Living Toxin-Free with Jordan Younger

02/20/20 • 62 min

Jordan Younger, a.k.a The Balanced Blonde, quit drinking as part of her healing from Lyme disease. In this episode she talks to Ruby about sobriety for holistic wellbeing, and being a highly-sensitive person in a toxic world.

Topics we also discuss:

-Jordan's boozestory and early life as a party girl

-Turning away from drinking culture after she turned 21

-Not drinking on her bachelorette and at her wedding

-Hearing the message to “never drink again” during an ayahuasca ceremony

-Connecting to her alien “pleiadian” ancestors (!)

-Her childhood OCD as a sign of an addictive personality

-Addiction to “healthy” eating as a raw vegan blogger

-Managing social media addiction when Instagram is an integral part of your work

-Dealing with judgement about her unconventional wellness journey

Discover more about Jordan and her work HERE and follow her healing journey on instagram @thebalancedblonde.

This episode was created in partnership with Seedlip. Get 20% off online orders through Feb 29 2020 with the code DRYDATE at Seedlipdrinks.com/us and follow @seedlipsocial.

Topics we also discuss:

-Jordan's boozestory and early life as a party girl

-Turning away from drinking culture after she turned 21

-Not drinking on her bachelorette and at her wedding

-Hearing the message to “never drink again” during an ayahuasca ceremony

-Connecting to her alien “pleiadian” ancestors (!)

-Her childhood OCD as a sign of an addictive personality

-Addiction to “healthy” eating as a raw vegan blogger

-Managing social media addiction when Instagram is an integral part of your work

-Dealing with judgement about her unconventional wellness journey

Discover more about Jordan and her work HERE and follow her healing journey on instagram @thebalancedblonde.

This episode was created in partnership with Seedlip. Get 20% off online orders through Feb 29 2020 with the code DRYDATE at Seedlipdrinks.com/us and follow @seedlipsocial.

Previous Episode

Overcoming Opioid Addiction with Dan Peres

Ruby talks to As Needed For Pain author Dan Peres about holding down his high-profile media career in the grips of his opioid addiction, his attempts to get clean, and what it took to finally kick his 60-pill per day habit.

In this episode, we also discuss:

Why Dan waited until he had 10 years of sobriety before writing his memoir.

-The insidious nature of opioid addiction.

-Why he found pills despite working in an industry that is awash with booze and cocaine.

-How he kept his addiction hidden from his colleagues, family, and friends.

-Career status as part of an addiction to validation.

-Wanting to be special vs. wanting to be normal.

-Fear of withdrawal and the physical addiction to opioids.

-The cornerstones of his sobriety today.

-The advent of the opioids crisis.

-His attempt to score heroin - and how his story may have turned out differently if he had.

Get your copy of Dan's memoir As Needed for Pain HERE and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

This episode was produced in partnership with Seedlip, the world's first distilled non-alcoholic spirit. Get 20% off all orders during Feb 2020 at Seedlipdrinks.com/us and follow on Instagram @seedlipsocial.

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Are We Addicted to Privilege? with Layla F Saad

Ruby talks to Layla F. Saad, author of NY Times best-seller Me And White Supremacy—a step-by-step reflection process for people with white privilege to examine their racist thoughts and behaviors, and their participation in white supremacy.

In the words of Glennon Doyle, Layla's work is "personal, practical, reflective, applicable, difficult, effective, and imperative"—and her new book is a vital "sobering up" to the realities of our racist society.

In this episode we discuss:

-The true definition and impact of White Supremacy.

-White people’s addiction to privilege and the comfort + safety it brings.

-Anti-racism work as part of our collective transformational process.

-The importance of having an experienced mentor when doing deep personal work.

-Racism as a negation and abasement of our full humanity.

-Prioritizing living your values over your comfort—and living with integrity.

-Not looking for rewards or expecting a feel-good payoff in our anti-racism work.

-Giving up our sensitivity to the suffering of people of color in exchange for our white privilege.

-Resisting discomfort as a way of preventing and blocking change.

-The importance and value of making mistakes as we un-brainwash ourselves.

-Being a “good ancestor” and the legacy we are leaving with our actions for future generations.

You can learn more about Layla and her work at Laylafsaad.com, follow her on Instagram @laylafsaad, and subscribe to her Good Ancestor podcast. You can get your copy of Me And White Supremacy HERE.

This season of the Sober Curious podcast is supported by Seedlip. Get 20% off all online orders throughout Feb 2020 at seedlipdrinks.com/us with the code DRYDATE.