Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

Welcome welcome welcome back to Off the Grid! Amelia, here. I’m popping into your pod feed today to let you know that we’re kicking off season four of the show next week. 🎉

Starting September 4th, I’ll be sharing a new interview every Wednesday through the end of November, featuring amazing guests like: N. Chloé Nwangwu, Liz Migliorelli of Sister Spinster, Megan Leatherman, Podge Thomas, Kate Smalley, Michelle Pellizzon, Jenny Blake, Amy Kuretsky, and more!

In this preview episode, I tell you more about what’s to come in season four, including two themes we’ll be exploring —

🎢 Why leaving social media is going mainstream... and how to avoid the grifters glomming onto that

🍁 How online business is changing in hard times... and ways to feel less alone in this moment

And stick around to the end to learn about some big updates for the Interweb, our annual membership that’s getting a glow-up before we close the doors to new members on September 15th. Plus! The next ten folks who join using the code LUCKYTEN can get their first year at our founding member rate of only $99.

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.

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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!

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

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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 [email protected]

☎️ 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

 
Sponsor love 💕 Future You Portraits with Will | Nicole Cloutier | Jessica Lackey | Feminist Thriller Club | Lettering Works x Off the Grid | Cody Cook-Parrott | Jess Jackson & Soft Path Healing | Sarah McColl & Summer Camp | Neets & Spring Fling | Send It! Newsletter Group & Write A Winning Welcome Email Mini-Course

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid

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

 
OCTOBER COMMUNITY SPONSOR:
✨ Stop scrolling and start shuffling. Come home to your mind, body, and business with Be With Your Body Tarot. Get 25% off the deck and/or autumn planner with code OFFTHEGRID at: bewithyourbody.com/off-the-grid