Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media
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- 13 Nov 2026
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Off the Grid is a podcast for artists, writers & creative business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their income. ✌️ Our host, Amelia Hruby PhD, shares stories, strategies & experiments for growing your business with radical generosity & energetic sovereignty. 🌐 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit at offthegrid.fun/toolkit
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Episodios 246
🛒 Divest from Amazon & Co-Create What’s Next — with Erin & Kate from Little Blue Cart
Today we’re continuing our e-commerce series with Kate and Erin of Little Blue Cart and Little Blue Market.They’ve launched a business directory and online marketplace for creatives who are explicitly …
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Today we’re continuing our e-commerce series with Kate and Erin of Little Blue Cart and Little Blue Market.
They’ve launched a business directory and online marketplace for creatives who are explicitly Anti-Trump to advertise their services and products.
In the process, they’ve also become vocally critical of Amazon and Etsy. And they’re offering an alternative place to sell and shop online!
➡️ Tune in then submit yourself to their directory and shop the market.
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🏪 Let’s Talk Ecommerce — Online Shops & SEO with Christine Corbin
This week, we’re deep-diving into all things retail, products, and ecommerce.To start that conversation, I’m joined by Christine Corbin to talk about how to grow a thriving retail brand or product line in 2026 …
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This week, we’re deep-diving into all things retail, products, and ecommerce.
To start that conversation, I’m joined by Christine Corbin to talk about how to grow a thriving retail brand or product line in 2026 and beyond.
We discuss:- Why product photos, descriptions + reviews are so important
- Squarespace vs Shopify vs Etsy
- Marketing methods that work for retail (spoiler: email! markets! direct mail!)
- How to drive traffic to your shop online
- The NYC shop that only sells via catalog + appointments
- SEO advice for e-commerce
- How to write the best product page + item descriptions
- Ideas for getting more reviews + social proof
- CRO (conversion rate optimization) & Christine’s free worksheet bundle
On Friday, we’ll have another episode about ecommerce without Amazon or Etsy! Stay tuned to learn more about Little Blue Cart.⭐️ Update: Etsy has recently updated their policy on AI training on the platform, and we recommend learning more before selling there. Read about it here, here and here. This change goes into effect 12/16/26.
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🌈 Attention is for Everyone — Inventing New Forms & Why the Emergency Was Curiosity with Christie George
This week, I'm thrilled to be joined by investor, producer, and writer Christie George. She's here discuss attention as care and her book report project: The Emergency Was Curiosity.Together we have a …
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This week, I'm thrilled to be joined by investor, producer, and writer Christie George.
She's here discuss attention as care and her book report project: The Emergency Was Curiosity.
Together we have a conversation about the role of art in our lives as we explore:
- Why gratitude is fundamental for working artists
- Book reports as attentional structures
- Living archives as artistic practices
- How social media killed Amelia’s journalling practice
- What it means to be in conversation with a work of art
- Turning a book project into a gallery exhibition & event series
- A defense of non-monetized creative projects
- Attention as a collective care practice
- Expanding flow states to include others
- Diversifying the attention discourse
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🌀 How to Use Intuitive Tools with Integrity — with Verena Borell, Sarah Arantza-Amador & Natasha Levinger
Happy almost-Halloween/Samhein, friends! In honor of the season, today I’m sharing a very special community conversation on intuitive integrity and creative/business practice.I’m joined by Verena Borell, Sarah …
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Happy almost-Halloween/Samhein, friends!
In honor of the season, today I’m sharing a very special community conversation on intuitive integrity and creative/business practice.
I’m joined by Verena Borell, Sarah Arantza-Amador, and Natasha Levinger — as we originally recorded this for a panel at our spring astro summit.
This episode is for intuitive practitioners who want to build better boundaries with clients, creative people seeking spiritual support, and anyone who’s curious about modalities like astrology, tarot, and energy healing.
If you like this one, you might also enjoy:
- 3 Magical Rituals to Transform Your Business — with Brigitte, Cecily Sailor & Ash Canty
- Reclaiming Your Magic Online & Offline — with Casey Zabala of Modern Witches
- Be With Your Body — Tarot Guidance & Embodiment in Creative Business with Sarah-Jane Chapman
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🏹 Be With Your Body — Tarot Guidance & Embodiment in Creative Business with Sarah-Jane Chapman
This week, Sarah Jane Chapman joins me on the podcast to get magical with her deck & business: Be With Your Body.We explore the business of tarot AND the magical practice of tarot, as we discuss Sarah Jane’s …
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This week, Sarah Jane Chapman joins me on the podcast to get magical with her deck & business: Be With Your Body.
