Today we embrace the Dark Moon and step into our businesses to remember: “alignment is a dance.” To do that, I welcome grace allerdice back to the podcast for the fifth time. She’s a priestess, a podcaster, and one of my personal friends and guides. In this episode, she shares how her self-employment journey has also been a spiritual initiation and the many ways deep alignment has guided her into the portal of Now. We also explore our solar/lunar marketing styles and offer an example of what clo...
Oct 22, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 126
Here's the thing: Off the Grid isn't just a marketing podcast. 🥸 It's a rallying cry to break free from the attention economy and reclaim your agency. It's also a vision of the internet where we create, connect, and make money online without extractive algorithms. In this bonus episode, I'm sharing the new vision for Off the Grid ! And inviting you to co-create it with me at our upcoming retreat. Listen in. Read the vision. Buy a book bundle. Let's get free. 🩵 RESOURCES + LINKS 👋 Download the...
Oct 17, 2025•16 min
Today we’re going right to the heart of email marketing and answering your burning questions! To do that, I’m joined by Dawn Richardson, Product Education Manager at Flodesk and owner of Tech Savvy Creative . Dawn is here to explain how your emails end up in spam, strategies to get better open rates, and why you should stop sending reengagement campaigns immediately. She’s got the stats from millions of emails sent through Flodesk, so you can stop guessing what works and use the strategies that ...
Oct 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 125
Let's get visionary! 🪅 🪅 🪅 Today I'm revisiting and reimagining my list of 100 Ways to Share Your Work/Life Without Social Media — in celebration of my book launch! If you've been feeling unsure, uninspired, or unsatisfied lately, this episode is for you. Tune in for a quick dose of clarity and expansion. 🩵 RESOURCES + LINKS 👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit 🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community 💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails 📔 Buy Amelia'...
Oct 10, 2025•16 min
Today we welcome copywriter Nicole Cloutier back to the podcast (yay!) to help us avoid the most dreaded small biz experience: putting something new into the world and hearing … nothing … in return. We talk through launch basics then go deep into the strategies that have helped grow our sales — even in this challenging year. Join us as we stare into the void together and discuss: What a launch really is (hint: it’s pretty simple) Why it’s so important to pre-launch and “warm up” your audience Ni...
Oct 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 124
My book is here! Learn more & buy your copy at offthegrid.fun/attention 🥳 🥳 🥳 In today's episode, I tell you all about the book AND the virtual retreat I'm hosting this fall. Then I share an amazing conversation I had with Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer for her podcast Imagination State . It's all about how extractive algorithms wreck our creativity + community — and ways to make that stop. Tune in, then please ORDER THE BOOK!...
Oct 01, 2025•59 min•Season 7Ep. 123
The most radical choice I’ve made in self-publishing is not putting my book on Amazon. Tune in to this episode to learn: Why I made this decision What it means for my book How I’m going to find readers anyway & Exactly how many books I’m hoping to sell Then join me in my journey of self-publishing without giving Jeff Bezos more money… by getting a copy of the book at yourattentionissacred.com ! Mentioned in the episode: Postcards from: Carolyn Yoo , Debora Figueiredo , Kening Zhu & Chels...
Sep 26, 2025•26 min•Season 7Ep. 122
Welcome back to Book Week! In this behind-the-scenes episode ( from the Clubhouse! ), I tell you all about: The story of my first book (& why I had to rewrite that story to move forward) Why I decided to write this book (instead of just making more podcast episodes) My process for writing the 15,000 word manuscript in ONE WEEK (a wild choice) How I ended up getting a book offer from my last publisher… And the exact sentence that made me turn that offer down 🙃 Tune in, then get a copy of the...
Sep 25, 2025•35 min•Season 7Ep. 121
Bailey Lang is a book coach, editor, and ghostwriter who helps business owners, creatives, and academics tell stories that matter. In this episode, Bailey and I pull back the curtain on the book-writing process. I share the messy middle and behind-the-scenes challenges of bringing my own book to life, while Bailey offers grounded guidance on what to do (and what not to do) if you’re dreaming of writing one yourself. If you’ve ever thought “maybe I have a book in me” — this one’s for you. Tune in...
