Jordan Younger is the blogger behind the realness-based wellness and lifestyle blog, The Balanced Blonde. She is also the creator of health-inspired conscious clothing line TBB Apparel and author of the finding-balance memoir, Breaking Vegan.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The origin story of The Blonde Vegan
• How Jordan found out she had an eating disorder
• Going from The Blonde Vegan to The Balanced Blonde
• Why did Jordan go vegan in the first place?
• Becoming addicted to a liquid diet
• What is orthorexia?
• Orthorexia vs. anorexia
• The difference between being orthorexic and being passionate about health
• Getting help for an eating disorder
• Living from a place of authenticity
• Connecting to your body through your breath
• Do away with labelling your diet
• How Jordan winds down at the end of the day/her evening routine
• Acquiring "thebalancedblonde" Instagram account

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Related links:

Jordan Younger - Breaking Vegan (book)

Jordan Younger's website (The Balanced Blonde)

Follow Jordan Younger on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Listen to Jordan's podcast - The Balanced Blonde Podcast // Soul On Fire

Jordan Younger - Soul On Fire (Yoga E-Book)

Listen to Dave Asprey previously on TUHP (episode #159 & #61)

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Lauryn Evarts - The Skinny Confidential

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