The Balanced Blonde Podcast // Soul On Fire

In this episode Jordan chats with her dear friend and mega inspiration (and a new podcaster herself), Kelli Tennant! Kelli is also a longtime survivor of chronic Epstein-Barr Virus, and has dealt with years of misdiagnoses and her illness getting in the way of her life time and again. Because of all she has been through, she’s one of the people that Jordan has been able to call at any time, no matter how sick she is herself, for support and compassion. On her new podcast  The Platform, Kelli is offering that same support and love to all of her listeners – plus a whole lot of awesome stories from other inspiring women – so that we can all learn how to navigate perfectionism, health, criticism, success, and growth.   Kelli and Jordan chat about Kelli’s brave decision to leave her career in sports broadcasting to put her health first, what it was like to be struggling with an illness for years before finding the correct diagnosis, the relief of finding a community that can offer support and love, dating someone

Jordan is cuddling up with Hudson in her brand-new apartment and ready for some REAL TALK. It’s been five weeks since Jordan’s Chronic Lyme Disease diagnosis and, frankly, she has a whole lot to talk about! There’s the initial diagnosis process, the treatments she’s been trying out, all the questions you all have been asking on social media, her health history (which, really, is a brief history of Jordan Younger), and how this diagnosis represents a turning point after a decade of being sick with no answers.   This isn’t a time to complain about the struggles of Chronic Lyme... this is also a celebration of finally having an answer!!   If you suffer from a chronic illness, you are not alone and we hope this episode makes you feel so much more understood. You will heal, and that is what matters.   Are you #OnShrooms yet? Jordan has been loving Four Sigmatic more than ever (if you haven’t already, check out episode 85 with the company’s founder, Tero Isokauppila) because she’s cut out coffee entirely. If you’re

Jordan chats with Ally Hilfiger, the author of Bite Me: How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me and a huge advocate for all of the warriors out there struggling with Chronic Lyme, late stage neurological Lyme disease, and chronic illness in general. As someone who lived through the pain and the struggle firsthand for MANY years, Ally has a much-appreciated perspective on Lyme – and Jordan has a lot of questions! But don’t worry: this episode isn’t a downer at all!! It’s a very positive, lighthearted, and uplifting look at how we CAN heal from chronic illness, as Ally has.   The ladies discuss Ally’s descent into chronic Lyme disease and the many years she went undiagnosed, being misdiagnosed with everything under the sun. Eventually, Ally had to be institutionalized because no one could understand what was plaguing her, and it was there that she was finally diagnosed with late stage Lyme disease. Her journey is fascinating, inspiring, and a true reality for many who live with

Jordan chats with Marissa Lace, whom you may know from her very high-vibe crystal shop (Light, Love, & Lace), her high vibing and super popular YouTube channel, or her equally high vibe Instagram page. Jordan fell in love with Marissa’s YouTube channel a couple of years ago, and the girls quickly became friends after Marissa came on the podcast last year.   Marissa just recently moved back to LA so Jordan was thrilled to have her back on to discuss all things spiritual, high vibe, woo-woo, crystals, family histories, and more. Marissa has an uncanny ability to speak the truth, live the truth, and live in her most authentic and divine radiant light – and Jordan is so excited to share that inspiring light with all of you today!! They get into vulnerable details about everything from money, to business, to family, to spirit guides, and back to business and their brands.   This episode is also a very raw and real look at what it’s like to live with Lyme… as this was in the middle of a particularly difficult “

Jordan chats with the amazing Jasmine Hemsley, a wellness and Ayurveda expert who is helping to bring ancient Eastern philosophies on health & wellness into the modern Western world with her book, East by West: Simple Recipes for Ultimate Mind-Body Balance as well as her incredible cafe in London, Hemsley + Hemsley. Her Ayurvedic tips and tools are so incredibly helpful, and the recipes are delicious. Prepare to fall in love with this self-care queen (if you haven’t already)... because she is also the most adorable fashionista & kindest soul, as you will see!!   Jordan also starts this episode off with something a lot of you have been asking for: another breathwork exercise!! Wherever you are, follow along, tune back into your breath, and set your soul on FIRE!   In this episode we cover everything from Ayurvedic doshas to tips for incorporating more Ayurveda and self-care into your busy lives to foods and grounding practices that will help you feel more centered, whatever your imbalances may be. You

