Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

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💭 Prestige or Freedom: The Delusion of “Living Your Dream” — with Mel Mitchell-Jackson Mar 04, 2026

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I met Mel Mitchell-Jackson in the best way: through a newsletter ad, a ‘wanna chat?’ email, and many texts and virtual coffees since.

Today, they’re here to talk about their path from art school to working at Apple HQ to leaving that behind for creative self-employment.

Tune in to hear us explore:

How to cultivate creative community
The realities of what it takes to “make it” in art school & beyond
Chronic illness, Long COVID & find a pace you can sustain
3 common traps of over-giving in online business
Ways to center anti-capitalist values & praxis in your work
The pros & cons of building an audience through Youtube
& much more!

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

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🔒 A Pep Talk for Believing in Your Business & Your Art Mar 02, 2026

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A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a new business friend and peer that sent me into a total tailspin.

The TLDR; is that they said something relatively innocuous about my podcast & membership model…

And it had me questioning everything about I know about success in online business.

In this Clubhouse-exclusive episode, I share more of that story and the pep talk I’ve been giving myself since. To hear the whole thing, join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse

When you do, 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 :)
** This episode was recorded & scheduled before the US joined Israel in bombing Iran over the weekend. At Off the Grid, we believe in food not bombs. We support the Iran people and protestors pursuing freedom in the face of extreme violence. But we don’t believe in the US pattern of interventionism through warfare. Nor in a President who posts assassination updates on a social media platform he owns. For our US listeners, please join us in calling your representatives to stop these unauthorized military strikes. **

❤️‍🩹 Fractured Attention & Financial Scarcity — Quitting Instagram with Jenni Gritters Feb 27, 2026

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Jenni Gritters recently hosted me for a Your Attention is Sacred book club, and I’m excited to share our conversation with you!

Tune in as we discuss:

Understanding the goals of the algorithms
Addiction as a lens to make sense of social media
Jenni’s decision to delete her Instagram account
The parallels between fractured attention and financial scarcity
Reckoning with combative platforms
How to protect your well-being if you’re still on social media

⭐️ & RSVP FOR MY BOOK READING IN SAN FRANCISCO ON MARCH 12TH!⭐️

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👋 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

🐚 Burnout as a Cycle Under Capitalism — with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson Feb 25, 2026

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Today I’m joined by Cyrée Jarelle Johnson for a deep and thoughtful conversation about spiritual practice, small business, and social media.

Together we weave through:

How Cyrée crafted his career as a diviner, poet, herbalist + card reader
Healing burnout when living with chronic illness and neurodivergence
Why Instagram has no elders — and all communities are incomplete without elders
Discernment vs extreme skepticism — and how to navigate the internet’s slop era
How to blend online & IRL business models — including different ways to run a shop
The realities of experiencing transphobic and hateful comments on social media
Herbal and ecological support for tending to burnout ❤️‍🩹

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

💿 My Privacy-Focused, Algorithm-Lite Tech Stack Feb 20, 2026

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I’ve spent the past 5 years trying to navigate the internet without handing my data (& life) over to surveillance capitalism.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing my current tech stack — the browsers, search engines, email providers, and other tools that I use to share my wrk online without Google, Facebook, or AI overlords.

As you listen, please know this effort is a work in progress and always evolving! You can learn my entire process by taking my class OPT OUT: 5 Steps to Break Up with Big Tech Today.

My current privacy-focused tech stack

Kagi search + Orion browser
Proton Mail (affiliate link) + Zoho Mail
Signal

Find everything else mentioned here: offthegrid.fun/shownotes/privacy-focused-tech-stack

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

🔒 3 Sticky Situations: A Rapid-Fire Feedback Clinic Feb 19, 2026

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Real talk: I can be kind of avoidant when it comes to feedback.

I don’t love giving it. I prefer not receiving it.

But sometimes that lands me in sticky interpersonal situations.

…Maybe you can relate?

If yes, you’re going to love this Clubhouse episode, because I’m sharing a follow-up to my conversation with Morgan Evans — where we go through three real-life (and real-biz) examples of how to navigate tough conversations.

Tune in to this preview as we talk through:

How to offer feedback when a service provider isn’t getting the assignment 🚩
Ways to handle emails that feel like misguided attacks 🙅‍♀️
Why we should start all collaborations by defining the terms and responsibility 👩‍💼
& How self-reflection can help us shortcut the feedback process 💰

To hear the whole episode, join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse

📄 Feedback that Doesn’t Feel Bad — with Morgan Evans Feb 18, 2026

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Welcome to our most personal episode yet!

Today I’m joined by Morgan Evans from Business Casual to talk about the seemingly-simple but often-fraught topic of: feedback.

We share a lot of personal experiences and business examples as we get into:

What feedback really is
Why reviews and random emails aren’t feedback
How to give & receive feedback that doesn’t feel like 💩
Ways to create business systems that invite feedback
How to resolve conflict with clients/customers/team members
Why feedback is actually a social justice tool
Positive feedback and how to integrate it

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

🔒 Self-Publishing Off the Amazon Path Feb 16, 2026

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Last month, I was thrilled to join Karolina Wudniak of Paperwing Studio in the Indie Book Lab!

We talked about how I approached self-publishing without relying on Amazon — including the platforms I used, the (costly) mistakes I made, and how much money I’ve brought in from my book so far (revenue AND profit).

I also answered lots of attendee questions:

Why did you decide to avoid Amazon? & How much could you really?
What size audience would you recommend having before going Amazon-less?
Is it realistic to make sales without Amazon’s reach? How do you handle discoverability?
What does fulfillment look like without a big platform?
What about international sales?
Is this only viable for nonfiction or niche audiences? What about debut authors?
How much more work is it, realistically?
And finally… why is your paperback actually on Amazon anyway?

It was a great conversation, and I’m excited to share the recording — exclusively with paid subscribers in the Clubhouse :)

Tune in here for a preview, and to hear the whole episode, join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse

➿ The Tension of Platforms & Why I Haven’t Left Substack (Yet) Feb 13, 2026

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If you're stressed about using Spotify, Substack, Google, Instagram, or any other platforms... this episode is for you!

Today I'm talking about how to choose platforms & tech tools without selling your soul — and why I'm still on Substack even though I kinda hate it. 🫠

Tune in to hear me break down:

Tools vs Platforms
Questions to ask before you choose a new tool
What to do about the bad politics of platforms
Why there's no purity on the internet
Four strategies for rethinking your choices
Tech stack harm reduction
The big decision I made about 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

🕯️Centering Your Values & Staying off Social Media — with Harry Doull of Keap Candles Feb 11, 2026

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Harry Doull grew up living in a small family hotel in the French countryside. Then he worked for the UN and Google, before leaving tech behind to co-found his candle company, Keap.
This week, he’s on the podcast to share why he left tech for candlemaking, and how he’s grown Keap without social media or Amazon — while still garnering plenty of customers, partners, and awards, including landing on Wirecutter’s best candles list.
This one’s for all the product-makers out there and anyone who believes business without social media can’t scale. They can! We’re proving it! Buy a candle & join us!
ALSO — If you want to try a Keap candle, use the code OFFTHEGRID for 15% off your first purchase. My faves are: Timur Moon, Wood Cabin, Wild Figs & the brand new Grapefruit + Yuzu (affiliate links)
And if you want to partner with Keap, check out their Mindful Creators program.

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

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