Inner Insights with Dr. Darragh Stewart
Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 13 segments
What happens when we stop performing and allow ourselves to be truly seen? In this episode of the Inner Insights Podcast, I sit down with Irish writer, poet, spoken word performer and…
Daragh FlemingGuest
Dara StewartHost
I was, like, the [laughs] one of the first, the first people in, like, my wider friend, friend group at the time to go to yoga, you know? And now it's like-
The thing about the bubble you mentioned there is so interesting 'cause, like, for me, like, being, like, vulnerable and open feels very normal.
Like, to talk about my emotions feels ver- at this point feels extremely just, like, regular, and because that's just how I've lived my life for 10 years.
But you do forget that, like, that isn't the norm for a lot of people, and you do have to meet people where they're at, and everyone gets to that place at a different time in their lives and, you know.
Even men and women who are older than me, like my mother in particular, like, because of the work I've been doing over the last 10 years, she's opened up so much, and she's, you know, she's in her 60s now and, like, so, you know, people get to that place at different point in, points in their lives, and I think that's okay.
But I think because we live in this world of, like, instant gratification and, like, black and white thinking and all the rest, that, like, people want results immediately.
Especially when you t- when you think about, like, men and masculinity and trying to get men to be, like, comfortable with emotions.
It's gonna happen in trailblazers, like, pushing the boat out a little bit and then it becoming easier over time, but it's not gonna happen overnight.
Yeah, and that, that's for where I always bring in, like, the compassion piece, you know, trying to, you know, really understand where people are at and, you know, looking at their, themselves as a whole.
Like, they have their own personal stuff, but they also have their, like, their intergenerational trauma and, you know-
I was, like, the [laughs] one of the first, the first people in, like, my wider friend, friend group at the time to go to yoga, you know? And now it's like-
The thing about the bubble you mentioned there is so interesting 'cause, like, for me, like, being, like, vulnerable and open feels very normal.
Like, to talk about my emotions feels ver- at this point feels extremely just, like, regular, and because that's just how I've lived my life for 10 years.
But you do forget that, like, that isn't the norm for a lot of people, and you do have to meet people where they're at, and everyone gets to that place at a different time in their lives and, you know.
Even men and women who are older than me, like my mother in particular, like, because of the work I've been doing over the last 10 years, she's opened up so much, and she's, you know, she's in her 60s now and, like, so, you know, people get to that place at different point in, points in their lives, and I think that's okay.
But I think because we live in this world of, like, instant gratification and, like, black and white thinking and all the rest, that, like, people want results immediately.
Especially when you t- when you think about, like, men and masculinity and trying to get men to be, like, comfortable with emotions.
It's gonna happen in trailblazers, like, pushing the boat out a little bit and then it becoming easier over time, but it's not gonna happen overnight.
Yeah, and that, that's for where I always bring in, like, the compassion piece, you know, trying to, you know, really understand where people are at and, you know, looking at their, themselves as a whole.
Like, they have their own personal stuff, but they also have their, like, their intergenerational trauma and, you know-
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