Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

Off the Grid is a podcast for artists, writers & creative business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their income. ✌️ Our host, Amelia Hruby PhD, shares stories, strategies & experiments for growing your business with radical generosity & energetic sovereignty. 🌐 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit at offthegrid.fun/toolkit

Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media is a business podcast hosted by Softer Sounds, with 232 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Softer Sounds hosts Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media, a business show with 232 episodes published.

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  Episode #181

  ♾️ Foraging for What’s Next — Creative Seasons & Why the Internet’s So Boring Now with Nic Antoinette

  Oct 2, 20261h 21mS11

  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 Sell” — Consistency & Collapse in Online Business ♾️ Take the Break Before the Break Takes You — Learning How to Pause & Quit And if this makes you want more biz friend community, check out the Interweb and put yourself on the waitlist before doors open next week! 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 Learn more about ad opportunities with Off the Grid COMMUNITY SPONSORS Turn inconsistent marketing into a clear & focused plan that actually leads to sales! Join the Decelerator with Amanda Laird, a guided program for solo business woenrs who are already doing a lot, but not seeing results. Learn more & save $100 with code AMELIASPALS : amandalaird.com/decelerator

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  Episode #180

  Reinventing Yourself & Your Work — From Dog Trainer to Retail Store Owner to Business Strategist with Heather Bax

  Sep 30, 20261h 8mS11

  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 jobs Why Heather & Amelia both took detours through coding bootcamps The benefits of a bridge job as you grow or change your business A quick checklist on how Heather started her retail shop (& you can too!) Why Heather had a full-time job for the first 8 months of running the store The realities of transitioning to e-commerce during COVID Hiring + grieving at the same time Leaning on the community of your business in hard times When quitting ISN’T failing How big changes in our work can impact our self-trust For the astro-curious, Heather is a 6/2 Projector and a Cancer Sun, Pisces Moon, and Gemini Rising. You can book a Human Designed Business Session with her and use code OFFTHEGRID for 10%! 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 COMMUNITY SPONSORS Turn inconsistent marketing into a clear & focused plan that actually leads to sales! Join the Decelerator with Amanda Laird, a guided program for solo business woenrs who are already doing a lot, but not seeing results. Learn more & save $100 with code AMELIASPALS : amandalaird.com/decelerator

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  Episode #179

  The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of Being Multipassionate — with Chereen Leong Schwarz

  Sep 23, 20261h 5mS11

  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 farms How moving to Colorado spurred her love of knitting The realities of turning a hobby into a side hustle Specific ways to center your values in your business How multiple losses + a health crisis led Chereen through a transformative grief portal Different methods of building community in and around your business How to evolve when your work is wrapped up in your ego + identity The grief the comes when your industry changes and it hurts your business Why Chereen & Amelia both took sabbaticals before deciding to close their companies How we grapple with public opinions + projection as we share our work online 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 ⭐️ Use this link to book a free 30-minute session with Chereen: https://calendar.app.google/UydiFHhcLgqzvNUr9 ⭐️ RSVP for the free workshop with Podge in October: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fTY89RN7TfS1grKD7Vs64g COMMUNITY PARTNERS ️ Ready to take your podcast (or podcast dream) from burnt out to standout? Come to the Drop the Mic Podcast Unsummit to learn from indie podcasters who've made that leap. Hard-won lessons, messy truths, and creative tricks for using your podcast to build trust, grow your brand, and connect with the people who actually matter. September 29-30. RSVP for $10 here (affiliate link)

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  Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

  Why & How I Closed My Business — Letting Go of Softer Sounds

  Sep 21, 202622 min

  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 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 exclusive bonus episodes + emails

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  Episode #178

  Seasons of Change in Self-Employment — Embracing Pivots & Destigmatizing Bankruptcy with Luca J. Davis

  Sep 16, 20261h 12mS11

  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 trainer How they opened a gym with a dream and a GoFundMe The radically honest reality of brick-and-mortar finances When filing for bankruptcy is the best choice for you & your biz Luca’s detour as a Virtual Assistant & how they started their web design business The systems that help them book our their services while marketing only once a year How Luca’s Substack walks the line between personal sharing & biz promotion ➡️ If you'd like to hire Luca for website support in 2026/2027, just mention Off the Grid for $200 off your package! 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 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/

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