Jordan chats with one of her good friends and fellow wellness bloggers, Nicole Cogan, a fabulous and inspiring human who left the corporate world to start her gluten-free blog NOBREAD five years ago. There’s always so much to talk about when Nicole comes on the show because these girls can talk about anything: hustling at work, their mutual health issues, numerology, shamanism, relationship issues, Nicole’s new hosting gig at This is LA, and of course a quick check in on Vanderpump Rules!!   Jordan has been feeling absolutely wiped since she’s started treatment for her Chronic Lyme (she talks all about getting diagnosed in the intro to last week’s episode), so you’ll probably be seeing a lot of familiar faces on the show for the next few weeks. Good news for you: Jordan has awesome friends, and things always get real + raw when they talk!!   Lately, Jordan has been relying on her Sun Basket deliveries to get great, healthy food on the table! They deliver healthy and delicious recipes with fresh ingredients st

Jordan chats with Elizabeth Kott, who many of you probably know from the incredibly popular, hysterical, and all-around-awesome wellness podcast That’s So Retrograde! Jordan loves Elizabeth’s show (co-hosted with Stephanie Simbari), and if you do too you may know that Elizabeth has been very raw + open about the skin journey she has been on over the last year and a half.   Since Jordan has had ALL the skin issues this year – from eczema to hives to acne to her skin just feeling on fire all the time –  so Elizabeth was the perfect person to have on the show to discuss the ins, the outs, the healing process, and more. If you’re dealing with any skin issues yourself, or even just self-esteem issues, this conversation is a much-needed dose of support + inspiration!!   Are you #OnShrooms yet? Jordan loves Four Sigmatic (if you haven’t already, check out episode 85 with the company’s founder, Tero Isokauppila) because they make it so easy to get these magical, medicinal mushrooms that are packed full of adaptogens,

Jordan chats with a frequent guest and one of her very best friends, the radiant Rachel Mansfield – and be sure to wish this birthday girl a happy birthday on Instagram (@rachLmansfield) with a

The incredible celebrity esthetician Sadie Adams, our wonderful guest, has drastically transformed Jordan’s skin over the past few months through her unique microcurrent facial technique. Not only is she a skincare guru and shamanic facialist, she’s also trained in Ayurveda and yoga from the Ayurvedic Institute!! And on top of that, Sadie leads guided meditations at her home every week. Basically, she has the most soul on fire job EVER because she’s blended everything she loves into a career… can you say inspiring?   If you live in NYC or LA, you can go see Sadie or one of her amazing estheticians, too, at Take Care, a wellness collective of estheticians, meditation, and movement facilitators, focused on continued education, self-care, and balanced living.   In this episode the ladies break down the what, why, and how of microcurrent facials from the science to the energetics. Sadie also discusses how lymphatic drainage can be done at home, as well as her transformational meditation techniques. You won’t want

Jordan chats with Alisa Vitti, a fertility guru, creator of the MyFlo app, and the Author of WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source. Jordan discovered this book at the exact time she needed it most, when she learned that she had a large fibroid on her uterus (when she was getting an IUD inserted, no less!) and reading it completely changed her life. Needless to say, she got her IUD removed just weeks later. Alisa’s book will tell you everything you need to know about your period and hormonal health – and when it comes to our own health, knowledge is the greatest power that we can have.   Alisa is here to end the cult of period misinformation and mythology that makes women suffer needlessly, and her mission is to ensure that women understand how to properly care and nourish themselves to have a healthy hormone balance. You can help yourself by getting the book and checking out the MyFlo app, where you can sync your cycle and just learn abou

