Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

In this episode preview, I’m joined by Miana Melendez to talk about the major astrological transits of 2026 and how they might shape our year in creative business.   Miana is a Certified Astrologer, Certified Life Coach and Brand Strategist who helps ambitious leaders, divine disruptors and soul led entrepreneurs step into their next evolution of identity, leadership and vocal expression.   Tune i...

Join me for a deep breath, an invitation to release expectations, and an update on what's happening in the Clubhouse before Off the Grid returns on January 28th.   And if you want more Off the Grid right now...  --> Join the Clubhouse ASAP! Three exclusive episode are going live in the next week: 🌈 3 ways I'm reclaiming my attention, creativity & workday 🧐 WTF are the celebrity entreprene...

At some point last year, I realized I was on my phone… a lot… And I was kind of working all the time…. And while I was promoting my book all about attention … I wasn’t doing the best job of tending to my attention myself! So in 2026, I’m reclaiming my attention, creativity, and workday. Not through grand proclamations or whole-life-overhauls. But through a few small shifts that I trust will help m...

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 plat...

You don’t have to be an extrovert to host events. (I promise.) In today’s episode, I’m talking to licensed therapist and intuitive copywriter Arianna Smith about the event series she’s been hosting since 2023 and how in-person networking has changed her business for the better. If you’re thinking about how to be less online and more IRL in 2026, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn all about:...

What are we doing with email this year? And how are we adapting to all the inbox changes? In this episode, Amelia shares her top 3 rules for email marketing and newsletters in 2026. This isn’t another overview of the basics. It’s part-hot-take and part-informed-opinion on things like: Why welcome sequences matter Reasons to let people opt-out of sales cycles The best way to use a waitlist An argum...

Search has always driven web traffic… but what is SEO in the era of AI? And how will that impact our creative businesses in 2026? Today I’m joined by SEO expert, podcaster and romance novelist (!) Meg Casebolt , who’s here to help us understand the current landscape of search and how AI is remapping the web. Tune in to learn: What's shifting in the world of SEO — including AIO, GEO, AEO & LLME...

Happy New Year & welcome to a brand new season of Off the Grid!  Today we're kicking off this year-in-biz with our annual creative marketing toolkit  —  five episodes in five days to set you up for success in 2026! Press play to hear all about it, and tune in this week to learn: Our top 3 marketing strategies for 2026 Need-to-know advice on SEO, AI & blogging in this era of the internet My...

Back on January 8th, Amanda Laird and I recorded an episode about the four marketing trends she was forecasting for the year ahead . Now that it’s December, we’re revisiting those trends to talk about what actually happened! Tune in as we recap what happened in the world of creative small business, specifically around: AI, social media, Substack, and IRL events. This is a free preview of our conve...

This week, we end season seven of Off the Grid with an honest conversation about self-employment amidst polycrisis. I’m joined by the inimitable Shivani Mehta Bhatia — who returns to the show to help us weave our experiences of grief, witnessing, conflict, rest, deep sorrow, and profound joy. It’s been a long year, and we quite literally laugh and cry as we reflect on how 2025 has clarified our co...

Fifteen minutes to center us in radical generosity + energetic sovereignty before the biggest shopping + selling days of the year. Tune in for a tiny pep talk, and to hear more about the Off the Grid Small Biz Gift Guide ! & If you want to shop Off the Grid deals through the weekend: 📖 Your Attention is Sacred ebooks are $10 + paperbacks are $20! 🎙️ Your Podcast is a Portal is only $99! Wishi...

Today we visit the Off the Grid archives and Podge Thomas returns for a reflective conversation about why being self-employed invites (and requires) decolonizing how we learn, how we communicate, how we operate, and how we relate to others.   Podge has recently created a FREE email course on Metacognitive Learning Design . I want you to get the course, check out her Decolonized Learning Glossary ,...

If you’re tired of being tired, this episode is for you.   Today I’m joined by Jordan Maney , the Radical Joy Coach™ and creator of the RestLab. Through her facilitation and coaching, she helps people who give a damn (including you, dear listener!) learn the radical practice of rest.   In this conversation, we get into: Why we can’t talk about rest without talking about work The self-fulfilling pr...

