an age limit - these people are still dependent on us. They are the outliers of the world with much to offer us - the greatest tragedy is they have worked out the system is broken and doesn't meet modern needs for our world - we've yet to catch up! This program is about fostering their talents to engage with the world again and contribute all they have to offer us.     

New Online Program to Support Families with Self-harm, Eating Disorders and Suicide Prevention https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.comI read an extract from this book not because I wove it - but because of the place the author gets to in realising that in order to get your best results working with people - you take a part of them through you and you are changed - and in that change is healing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WEv4wUUYQj&rank=1The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual GrowthM. Scott PeckThese are very difficult topics and I have taken through all the situations I've met in over a decade in recording it for you.       

Critical Thinking Unversity League TablesAll of the skill universities are meant to be teaching students on full display on their front lawns and they call in politicians and law enforcement rather than celebrating their students. It might be time to use your own critical thinking to decide what league tables are really based on? Student celebration, initiative, political change and welfare are not top priorities. 

Kindness is not a disease - you just don't expect or know how to play the games of insecure unkind people This book is based on the best fictional character I've ever read to bring together my own school experiences of bullying, isolation and the depths of where this can take you too. I was lucky I had the contrast of home to not go to the depths of self-harm or suicidal thoughts. The Apple Tart of Hope Sarah Moore Fitzgeraldhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/142318557-the-apple-tart-of-hope-by-moore-fitzgerald-sarah-2015-paperback

How comparison crushes usThe most destructive habit that holds us back and that we can land ourselves in at any stage of our development.. no one is immune ... even me! 

Forget blanket statements on technology being 'bad' for us ... it's how we use the tool for our well-being which determines our mental health. We can't assume that if you have a smartphone you have anxiety, depression and concentration challenges. Use pick-up data, notifications settings, scheduled downtime and nighttime mode to change your habits. Change your practices for good well-being, engagement and a learning tool - and then change your parents! 

I love it when I'm proven right ... even if i need to wait a decade for the research to prove my innate knowing on how best to create a secure society!

My Ireland - my home is not the same as an American's Irish. An Authentic expression podcast I am drawn to make public  

Dissecting the Happiness Index - the qualities humans seem to need for happiness are pretty disturbing and unsustainable as a society.  

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

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

All I wish career guidance considered while helping people to pick a career - it's time to change our focus from the hamster wheel to a lifestyle choice

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

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

What are white supremacists really trying to kill with their bombs?