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5 DAYS AGO

🏒 The Practice of Attention — Healing Social Media Addiction with Cody Cook-Parrott

This week, Cody Cook-Parrott returns to the show to share their new book, The Practice of Attention! We go deep into creative attention, social media addiction, and why we can’t stop checking our email. Tune in as we discuss: Why creative attention is different than distraction or focusHow tending to your attention helps you finish projectsExperimenting with tech breaks, the Wisephone, and the BrickWhich apps grab us: Pinterest vs YoutubeWays to cultivate hobbies, movement regimens & research practicesHow stepping back from social media empowers us to resist political violence LINKS & RESOURCES: 👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails 📔 If you like this episode, make sure you get a copy of Cody's book! (affiliate link) ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

5 days ago

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55 min
3 DAYS AGO

⚡️ How to Change the Trajectory of Your Work/Money/Life — with Akua Nyame-Mensah

If you’ve had a tough 2026 so far, this episode is for you. Today, I’m sharing a nuanced and practical chat with Akua Nyame-Mensah about how we can move from a reactive to a reflective mindset and shift our trajectory in the process. Tune in to hear Akua’s advice for changing the narrative of your business — without repressing or ignoring what’s happening in the world (or your body or your bank account). I also share some examples of how I reshaped my relationship to money through storytelling and ritual. You can hear the whole conversation in the Clubhouse right here. Thanks to Akua for joining me on the show! LINKS & RESOURCES: 👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

3 days ago

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22 min
4 MAR

💭 Prestige or Freedom: The Delusion of “Living Your Dream” — with Mel Mitchell-Jackson

I met Mel Mitchell-Jackson in the best way: through a newsletter ad, a ‘wanna chat?’ email, and many texts and virtual coffees since. Today, they’re here to talk about their path from art school to working at Apple HQ to leaving that behind for creative self-employment. Tune in to hear us explore: How to cultivate creative communityThe realities of what it takes to “make it” in art school & beyondChronic illness, Long COVID & find a pace you can sustain3 common traps of over-giving in online businessWays to center anti-capitalist values & praxis in your workThe pros & cons of building an audience through Youtube& much more! LINKS & RESOURCES: 👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails 📣 Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

4 Mar

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1h 12m
4 FEB

📉 Business Degrowth — Slowing Down & Noticing Patterns with Nic Antoinette

This week, Nic Antoinette returns to share what really happens when you take a year off your business… and why degrowth is their plan for 2026. Join us for a 90-minute biz friend chat where we explore: The original idea for Nic’s Gap YearHow stepping back from work changes your identityWhat slowing down really requires of usWhen making less money can be a goal (not a failure)Finding enoughness without succumbing to underearningHow we’re right-sizing our work in 2026& more! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!📣 I wanna promote your work! Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid. ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

4 Feb

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1h 31m
27 FEB

❤️‍🩹 Fractured Attention & Financial Scarcity — Quitting Instagram with Jenni Gritters

Jenni Gritters recently hosted me for a Your Attention is Sacred book club, and I’m excited to share our conversation with you! Tune in as we discuss: Understanding the goals of the algorithmsAddiction as a lens to make sense of social mediaJenni’s decision to delete her Instagram accountThe parallels between fractured attention and financial scarcityReckoning with combative platformsHow to protect your well-being if you’re still on social media⭐️ & RSVP FOR MY BOOK READING IN SAN FRANCISCO ON MARCH 12TH! ⭐️ BOOKS MENTIONED (affiliate links): Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media by Amelia HrubyThe Sustainable Solopreneur by Jenni GrittersThe Practice of Attention by Cody Cook-ParrottDopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, MDStolen Focus by Johann HariThe Sirens’ Call by Chris HayesThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff LINKS & RESOURCES: 👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

27 Feb

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33 min
9 JAN

🍒 What’s Next? 2026 Marketing Trends with Amanda Laird

Today we're putting the cherry on top of your 2026 marketing toolkit with a long-form episode on trends! To do that, I'm joined by growth marketing strategist Amanda Laird to chat about five things we’re forecasting for the year ahead, including: New ways of building trust 👷Why we’re bringing big YOLO energy to our marketing ☝️How online business is going analog 📻Why Patreon might be the platform to watch 👀If done-for-you services are making a comeback 🤝And how courses might fare in 2026 🤔Tune in for a gently-guided look into the murky crystal ball of online biz. Then head to offthegrid.fun/2026 for this whole series! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📣 I wanna promote your work! Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid. ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

