Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

Welcome to part one of our season six finale!Today I’m joined by TWENTY past guests sharing tiny pep talks recorded just for you.Tune in for encouragement on everything from surviving Capitalism to fixing your sales page to overcoming overwhelm and getting exactly what you want.You’ll hear from:[6:30] Blaize Hall of Weeping Willow Wellness[12:00] Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz of Holisticism[14:55] Sarah Arantza Amador of Hawthorne Mountain Tarot[18:20] Arielle Estoria[19:35] Mattia Maurée of AuDHD Flourishing[21:30] Michelle Warner of Sequence Over Strategy[23:55] Amanda Laird of Slow and Steady & Personal Biz[26:15] Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works[27:30] Elise Granata of GROUP HUG[30:45] Shivani Mehta Bhatia[33:30] Maria Bowler[37:10] grace allerdice of home—body[39:50] Megan Leatherman of A Wild New Work[43:40] Maggie Gentry of Rest Day Creative[46:40] Natalie Ross[49:30] Natalie Miller of Mind Witchery[52:45] Rachel Duncan of the Money Healing Club[55:50] Nicole Cloutier of Copy Poetics[60:15] Yarrow Magdalena of Pink Well Studio[63:10] Chelsea Riffe  RESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for FREE episodes in August👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the waitlist for the Interweb 

Here’s my truth— I am absolutely, positively obsessed with this episode.Today on the pod, I’m joined by the one-and-only Sarah Faith Gottesdiener.She’s popping over from Moonbeaming to pull back the curtain on how the Moon Studio has made more money than ever this year — with a secret marketing strategy and a super minimal social media presence.Hear us get smart on:Inside/outside marketing strategiesKeeping your best work a secretBusiness models that are DOAWhy we love our client communitiesHow to cultivate a clear channel for your marketing& Working with the best people  Tune in, then sign up for Sarah’s class Clear Channels! Registration closes in August. RESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for a FREE late-summer reset👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Casey Johnston is a weight-lifting memoirist and former editor at Vice, Ars Technica & the New York Times’ Wirecutter.She’s been reporting on social media and smart phones for over a decade, and in that time, she built her career on Twitter then left it behind in favorite of a paid newsletter and a phone with fewer than ten apps on it.In this conversation, we dig into the the major shifts that Casey’s witnessed in digital media since 2010, as well as how she created a “DIY Dumb Phone” to help her kick her phone addiction last year.Specifically, we explore:How Twitter helped Casey start her writing careerWhy Casey launched a newsletter & how it’s become her primary income streamVirality, memes & how they push us to always be onlineThe difference between a Beat, a Brand, and a BusinessThe successes & failures of journalists on SubstackCasey’s “DIY Dumb Phone” methodHow algorithms convince us we have problemsWhy Casey quit being a defender of social media  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 📘 A more joyful business is within reach. Get your copy of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake today at itsfreetime.com/book (sponsored)      ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Welcome to an episode unlike any other! Today I'm joined by Melissa Wong of Coherence Studio for a live advising session where I help her work through the age-old question: "how do I really grow my business without social media?"Then she turns the mic around on me to dig into how Off the Grid has actually grown — and what you can learn from that process.Tune in as we get super honest and explore:Two ways we build legacy in our businessesHow popularity wounds surface in our marketingLooking to other business owners as models for our workHow Off the Grid has changed as its grownWhy your intuition is necessary for business survivalWhat relationship marketing strategies are working in 2025Why Melissa wants to be on social media & if she’s going to leave IG RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 📘 A more joyful business is within reach. Get your copy of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake today at itsfreetime.com/book (sponsored)    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Welcome to Paradigm Shift Summer! 😎This month on the podcast, we're rooting into radical change with ease, softness, and poolside vibes.Today I'm taking you behind-the-scenes of my business and sharing 3 ways I'm releasing 2025-so-far and gently redesigning my work/life this summer. I'll guide you through the deep shifts and practical actions I have planned — all with the goal of having a more simple, specific, and spiritual business by the fall.Tune in to get inspired, and then join me for OPT OUT to do your own reinventing this summer!    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

