Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

52:11

🧢 Be Your Own Daddy — Energetic Sovereignty &...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/10/07

This week we’re debuting our new brand!And rolling the metaphorical tape allllll the way back to the beginning of the show to revisit energetic sovereignty through a new lens.To do that, I’m joined by creative coach Catherine LaSota who’s here to teach us how to “be your own daddy” AKA ways to cultivate energetic sovereignty in your work and life.Together we discuss:What “Be Your Own Daddy” really meansSaturnian influences on our energy + creativityHow to make aligned choices within

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80:58

♾️ Foraging for What’s Next — Creative Seasons & Why...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/10/02

Nic Antoinette is back on the pod this week as we continue our year-long series around enoughness, grief, and deep evolution.This time, we’re focused on creative burnout, seasonality in business, and why we find the internet so boring these days.If you haven’t listened to the series before, here are links to those episodes:♾️ Business Degrowth — Slowing Down & Noticing Patterns♾️ Well, That Didn’t Go As Planned… Grief, Joy & Money in 2026♾️ “You Needing Money Doesn't Make Stuff

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67:41

🤠 Reinventing Yourself & Your Work — From Dog Trainer...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/09/30

For the third and final installment in our business pivots + evolutions series, I’m talking to Heather Bax of Small Business Rodeo!Heather is a business advisor, human design reader, notion lover, and occasional artist. Her expertise spans decades of service, product, and brick & mortar small business stewardship, and she’s supported all kinds of creative businesses along the way.In this conversation, we explore:How self-employment journeys often begin in bad-fit jobsWhy Heather &

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65:05

🌅 The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/09/23

Chereen Leong Schwarz is a founder, maker, outdoor adventurer, and rewilding guide. She’s a former chef who started a knitwear brand and then moved into creative retreats — after a period of prolonged grief.In this conversation, we dive deep into what pivoting really feels like as we explore:Chereen’s chef career from fine dining to farmsHow moving to Colorado spurred her love of knittingThe realities of turning a hobby into a side hustleSpecific ways to center your values in your

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22:14

🔒 Why & How I Closed My Business — Letting Go of...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/09/21

Softer Sounds is officially closed, my friends. And in this Clubhouse-exclusive episode, I'm telling you all about that journey.This one's mostly-personal and a-little-bit-logistical – heavy on story with a checklist at the end.Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the details. 👇 👇 👇 👇When you join the Clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative

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71:48

🪸 Seasons of Change in Self-Employment — Embracing...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/09/16

Today I’m joined by Luca J. Davis to talk about success, failure, and what 13 years of self-employment really entails.Together we explore:Luca’s path from health teacher to personal trainerHow they opened a gym with a dream and a GoFundMeThe radically honest reality of brick-and-mortar financesWhen filing for bankruptcy is the best choice for you & your bizLuca’s detour as a Virtual Assistant & how they started their web design businessThe systems that help them book our their

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43:38

🚩 Business Triage: What to Do When Your Biz Isn’t...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/09/09

Welcome to Season 11 of Off the Grid! This month, we're exploring strategies + stories of business pivots.Today we start with my business triage process. It's a checklist of things to consider when your business feels bad and/or isn't making enough money.Then for the next three weeks, we'll hear from business owners who have made major pivots in their self-employment journeys, including: quitting a dream job, filing for bankruptcy, closing a retail store, and more.Tune in for lots of

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10:55

⏰ This episode will disappear in 5 days...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/08/27

Tune in for a quick reminder to join the Interweb waitlist before doors close on August 31st! If you do, I'll also tell you exactly what's coming to Off the Grid this fall...Because the show will be back with season 11 very soon! At least that's the plan!Thanks for being here, and I hope to see you in the Interweb. More soon xx RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for

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48:57

✳️ How to Refresh Your Ambition & Avoid Burnout in...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/08/21

Let's refresh our creative ambition before fall!Today we're wrapping our Back to Biz Refresh series with leadership expert Amina AlTai.Amina is the author of The Ambition Trap: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living. Together we discuss:What ambition actually is and why it's neutralHow core wounds create painful ambition — even if you love what you doWays to figure out if your ambition is helping or harming youFinding aliveness when you don't feel ambitiousWhat it takes to stay in business

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35:55

💽 Set Up Your Tiny Biz Tech for $50/year or Less — My...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/08/20

This episode is meant to save you money!Today, I’m sharing my guide to more affordable business systems and software that can help you set up online for under $50/year — or lower your overhead with strategic tool swaps.Tune in to hear my tech recommendations and how I think through software needs.Also: These recs don’t include Google! Some of them are privacy focused, others are not. Some include AI functionality, others do not. Most of them are based in the US. All prices mentioned in the

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44:36

💼 How to Refresh Your Office & Your Whole Work Vibe —...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/08/19

Today we're refreshing our offices with the wonderful Taylor Apolonio of Habitat Interiors Co.Taylor works at the intersection of interior design and psychology as a 'design psychologist'. They create physical spaces that are grounded in human behavior to genuinely support folks. This might look like improved circulation and functionality, better acoustics, or intentionally designing for gathering and memory-making.Tune in to this episode for tips on tapping into the purpose of your work

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53:28

🦚 The Quick (and Free!) Brand Refresh Your Biz Needs...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/08/18

Have you ever put on a new outfit and felt like a totally different (and way better) person? Today we're gonna do that for your business. 💁‍♀️Join me and Alex McGinness of Arcoíris Design Studio as we talk through the four parts of a resonant brand refresh: essence, execution, expression, and experience.ALSO! When it comes to DIY branding, we recommend:Coolors for creating color palettesCanva for choosing fonts and designing graphicsSquarespace for websites (or Carrd [affiliate link] if

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19:32

✌️ How to Make Pivoting Fun — Welcome to Our Back to...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/08/17

Hello hello and happy mid-August, friends! Today we're kicking off a new Biz Refresh series — five episodes in five days to get you ready for fall in a fun, aligned way!Press play to hear why I'm embracing a pivot, and tune in this week to learn:How to refresh your brand (for free!)Ideas for updating your home office & work vibeMy guide to more affordable systems & software for your tiny bizA new approach to ambition that let's you dream big without burning outYou'll hear from

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64:48

⚡️ Making Content, Raising Revenue & Moving Off...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/07/29

Today we’re talking about why I left Substack! Through a conversation with the amazing Lex Roman of Revenue Rulebreaker.Together we explore:Lex’s journey from working in tech to starting an agency to launching a membership for journalists to now running an indie media companyThe state of small business media (& why there are so many opportunities there!)Why we’re committed to being creators even though it’s a challenging business modelHow Lex helped me decide to leave SubstackWhat

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14:35

🔒 My Q2 Biz Recap — Highs, Lows & How Much $$ I Made

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/07/08

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. 👇 👇 👇 👇 When you join the Clubhouse,

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74:03

♾️ Take the Break Before the Break Takes You —...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/07/01

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

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61:54

🍕 Making Money as a Creative — Strategic Planning &...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/06/24

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 artistThe strategic choices he made to grow his podcastWhy we can’t “What-Would-David-Bowie-Do” our way into a successful businessAndy’s musician-model for thinking about your creative business through singles, albums, tours & merchWhy you should pre-order

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38:23

✨ This One Thing Totally Transformed My Sales —...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/06/19

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

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67:40

🌸 Creative Ecosystems, Community-Based Business &...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/06/17

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

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15:48

🔒 How to Run Your Creative Business During the Summer...

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media ·

2026/06/15

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

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