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

7H AGO

♾️ “You Needing Money Doesn't Make Stuff Sell” — Consistency & Collapse in Online Business with Nic Antoinette

My monthly-ish series with Nic Antoinette continues! This time we’re talking about what it means to be “consistent” when you’re running a business in this economy. We get into: How we simultaneously rage against consistency and attribute our success to itThe relationship between consistency and cultivating trust with your audienceWays to build better (for you) rhythms in your businessWhat to do when your launch plans line up with a major (horrible) eventWhy it’s important to get off the do-or-die, boom-or-bust, sell-or-go-bankrupt hamster wheelCute baby sheep, gardening and cooking as tiny balms for the present moment LINKS MENTIONED: Nic’s newsletter on the baby sheepAmelia’s Gentle Business Planning workshopNeedy by Mara Glatzel (affiliate link)Jen CarringtonOff the Grid episode: Nice, Necessary, Ideal frameworkOff the Grid episode: How to plan a summer sabbatical in 5 simple stepsCOME TO CLASS earlybird listCOOK90 (affiliate link) 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! 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

1h 21m
2D AGO

🧑‍🏫 How to Teach Online (& Why Learning to Teach is My Best Sales Hack)

If you want to build a business around your know-how… You have to learn how to teach. In today’s episode, I’m talking about why learning to teach is the best sales “hack” I know — and I’m introducing you to my upcoming spring intensive, COME TO CLASS. In just 30 minutes, I walk you through: Why online courses aren’t ‘dead’ or ‘over’How to figure out what you want to teachWhat you need to know about boundaries before you start teachingIdeas for nonhierarchical and nonlinear classroomsWhy writing a syllabus is like writing a sales page& more!Tune in then drop your email right here for access to earlybird pricing through May 1st. Can’t wait to see you in class! 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! 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

35 min
4D AGO · BONUS

🌸 How I Make Ambitious Biz Plans Without Burning Out

Today I’m very excited to share a workshop on gentle business planning — AKA how I make ambitious plans for my biz while also healing my burnout! In this audio (and video!) workshop, I walk you through: Why we’re always planning (even when we think we’re “behind”)My 6 tenets for Gentle Business PlanningList-making prompts for the season ahead in your workHow to turn reflective prompts into a clear marketing & sales calendar& How I use the Nine To Kind Digital planner to organize my projects Tune in here to hear my 6 tenets of Gentle Business Planning. Then head to the Clubhouse to enjoy the entire workshop. The recording is free for everyone this week only and available to paid Clubhouse supporters forever. Paid subscribers also get an edited audio version of the workshop AND a Notion doc with all the prompts to make this process super easy to do any time. So press play for a preview, then head to the Clubhouse to support the show! You can find this specific episode here :) 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

16 min
APR 24

🗒️ How to Plan Without Becoming a Perfectionist — with Lauren of Nine to Kind

This is probably my fave conversation I’ve ever had with a therapist. Today Lauren Ruth Martin, LPC-MHSP is here to talk about the anti-perfectionist planners she created for her company Nine to Kind. We discuss: Why most planners force us into a productivity mindsetHow gentle scaffolding can help us plan without perfectionismThe therapeutic exercises Lauren included in her plannersWhy we prefer DBT to CBT personallyHow to redistribute your f*cks — instead of trying to care less If you enjoy our conversation, make sure to explore Nine to Kind planners! Get 50% off digital planners with code OFFTHEGRID50 & 25% off analog products with code OFFTHEGRID25. Learn more & claim your discount at: ninetokind.com/pages/offthegrid RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails 💫 RSVP for the 2026 Astro & Biz Planning Summit 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

32 min
APR 22

🔑 Why Privacy Matters (Even if Google Knows Everything) — with Patricia Egger, Head of Security for Proton

We talk a lot about privacy at Off the Grid… but what does that actually mean in practice? Today I’m joined by Patricia Egger, Head of Security at my fave privacy-focused tech company Proton. Together, we have a non-technical-person-friendly conversation about: Why Proton insists on ‘privacy by default’The difference between online privacy & securityWhy we love Proton Mail & want you to use it (affiliate link)What it actually means when emails/messages are encryptedProton’s Born Private initiative (& how to claim a $1 email address for your kids)Why AI has major privacy problems RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails🙅‍♀️ I wanna help you leave Gmail with this workshop 👉 OPT OUT: 5 Steps to Break Up with Big Tech Today 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

48 min
APR 17 · BONUS

🌿 When the Ache Remains — The Joy/Grief of Social Media with Lisa Olivera [BEST OF]

Today I’m resharing my conversation with writer, therapist, and creative Lisa Olivera in honor of her upcoming book — When the Ache Remains: Lessons on Tending to the Unfixable and Finding Beauty Anyway— which is out on April 28th. Lisa and I talk about how her work and life changed as her Instagram platform grew to over 400,000 followers. Together, we dive into: Two reasons Lisa joined Instagram + how it felt as her account grewThe allure of online business + what we’re “supposed to do” when we have a big platformSocial media addiction + the compulsion to post/like/share/scrollFacing the big hole that’s there when social media’s not thereHow to make the choice to stay on social media If you enjoy this episode, please preorder Lisa's book! Here's my affiliate link, and here's more info on her website. 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! 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

47 min
APR 15

🔭 WTF is up with Summits? (& Why I’m Hosting One This Week)

Today I'm answering a question from Kate Henry about why summits often feel sketchy... and how I designed our upcoming Astro & Biz Planning Summit to be the opposite of that! Tune in to learn: How the summit model works ⚡️Why affiliate strategies can make summits feel weird 🧐The questions I ask before agreeing to participate in any event 🙋‍♀️How to make sure a summit benefits the host, speakers AND audience ♻️& Why you should RSVP for the Astro & Biz Planning Summit ASAP (if you want to) 🤗 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! 👉 Join the *Your Attention is Sacred* asynchronous book club with Jess Reid, happening May 6-15! Sign up here and use code AMELIA for $11 off. Then forward your receipt to hi@softersounds.studio for your bonus audiobook & ebook.

39 min
APR 13 · BONUS

🔒 My Q1 Biz Recap — Highs, Lows & How Much $$ I Made

This year I’m making big changes in my business… So I wanted to bring back my quarterly recaps to share the highlights, challenges, and financial details of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid each season! Tune in to this episode preview to hear about the highs & lows of winter in my biz. Then become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the details on how much $$ I made. When you join the Clubhouse, 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 :) 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!

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Literally the Only Marketing Podcast I Listen To

10/28/2025

Miss Graham

I’m an artist, and you have to be careful with some marketing podcasts because the lessons don’t always apply to us—but this one does. The conversations are so relevant, and it’s refreshing to learn new ways to think and share that have nothing to do with social media.
Brilliant podcast

04/23/2025

jatrae

This podcast feels like home. I’ve been introduced to so many amazing voices through it and even though I haven’t abandoned sm totally, it gives me hope that I can happily do so someday soon. Thank you for your work Amelia!
Amelia’s podcast is so needed!

02/26/2025

Uma Girish

I was feeling exhausted by social media and Amelia showed up in my world like a godsend at the perfect time. I’ve been off social media for 2 years now and was able to navigate my exit smoothly thanks to Off the Grid and the Leaving Social Media toolkit she has put together. Thank you, Amelia ❤️
So refreshing!

11/05/2024

Sammmmm B

As a business owner who is really into self-development, I love to listen to podcasts. But so many podcasts have the same methods for marketing. This is such a refreshing and new point of view when it comes to growing a business in the world of social media and influencers.

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