Living With and Through Deep Anxieties with Jewel

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

You might know bits and pieces of Jewel’s story. Homeless girl hitchhiking into the lower 48 from Alaska. Making music. Being robbed by her mother. What you might not know is how deeply and wisely she thinks about anxiety. This is one to share with every person you love who is sometimes gripped by panic. Please note that this episode references alcoholism, abuse and suicide. Special thanks to the Lafayette Library and Learning Center in Lafayette, CA. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why aren't we taught what to do with pain?
0:03.8	Why is everybody in pain and not one person is what to do with it?
0:07.2	What happened to us?
0:13.8	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:15.4	I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I'm wondering how healing happens for adults, yes, but
0:21.6	maybe more importantly and impressively for young adults.
0:26.0	My thought partner is Jewel.
0:28.1	She's a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who has spent many years focused on transforming
0:34.8	her own childhood trauma into something useful for kids across America.
0:41.1	I found her to be as articulate and insightful about mental health issues as anyone I have spoken to.
0:49.1	So please join me for a very moving conversation with Jewel.
0:53.7	We'll be right back with Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:58.1	Welcome back to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
1:11.5	I'm Kelly Corrigan.
1:13.1	You know, it's a funny thing to say about a person who has sold 30 million albums worldwide,
1:18.2	but Jewel's greatest accomplishment may be her everyday well-being.
1:23.9	The child of an absentee mother and an alcoholic father from Homer, Alaska,
1:29.2	Jewel left home at 15.
1:31.2	By 18, she was shoplifting and homeless and writing the songs that became a critical part of a
1:37.3	generation's soundtrack.
1:39.6	Beyond music, she's devoted herself to popularizing best practices from neuroscience and
1:45.3	psychology to help kids from circumstances a lot like her own lead lives of emotional safety
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