Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

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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

  1. 2d ago

    🍕 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 makes money as an artistThe strategic choices he made to grow his podcastWhy we can’t “What-Would-David-Bowie-Do” our way into a successful businessAndy’s musician-model for thinking about your creative business through singles, albums, tours & merchWhy you should pre-order Andy’s new book, Mysterious Things!  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!    ⛰️ Ditch your wifi connection for a nature connection and go off the grid with Becca Nenow. Find more information about her upcoming wilderness trips at: beccanenow.com/offthegrid (sponsored)   FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK ❊ YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON YOUR BODY:A Support Kit to Help You Retain Agency in Medical Settings from Kaeri Schaefer, MD ❊ How to Heal from Burnout & Trauma Guide from Cassie Connor ❊ Intuitive Eating Starter Kit from Leah Kern, RD ❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

    1h 2m

  2. Jun 19 ·  Bonus

    ✨ This One Thing Totally Transformed My Sales — Learning How to Pre-Launch with Nicole Cloutier [BEST OF]

    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 ✨ I am an excited affiliate for this Open Loop launch, and if you sign up via this link (or any above) I will receive a small payment for referring you! 👋 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!

    38 min

  3. Jun 17

    🌸 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 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 dependenceA step-by-step breakdown of how Natalie reinvented their marketing strategyWhat it actually means to take an ecosystems approach to businessCreative ecosystems vs personal brandsA random Lord of the Rings metaphor that I spend way too long making….& lots 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!    ⛰️ Ditch your wifi connection for a nature connection and go off the grid with Becca Nenow. Find more information about her upcoming wilderness trips at: beccanenow.com/offthegrid (sponsored)   FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK ❊ YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON YOUR BODY:A Support Kit to Help You Retain Agency in Medical Settings from Kaeri Schaefer, MD ❊ How to Heal from Burnout & Trauma Guide from Cassie Connor ❊ Intuitive Eating Starter Kit from Leah Kern, RD ❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

    1h 4m

  4. Jun 15 ·  Bonus

    🔒 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 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 :)

    16 min

  5. Jun 10

    🪱 Cultivating Compassion in Polycrisis — Preparedness & Self-Publishing with Kailea Loften & Kate Weiner

    Today I’m thrilled to have Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner of Loam on the podcast to discuss their new book, Compassion in Crisis, which just came out with Heyday Books. Together we have a gentle, honest, and deep conversation exploring: The meaning of ‘polycrisis’Why it’s important to think about preparednessWays to prepare without slipping into hypervigilance (even if you’re an anxious person)The role social media plays in both community building and community surveillanceWhy we still turn to social media for resource sharing and rapid responseThe spread of misinformation & disinformation online during disastersPublishing as a way of getting ‘off the grid’Free Family Preparedness Information from Summer Starr If you enjoy this episode, please get yourself a copy of Compassion in Crisis! You can also join Kate & Kailea for book-related events across the US this summer!    RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community — doors are opening next week!💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!    ⛰️ Ditch your wifi connection for a nature connection and go off the grid with Becca Nenow. Find more information about her upcoming wilderness trips at: beccanenow.com/offthegrid (sponsored)   FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK ❊ YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON YOUR BODY:A Support Kit to Help You Retain Agency in Medical Settings from Kaeri Schaefer, MD ❊ How to Heal from Burnout & Trauma Guide from Cassie Connor ❊ Intuitive Eating Starter Kit from Leah Kern, RD ❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

    1h 6m

  6. Jun 8 ·  Bonus

    🔒 How Do I Grow My Email List Without Social Media?

    Today I’m bringing you something really special— A mini-coaching session where I answer a question about how to grow your email list before, during, and after leaving social media. The question comes from the wonderful Kate of Queen Bee Hormone Health who wrote to me and asked: "Thanks to Off the Grid, I’ve backed wayyyy off posting on social media. I feel so much better, but I'm really struggling to get people moved onto my email list and wondering what advice you have for this part of the process? I don’t want to just ghost everyone. But I’m ready to get off the platform."I share the question and a few thoughts here, but to hear exactly how I’d help Kate leave social media and grow her email list... 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 :)

    6 min

  7. Jun 3

    🧶 Attachment Theory Explains Everything — Social Media & AI Addiction with Shannon Algeo

    I often say I left social media because I was anxiously-attached to Instagram… but what does that actually mean?! Today I’m joined by psychotherapist and author Shannon Algeo to explore why Attachment Theory explains so much about technology and smartphone addiction. We discuss their new book, The Power in Your Hands, as we talk about: What it means to be anxious, avoidant, or securely-attachedHow algorithms hack our attachment needs to get us addicted to platformsWhy it’s so harmful to outsource self-trust to social media or AIDepth psychology & why human relationships are necessary for healing ⭐️ If you’re curious about these topics, please join us for a FREE BOOK CLUB with Shannon on June 10th! We’ll talk more about attachment + technology. No reading is required. Find the details and RSVP 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!    ⛰️ Ditch your wifi connection for a nature connection and go off the grid with Becca Nenow. Find more information about her upcoming wilderness trips at: beccanenow.com/offthegrid (sponsored)   FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK ❊ YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON YOUR BODY:A Support Kit to Help You Retain Agency in Medical Settings from Kaeri Schaefer, MD ❊ How to Heal from Burnout & Trauma Guide from Cassie Connor ❊ Intuitive Eating Starter Kit from Leah Kern, RD ❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

    1h 7m

  8. Jun 1 ·  Bonus

    🔒 Live-Building a Small Biz AI Policy — with Dr. Kate Henry

    Today I’m doing something fun and different… Live-writing an AI policy with my friend and colleague, Dr. Kate Henry of Honing In! After listening to the Off the Grid AI series, Kate reached out to ask if I she could hire me to help her write an AI policy. I said no, because I’m not doing 1:1 advising right now… but I proposed that we record a chat about it for the Clubhouse instead! So in this video and audio episode, you get to join me and Kate as we co-write the first draft of her AI policy for her business.  Free subscribers can hear our reflections on AI in creative business, and paid subscribers get to come along as we write Kate’s AI policy in real time (with a template for you, too!). When you join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/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 Off the Grid! And find this specific episode 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!

    23 min
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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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