United Kingdom, May 23 -- Jewel thinks everyone is "destined to be heartbroken" at some point in life.

The 50-year-old singer - who has 11-year-old son Kae with ex-husband Ty Murray and has also previously been linked to the likes of Hollywood star Sean Penn - explained that while people have no control over how their life may "change", they do have control over how it "changes" them as a person.

In a new 10-minute experience titled 'The Portal', she said: "The secret is, we don't get to choose how life changes, only how it changes us.

"The secret is all of our hearts are destined to be broken at some point, but it's what we do with the pieces that make us extraordinary. Make something beautiful of your broken things."

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