Sep 24, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 120
Tracy Candido is a creative coach and the host of Hidden Parts , a podcast about the inner voices that shape how we live, work, and lead. Today she joins me on the podcast to help me unpack how my inner perfectionist, procrastinator, and hyper-achiever showed up in the book writing process. To do that, she teaches us a lot about Parts Work. Tune in to learn: What Parts Work is (and how it’s different than Internal Family Systems) How to identify protector parts Tracy’s 3-step methodology for qui...
Sep 17, 2025•58 min•Season 7Ep. 119
This summer, Cody Cook-Parrott deleted their Instagram account. In doing so, they “lost” 80,000 followers and gained so. much. more. In this conversation, we dig into why Cody decided to delete IG, how their creative attention has shifted since, and what it really looks like to build a business (and publish a book) off the grid. Tune in to this episode to hear us explore: Why Cody deleted their account instead of deactivating What it means to archive your work online The realities of giving up s...
Sep 10, 2025•57 min•Season 7Ep. 118
Seth Werkheiser was one of the first 3000 people on Twitter. Now he runs Social Media Escape Club and helps people get off X, Facebook, Instagram, and more. In this conversation, we chart how we’ve each spent 20+ years online — beginning with AOL, Tumblr, and Twitter all the way through Instagram, TikTok, and the current state of Substack. This one goes out to everyone feeling lost online and looking for the magic of the early internet era again. Join us for this journey through: Amelia’s cringe...
Sep 05, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! Season 7 of Off the Grid officially kicks off next week. 🥳 This season we'll be digging into all things (self)-publishing without social media. I'm talking to writers, coaches, witches, and more about the magic of bringing our ideas to life and selling them in the marketplace. 😬 To get you in the mood, I'm sharing a preview of what's to come this fall and a juicy excerpt of a conversation I had on the Writing Your Resilience podcast earlier this year. ...
Sep 03, 2025•25 min
It's finally here, my friends... your first preview of my book! In this episode, I fill you in on exactly why Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media. Then in a you-heard-it-here-first moment, I play you the beginning of the audiobook! And I implore you to get a copy at yourattentionissacred.com . Thank you so much for tuning in to season six of Off the Grid. We'll be on break for the rest of August, but if you join the Clubhouse , you'll get our free summer reset series that starts next...
Aug 06, 2025•16 min•Season 6Ep. 117
Welcome to part one of our season six finale! Today I’m joined by TWENTY past guests sharing tiny pep talks recorded just for you. Tune in for encouragement on everything from surviving Capitalism to fixing your sales page to overcoming overwhelm and getting exactly what you want. You’ll hear from: [6:30] Blaize Hall of Weeping Willow Wellness [12:00] Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz of Holisticism [14:55] Sarah Arantza Amador of Hawthorne Mountain Tarot [18:20] Arielle Estoria [19:35] Mattia Maurée o...
Jul 30, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 116
Here’s my truth— I am absolutely, positively obsessed with this episode. Today on the pod, I’m joined by the one-and-only Sarah Faith Gottesdiener. She’s popping over from Moonbeaming to pull back the curtain on how the Moon Studio has made more money than ever this year — with a secret marketing strategy and a super minimal social media presence. Hear us get smart on: Inside/outside marketing strategies Keeping your best work a secret Business models that are DOA Why we love our client communit...
Jul 23, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 115
Lately I’ve found myself stuck in an outdated story around success, failure, and where I think I “should” be by now. This seems to happen every summer when sales/downloads/open-rates dip right as my creative energy surges. And while I can notice that pattern… it doesn’t make the feelings go away. So to support myself through it, last week I re-listened to my episode on Success Being a Cycle and put up my feelers for some creative wisdom on how to orient yourself when everything seems to go dark....
Jul 22, 2025•6 min
Casey Johnston is a weight-lifting memoirist and former editor at Vice, Ars Technica & the New York Times’ Wirecutter. She’s been reporting on social media and smart phones for over a decade, and in that time, she built her career on Twitter then left it behind in favorite of a paid newsletter and a phone with fewer than ten apps on it. In this conversation, we dig into the the major shifts that Casey’s witnessed in digital media since 2010, as well as how she created a “DIY Dumb Phone” to h...