9 Jan

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1h 13m
13 FEB

➿ The Tension of Platforms & Why I Haven’t Left Substack (Yet)

If you're stressed about using Spotify, Substack, Google, Instagram, or any other platforms... this episode is for you! Today I'm talking about how to choose platforms & tech tools without selling your soul — and why I'm still on Substack even though I kinda hate it. 🫠 Tune in to hear me break down: Tools vs PlatformsQuestions to ask before you choose a new toolWhat to do about the bad politics of platformsWhy there's no purity on the internetFour strategies for rethinking your choicesTech stack harm reductionThe big decision I made about SubstackRESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com! ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

13 Feb

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44 min
6 MAR

✌️ Unpacking Insecurity, FOMO & How Social Media Harms Our Mental Health & Relationships — with Natalie Lue

Let’s talk about how bad social media really is for our mental health and relationships. 🫠 In this honest and vulnerable conversation, Natalie Lue of Baggage Reclaim helps us dig into: Growing up without the internetRealizing social media is a toxic, codependent relationshipHow your subconscious “goes shopping for flaws and failures” while you scrollThe problems with hate-followingHow to quit stalking ourselves, our friends, our exes, and total strangers onlineWhy we shop more when we’re active on Instagram or TikTokReclaiming your sense of self away from social mediaWhy it’s not your fault if you can’t cope with using the apps This one goes out to anyone struggling with the harms of social media. Listen to the full episode on Baggage Reclaim here. RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com! ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

6 Mar

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34 min
18 FEB

📄 Feedback that Doesn’t Feel Bad — with Morgan Evans

Welcome to our most personal episode yet! Today I’m joined by Morgan Evans from Business Casual to talk about the seemingly-simple but often-fraught topic of: feedback. We share a lot of personal experiences and business examples as we get into: What feedback really isWhy reviews and random emails aren’t feedbackHow to give & receive feedback that doesn’t feel like 💩Ways to create business systems that invite feedbackHow to resolve conflict with clients/customers/team membersWhy feedback is actually a social justice toolPositive feedback and how to integrate it RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com! ✌️ Create and sell your meaningful work online — safe in the knowledge you’re not lining the pockets of billionaires. Explore The Portal: a digital learning neighborhood. (sponsored)

18 Feb

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58 min
16 FEB · BONUS

🔒 Self-Publishing Off the Amazon Path

Last month, I was thrilled to join Karolina Wudniak of Paperwing Studio in the Indie Book Lab! We talked about how I approached self-publishing without relying on Amazon — including the platforms I used, the (costly) mistakes I made, and how much money I’ve brought in from my book so far (revenue AND profit). I also answered lots of attendee questions: Why did you decide to avoid Amazon? & How much could you really?What size audience would you recommend having before going Amazon-less?Is it realistic to make sales without Amazon’s reach? How do you handle discoverability?What does fulfillment look like without a big platform?What about international sales?Is this only viable for nonfiction or niche audiences? What about debut authors?How much more work is it, realistically?And finally… why is your paperback actually on Amazon anyway?It was a great conversation, and I’m excited to share the recording — exclusively with paid subscribers in the Clubhouse :) Tune in here for a preview, and to hear the whole episode, join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse When you do, you'll get access to over 40 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 :)

16 Feb · Bonus

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21 min

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Top Shows

🏒 The Practice of Attention — Healing Social Media Addiction with Cody Cook-Parrott

⚡️ How to Change the Trajectory of Your Work/Money/Life — with Akua Nyame-Mensah

💭 Prestige or Freedom: The Delusion of “Living Your Dream” — with Mel Mitchell-Jackson

📉 Business Degrowth — Slowing Down & Noticing Patterns with Nic Antoinette

❤️‍🩹 Fractured Attention & Financial Scarcity — Quitting Instagram with Jenni Gritters

🍒 What’s Next? 2026 Marketing Trends with Amanda Laird

➿ The Tension of Platforms & Why I Haven’t Left Substack (Yet)

✌️ Unpacking Insecurity, FOMO & How Social Media Harms Our Mental Health & Relationships — with Natalie Lue

📄 Feedback that Doesn’t Feel Bad — with Morgan Evans

🔒 Self-Publishing Off the Amazon Path

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