Jordan chats with the most important person in her life, the one-and-only Jonathan Albrecht!! The last time Jonathan was on the show, he and Jordan talked all about falling in love with your best friend… but today they’re doing something a little different!   Jordan just got back home from Bali and, for the very first time, she is handing over the mic and letting someone else ask her the questions!! Jonathan asks Jordan all about her trip to Bali and they get to connect about her trip in a whole new way. It’s his first time hearing the answers to these questions as well.   They touch on how it was to be apart for 3 weeks, what some of the biggest emotional takeaways from this solo journey were, where she stayed, what she learned, some of her most PSYCHIC moments, RAW FOOD (of course), and she paints the scene for us of the Bali lifestyle.   As always it’s fun to have Jonathan on to dive a little deeper into their relationship and how it is for them to be reunited (albeit briefly, before Jordan’s water fast) a

Jordan chats with Jeroen De Wit, an absolutely amazing lightworker, healer, and past life regressionist!! Jeroen practices Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, a hypnosis technique developed by renowned hypnotherapist Dolores Cannon. Instead of programming the conscious mind, this unique healing technique accesses the subconscious, or Higher Self, asking for its cooperation in order to heal specific aspects in a person's life.   Jeroen is also a central character of an amazing book that Jordan read in Bali called The Boy Who Knew Too Much: An Astounding True Story of a Young Boy's Past-Life Memories, which is now being turned into a MOVIE (yeah, it’s kind of a big deal)!   Tune in to listen and learn all about past-life regression therapy, the art of hypnosis, how hypnosis and regression can be used for healing, some of the crazy past-life stories and journeys Jeroen has facilitated, all about Jordan’s past-life explorations with Jeroen (spoiler alert: she also saw her current life as a young child - her subco

Jordan is coming at you today from the middle of the jungle, surrounded by monkeys and healing! That’s right, The Balanced Blonde is back in Bali!! But before we get into that, Jordan starts the podcast with something new: a group breathwork exercise!After we’re all more present, positive, and open, Jordan has a LOT to share about her trip: everything she’s experienced & felt in this magical healing oasis, what she’s been manifesting & calling into her life, the different things she’s been able to let go of, travelling alone as a woman, writing poetry, and the answers to some of the questions YOU all asked her on Instagram!! (If you have any questions for Jordan, you can ask her @thebalancedblonde!)   We’d like to thank our sponsor, HUM Nutrition! Jordan has been talking about them on the blog for YEARS because they help her feel amazing, and she wants you to know about them, too! HUM is an all-natural line of supplements, and their goal is to use science-based and clinical-backed nutrition as a tool

Jordan chats with Tero Isokauppila all about SHROOMS! The founder of Four Sigmatic, Tero shares with us all about the origin of his company. As a Finnish native, he first started Four Sigmatic in Finland, and the company has since been Stateside for all of 3 years. It has clearly blown up in that time frame because Tero’s company meets a genuine need in the market! Tero is a 13th generation family farmer and forager and was a student of both chemistry and nutrition- SUCH an interesting combination to prepare him for this business. His successful brand, which sells adaptogenic mushroom coffee and other delicious blends, is a powerhouse in the wellness world! In today’s episode, Jordan asks Tero all about his views on psychedelic mushrooms, to which he shares that people aren’t often educated on the fundamentals of these particular mushrooms, and that they’ve been part of our ancestors’ lives all across the globe for centuries. However, he shares there is still ongoing research to find health benefits for this

Jordan chats with Dr. Frank Lipman, one of the first + most well known functional and integrative medicine doctors! Originally from South Africa, Dr. Lipman immigrated to the United States in 1984. He founded the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center Center in 1992, where according to his website, “he combines the best of Western medicine and cutting edge nutritional science with age-old healing techniques from the East.” Dr. Lipman is an established author and also the founder of Be Well, an expanding lifestyle wellness brand he founded in 2010 to help people create, sustain, and lead healthier lives.   Dr. Lipman talks all about optimal health as an individual pursuit (aka what works for Jordan may not work for everyone!). This being said, he does concede that gluten is, in his expert opinion, unhealthy for everyone, and sugar will lead to excessive weight gain for many. Dr. Lipman also delves into the connection between gut health and brain health (stress, mood, depression, etc.). He continues to WOW us with obser