We explore the business of tarot AND the magical practice of tarot, as we discuss Sarah Jane’s business ecosystem and the cards guiding her through the fall.
Tune in to hear about:
- Why we love tarot and how we got into reading cards
- Sarah Jane’s Body Metta practice
- What it really takes to create a tarot deck
- A best-case-scenario for biz partnership dissolution
- How Sarah Jane manages her business with products, services, online & IRL offerings
- Whether or not tarot decks are really profitable…
- Suggestions for pulling cards & tarot spreads for business decisions
- The perks of being a tarot beginner & working with different decks
- Sarah Jane's favorite tarot cards for this fall's Venus Retrograde
⭐️ Off the Grid listeners get 25% off the Be With Your Body Tarot Deck and the Autumn Ritual Planner! Learn more + buy here: https://www.bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid (sponsored)
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🔒 How to Price When You Already Have Enough Money
After my episode on pricing with Bear Hebert, I got a question from a listener that went something like this—"How do you price yourself and your services when you already have enough money? In my case, my …
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After my episode on pricing with Bear Hebert, I got a question from a listener that went something like this—
"How do you price yourself and your services when you already have enough money? In my case, my spouse has a very good job, so we don’t need an income from me. But I am also a creative, a gatherer, a podcaster, a stay-at-home parent, and lots more. I do these things because I love them, and I could do them for free and not charge... but is that the right / anti-capitalist answer? Help!"
I think this is an important position to talk about! So in this episode, I walk through:- How to think about money when you already have enough
- Surviving vs thriving budgets & calculating a new enough number
- Ideas on redistribution & recirculating profits
- Accounting for privilege without panicking about it
- Ecosystem-tending through comparative pricing
Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the $$$ details.
👇 👇 👇 👇When you join the Clubhouse, you'll get access to over 60 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.
Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails🌾 The Deep Work (& Rest) of Leaving Social Media — with Ashley Neese
In 2019, Ashley Neese had a bestselling book, a thriving breathwork practice, a new baby, and 30k Instagram followers.Now seven years later, she’s left social media and moved away from the world of wellness™️ …
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In 2019, Ashley Neese had a bestselling book, a thriving breathwork practice, a new baby, and 30k Instagram followers.
Now seven years later, she’s left social media and moved away from the world of wellness™️ entirely.
In this conversation, we chart Ashley’s journey from being an influencer in the 2010s LA wellness scene to becoming a parent who refuses to perform wellness when she doesn’t feel well.
Together, we unpack the insidious logic of early influencer culture: that the more you post, the more followers you’ll get — and the more followers you get, the more you matter.
Then we step away from all that and make space for what can come through when you heal your worthiness wounds.
This episode was recorded in fall 2025 for paid Clubhouse supporters and this new edit is being shared with all listeners now. If you’d like to hear more conversations like this, please support the show today.
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist📨 Dispatches from a Tiny List — How to Make Money with Under 500 Subscribers with Podge Thomas
This might be the most real-talk, behind-the-scenes, high-key-giggly, low-key-chaos episode I’ve ever recorded. 👀Today, Podge Thomas returns to the show for the third time to talk about building a business with …
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This might be the most real-talk, behind-the-scenes, high-key-giggly, low-key-chaos episode I’ve ever recorded. 👀
Today, Podge Thomas returns to the show for the third time to talk about building a business with a tiny email list.
We tell you:- Exactly how many subscribers are on our email lists
- The difference between marketing our 1:1 and 1:many businesses
- Building the courage & self-trust to take big swings
- How we really feel about unsubscribes
- What to do when a launch “fails”
- Audience growth strategies and what’s working for us right now
- Living in the present and the future with your business
⭐️ If you enjoy this conversation, join Podge and I at our FREE workshop on October 30th. RSVP for: How to Build a Creative Marketing Plan in Notion & send the link to your friends!
