Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

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 meansSaturnian influences on our energy + creativityHow to make aligned choices within constraintsCultivating the permission to radically change our livesWays to move through our fears (+ experiences) of judgmentConsistency 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   OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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 & QuitAnd 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  OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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 jobsWhy Heather & Amelia both took detours through coding bootcampsThe benefits of a bridge job as you grow or change your businessA 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 storeThe realities of transitioning to e-commerce during COVIDHiring + grieving at the same timeLeaning on the community of your business in hard timesWhen quitting ISN’T failingHow 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   OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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 farmsHow moving to Colorado spurred her love of knittingThe realities of turning a hobby into a side hustleSpecific ways to center your values in your businessHow multiple losses + a health crisis led Chereen through a transformative grief portalDifferent methods of building community in and around your businessHow to evolve when your work is wrapped up in your ego + identityThe grief the comes when your industry changes and it hurts your businessWhy Chereen & Amelia both took sabbaticals before deciding to close their companiesHow 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   OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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