“Accessibility is critical,” the singer-songwriter writer tells News of her collaboration with the virtual reality platform Innerworld, which provides free peer-to-peer mental health support.
Jewel is continuing to make mental health resources available to anyone who requires them.
In her most recent venture, the 48-year-old singer-songwriter is a co-founder of Innerworld, a virtual reality-based wellness centre. Where people can use an anonymous avatar to entrance free mental health tools in a safe space.
“Innerworld is a scalable explanation that is available 24 hours a day. Seven days a week, and provides genuine peer-to-peer support,” Jewel tells News.
The platform offers an alternative to traditional talk therapy by combining evidence-based mental health support with the immersive power of social virtual worlds. Anyone can attend live virtual reality mental health support groups on Meta Quest or via flat screen on Mac, PC, iPad, and iPhone.
“You can log into Innerworld if you’re acutely triggered,” says Jewel, who also serves as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer. “Everyone has an avatar, a live guide, and constant peer-to-peer programming based on proven cognitive behavioural methods.”
It’s the latest way Jewel is assisting those in need; she co-founded the Inspiring Children’s Foundation 21 years ago, a non-profit dedicate to transforming. The lives of at-risk youth in Las Vegas through a holistic approach to physical, emotional, also social well-being.
“I moved out at 15, also I knew that statistically, kids like me end up repeating the cycle. She told news previously. “I did not want to be a statistic, but there was no safety net for people like me. I couldn’t afford therapy or other forms of traditional help. She didn’t even have a family system that would or could support me.
“So, with Inspiring Children, we set out 21 years ago to see if we could find systems and ways to help people like me. Who had complex trauma or even just general anxiety, and see if we could make a meaningful difference.”