Why We Try to Fix Everyone: Kelly & Chip on Emotional Support (The Edge)
Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
After Kelly’s Wednesday conversation with therapist and author Nidhi Tewari about attunement and communication, Kelly and Chip take the discussion into real-world territory.
Why do we immediately jump into advice when someone is upset? How often are people actually asking for solutions versus simply wanting to be heard? And why do certain “supportive” phrases somehow make things worse?
Through relatable scenarios, gut-reaction moments, and playful debates, Kelly and Chip unpack the instinct to fix, the pressure to say the right thing, and the subtle ways we misread what others need from us. The conversation also dives into why emotions make so many people uncomfortable — and how that shapes friendships, dating, and everyday interactions.
A lighter, honest look at communication habits, emotional support, and the phrases that can either calm a moment… or completely derail it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:15.4 | Happy Friday. |
| 0:18.7 | How goes it? |
| 0:20.6 | You know. |
| 0:22.5 | Good answer. |
| 0:23.9 | It's a Friday. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm always glad when it's a Friday. |
| 0:27.0 | It does feel a little relieving. |
| 0:28.3 | Although I will say I have been working such odd hours and days. |
| 0:32.2 | Like, I don't even know what day of the week it is half the time. |
| 0:34.3 | It feels like I don't even, I'm not, I don't know, especially if you work on a |
| 0:39.0 | weekend, it really throws you all. Yeah, I'm, I agree. But I also like there's something about, |
| 0:44.9 | and I don't know if this is like a post-COVID thing, because it always kind of felt this way |
| 0:49.7 | and, and especially the music industry, but I feel like it's this way across the board now. |
| 0:56.1 | Like Fridays just feel different. |
| 0:58.1 | Like they feel lighter. |
| 1:00.0 | They feel like people are starting to wind down for the weekend. |
| 1:03.6 | And I don't think that it was always that way across the board. |
| 1:07.3 | What about TJIF back in the day? |
| 1:09.6 | I guess there's that. I remember growing up like we got pizza every Friday. We watched T.J.I.F. Back in the day. I guess there's that. |
| 1:11.3 | I remember growing up, like we got pizza every Friday. We watched TGIF. |
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