Jordan chats with her dear friends Krista Williams + Lindsey Simcik from Almost 30, an iTunes Top Ten Health Podcast (that lives in the top 200 overall!) for all things health, wellness, entrepreneurship, self-development, humor, and most importantly, HONESTY! In their live show, Lindsey and Krista share with our audience all about how they got involved in the wellness industry, and their “addiction” to feeling good! They delve into the origin of the Almost 30 brand, their dream guests for the pod, and everything in between!   Lindsey shares her experience dealing with vocal nodes and how speaking her truth on Almost 30 played a big role in clearing her throat chakra, which she believes expedited her healing journey! They detail the very best lessons they learned in their 30s, including ways to stay present and channel gratitude. Krista and Lindsey also tell us all about their favorite crystals!   The Almost 30 ladies reflect on life their 20s, “expanding moments,” how they learn from their ambitious friends

Jordan chats with one of the most beloved musicians in the yoga and spiritual space (and also worldwide, let’s be real), Trevor Hall, who is not only an incredibly talented artist but also a deeply tapped in human.   Trevor’s heartfelt responses to each and every question are a testament to how present he is as a person. We learned about his love of astrology and his Saturn Return journey in Episode 69 with Trevor & Jordan’s astrologer Debra Silverman. In this episode we dive deeper to learn about Trevor’s music, how he met the love of his life, the ups and downs of being a musician, how Mother Earth plays a role in all of his songs and all about his latest album The Fruitful Darkness.   We all have so much to learn from Trevor’s profound wisdom  and his connection to the earth. He is as high vibe as they come, and deeply authentic. The exact kind of soul on fire human we love to feature here. We also may or may not learn the stories behind all of Jordan’s favorite songs of Trevor’s as well as his most po

Jordan chats with Kundalini yoga pioneer Guru Jagat, a direct student of Yogi Bhajan (the man who brought Kundalini Yoga to the West), the founder of the world-renowned radiant RA MA Institute for Applied Yogic Science and Technology and the author of Invincible Living: The Power of Yoga, The Energy of Breath, and Other Tools for a Radiant Life.   Her book changed Jordan’s life, as did the practice of Kundalini. And through this conversation… we think your life will be changed too -- #nojoke. #exceptwedojokeinthisepisode, because Guru Jagat is hilarious. As Shaman Durek told us in last week’s episode, spirituality does NOT have to be serious and/or boring. Ever.   After meeting Yogi Bhajan in 2002, Guru Jagat was launched onto her path as a Kundalini yoga teacher. She has since emerged as a leading global figure helping to create, delineate, and refine the new feminine matriarchal archetype, sharing how we can use these ancient yogic technologies to step into our power and set our soul on fire. We know you w

Jordan has a very special episode to share with all of you today: a LIVE conversation and Q+A session with one of her favorite teachers, friends, and people in the world, Shaman Durek!! He is so full of wisdom and ancestral knowledge… it never stops blowing our minds! He answers so many powerful questions from audience members that we know will resonate deeply with all listening.   Before this conversation, Shaman Durek led a shamanic workshop and lead everyone in the audience through a session to open up their natural powers. It was a powerful, transformative experience... pretty much MAGIC!! We firmly believe that everyone in attendance was supposed to be there, just like you’re meant to be listening to the episode (if and when you do!) – because Shaman Durek’s answers to these questions will resonate with and help each and every one of us.   We’d also like to thank our newest sponsor, EverlyWell. EveryWell offers a variety of home health tests, for everything from food sensitivities to vitamin levels to wo

Jordan chats with her dear friend -- who you may recognize from Jordan’s BOOK -- Jamie Graber, the former owner of the renowned raw vegan restaurant Gingersnap’s Organic. Jamie has had a huge impact on Jordan’s life – she was the first person to lovingly tell Jordan that she didn’t look healthy while she was raw vegan. That conversation completely changed Jordan’s life, and now Jamie is helping others do the same. You can learn more about this story in Jordan’s book, Breaking Vegan.   Jamie made the incredibly brave decision to walk away from (and CLOSE) Gingersnaps to start her coaching business Organically, Jamie, where she works as a mind shifter, healer, reiki master, manifester, and coach. It took GUTS to leave a thriving restaurant and pursue her passion, but we are so grateful that she has stepped into her light to share her deepest gift with all of us… HEALING.   Kick back and enjoy this heart to heart conversation on all things manifesting, expanding, healing, moving on, letting go, having courage fr