I’m not a fan of the #girlboss. But I am a fan of women who build wildly successful businesses. And I especially appreciate when they offer eyes-open advice about what it really took to get there.Today on the show, I’m joined by Sam Vander Wielen, a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur who’s built a multi-seven-figure online business through consistently $100k+ funnels and launches.While income claims like that typically make me roll my eyes… Sam is such an smart, honest, and candid business owner that I just had to ask her a million questions about how her business really works.So if you’ve ever wanted a values-aligned look into a seven-figure business, you’ll definitely want to tune in. We talk about:The relationship between trauma and high-achievementHow social media helped Sam grow her businessClarifying the stages of awareness in your marketingClearing fear around the legal aspects of small businessHow Sam handles hate mail and mean messagesThe realities of Sam’s $300k+ launchesWhy you need a copy of Sam’s new book  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

I started my self-employment journey by freelancing… but somehow I’ve never talked about it on the pod!So today I’m joined by Sarah Jutras of Huzzah Studio and Freelance for Life to dive into how to build a freelance career and/or land a few gigs to make ends meet.Together we unpack a few common Qs, including:What is freelancing? 🤺Who is freelancing good for? 💼How can I land my first freelance gig? 😎And is it really possible to turn freelancing into a sustainable career? 🧐I also ask Sarah my burning question: “Is freelancing only lucrative if you work in tech?” And she has a great answer. Tune in to hear it! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

When my business becomes overwhelming, I turn my focus to my systems.Why? Because systems are the how of everything I do in my work and life. I have a system for doing my laundry, a system for checking my inbox, and a system for making this podcast.And even when I have no system for doing something… that’s still a no-system system!Designing my systems with myself in mind has made my life so much better. And I really want that for you too!So this week on the podcast, I’m joined by brigitte, a neurodivergent systems witch who’s here to help us all get through our work day with more ease.Tune in to learn:What systems are & who needs themHow to design systems that serve us instead of the status quoExamples of systems from brigitte & Amelia’s businessesHow we can embed our values in our systemsBrigitte’s 7-step process for creating your own systems!  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails  ⚡️ Build a profitable, in-demand business in a way that feels energetically sustainable. Get this FREE masterclass from Human Design & Business Coach Bryn Brown: The Secrets to Soulful Success (sponsored)     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

2025 has been a year of pivots, restarts, and beginning again. So this week on the pod, we’re talking about reinventing yourself and your website!To do that, I’m joined by yoga-teacher-turned-meditation-studio-owner-turned-designer Anita Cheung AKA Neets!Anita has pivoted business topics, models and personal brands many times over the past decade, and she’s here to share the lessons she’s learned, as well as to offer practical advice for adapting our virtual presence as we evolve.Tune in to hear about:Anita’s biggest lessons learned from starting over multiple timesWays to embrace change and up-level your failure toleranceHow to reinvent yourself when you want to……VS How to pivot when it’s forced on you by hard timesWhether or not you should brand yourself as your name& a HUGE permission slip to abandon your niche Then in the second half of the episode, Anita teaches us her Top 10 Tips to Elevate Your Brand & Website. It’s a branding & web masterclass you won’t want to miss, just for Off the Grid listeners! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails  ⚡️ Build a profitable, in-demand business in a way that feels energetically sustainable. Get this FREE masterclass from Human Design & Business Coach Bryn Brown: The Secrets to Soulful Success (sponsored)     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Welcome to Off the Grid CPG edition! 🍜Today on the show, I’m joined by Molly Clark of Taking Stock Foods to talk about farmers’ markets, food retail, and the realities of consumer product goods businesses.Molly is the co-founder and CEO of Taking Stock Foods, a functional beverage company based in St. Paul, MN. She is dedicated to being a leader in the conscious food movement, supporting and uplifting other founders in the maker space through intentional vulnerability and authentic connection.Tune in to our conversation to learn:Molly’s lessons from selling at farmers’ marketsThe realities of getting shelf space in major retailers like Whole FoodsHow to cultivate a sustainable cofounder relationshipPros & cons of selling products through AmazonMore about COGs, MOQs, UGC and all the retail acronyms& How Taking Stock Foods is changing their product line & pivoting away from IRL retail in 2025! This episode is full of wisdom for anyone in the food and/or retail spaces. And it’s also a great listen for those of us in other industries who love to learn from values-aligned peers!💓 Biz friend links from Molly: Kate LaBrosse, Lip Esteem, SJC Body Love, Mazaah, HetiRESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Popping in with a behind-the-scenes bonus episode — where Jen Carrington and I pull back the curtain on everything that's been messy, feel-bad, and chaotic in our businesses this year! We talk about exactly how much our revenue is down, the problems we've diagnosed with our marketing and messaging, and what we're focusing on to stay in business through 2025 and beyond. Tune in to feel seen, heard, and (hopefully) less alone. 💓 If you enjoy the episode, make sure to grab Jen's free Design Your Part-Time Business Model toolkit. Then get the recording of my class where we explored How to Run Your Creative Business in Slow Times!RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails🌀 Purchase the recording — How to Run Your Creative Business During a Recession (or any slow time)    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