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🔒 How to Make the Leap to Full-Time — My Path & 3 Examples from $10k/year to $100k/year
Today's paid-supporter-exclusive episode answers the most popular query from our summer AMA: "I've been working on my business for a few years now, but I'm still not making full-time income from this work. How …
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Today's paid-supporter-exclusive episode answers the most popular query from our summer AMA:
"I've been working on my business for a few years now, but I'm still not making full-time income from this work. How do I make the jump from $10-$20k per year to $50-$100k per year?"
This is a nuanced question and different for every business owner!So in this episode, I do a few things to make sense of it:
- First, I walk you through my journey from 10k to 100k annual revenue (exact numbers and timeline included) 🧮
- Then I talk about the essential mindset and habit shifts needed to go from part-time to full-time 🧱
- And finally, I talk through three examples how I would make that leap if I were a book editor, spiritual teacher, or creative coach 📈
Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the $$$ details.
👇 👇 👇 👇When you join the Clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.
Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails👛 Anti-Capitalist Business in This Economy — How to Set Your Prices & Offer Financial Accessibility with Bear Hebert
Bear Hebert is here on Off the Grid! And they’ve arrived to bust capitalist myths, teach us how to price, and unpack the nuance of financial accessibility.Tune in, as we discuss:Why business doesn’t have to be …
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Bear Hebert is here on Off the Grid! And they’ve arrived to bust capitalist myths, teach us how to price, and unpack the nuance of financial accessibility.
Tune in, as we discuss:
- Why business doesn’t have to be capitalist
- Busting the money myths our inner punk teenagers tell us
- Getting rid of the girlboss in your head (and on your feed)
- Why ‘charging your worth’ is inherently problematic
- How to figure out the right rates + pricing for your business model
- Bear’s recommended financial accessibility strategies
- The importance of transparency in marketing + sales
- Exactly how Bear talks about money on sales calls
- Ways to survive a bad economy
- Identifying your ‘apocalypse skills’ for business resilience in 2026 + beyond
This conversation is a GIFT! And I’m so thrilled to share it with you. If you enjoy it, definitely go get Bear’s anti-capitalist pricing workshop Freely.
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🔒 My Q3 Biz Recap — Highs, Lows & How Much $$ I Made
Join me as I convince myself it's ok to raise my prices 😬 In this quarterly recap episode, I walk through the highs, lows, and finances of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid so far this year... And I figure out how …
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Join me as I convince myself it's ok to raise my prices 😬
In this quarterly recap episode, I walk through the highs, lows, and finances of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid so far this year...
And I figure out how to make the money work as I officially close Softer Sounds and raise the price of the Interweb for 2027!Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the $$$ details.
👇 👇 👇 👇When you join the Clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.
Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails🧢 Be Your Own Daddy — Energetic Sovereignty & Creative Constraints with Catherine LaSota
This week we’re debuting our new brand!And rolling the metaphorical tape allllll the way back to the beginning of the show to revisit energetic sovereignty through a new lens.To do that, I’m joined by creative …
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This week we’re debuting our new brand!
And rolling the metaphorical tape allllll the way back to the beginning of the show to revisit energetic sovereignty through a new lens.
To do that, I’m joined by creative coach Catherine LaSota who’s here to teach us how to “be your own daddy” AKA ways to cultivate energetic sovereignty in your work and life.
Together we discuss:
- What “Be Your Own Daddy” really means
- Saturnian influences on our energy + creativity
- How to make aligned choices within constraints
- Cultivating the permission to radically change our lives
- Ways to move through our fears (+ experiences) of judgment
- Consistency and presence as gifts of this work
⭐️ If you enjoy this episode, join me at Catherine's next Be Your Own Daddy retreat on October 23rd! Or grab her free Design Your Daddy workshop here.
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist♾️ Foraging for What’s Next — Creative Seasons & Why the Internet’s So Boring Now with Nic Antoinette
Nic Antoinette is back on the pod this week as we continue our year-long series around enoughness, grief, and deep evolution.This time, we’re focused on creative burnout, seasonality in business, and why we …
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Nic Antoinette is back on the pod this week as we continue our year-long series around enoughness, grief, and deep evolution.
This time, we’re focused on creative burnout, seasonality in business, and why we find the internet so boring these days.
