With the state of the world, it’s easy to believe that creative work is a waste of time. 

But I believe our businesses, art, and lives can be powerful forces for change. Not just by default, but through simple-yet-radical practices.

To help us orient toward personal power and collective freedom, I shared a free class and compiled this list of 50 ways your creative work can be a force for liberation (and fight fascism in the process).

Remember: Your work matters. Your art matters. And it can change the world — if you make it.

Tune in to hear this list (or read it right here). Then make your own!

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

Welcome to season nine of Off the Grid!
We’re kicking this one off by talking about why I’m kinda closing my business…
Or more accurately: how pruning one tree helps another grow.

 
Tune in to hear all about:

• Abolishing ICE & Standing with Minnesota
• What I did before I started Softer Sounds
• My step-by-step transition from side hustle to small business
• The one strategy that brought in 6 months of $$$
• Why I started this podcast… and then almost quit making it
• The 3 keys to Off the Grid’s success
• How I’m turning this tiny indie show into my full-time job in 2026

 
LINKS & RESOURCES:

💠 Free Class: How Our Businesses Create Change

✊ Stand with Minnesota

📲 5calls.org (use the app, it’s great!)

💕 Join us in the Off the Grid Clubhouse

💫 Get the free Leaving Social Media Toolkit

📔 Buy my book: Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

🫂 Also big hugs to my biz friends Taylor Elyse Morrison & Nic Antoinette
📣 Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

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 in to hear us chat about:

• Why presence is the word of the year
• How Neptune and Saturn in Aries might shape our vision
• The powerful potential of Uranus in Gemini
• Why Chiron in Taurus and Jupiter in Leo will give this year a lift
• & lots more!
   

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

When you do, you'll get access to over 30 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 :)

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

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 entrepreneurs doing? w/Amanda Laird
💫 Your 2026 biz astro forecast w/Miana Melendez

These episodes are EXCLUSIVELY for Clubhouse subscribers, who help me keep this podcast going by chipping in $5 to support the show. Join today!

P.S. If you (like me) are feeling unsure of how to process and resist the atrocities in the US right now, I’ve been returning to this video on opposing fascism in daily life for guidance.

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 me reconnect with my body, recenter my mind, and reorient toward my deeper vision for Life.

Tune in to this free episode preview — where I talk about why I’m:

• Deleting all work and distraction apps off my phone — including email! 📲
• Tracking my work hours again (even though I kind of hate it) ⏱️
• Giving up my Notion dashboard 😬
• Returning to a paper planner & art journal 📓
• & more!

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

When you do, you'll get access to over 30 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 :)

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 platform to watch 👀
• If done-for-you services are making a comeback 🤝
• And how courses might fare in 2026 🤔

Tune in for a gently-guided look into the murky crystal ball of online biz. Then head to offthegrid.fun/2026 for this whole series!
   
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Join the Interweb THIS WEEK ONLY!
🎶 Listen to Social Media by SurferBOY
📣 I wanna promote your work! Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid.

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

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:

• Why Arianna decided to host in-person events & how she found her first venues
• Different approaches to RSVPs & free vs paid events
• Why relationships are the only timeless marketing “strategy”
• How to tend to yourself while hosting events
• Different types of events to host depending on your personality
• What to do if nobody shows up

   
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Join the Interweb THIS WEEK ONLY!
🎶 Listen to Social Media by SurferBOY
📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com! 

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

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 argument for breaking up with the weekly newsletter
• & more!

   
Tune in for a free email education, then listen to these episodes for more:

📧 Email Marketing Made Easier, Better & More Fun — with Holly Wielkoszewski

📮 All Things Email Marketing with Allea Grummert of Duett

📥 Email Mistakes We Need to Stop Making — with Dawn Richardson from Flodesk

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Join the Interweb THIS WEEK ONLY!

🎶 Listen to Social Media by SurferBOY

😎 Want to learn my waitlist strategy? Join the Clubhouse for this exclusive episode: 🔬 Waitlist Experiments: What I’ve Learned from 8 Mini-Launches
   

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

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 & LLMEO
• How these changes might just liberate us from Google…
• Why you never need to use keyword tools again!
• Tips for optimizing your digital presence in 2026 — whether you’re just starting out or have a lot online already
• How to think about search if you’re not interested in using AI
• Why Meg is returning to blogging in 2026
   

This conversation made me stop stressing about AI and quit worrying if anyone will ever find my website again. Tune in, read Meg’s blog, and enjoy! 🙏

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Join the Interweb THIS WEEK ONLY!
🎶 Listen to Social Media by SurferBOY
📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!

 
✨ Sobremesa.Institute is where learning Spanish feels fluid, lived, and shared. Join our Language & Culture Retreat in Barcelona in May, and explore the full 2026 collection here.

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 rules for email marketing + newsletters right now
• How to network better + host fun events (even if you're an introvert)
• & What trends will grab extra attention in the year ahead!

 
You'll hear from amazing guests like Meg Casebolt, Arianna Smith, and Amanda Laird. It's basically a mini-of-the-moment-marketing-masterclass all for free on the pod feed this week! So please subscribe and share it with a friend xo

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Join the Interweb THIS WEEK ONLY!
🎶 Listen to Social Media by SurferBOY
📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!