We talk about community all the time on this show. But what does it actually look like when relationships change the trajectory of your creative career?In this episode, I’m joined by Lauren LoGrasso to unpack all the relationships that led her to her current roles as an award-winning podcaster, producer of We Can Do Hard Things, and VP of Programming and Development at Audacy.Those relationships range from a random guy in Indiana to the agent who dumped her when she moved to LA to her “radio Jesus” who opened the door to everything Lauren is doing today.Tune in as we map how a creative career is built in real-time. You’ll hear all about:How Lauren landed an internship on the Ellen show & the slump that followed her early successWhy it’s important to learn all the angles of your jobHow Lauren nurtures & unleashes her creativityAmelia’s dance between being practical & being delusionalWhy we have to stop rebranding disappointment as failureTwo ways to reclaim your voice from “creative monsters”   And stay tuned to the end where Lauren guides us through a self-love + inner child healing practice!RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

I broke up with Amazon and Google when I left social media in 2021, and this year I decided it was also time to quit using Spotify.Why? Well because my values are not aligned with enriching billionaires like Jeff Bezos, letting Google track my behavior everywhere, or supporting Spotify in paying artists pennies.So in this episode, I share a bit more about my decision-making and how I’ve managed to stop using the services and tools that these companies create.To be clear — I’m not making a case for why you “should” quit any of these platforms. But if this is a shift you WANT to make, I am offering a few suggestions.Tune in to hear:The 3 mindset shifts that make it possible to leave Google, Amazon & SpotifyMy 5-step process for breaking up with these companies & their servicesAll the tools I used to replace GoogleThe ways I still use Amazon even though I canceled Prime years agoHow quitting Spotify changed my music-listening (more on that here) For a quick summary & links to my fave tools, check out the blog post I wrote when I first made this decision: http://www.ameliahruby.com/blog/getting-off-google-facebook-amazon RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community 🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails🌀 Sign up for OPT OUT — 90 minutes of simple mindset shifts, step-by-step processes, and curated lists of alternate tools that will help you redesign your tech stack for a softer, surveillance-free life and business.      ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Today on the show, I’m joined by art psychotherapist Amelia Knott to explore and untangle the intersections of mental health, social media, creativity, and small business.We specifically take on the concepts of “digital wellness” and “ethical marketing.” And we have a nuanced conversation about how we really feel online and what it means to market with care (and without coercion).Join us as we get into:The problem with “wellness” & the possibility of cultivating well-being onlineHow to do an attention audit & figure out how you really feel about social mediaOur thoughts on the major cultural shifts around social media this yearEthical marketing frameworks from a mental health practitioner perspectivePractical tips to make your marketing language more trauma-informed And if you enjoy this episode, make sure you get a copy of Amelia’s book, The Art of Thriving Online! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

Edgar Fabián Frías is an artist, therapist, educator, curator, witch and so much more.Today, they join me on the podcast to talk about the decision they made to quiet quit Instagram at the start of 2025.Together, we explore:The works of art that changed our lives & nonlinear psychic collaborationBeing impersonated on Instagram & how that can impact your businessWhat happens when Meta starts suspending queer artistsHow Edgar blended career paths & built new channels away from social media (including their podcast Your Art is a Spell!)Feeling safer after stepping back from so much public sharingWhy the era of social media is dying Tune in for an inspiring conversation in the spirit of Toni Cade Bambara, who teaches us that — “As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people, my job is to make revolution irresistible.”  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails👯 Edgar’s artist shout-outs: Asher Hartman, Reina Prado of Healing Queen & Good Mexican Girl, Jeff Hinshaw    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.