If you haven’t listened to the series before, here are links to those episodes:
♾️ Business Degrowth — Slowing Down & Noticing Patterns
♾️ Well, That Didn’t Go As Planned… Grief, Joy & Money in 2026
♾️ “You Needing Money Doesn't Make Stuff Sell” — Consistency & Collapse in Online Business
♾️ Take the Break Before the Break Takes You — Learning How to Pause & Quit
And if this makes you want more biz friend community, check out the Interweb and put yourself on the waitlist before doors open next week!
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
🔥 Learn more about ad opportunities with Off the Grid
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🤠 Reinventing Yourself & Your Work — From Dog Trainer to Retail Store Owner to Business Strategist with Heather Bax
For the third and final installment in our business pivots + evolutions series, I’m talking to Heather Bax of Small Business Rodeo!Heather is a business advisor, human design reader, notion lover, and …
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For the third and final installment in our business pivots + evolutions series, I’m talking to Heather Bax of Small Business Rodeo!
Heather is a business advisor, human design reader, notion lover, and occasional artist. Her expertise spans decades of service, product, and brick & mortar small business stewardship, and she’s supported all kinds of creative businesses along the way.
In this conversation, we explore:- How self-employment journeys often begin in bad-fit jobs
- Why Heather & Amelia both took detours through coding bootcamps
- The benefits of a bridge job as you grow or change your business
- A quick checklist on how Heather started her retail shop (& you can too!)
- Why Heather had a full-time job for the first 8 months of running the store
- The realities of transitioning to e-commerce during COVID
- Hiring + grieving at the same time
- Leaning on the community of your business in hard times
- When quitting ISN’T failing
- How big changes in our work can impact our self-trust
For the astro-curious, Heather is a 6/2 Projector and a Cancer Sun, Pisces Moon, and Gemini Rising. You can book a Human Designed Business Session with her and use code OFFTHEGRID for 10%!
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🌅 The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of Being Multipassionate — with Chereen Leong Schwarz
Chereen Leong Schwarz is a founder, maker, outdoor adventurer, and rewilding guide. She’s a former chef who started a knitwear brand and then moved into creative retreats — after a period of prolonged grief.In …
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Chereen Leong Schwarz is a founder, maker, outdoor adventurer, and rewilding guide. She’s a former chef who started a knitwear brand and then moved into creative retreats — after a period of prolonged grief.
In this conversation, we dive deep into what pivoting really feels like as we explore:
- Chereen’s chef career from fine dining to farms
- How moving to Colorado spurred her love of knitting
- The realities of turning a hobby into a side hustle
- Specific ways to center your values in your business
- How multiple losses + a health crisis led Chereen through a transformative grief portal
- Different methods of building community in and around your business
- How to evolve when your work is wrapped up in your ego + identity
- The grief the comes when your industry changes and it hurts your business
- Why Chereen & Amelia both took sabbaticals before deciding to close their companies
- How we grapple with public opinions + projection as we share our work online
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails⭐️ Use this link to book a free 30-minute session with Chereen: https://calendar.app.google/UydiFHhcLgqzvNUr9
⭐️ RSVP for the free workshop with Podge in October: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fTY89RN7TfS1grKD7Vs64g
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🔒 Why & How I Closed My Business — Letting Go of Softer Sounds
Softer Sounds is officially closed, my friends. And in this Clubhouse-exclusive episode, I'm telling you all about that journey.This one's mostly-personal and a-little-bit-logistical – heavy on story with a …
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Softer Sounds is officially closed, my friends. And in this Clubhouse-exclusive episode, I'm telling you all about that journey.
This one's mostly-personal and a-little-bit-logistical – heavy on story with a checklist at the end.Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the details.
👇 👇 👇 👇When you join the Clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.
Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails🪸 Seasons of Change in Self-Employment — Embracing Pivots & Destigmatizing Bankruptcy with Luca J. Davis
Today I’m joined by Luca J. Davis to talk about success, failure, and what 13 years of self-employment really entails.Together we explore:Luca’s path from health teacher to personal trainerHow they opened a gym …
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Today I’m joined by Luca J. Davis to talk about success, failure, and what 13 years of self-employment really entails.
Together we explore:- Luca’s path from health teacher to personal trainer
- How they opened a gym with a dream and a GoFundMe
- The radically honest reality of brick-and-mortar finances
- When filing for bankruptcy is the best choice for you & your biz
- Luca’s detour as a Virtual Assistant & how they started their web design business
- The systems that help them book our their services while marketing only once a year
- How Luca’s Substack walks the line between personal sharing & biz promotion
➡️ If you'd like to hire Luca for website support in 2026/2027, just mention Off the Grid for $200 off your package!
