Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

Today I’m very excited to share a workshop on gentle business planning — AKA how I make ambitious plans for my biz while also healing my burnout!
 
In this audio (and video!) workshop, I walk you through:

• Why we’re always planning (even when we think we’re “behind”)
• My 6 tenets for Gentle Business Planning
• List-making prompts for the season ahead in your work
• How to turn reflective prompts into a clear marketing & sales calendar
• & How I use the Nine To Kind Digital planner to organize my projects

 
Tune in here to hear my 6 tenets of Gentle Business Planning. Then head to the Clubhouse to enjoy the entire workshop. The recording is free for everyone this week only and available to paid Clubhouse supporters forever. 

Paid subscribers also get an edited audio version of the workshop AND a Notion doc with all the prompts to make this process super easy to do any time.

 
So press play for a preview, then head to the Clubhouse to support the show! You can find this specific episode here :)

This is probably my fave conversation I’ve ever had with a therapist.

Today Lauren Ruth Martin, LPC-MHSP is here to talk about the anti-perfectionist planners she created for her company Nine to Kind.

We discuss:

• Why most planners force us into a productivity mindset
• How gentle scaffolding can help us plan without perfectionism
• The therapeutic exercises Lauren included in her planners
• Why we prefer DBT to CBT personally
• How to redistribute your f*cks — instead of trying to care less

 
If you enjoy our conversation, make sure to explore Nine to Kind planners! Get 50% off digital planners with code OFFTHEGRID50 & 25% off analog products with code OFFTHEGRID25. Learn more & claim your discount at: ninetokind.com/pages/offthegrid

 
 
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

 
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We talk a lot about privacy at Off the Grid… but what does that actually mean in practice?

Today I’m joined by Patricia Egger, Head of Security at my fave privacy-focused tech company Proton. 

Together, we have a non-technical-person-friendly conversation about:

• Why Proton insists on ‘privacy by default’
• The difference between online privacy & security
• Why we love Proton Mail & want you to use it (affiliate link)
• What it actually means when emails/messages are encrypted
• Proton’s Born Private initiative (& how to claim a $1 email address for your kids)
• Why AI has major privacy problems

 
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
 

 
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 resharing my conversation with writer, therapist, and creative Lisa Olivera in honor of her upcoming book — When the Ache Remains: Lessons on Tending to the Unfixable and Finding Beauty Anyway— which is out on April 28th. 

Lisa and I talk about how her work and life changed as her Instagram platform grew to over 400,000 followers. Together, we dive into:

• Two reasons Lisa joined Instagram + how it felt as her account grew
• The allure of online business + what we’re “supposed to do” when we have a big platform
• Social media addiction + the compulsion to post/like/share/scroll
• Facing the big hole that’s there when social media’s not there
• How to make the choice to stay on social media

If you enjoy this episode, please preorder Lisa's book! Here's my affiliate link, and here's more info on her website.

 
 
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for exclusive bonus episodes + emails
📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!
 

 
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 answering a question from Kate Henry about why summits often feel sketchy... and how I designed our upcoming Astro & Biz Planning Summit to be the opposite of that!

Tune in to learn:

• How the summit model works  ⚡️
• Why affiliate strategies can make summits feel weird  🧐
• The questions I ask before agreeing to participate in any event  🙋‍♀️
• How to make sure a summit benefits the host, speakers AND audience  ♻️
• & Why you should RSVP for the Astro & Biz Planning Summit ASAP (if you want to)  🤗

 
 
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

 
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 year I’m making big changes in my business…

So I wanted to bring back my quarterly recaps to share the highlights, challenges, and financial details of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid each season!

Tune in to this episode preview to hear about the highs & lows of winter in my biz. Then become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the details on how much $$ I made.

When you join the Clubhouse, 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 :)

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

Earlier this spring, I asked Interweb members: 'What are your thorniest tax questions?'

Then I brought those questions to Hannah Cole of Sunlight Tax, so we could get answers from an actual tax expert!
 

Tune in to this episode to learn:

• How to know if you should be an LLC or an S-Corp
• The best way to calculate your quarterly estimated taxes
• When you need to use Quickbooks (& when you don’t)
• Why tax protests don’t benefit you in the short term or the long run
• What to do if you don’t file your taxes on time and need to pay back taxes

 
At the end we also play a game of ‘asking for a friend…can I expense this?’ — and Hannah has great answers on what we can write off for our creative biz!

 
 
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
 

 
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

We heard you might be stressed about the IRS… so we’re arriving with extra support before US taxes are due on April 15th!
 

Today I’m joined by Aneisha Velazquez of Yellow Sky Business Services, who’s here to talk about finances for microbusinesses, including:

• What bookkeeping really is (& what it’s not)
• The financial systems solopreneurs need to have in place
• Tips for neurodivergent business owners struggling with bookkeeping
• Why we love Profit First (and Amelia recommends her fave bank Novo)
• Aneisha's top two bookkeeping tips for beginners
• A pep talk for tax season & not being afraid of the IRS

   
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
  

 
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

Nic Antoinette is back! And we’re finally beginning the monthly series we promised you back in January.

For April, it's a long-form chat with plenty of laughter and maybe a few tears along the way. So settle in, subscribe to Nic’s newsletter, and press play to hear us talk about:

• How we coped when Q1 didn’t go as planned
• Financial plans in the turmoil of 2026
• How to talk about grief in public
• The most divisive Instagram post Amelia ever made
• What’s bringing us joy
• The upcoming 2026 Astro & Biz Planning Summit
• & lots more!

 
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
 

 
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

If we stop trying to get ahead online, what becomes possible?
 
Today Ayana Zaire Cotton of Seeda School returns to the podcast to explore why she quit using ChatGPT and other AI tools.
 

She helps us slowwww down, unpack shame, and align our desire with our capacity — a process and methodology she created and calls Erotic Engineering.
 

Tune in to reconnect with your values, reclaim self-respect, and step off the path of certainty with us.
 
I also highly recommend reading Ayana’s essay — and learning more about The Powerhouse Portal at: https://www.seedaschool.com/ph

*This episode is part of our AI Series. Find the the full series at: offthegrid.fun/ai-series

 
 
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
  

 
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