What If We’ve Been Getting Grief All Wrong? Finding the Magic in the Tragic with John Tsilimparis (The Velvet)
Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson
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4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Grief isn’t just about death—it shows up in breakups, job loss, identity shifts, and the quiet heartbreaks of everyday life. In this episode, Kelly sits down with grief expert and psychotherapist John Tsilimparis, author of The Magic in the Tragic, to talk about grief recovery, emotional healing, and why our culture gets grief all wrong.
They discuss how unresolved grief can fuel anxiety and panic, the power of mindfulness in emotional chaos, and practical tools for those navigating loss. If you’ve been taught to rush through grief or skip over heartbreak, John offers a completely different approach—one rooted in compassion, mindfulness, and emotional honesty. He shares tangible tools for navigating anxiety, moving through pain instead of avoiding it, and finding meaning in the mess—even when our culture doesn’t give us permission to grieve.
John's website: JohnTsilimparis.com
Book: The Magic In The Tragic
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | So what happened to Chappaquittic? |
| 0:07.2 | Well, it really depends on who you talk to. |
| 0:09.2 | There are many versions of what happened in 1969 |
| 0:11.7 | when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond. |
| 0:15.2 | And left a woman behind to drown. |
| 0:18.7 | Chappaquittic is a story of a tragic death |
| 0:20.7 | and how the Kennedy machine took control. |
| 0:23.4 | Every week, we go behind the headlines |
| 0:25.1 | and beyond the drama of America's royal family. |
| 0:28.3 | Listen to United States of Kennedys |
| 0:30.1 | on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, |
| 0:32.6 | or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Bob Crawford, host of American History Hotline, a different type of podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | You, the listener, ask the questions. |
| 0:46.9 | Did George Washington really cut down a charity? |
| 0:49.1 | Were JFK and Maryland Monroe having an affair? |
| 0:51.5 | And I find the answers. |
| 0:53.2 | I'm so glad you asked me this question. |
| 0:55.2 | This is such a ridiculous story. |
| 0:57.3 | You can listen to American History Hotline on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:07.8 | I knew I wanted to obey and submit, but I didn't fully grasp for the rest of my life what that meant. |
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