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**Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media**

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

Latest Episodes:

🤔 WTF is happening on LinkedIn?? (& Why I Quit the Platform After 14 Years) Jul 29, 2024

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This one goes out to my all my Top Voices™️ out there. Today we’re talking about LinkedIn!

Tune in to hear me unpack:

A timeline of LinkedIn’s evolution
The difference between Social Networking & Social Media
The phenomena of LinkedIn Cringe™️
How LinkedIn has changed thought leadership at large
Why I decided to (finally) leave LinkedIn

And ICYMI — this episode has been pulled out from behind the paywall of Off the Grid Clubhouse! 🤸 Join today for weekly episodes like this + secret emails all summer long. Only $5/mo or $50/year.

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👀 How to Feel Seen Off Social Media Jun 26, 2024

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This week we wrap season three with some #deepthoughts on what it means to feel seen and how social media is messing with our sense of self-worth and community connection.

Tune in as I break down why visibility ≠ connection (or $ales), and I share many ways that we can find connection in our work and our lives without being on all the apps.

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🤸 Join the Clubhouse & our Summer of Substack! Jun 24, 2024

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Hey friends, I'm popping into your pod feed on a Monday to share that... THE OFF THE GRID CLUBHOUSE IS NOW OPEN! 🤸

Head to offthegridclubhouse.substack.com for weekly episodes, secret emails + community comment threads all summer long.

Only $5/mo or $50/year. Join us today!

♻️ Success is a Cycle (& Sometimes That Sucks) Jun 19, 2024

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Hey there, biz bestie. If you (like me) have never discovered a milestone or a metric that makes you a Success™️….today’s episode is for you!

Tune in to hear:

Why I hate SMART goals
How to FEEL successful
When to embrace fluctuation + failure
What alignment’s got to do with it
The exact definition of success that guides my work + life
& How to write your own definition (then send it to me!)

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🌹 The Deep Integration of Art, Business & Friendship — with Kening Zhu Jun 12, 2024

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This week I’m joined by Kening Zhu, an artist, web designer, and dear friend who I’ve known for over 15 years.
Together, we have a deep and thoughtful conversation about money, energy, human design, creative practice, and the magical nature of the world wide web.
This episode is for anyone craving connection, expansion, and deeper meaning in their creative work and daily life. Spend 75 poetic minutes with us as we explore:

Kening’s journey as an artist-entrepreneur
Dissolving the binary of art vs money
Human design & business success as a Projector
The internet as a creative practice
Building a beautiful world with your website
Allowing yourself to want more
& Re-conceiving the personal brand

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🫠 When Leaving Social Media Doesn't Solve Your Problems — with Cody Cook-Parrott Jun 05, 2024

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Today I’m joined by Cody Cook-Parrott, a writer, artist, dancer, and teacher who’s here to share how they grew their Instagram account to over 80k followers while navigating big feelings, multiple book deals & many social media breaks in the process.

In this conversation, Cody and I meet deep in the both/and of when being ON social media feels bad and being OFF social media feels bad. Tune in to hear about:

How Cody grew their creative business with the help of IG
What it’s really like to quit Instagram as a public person
The relationship between social media & activism
Online presence VS offline “peace”
How Cody made more money while off Instagram
Cody’s shift from Instagram to Substack

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

✨ June Biz Forecast — Slowing Down, Sliding Scales & Sponsor Love May 31, 2024

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Welcome to our #summertime June Biz Forecast episode! This is a pod-feed-exclusive where I check in at the start of the month to share a few fun marketing trends, this month's biz-care to-dos, a preview of upcoming episodes, and more!

This month, you’ll hear:

the many ways we’re slowing down for summer 🐢
how I’m implementing a sliding scale in my business ⚖️
different ways to redistribute our wealth ♻️
& how I'm clearing out my expenses this season 😬

Plus! Listen to the end for news about our season three sponsors and ways we can collab in season four.

Get in touch with Amelia:

💌 Email hi@softersounds.studio

☎️ Leave a voice message at speakpipe.com/offthegrid

Link love 💕 Off the Grid Clubhouse | The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice by Alexis Cunningfolk | Your Podcast Is A Portal | DIY Podcast Marketing & Monetization | Off the Grid Ad Opportunities

😅 Social Media for the Anxiously Attached — with Becca Piastrelli May 29, 2024

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Finally! An episode for all the social-media-ambivalent among us.
Today I’m resharing a conversation I had with Becca Piastrelli for her podcast Belonging — where we go DEEP into how social media makes us feel, including unpacking why I left Instagram AND why Becca has stayed on the platform.

Tune in to hear about:

My journey with social media, including how it felt to invest thousands of hours & $$$ on the apps
Anxious attachment & my decision to leave Instagram
The creative inspiration AND loneliness I felt after I left
Why we find community on social media
How our personal & emotional wellbeing are connected to our online presence.
Misinformation, toxic algorithms, and capitalism

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🌾 Grow Through Generosity & Collaboration — with Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works May 22, 2024

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It’s radical generosity week here at Off the Grid!

Today on the pod, I welcome Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works for a conversation about how our businesses become more profitable through creative collaborations.

This one is packed with self-employed wisdom, so pop in your airpods and tune in to learn:

How Chelsie uses passion projects to pitch (and book!) her dream clients
The clarity + generosity of Lettering Works’ Artist Trade Program
Chelsie's FREE branding challenge
How we structure trades so they’re mutually beneficial
The benefits of fully committing to your collaborations
Why you should focus on the right thing instead of the urgent thing
& How to create your own “job perks” when you’re self-employed

If you enjoy this episode, be sure to check out the Lettering Works x Off the Grid sticker collab!

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🪺 (Re)Building Your Business Around Your Capacity — with Jen Carrington May 15, 2024

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What happens when the work you love is no longer sustainable for the realities of your life?

Today on the pod, Jen Carrington takes us behind-the-scenes in her business to discuss how she’s radically changed her offerings to support her life as a mom with a chronic illness.

Tune in to learn: