Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson

Columbine Survivor, Crystal Miller, tells the story of the traumatic, life changing day- April 20, 1999 when two active shooters killed 13 kids and wounded many others right before her eyes. Crystal describes the experience and also how she has used that experience to help others with a similar story. She is the author of 3 books, including two children's books, to help kids understand how to proc...

Kelly here, hi. I am reposting this podcast this week because I simply do not know what else to do. After a mass shooting, that ended in 7 people (including 3 children) dead, just down the road from my home in Nashville this week, I do not have the words yet to talk about this again. Many of my close friends and specifically their children were greatly impacted by this shooting and to say that thi...

Kelly and Chip welcome Dr. Hayden Shafer, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who provides care through the Program for LGBTQ Health, specializing in delivery of primary care and gender affirming treatments across the state. Dr. Shafer speaks from his medical experience working with patients dealing with gender incongruence and educates the duo on the multi- layered proc...

Kelly talks to Ray Taffe, founder of SELM (Sensually Embodied Leadership Methodology). Ray is a "teacher for high achieving women ready to deepen the overall quality and intimacy of their lives, in every area." She discusses the inner protectors that we use to stay safe and how these protectors may show up and sabotage our present day. The women also break down how to make decisions from your body...

In 2023, it feels like a lot of decisions are made from fear and not knowing the humans behind things. Kelly and Chip welcome Adam Biga, aka The Princess, from Rupaul’s Drag Race and queen of Nashville’s drag scene, to talk about the art and creativity of drag. Adam describes the process and time that goes into each creative drag performance and explains what drew him to drag in the first place. H...

Kelly talks to relationship author, Rikki Cloos of @anxiousheartsguide , about navigating different attachment styles in relationships. Most of us have heard about anxious, avoidant and secure attachment styles at this point, but do you know how to grow through your attachment style and navigate relationships with other attachment styles? According to Rikki, much of the attachment work out there f...

Kelly and Chip discuss the new bill happening in Tennessee to ban and control drag. They stay as far away from the political aspects of this conversation while trying to bring to light the humanity, creativity and connectivity not being discussed in most arguments happening nationwide.  Follow Velvet's Edge on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velvetsedge/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Kelly talks to Bestselling Author, and founder of the Simply Be Agency, Jessica Zweig about owning your authenticity as your super power in life and business. Jessica tells her own story of outward success while being completely disconnected from self and the breakdown that followed and then led her to her own true purpose. The women share their own realizations into the power of leaning into who...

Kelly and Chip introduce this month’s theme of metamorphosis. Chip talks about introducing his boyfriend to his family. Kelly discusses her latest role as video love interest for Kip Moore in Damn Love.  Follow Kelly: @velvetsedge  Follow Chip: @chipdorsch Email: theedge@velvetsedge.com   Follow Velvet's Edge on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velvetsedge/ See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Kelly welcomes Master Astrologer, Marvin Wilkerson, to discuss the major shifts we can expect in March. As all astrologers are predicting right now, March is expected to be a month of major shake ups and beginnings of transformation globally. Marv describes some of the things we can expect, while also explaining how both masculine and feminine energies play a roll in our upcoming needs.    Email: ...

Kelly and Chip wrap up this month’s podcast and discuss what they took away from the word: EXPAND. Lots of bloopers and left uncensored.  Follow Kelly: @velvetsedge  Follow Chip: @chipdorsch Email: theedge@velvetsedge.com   Follow Velvet's Edge on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velvetsedge/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As seen on Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degeneres, past-life psychic, spiritual teacher and award-winning author, Ainslie MacLeod, joins Kelly to talk about soul ages, soul personalities, past lives and more. Ainslie describes his hesitant journey to accepting his psychic abilities and how he communicates with spirit guides now to give people information about their own soul's journey. Kelly asks Ainsl...

 Kelly and Chip talk to former porn star turned podcaster, Candice Horbacz (known as Eva Lovia in the porn industry) to learn more about what really goes on within the porn industry. The conversation highlights the life lessons present anywhere/everywhere when we open our eyes and minds and pay attention. Candice speaks to her experience with setting boundaries, owning one's own power, letting go...

