Still young at heart , mind , body , and soul , Jewel ’ s mission has always been to share her thoughts and feelings with her fans through her lyrics , which has now led her to divulge in even greater detail .
Jewel recording music in the studio , at right , and below , opposite page , fine tuning her notes at the studio mixing board
Philip Macias photo
Still young at heart , mind , body , and soul , Jewel ’ s mission has always been to share her thoughts and feelings with her fans through her lyrics , which has now led her to divulge in even greater detail . Her long-awaited memoir , Never Broken , was a huge hit upon its release in 2015 , spawning an idea for something even grander –– jewelneverbroken . com .
“ My effort with the website is to give people a place to get an emotional education ,” she explains . “ The reason the subtitle for my website is ‘ Make happiness a habit ’ is because there really is an aspect of learning how to train your brain , and make it work for you , instead of letting it hijack you constantly . That is a part of us , and it ’ s a learnable skill .”
Jewel strongly believe that expanding one ’ s horizons is just as important as maintaining their current ones . By dabbling in acting , poetry and other creative outlets , she ’ s always made a point to grow , an effort that paid dividends in September when her hilarious segment on Comedy Central ’ s Roast of Rob Lowe became the unexpected talk of the show .
“ I think it ’ s really important to put yourself in uncomfortable situations as much as possible ,” she says . “ You never get to expand and grow if you don ’ t push yourself beyond your comfort level . My life has been about that . You build actual , real self-esteem from the inside out when you give yourself an opportunity to rise to a challenge . It ’ s scary , and it ’ s frightening , but when you prove things to yourself , your self-esteem and your confidence is built in a good , healthy way , versus from an external source . I really like challenges . It doesn ’ t always mean I win every time . It really isn ’ t honestly about that . It ’ s how hard did I try ? Did I put myself out there ? Did I take the risk ?” o
DENTON COUNTY Living Well Magazine | NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2016
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