Listen to this episode before you begin holiday shopping or selling! Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with Rachel Duncan for the Money Healing Club Podcast where we go deeeeeep into how social media impacts our spending habits and finances. We talk about budgets, boundaries, and screentime. Then we explore why restriction isn’t necessarily the answer to addiction — and why rebellion and plea...

Let’s get into it with phone addiction and doomscrolling. 😵‍💫   In this episode, I’ll teach you two practices for raising your awareness around how you use your phone.   Then I’ll offer two interventions for interrupting feel-bad habits and learning to scroll more mindfully.   As our theme song says… I know that you really want to put your phone away (hey!).   So let’s do that together today!   ...

Let's get mystical, shall we? 🧿 In honor of Halloween, today I'm resharing a community tarot reading that Cecily Sailer of Typewriter Tarot recorded for us last fall.  Cecily (she/her) is a creativity coach, writer and tarot reader. She runs a business called Typewriter Tarot , which is a sanctuary and learning community for creative mystics. She's also the author of Tarot for Creative Spirits ....

Happy Halloween/Samhein week, friends 🌙 Today, I’m joined by one of my favorite witches, Casey Zabala of Modern Witches and Wanderers Tarot . Casey and I have a rich conversation tracing her spiritual path and how it became her career. We explore community, magic, and the power of self-publishing, as well as why Casey left social media earlier this year. We also get into the nitty gritty details...

Big launches have been all the rage this year. But I’ve been working very quietly behind the scenes, growing my membership with small launches to a private waitlist. How’s it gone? Pretty great, actually! I’ve invited in 6-18 new members every 4-6 weeks all year long. That’s over 70 new people! Bringing in over $10,000 in revenue! And my nervous system has stayed regulated the entire time. So, as...

Today we embrace the Dark Moon and step into our businesses to remember: “alignment is a dance.” To do that, I welcome grace allerdice back to the podcast for the fifth time. She’s a priestess, a podcaster, and one of my personal friends and guides. In this episode, she shares how her self-employment journey has also been a spiritual initiation and the many ways deep alignment has guided her into...

Here's the thing: Off the Grid isn't just a marketing podcast. 🥸 It's a rallying cry to break free from the attention economy and reclaim your agency. It's also a vision of the internet where we create, connect, and make money online without extractive algorithms. In this bonus episode, I'm sharing the new vision for Off the Grid ! And inviting you to co-create it with me at our upcoming retreat....

Today we’re going right to the heart of email marketing and answering your burning questions! To do that, I’m joined by Dawn Richardson, Product Education Manager at Flodesk and owner of Tech Savvy Creative . Dawn is here to explain how your emails end up in spam, strategies to get better open rates, and why you should stop sending reengagement campaigns immediately. She’s got the stats from milli...

Let's get visionary! 🪅 🪅 🪅 Today I'm revisiting and reimagining my list of 100 Ways to Share Your Work/Life Without Social Media —  in celebration of my book launch! If you've been feeling unsure, uninspired, or unsatisfied lately, this episode is for you. Tune in for a quick dose of clarity and expansion. 🩵 RESOURCES + LINKS 👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit 🌐 Get on the Inte...

Today we welcome copywriter Nicole Cloutier back to the podcast (yay!) to help us avoid the most dreaded small biz experience: putting something new into the world and hearing … nothing … in return. We talk through launch basics then go deep into the strategies that have helped grow our sales — even in this challenging year. Join us as we stare into the void together and discuss: What a launch rea...

My book is here! Learn more & buy your copy at offthegrid.fun/attention   🥳 🥳 🥳 In today's episode, I tell you all about the book AND the virtual retreat I'm hosting this fall. Then I share an amazing conversation I had with Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer for her podcast Imagination State . It's all about how extractive algorithms wreck our creativity + community — and ways to make that stop. Tune...

The most radical choice I’ve made in self-publishing is not putting my book on Amazon. Tune in to this episode to learn:  Why I made this decision What it means for my book How I’m going to find readers anyway & Exactly how many books I’m hoping to sell Then join me in my journey of self-publishing without giving Jeff Bezos more money… by getting a copy of the book at yourattentionissacred.com...