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🚩 Business Triage: What to Do When Your Biz Isn’t Working
Welcome to Season 11 of Off the Grid! This month, we're exploring strategies + stories of business pivots.Today we start with my business triage process. It's a checklist of things to consider when your …
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Welcome to Season 11 of Off the Grid!
This month, we're exploring strategies + stories of business pivots.
Today we start with my business triage process. It's a checklist of things to consider when your business feels bad and/or isn't making enough money.
Then for the next three weeks, we'll hear from business owners who have made major pivots in their self-employment journeys, including: quitting a dream job, filing for bankruptcy, closing a retail store, and more.
Tune in for lots of support, camaraderie + inspiration. And check the links below for extra resources 👇
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist✳️ How to Refresh Your Ambition & Avoid Burnout in the Process — with Amina AlTai
Let's refresh our creative ambition before fall!Today we're wrapping our Back to Biz Refresh series with leadership expert Amina AlTai.Amina is the author of The Ambition Trap: How to Stop Chasing and Start …
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Let's refresh our creative ambition before fall!
Today we're wrapping our Back to Biz Refresh series with leadership expert Amina AlTai.
Amina is the author of The Ambition Trap: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living.
Together we discuss:
- What ambition actually is and why it's neutral
- How core wounds create painful ambition — even if you love what you do
- Ways to figure out if your ambition is helping or harming you
- Finding aliveness when you don't feel ambitious
- What it takes to stay in business through hard times
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails✏️ Looking for a planner that's about permission not perfection? Check out Nine to Kind. Get 50% off their digital planners with code OFFTHEGRID50 & 25% off analog products with code OFFTHEGRID25. Learn more & claim your discount at: https://www.ninetokind.com/pages/offthegrid (sponsored)
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist💽 Set Up Your Tiny Biz Tech for $50/year or Less — My Guide to More Affordable Systems & Software
This episode is meant to save you money!Today, I’m sharing my guide to more affordable business systems and software that can help you set up online for under $50/year — or lower your overhead with strategic …
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This episode is meant to save you money!
Today, I’m sharing my guide to more affordable business systems and software that can help you set up online for under $50/year — or lower your overhead with strategic tool swaps.
Tune in to hear my tech recommendations and how I think through software needs.
Also: These recs don’t include Google! Some of them are privacy focused, others are not. Some include AI functionality, others do not. Most of them are based in the US. All prices mentioned in the episode were as of August 2026 and may change.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT- Free Checklist For Tool Decisions from Asha Noel-Hart
- Free Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather Bax
- Join the Interweb for more tech support from Amelia
RECOMMENDED TOOLS- Namecheap for domain
- Carrd for website (affiliate link)
- Zoho for email inbox
- Sender or Email Octopus for email newsletter list
- Canva (free plan) for simple design needs
- Notion for internal systems and client docs/dashboards
- Zoom, Proton Meet, or Whereby (free plans) for video calls
- Tidycal for scheduling, paid bookings, and digital products
- Novo for free business banking and invoicing — Use my affiliate link to get $40 when you open and fund your new account
- Stripe for payment processing and invoicing
- Breezedoc for contracts and invoicing together
RESOURCES + LINKS
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⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist💼 How to Refresh Your Office & Your Whole Work Vibe — with Taylor Apolonio
Today we're refreshing our offices with the wonderful Taylor Apolonio of Habitat Interiors Co.Taylor works at the intersection of interior design and psychology as a 'design psychologist'. They create physical …
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Today we're refreshing our offices with the wonderful Taylor Apolonio of Habitat Interiors Co.
Taylor works at the intersection of interior design and psychology as a 'design psychologist'. They create physical spaces that are grounded in human behavior to genuinely support folks. This might look like improved circulation and functionality, better acoustics, or intentionally designing for gathering and memory-making.Tune in to this episode for tips on tapping into the purpose of your work space and improving the layout, acoustics, and visuals.
