Gwen Stefani’s recent emotional turmoil has spurred her into writing songs.

The No Doubt frontwoman and Used to love you singer is dealing with a lots of upheaval following her split from British rocker Gavin Rossdale last August, which stop their 13-year marriage.

The 41-year-old Misery singer has since poured her emotions into creations for This Is What the Truth Feels Like, her first solo album in decade, and she or he claims she found much the reassurance of songwriting.

“Suddenly I became empowered. It was just like a wake-up call. I was like: ‘This is often a gift’. I haven’t had the oppertunity to do it for a short time but now here I am carrying it out again,” she told Britain’s Hello! magazine.

However, the Hollaback Girl singer asserts that they had been seeking back in touch together with her creative side previous to her divorce.

“I felt like I was within this cocoon and able to bust out. That was happening and before my life blew up during my face,” she said. “Writing this album am powerful. When I recorded it, it didn’t matter that maybe nobody would read it. I wrote enough for 2 albums because I blossomed. It continues to be an incredible journey to me.”

The platinum blonde beauty and Make me like you singer also stated that as a music artist this lady has experienced a myriad of emotions during her career in past times few years and possesses often felt frustrated.

“I think your going through different phases. With art especially, you can find blocked,” she noted, adding, “And with everything containing gone down in my well being in the past 5 years, I just got blocked.”