Kelly is revisiting a conversation she had with coach and CEO of Sensual Energy Alchemy, Devi Maisha, in 2020 around how to tap into your true sexual energy. In a culture that is both sex obsessed and sex shaming equally, Devi Maisha talks about addressing your own narratives around sex and breaking down your own walls to lean into an act that is as essential to humans as breathing and eating. She...

Kelly and Chip tackle this month’s word expand as it comes in music as an artist evolves. Topics of Grammy’s, Beyoncé and Madonna’s latest Twitter battle. They discuss bodily evolution, evolution in relationships and our own inner evolution and self confidence.  Follow Kelly: @velvetsedge  Follow Chip: @chipdorsch Email : theedge@velvetsedge.com Follow Velvet's Edge on Instagram: https://www.insta...

Kelly talks to psychologically and neuroscience MSC turned author, Matt Zemon, about the journey of psychedelics as medicine. Kelly talks about her personal journey with psilocybin, how and why she did it and what she got out of it. Matt gives clarity on the impact of psychedelics on the brain compared to anti depressants/other western medicines. The duo also talk about current government regulati...

Kelly and Chip reveal the word of the month that will guide all of the guests and themes of February. They talk about why they picked this month during what is typically labeled "the month of love" and also what it means on a broader scale culturally.  “As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.” -  Mahatma Ghandi     Que...

Master Astrologer and coach, Marvin Wilkerson, joins Kelly on the first of February to discuss Kelly’s new feelings on relationships. Marv gives his spiritual perspective on the real purpose of soulmates, Kelly’s explains her new recent revelations about the focus on relationships in our culture and more on love. The two discuss the intellectual, unemotional Aquarian energy and the impact of that...

 Kelly and Chip sort through your feedback for the podcast this month and discuss how the themes continued to show up in their lives with purpose and daring. They each gave their monthly way that their word inspired change and growth in their lives. Kelly reads some of your words for the year. Follow Kelly: @velvetsedge  Follow Chip: @chipdorsch Email: theedge@velvetsedge.com   Follow Velvet's Edg...

Self Care is such a buzz word in our culture, but it's often associated with random quick fixes that only temporarily give us a fix. In this episode, Kelly talks to Taylor Elyse Morrison, founder and author of Inner Workout, about ways to start having a self-care conversation with yourself, even if it makes you want to cringe. Taylor shares the 5-dimensions of well being and explains how we have m...

Kelly & Chip talk to psychotherapist and author, Terri Cole, about what may be their most "daring" and "purposeful" challenge this year....learning to set and hold boundaries. Terri's book, Boundary Boss: The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free  gives easy changes and action steps that you can take in your life to change the way you relate to others, your career or j...

With this month's words "Dare" & "Purpose" in mind, Kelly revisits a conversation she had with iconic fashion designer, Norma Kamali. Norma Kamali is one google search away from loads of outward success stories- from Farrah Fawcett's classic red swimsuit, to the "Carrie" dress on Sex and the City- her designs have catapulted a career in fashion for over 50 years. However, in true Velvet's Edge...

Description: With the magnitude of press surrounding Meghan Markle and Prince Harry opening up publicly, Kelly and Chip decide that it would be impossible to ignore discussions around these stories. However, instead of simply weighing in on their opinions about the happenings, the duo uses their words of the year, dare and purpose, to discuss both sides of what is happening. They each speak to why...

Kelly talks to LCSW, Yahoo's #1 relationship expert and author of MANifesting Love: A Step by Step Guide to Attracting the Love That is Meant For You, Jaime Bronstein, about the simple ways to attract the love you want. Jaime speaks about the top ways she sees clients block themselves from finding the relationships of their dreams and how our outside experiences reflect our inner reality.  "If we...

Kelly and Chip start the new year with their tradition of assigning a word of the year to set the intention. They discuss why they do this instead of doing New Year's resolutions:  "Resolution setting has an old frequency and comes from a place of lack."  They both discuss how they saw last year's words play out in their lives and how the vibe has completely shifted moving forward into a new year....