And if you'd like Taylor's free list of 25+ low-lift recommendations that better support sensory overwhelm in your office, fill out this form with the message 'OFF THE GRID' ☺️
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✏️ Looking for a planner that's about permission not perfection? Check out Nine to Kind. Get 50% off their digital planners with code OFFTHEGRID50 & 25% off analog products with code OFFTHEGRID25. Learn more & claim your discount at: https://www.ninetokind.com/pages/offthegrid (sponsored)
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🦚 The Quick (and Free!) Brand Refresh Your Biz Needs — with Alex McGinness
Have you ever put on a new outfit and felt like a totally different (and way better) person? Today we're gonna do that for your business. 💁♀️Join me and Alex McGinness of Arcoíris Design Studio as we talk …
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Have you ever put on a new outfit and felt like a totally different (and way better) person?
Today we're gonna do that for your business. 💁♀️
Join me and Alex McGinness of Arcoíris Design Studio as we talk through the four parts of a resonant brand refresh: essence, execution, expression, and experience.
ALSO! When it comes to DIY branding, we recommend:
- Coolors for creating color palettes
- Canva for choosing fonts and designing graphics
- Squarespace for websites (or Carrd [affiliate link] if you want a quick, cheap one-page site)
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⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist✌️ How to Make Pivoting Fun — Welcome to Our Back to Biz Refresh Series!
Hello hello and happy mid-August, friends! Today we're kicking off a new Biz Refresh series — five episodes in five days to get you ready for fall in a fun, aligned way!Press play to hear why I'm embracing a …
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Hello hello and happy mid-August, friends!
Today we're kicking off a new Biz Refresh series — five episodes in five days to get you ready for fall in a fun, aligned way!
Press play to hear why I'm embracing a pivot, and tune in this week to learn:
- How to refresh your brand (for free!)
- Ideas for updating your home office & work vibe
- My guide to more affordable systems & software for your tiny biz
- A new approach to ambition that let's you dream big without burning out
You'll hear from amazing guests like Alex McGinness, Taylor Apolonio, and Amina AlTai. It's basically a mini-of-the-moment-creative-business-masterclass all for free on the pod feed this week! So please subscribe and share it with a friend xo
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👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
✏️ Looking for a planner that's about permission not perfection? Check out Nine to Kind. Get 50% off their digital planners with code OFFTHEGRID50 & 25% off analog products with code OFFTHEGRID25. Learn more & claim your discount at: https://www.ninetokind.com/pages/offthegrid (sponsored)⚡️ Making Content, Raising Revenue & Moving Off Substack — with Lex Roman of Revenue Rulebreaker
Today we’re talking about why I left Substack! Through a conversation with the amazing Lex Roman of Revenue Rulebreaker.Together we explore:Lex’s journey from working in tech to starting an agency to launching …
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Today we’re talking about why I left Substack! Through a conversation with the amazing Lex Roman of Revenue Rulebreaker.
Together we explore:- Lex’s journey from working in tech to starting an agency to launching a membership for journalists to now running an indie media company
- The state of small business media (& why there are so many opportunities there!)
- Why we’re committed to being creators even though it’s a challenging business model
- How Lex helped me decide to leave Substack
- What newsletter and podcast tools might work for you
If you like this episode, please go check out the new Off the Grid Clubhouse on Ghost! 👉👉 👉 offthegrid.ghost.io
Then sign up for Revenue Rulebreaker and get 20% off your paid subscription with code OFFTHEGRID 👉👉 👉 https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/off-the-grid
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👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🔒 My Q2 Biz Recap — Highs, Lows & How Much $$ I Made
Join me as I convince myself it's ok to sunset my business 😬 In this quarterly recap episode, I walk through the highs, lows, and finances of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid so far this year... And I figure out …
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Join me as I convince myself it's ok to sunset my business 😬
In this quarterly recap episode, I walk through the highs, lows, and finances of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid so far this year...
And I figure out how to make the money work as I pivot my business model from service provider to content creator!Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the $$$ details.
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When you join the Clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)
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👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist♾️ Take the Break Before the Break Takes You — Learning How to Pause & Quit with Nic Antoinette
Con Nic Antoinette
Nic Antoinette is back to help me wrap season nine, and we’re talking about the breaks we are (and aren’t) taking this summer.Tune in to hear us unpack:Why nobody talks about the moments we don’t like our …
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Nic Antoinette is back to help me wrap season nine, and we’re talking about the breaks we are (and aren’t) taking this summer.
