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Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

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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

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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... more

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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.

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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 ... more

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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 w... more

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Recent Guests

Catherine LaSota
Creative coach, writer, artist, musician, mom; host of Feed the Art Podcast
Be Your Own Daddy / Feed the Art Podcast
Episode: 🧢 Be Your Own Daddy — Energetic Sovereignty & Creative Constraints with Catherine LaSota
Heather Bax
Business advisor, human design reader, and Small Business Rodeo founder
Small Business Rodeo
Episode: 🤠 Reinventing Yourself & Your Work — From Dog Trainer to Retail Store Owner to Business Strategist with Heather Bax
Chereen Leong Schwarz
Founder, maker, outdoor adventurer and rewilding guide
knitwear brand / retreats
Episode: 🌅 The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of Being Multipassionate — with Chereen Leong Schwarz
Luca J. Davis
Writer, web designer, and long-distance hiker; runs I Love Love Anything Is Possible newsletter
lucajdavis.com / lucajdavis.substack.com
Episode: 🪸 Seasons of Change in Self-Employment — Embracing Pivots & Destigmatizing Bankruptcy with Luca J. Davis
Luca Davis
Personal trainer who started a gym, filed bankruptcy to escape a long-term lease, then became a web designer
Independent, previously a gym owner
Episode: 🚩 Business Triage: What to Do When Your Biz Isn’t Working
Shireen Leon Schwartz
Fine dining chef who became a private chef, knitwear entrepreneur, and later a creative business adviser
Independent
Episode: 🚩 Business Triage: What to Do When Your Biz Isn’t Working
Amina AlTai
Executive coach, leadership trainer, and chronic illness advocate; USA Today bestselling author of The Ambition Trap
Author and coach
Episode: ✳️ How to Refresh Your Ambition & Avoid Burnout in the Process — with Amina AlTai
Taylor Apolonio
Habitat Interiors interior designer and design psychology expert
Habitat Interiors
Episode: 💼 How to Refresh Your Office & Your Whole Work Vibe — with Taylor Apolonio
Alex McGinness
Brand designer, Arcoíris Studio
Arcoíris Studio
Episode: 🦚 The Quick (and Free!) Brand Refresh Your Biz Needs — with Alex McGinness

Host

Amelia Hruby
Host of Off The Grid / Leaving Social Media and related projects; leads conversations on leaving social media and building sustainable creative businesses.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 243 ratings
  • So glad I found this show

    I find social media so frustrating, yet I thought I had to keep at it. This show really inspired me to break up with it for my business. It’s a must listen.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    wordwoman
    United Statesa month ago
  • Highly recommended listening for small business owners, artists, and more!

    I’m a long time fan of this show and have received so much guidance, insight, support, and courage from listening to Amelia navigate her own journey or having a business that thrives with “energetic sovereignty” off of social media and without big tech. Her care and vulnerability are palpable and deeply inspiring as it’s quite rare to have someone be so open and honest in the ways she is with her finances, her process, her challenges, and triumphs. If you’re looking for intersectional feminist c... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Edgar Fabián Frías
    United Statesa month ago
  • A light in the dark of social media

    This thoughtful show makes me feel seen and makes me feel less crazy for wanting off the social media merry go round!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Cake4kate
    United Statesa month ago
  • One of my very fave shows!

    Amelia is a SUPERB guest and her topics are exactly what I need before I realize I need it. I tune in to every one!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Huxley122
    United Statesa month ago
  • Off the Grid is produced with such heart. The intention and care come through in every episode. I've learned so much from listening, from doing a more thoughtful critique of AI and articulating how it's used in my practice, to thinking about time, ethics, and more. Thanks, Amelia, for all the work that goes into the podcast.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    camillef
    a month ago

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Listeners describe the show as grounding, practical, and hopeful for anyone looking to leave or reduce social media use.
The host's tone is praised as calm, thoughtful, and generous, making complex topics approachable.

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🤠 Reinventing Yourself & Your Work — From Dog Trainer to Retail Store Owner to Business Strategist with Heather Bax
Q: What was the beginning of your self-employment journey?
Heather describes starting with dog training after recognizing an unmet need at a veterinary hospital, which led to founding Love Pups Co. and building a business around dog training, dog walking, and related services.
🧢 Be Your Own Daddy — Energetic Sovereignty & Creative Constraints with Catherine LaSota
Q: How does one balance external pressure with internal authority in a patriarchal world?
By cultivating non-hierarchical thinking, recognizing that everyone's path is valid, and building an internal authority that guides decisions while learning from others without feeling inferior.
🧢 Be Your Own Daddy — Energetic Sovereignty & Creative Constraints with Catherine LaSota
Q: What does Be Your Own Daddy mean in practice for someone building a creative practice?
It's about creating self-permission, journaling for vulnerability, and using prompts to challenge limiting beliefs, then translating insights into concrete actions and boundaries that support sustainable creativity.
🌅 The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of Being Multipassionate — with Chereen Leong Schwarz
Q: What happened during the pandemic and how did you realize the chef work wasn't your path anymore?
During the pandemic I reassessed after a sabbatical, recognizing I wanted more time for experiences and community; the grief and health challenges intensified this, leading to rebranding and shifting focus toward retreats and experiences rather than a product-based push.
🌅 The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of Being Multipassionate — with Chereen Leong Schwarz
Q: How did you structure your personal chef and knitting businesses, and what were the logistics like for each?
The chef business was local, rooted in farm-to-table values, with intimate private dinners and a strong emphasis on community, local producers, and limited seasonal availability; the knitting business started in pop-up shops and local stores, later moving to Etsy and then a dedicated website with a strong donation/social impact element.

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