From Homeless to Healed: How Jewel Broke Free From Pain to Pursue A Life of Happiness & Purpose

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Before she was a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Jewel was a homeless teenager fighting to survive. Her journey from instability to global recognition is a masterclass in resilience and radical accountability. After skyrocketing to fame in the ’90s (which, she quickly realized, wasn’t really her thing) Jewel turned her pain into purpose through her mental health advocacy and the Inspiring Children’s Foundation. In this episode, Jewel and Victoria dive deep into how to stop feeling like a victim of your circumstances, why “don’t waste a good disaster” has become her life mantra, practical tools to reframe anxiety into something useful, and how to build true resilience without losing trust in the magic of the universe. Tune in to be grounded, inspired, and reminded of your own power to transform hardship into healing.

Connect with Jewel: @jewel

Learn more about the Inspiring Children Foundation: inspiringchildren.org

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.4	Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back.
0:11.4	Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight.
0:15.9	Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect.
0:19.1	Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered,
0:22.0	and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content
0:27.5	that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just
0:31.8	unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
0:44.5	Hello, everybody and welcome back to RealPod. This episode today will really ground you and
0:50.9	inspire you to feel more connected with yourself and with the universe, I was
0:55.4	blown away by our guest today, Jules, wisdom, insight, and how much she's learned from what's such
1:03.2	a traumatic upbringing. You may know Jule as a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, but what you
1:09.5	might not know about her is what she endured to get there. Jewel grew up on a homestead in Alaska. She moved out at 15, due to an abusive household, became homeless at 18, and soon after was discovered singing in bars. And after her rise to fame in the 90s, she committed herself to helping others access the mental health tools she never had.
1:28.2	And that's through her foundation, the inspiring children's foundation.
1:31.5	There are so many good quotes and takeaways on today's episode. So get your notepad ready
1:36.8	if you're one of those people. But I can guarantee that in this episode, you are going to learn
1:41.1	how to stop feeling like a victim of your circumstances and take radical
1:45.2	accountability for your life. Jewel's also going to share what it means to never waste a good
1:50.5	disaster, aka her advice for turning pain into purpose, and what you need to know about yourself
1:56.5	and the universe so you can learn to trust your gut and leave room for magic. That's something I've
2:01.9	been working on and Jewel has inspired me to continue going deep into that journey. So without further
2:07.0	ado, please help me welcome Jewel on today's episode of Real Pod.
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