Episode 437: The real tragedy of school refusal, school anxiety and self-harm cycle

I know you think that January 2026 has marked a change for the worse - I don't -  it has never been so transparently clear the power of the single human in a collective change and conscious humanity.      

Why are students using AI for essays and what are the impacts on authentic expression Why have I stopped using Grammarly for my creative writing? The irony of what it takes to have a unique authentic report from the system. Why are teachers and academics positively correcting essays generated by AI? It brings into question what skills we are not teaching students and why are the pressures so high at certain points in the academic year? 

What am I actively doing at the moment to keep moving forward? What am I reading? A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other PreachingsMartin Luther King Jrhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13532185-a-gift-of-lovePedagogy of the OppressedPaulo FreireMyra Bergman Ramos (Translator),Donaldo Macedo (Introduction)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72657.Pedagogy_of_the_OppressedTeaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedombell hookshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27091.Teaching_to_Transgress   

Why did I return Malcome Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point? How change has happened in the patterns of behaviours in Ireland over Christmas and how these impact the 'big systems' we feel are unchangeable? What to change on setting your New Year resolutions, goals intentions,Make up your own mind, Revenge of the Tipping Point book link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216857785-revenge-of-the-tipping-point

Do we need a new soundtrack to Christmas that allows us to stay a little more aligned with the present?    Do the traditions cause anxiety?  Maximise the grief and sadness? With Climate Change how many of us will have a white Christmas?  

If we focused on paradoxes and not labels we'd embrace difference ... diversity and just simple human complex nature I can't listen or read or accept any of the limiting views that are meant to be supporting this circus any longer.. how can more attention mean more challenges? It's because of the intention behind the attention.    

Why does every oppressive regime fear the writer? The creator? I reflect on what is being exposed in Syria, and what we have seen taking place in Gaza and the West Bank. Listen to the voices of Palestine:https://theunprecedentedtimes.net/articles/listen-to-the-voices-of-palestinenbspIncluded:The Young H.G. Wells: Changing The WorldClaire Tomalinhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57515294-the-young-h-g-wellsPEN Internationalhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DDPG0grs15B/

What have I been learning and researching in the pause? H.G. Wellshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57515294-the-young-h-g-wellsRosalynn Carterhttps://www.audible.com/podcast/Rosalynn-Carter-Audio-Biography/B0CNP68Z8C?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdphttps://www.audible.com/pd/Jimmy-and-Rosalynn-Carter-Power-and-Human-Rights-1975-2020-Audiobook/B0B21VR7BC?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpJimmy Carterhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330592-a-full-lifeNaom Chomsky:https://youtu.be/Ls6D055tjwo?si=P0Q4lcTLgr3Vbrouhttps://youtu.be/WEnv5I8Aq4I?si=2M7qP_IEjOEXrLymAlan Watts - Lectures - The Void https://youtu.be/7vuFBP8apGQ?si=i5-jD324IVQJsH_YThe Art of War https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Art-of-War-Audiobook/B00URXOQ1E?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpWhat have I created?3 courses on self-care for Human Design Projectors and Reflectors (Orchestrators and Calibrators) https://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/young-human-design-projectorhttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/ultimate-human-design-reflector-self-carehttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com/courses/Human-Design-Projector-Guide

The world has worked out how to manipulate Teens (and their parents) by the sheer fact that they are driven by outward influence - everyone is feeding off this need for their financial gain. From education to social media to big corporations and pop stars. Links:WTF - What Teens Feelhttps://www.patreon.com/purplepsychology/shop/w-hat-t-eens-f-eel-11363?source=storefrontNaom Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent Documentary https://youtu.be/BQXsPU25B60?si=cbxunNY-PgV3iQx6The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullmanhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41637836-the-subtle-knife?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WaVr3qj8xN&rank=2

The talented souls who are sent to the equivalent of daycare and who have so much to offer our humanity are the ones I can't forget.  The system is happy because they are occupied and I know the solutions for our future have been lost. The course I have poured my soul into and all of the experiences I have learnt from over the last 15 years - all the success storieshttps://dr-naoise-oreilly.thinkific.com