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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Jordan Younger – Breaking Vegan (book)
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Listen to Jordan’s podcast – The Balanced Blonde Podcast // Soul On Fire
Jordan Younger – Soul On Fire (Yoga E-Book)
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I do have to admit I didn’t listen to the entire podcast because the first five minutes irritated me enough to turn it off. I’m sure Jordan had many in the vegan community angry when she stopped being vegan, but for the most part she angered vegans for blaming a vegan diet for her physical ailments from being orthorexic. There’s quite a difference between orthorexia and a vegan diet. If she just chose not to use the title “Breaking Vegan” (a title used to create controversy and sell books) the reaction from vegans wouldn’t have been so harsh.
I disagree. Her health issues didn’t stem solely from her orthorexia but mainly from veganism. All vegans and vegetarians have a form of orthorexia. Ultimately, all extreme diets are not healthy as the human body was designed to eat a variety of foods. Most people – mostly women – don’t do well at all on veg diets and it shows.
I thought Jordan’s candor was refreshing and her message very powerful. I’m sure many others can relate to her struggles.
Your comment reflects a lack of empathy and how close minded the veg community is. I think her testimonial and the backlash she received speaks volumes to what being vegan does to your brain.