Look and Listen

Biography

Jewel Tyler is a native of Washington, D.C. She spent her younger years giving back to the community through a youth arts organization she founded. She left D.C. in 1989 to pursue a fashion design career in Los Angeles, California. Jewel spent the last twenty years in several successful fields. Her career has spanned from the corporate world to the entertainment industry and her own natural healing product line. Jewel is currently pursuing her Doctor of Naturopathy degree. Jewel never lost the dream to write and when the Lord called her in 2005 to put "pen to paper" regarding her walk with him, she answered by penning her intimate journey with God in the form of a book. The Skin I’m In – An Intimate Journey With God is the first in a series Jewel has published. Jewel has received numerous certificates over the years as a guest lecturer for colleges and universities. Her awards include nods from the late Mayor Tom Bradley, Michael Woo as well as Maxine Waters in Los Angeles, for her successful fashion design business and youth outreach programs. Jewel currently resides in Dallas, Texas. She attends Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship under the spiritual tutelage of Dr. Tony Evans.

Inspiration

Writing The Skin I'm In was one of the most difficult tasks I have ever set out to do. Because it required me going back through my past and relive experiences I would have much preferred to stay as a lost memory. To fully express exactly what I was going through when being raped, or being beaten by the men in my life was not easy. I believe the most challenging portion of the book to write was about my brother's deaths. Digging through old newspaper articles that explained explicit details of how my brother was murdered took months to put pen to paper. However, I realized that every time someone new would cross my path and I would minister to them I was constantly referring to stories in my book about my testimony and how I overcame my adversities. I knew I had to stop procrastinating and finish the book. I have laughed, cried, walked away from the project to only return realizing I had to give God the glory for everything I made it through. I know the book is anointed because many have stepped up to the task of assisting me with editing, only to find themselves under spiritual attack and they walked away. It has been such a wonderful feeling being contacted directly by readers, expressing how my book has and is blessing them! Now that makes all the work, tears, joys and sorrows it took to complete the book worth everything I went through to write the book.