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author Bryan E. Robinson

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Bryan E. Robinson

Author and Psychotherapist

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April 8, 2022

From Abuse To Homelessness To Fame, Singer Jewel Now Supports Workplace Mental Health

“Singer/songwriter Jewel is working to help employers invest in their Human Capital in a more meaningful way by solving pain points for employees. I had a chance to sit down with the recording artist and ask her about her journey from abuse and homelessness to musical fame and workplace mental health advocacy—which has personal roots, penned in her best-selling memoir, Never Broken.

Growing up with no running water on an Alaskan homestead where she was indoors for eight months out of the year, Jewel knows about isolation. Her parents had a show in hotels for tourists, and she grew up singing cover songs in bars. “When I started having high anxiety around eight or nine, I saw people in bars drinking, trying to outrun their pain,” Jewel said. “And I saw it never worked and made a promise to myself to learn to handle the pain as it came.” After moving out of an abusive household at 15, Jewel was homeless by age 18, hitchhiking across the country and learning to play the guitar so she could street sing along the way, learning to shoplift as a way to handle stress, anxiety and trauma…”

Read the full article on Forbes HERE.

Upcoming Events

  • Apr 01, 20235:00pm - 8:00pm
    Premiere of the TV pilot based on the novel LIMESTONE GUMPTION by Bryan Robinson
    The Diana Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
    18 Biltmore Ave.
    Asheville, NC 28801
  • May 04, 20237:00pm - 8:00pm
    Book signing at Another Story Bookshop
    Another Story Bookshop
    315 Roncesvalles Ave.
    Toronto, ON
    Click here for more info.
  • May 11, 20236:00pm - 7:00pm
    Book signing (virtual and on-site) at Malaprops Bookstore
    Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe
    55 Haywood Street
    Asheville, NC 28801
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  • Sep 08, 202312:00pm - 4:00pm
    Resiliency 2023

    Dr. Robinson co-hosts this four hour live international broadcast to over 100 countries and six of the seven continents. Over 30 celebrities, politicians and psychologists offer their expertise on how to remain resilient in these turbulent times.

    Click here for more info.

News

  • Dr. Robinson on The Happy Molecule Podcast

    May 24, 2021

    Dr. Robinson joins host Kevin Frankish to discuss his book and strategies for dealing with mental health.

    CLICK HERE TO LISTEN FOR FREE

  • Dr. Robinson Speaks to the Mississippi Nurses’ Association

    April 22, 2021

  • Dr. Robinson Discusses “Micro-Chillers”

    April 14, 2021

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