Tune in to hear us unpack:- Why nobody talks about the moments we don’t like our business 😬
- How fear keeps us from slowing down or taking breaks 🐌
- When being honest actually f*cks with your sales 📉
- Different types of breaks we’ve taken and want to take ⛓️💥
- How to figure out what’s not working and why 📍
- The fantasy of the finish line 🏁
- Communicating your break to your clients and/or audience 📣
- Cancer scares, carpal tunnel & caffeine addiction ☕️
RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🍕 Making Money as a Creative — Strategic Planning & Social Media with Andy J Pizza
HEY HI HELLO! 🍕Today I’m thrilled to be joined by best-selling author, super-fun illustrator, and illustrious host of Creative Pep Talk podcast, Andy J Pizza!In this upbeat conversation, we chat about:How Andy …
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HEY HI HELLO! 🍕
Today I’m thrilled to be joined by best-selling author, super-fun illustrator, and illustrious host of Creative Pep Talk podcast, Andy J Pizza!
In this upbeat conversation, we chat about:- How Andy makes money as an artist
- The strategic choices he made to grow his podcast
- Why we can’t “What-Would-David-Bowie-Do” our way into a successful business
- Andy’s musician-model for thinking about your creative business through singles, albums, tours & merch
- Why you should pre-order Andy’s new book, Mysterious Things!
RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
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💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist✨ This One Thing Totally Transformed My Sales — Learning How to Pre-Launch with Nicole Cloutier [BEST OF]
Con Nicole Cloutier
If I had to name ONE THING that increased my sales more than anything else in the past year...It'd be learning to polish my copywriting and pre-launch my offerings with Nicole Cloutier and her class Open …
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If I had to name ONE THING that increased my sales more than anything else in the past year...
It'd be learning to polish my copywriting and pre-launch my offerings with Nicole Cloutier and her class Open Loop.
Open Loop is how I doubled Interweb sign-ups in 2026.
Open Loop is how I made over $10k on COME TO CLASS last month.
Open Loop is why I feel so confident selling this year.And that's why I'm THRILLED to share that Open Loop is happening again in July and you can hop on the waitlist right here right now!
So if you'd like to make more money from your launches in 2026 and beyond...
Tune in to this 'best of' episode to hear me and Nicole give you lots of free advice on how to launch anything you want to sell online.
Then click this wonderful (affiliate) link to learn more about Open Loop. I hope to see you at an alum call bragging about your successful launches in the fall. ✨
RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
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⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🌸 Creative Ecosystems, Community-Based Business & Breaking Up with Your Personal Brand — with Natalie Brite
Natalie Brite (they/them) is the founder and creative director of DoGoodBiz — an ethical creative studio for conscious leaders and the movements they're building.On their Substack newsletter, they write about …
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Natalie Brite (they/them) is the founder and creative director of DoGoodBiz — an ethical creative studio for conscious leaders and the movements they're building.
On their Substack newsletter, they write about creativity, ecosystems, and doing work rooted in care. They also excoriate social media! But in a soft, supportive way, of course.
Today Natalie joins me to talk about why social media managers burn out so hard. And how their business when changed they let go of most of their retainer clients.
Together we explore:
- The consequences of social media dependence
- A step-by-step breakdown of how Natalie reinvented their marketing strategy
- What it actually means to take an ecosystems approach to business
- Creative ecosystems vs personal brands
- A random Lord of the Rings metaphor that I spend way too long making….
- & lots more!
RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
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💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
⭐️ Get on the Interweb waitlist, so you don't miss the lowest price! Drop your details at: amelia.myflodesk.com/interwebwaitlist🔒 How to Run Your Creative Business During the Summer Slump (or Any Slow Time)
What do we do when business slows down over the summer? And how do we navigate that when a global recession and supply chain breakdown are happening at the same time??In this Clubhouse-exclusive workshop …
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What do we do when business slows down over the summer? And how do we navigate that when a global recession and supply chain breakdown are happening at the same time??
In this Clubhouse-exclusive workshop replay, I share my best strategies for running your business during slow times — including somatic self-soothing ideas, ways to reduce expenses, and a framework for experimenting with new offerings.
I'm sharing a preview here, but to watch the whole thing (and get the workbook!), you have to join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse
When you do, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.
Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)
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