Join me as I convince myself it's ok to sunset my business 😬
 
In this quarterly recap episode, I walk through the highs, lows, and finances of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid so far this year...
 
And I figure out how to make the money work as I pivot my business model from service provider to content creator!
 

Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the $$$ details.
 
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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

Nic Antoinette is back to help me wrap season nine, and we’re talking about the breaks we are (and aren’t) taking this summer.

Tune in to hear us unpack:

• Why nobody talks about the moments we don’t like our business 😬
• How fear keeps us from slowing down or taking breaks 🐌
• When being honest actually f*cks with your sales 📉
• Different types of breaks we’ve taken and want to take ⛓️‍💥
• How to figure out what’s not working and why 📍
• The fantasy of the finish line 🏁
• Communicating your break to your clients and/or audience 📣
• Cancer scares, carpal tunnel & caffeine addiction ☕️

 
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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

HEY HI HELLO! 🍕

Today I’m thrilled to be joined by best-selling author, super-fun illustrator, and illustrious host of Creative Pep Talk podcast, Andy J Pizza!

In this upbeat conversation, we chat about:

• How Andy makes money as an artist
• The strategic choices he made to grow his podcast
• Why we can’t “What-Would-David-Bowie-Do” our way into a successful business
• Andy’s musician-model for thinking about your creative business through singles, albums, tours & merch
• Why you should pre-order Andy’s new book, Mysterious Things!

 
 
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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

If I had to name ONE THING that increased my sales more than anything else in the past year...

It'd be learning to polish my copywriting and pre-launch my offerings with Nicole Cloutier and her class Open Loop.

Open Loop is how I doubled Interweb sign-ups in 2026.
Open Loop is how I made over $10k on COME TO CLASS last month.
Open Loop is why I feel so confident selling this year.

And that's why I'm THRILLED to share that Open Loop is happening again in July and you can hop on the waitlist right here right now!

So if you'd like to make more money from your launches in 2026 and beyond...

Tune in to this 'best of' episode to hear me and Nicole give you lots of free advice on how to launch anything you want to sell online.

Then click this wonderful (affiliate) link to learn more about Open Loop. I hope to see you at an alum call bragging about your successful launches in the fall. ✨

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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

Natalie Brite (they/them) is the founder and creative director of DoGoodBiz — an ethical creative studio for conscious leaders and the movements they're building.

On their Substack newsletter, they write about creativity, ecosystems, and doing work rooted in care. They also excoriate social media! But in a soft, supportive way, of course.

Today Natalie joins me to talk about why social media managers burn out so hard. And how their business when changed they let go of most of their retainer clients.

Together we explore:

• The consequences of social media dependence
• A step-by-step breakdown of how Natalie reinvented their marketing strategy
• What it actually means to take an ecosystems approach to business
• Creative ecosystems vs personal brands
• A random Lord of the Rings metaphor that I spend way too long making….
• & lots more!

 
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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

What do we do when business slows down over the summer? And how do we navigate that when a global recession and supply chain breakdown are happening at the same time??

In this Clubhouse-exclusive workshop replay, I share my best strategies for running your business during slow times — including somatic self-soothing ideas, ways to reduce expenses, and a framework for experimenting with new offerings.

I'm sharing a preview here, but to watch the whole thing (and get the workbook!), you have to join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse

When you do, you'll get access to over 50 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.

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Today I’m thrilled to have Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner of Loam on the podcast to discuss their new book, Compassion in Crisis, which just came out with Heyday Books.

Together we have a gentle, honest, and deep conversation exploring:

• The meaning of ‘polycrisis’
• Why it’s important to think about preparedness
• Ways to prepare without slipping into hypervigilance (even if you’re an anxious person)
• The role social media plays in both community building and community surveillance
• Why we still turn to social media for resource sharing and rapid response
• The spread of misinformation & disinformation online during disasters
• Publishing as a way of getting ‘off the grid’
• Free Family Preparedness Information from Summer Starr

 
If you enjoy this episode, please get yourself a copy of Compassion in Crisis! You can also join Kate & Kailea for book-related events across the US this summer!
   

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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

Today I’m bringing you something really special—

A mini-coaching session where I answer a question about how to grow your email list before, during, and after leaving social media.

The question comes from the wonderful Kate of Queen Bee Hormone Health who wrote to me and asked:

I share the question and a few thoughts here, but to hear exactly how I’d help Kate leave social media and grow her email list... you have to join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse!

When you do, you'll get access to over 50 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 :)
 

I often say I left social media because I was anxiously-attached to Instagram… but what does that actually mean?!

Today I’m joined by psychotherapist and author Shannon Algeo to explore why Attachment Theory explains so much about technology and smartphone addiction.

We discuss their new book, The Power in Your Hands, as we talk about:

• What it means to be anxious, avoidant, or securely-attached
• How algorithms hack our attachment needs to get us addicted to platforms
• Why it’s so harmful to outsource self-trust to social media or AI
• Depth psychology & why human relationships are necessary for healing

 
⭐️ If you’re curious about these topics, please join us for a FREE BOOK CLUB with Shannon on June 10th! We’ll talk more about attachment + technology. No reading is required. Find the details and RSVP here.

 
 
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🪭 Six honest ways to speak, understand, and inhabit Spanish, each one shaped around a different kind of life: private immersions, a spring retreat in Barcelona, flexible packs, a summer course, a version for two, and quiet advising. Explore the 2026–2027 Collection from Sobremesa.Institute → https://sobremesa.institute/language-learning/inside-the-2026-2027-collection/

Today I’m doing something fun and different…

Live-writing an AI policy with my friend and colleague, Dr. Kate Henry of Honing In!

After listening to the Off the Grid AI series, Kate reached out to ask if I she could hire me to help her write an AI policy. I said no, because I’m not doing 1:1 advising right now… but I proposed that we record a chat about it for the Clubhouse instead!

So in this video and audio episode, you get to join me and Kate as we co-write the first draft of her AI policy for her business. 

Free subscribers can hear our reflections on AI in creative business, and paid subscribers get to come along as we write Kate’s AI policy in real time (with a template for you, too!).

When you join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 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 Off the Grid! And find this specific episode here :)


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