Jul 16, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 114
When I self-published my first book in 2018, I thought the process was quite simple. But this go-round I hit a few roadblocks… and there were months where I worried that this book might never hit your proverbial (or literal) shelves. In this episode, I pick up where I left you back in March — having decided to self-publish my book and needing to finish the manuscript. Then I take you all the way through the design process and up to my current launch strategy. Tune in to this free preview to lear...
Jul 14, 2025•5 min
Welcome to an episode unlike any other! Today I'm joined by Melissa Wong of Coherence Studio for a live advising session where I help her work through the age-old question: "how do I really grow my business without social media?" Then she turns the mic around on me to dig into how Off the Grid has actually grown — and what you can learn from that process. Tune in as we get super honest and explore: Two ways we build legacy in our businesses How popularity wounds surface in our marketing Looking ...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 112
Welcome to Paradigm Shift Summer! 😎 This month on the podcast, we're rooting into radical change with ease, softness, and poolside vibes. Today I'm taking you behind-the-scenes of my business and sharing 3 ways I'm releasing 2025-so-far and gently redesigning my work/life this summer. I'll guide you through the deep shifts and practical actions I have planned — all with the goal of having a more simple, specific, and spiritual business by the fall. Tune in to get inspired, and then join me for ...
Jul 02, 2025•37 min•Season 6Ep. 113
I’m not a fan of the #girlboss. But I am a fan of women who build wildly successful businesses. And I especially appreciate when they offer eyes-open advice about what it really took to get there. Today on the show, I’m joined by Sam Vander Wielen , a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur who’s built a multi-seven-figure online business through consistently $100k+ funnels and launches. While income claims like that typically make me roll my eyes… Sam is such an smart, honest, and candid business owner that...
Jun 25, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 111
I started my self-employment journey by freelancing… but somehow I’ve never talked about it on the pod! So today I’m joined by Sarah Jutras of Huzzah Studio and Freelance for Life to dive into how to build a freelance career and/or land a few gigs to make ends meet. Together we unpack a few common Qs, including: What is freelancing? 🤺 Who is freelancing good for? 💼 How can I land my first freelance gig? 😎 And is it really possible to turn freelancing into a sustainable career? 🧐 I also ask S...
Jun 18, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 110
When my business becomes overwhelming, I turn my focus to my systems. Why? Because systems are the how of everything I do in my work and life. I have a system for doing my laundry, a system for checking my inbox, and a system for making this podcast. And even when I have no system for doing something… that’s still a no-system system! Designing my systems with myself in mind has made my life so much better. And I really want that for you too! So this week on the podcast, I’m joined by brigitte , ...
Jun 11, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 109
2025 has been a year of pivots, restarts, and beginning again. So this week on the pod, we’re talking about reinventing yourself and your website! To do that, I’m joined by yoga-teacher-turned-meditation-studio-owner-turned-designer Anita Cheung AKA Neets! Anita has pivoted business topics, models and personal brands many times over the past decade, and she’s here to share the lessons she’s learned, as well as to offer practical advice for adapting our virtual presence as we evolve. Tune in to h...
Jun 04, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 108
Welcome to Off the Grid CPG edition! 🍜 Today on the show, I’m joined by Molly Clark of Taking Stock Foods to talk about farmers’ markets, food retail, and the realities of consumer product goods businesses. Molly is the co-founder and CEO of Taking Stock Foods, a functional beverage company based in St. Paul, MN. She is dedicated to being a leader in the conscious food movement, supporting and uplifting other founders in the maker space through intentional vulnerability and authentic connection...
May 28, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 107
Popping in with a behind-the-scenes bonus episode — where Jen Carrington and I pull back the curtain on everything that's been messy, feel-bad, and chaotic in our businesses this year! We talk about exactly how much our revenue is down, the problems we've diagnosed with our marketing and messaging, and what we're focusing on to stay in business through 2025 and beyond. Tune in to feel seen, heard, and (hopefully) less alone. 💓 If you enjoy the episode, make sure to grab Jen's free Design Your P...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 106
We talk about community all the time on this show. But what does it actually look like when relationships change the trajectory of your creative career? In this episode, I’m joined by Lauren LoGrasso to unpack all the relationships that led her to her current roles as an award-winning podcaster, producer of We Can Do Hard Things, and VP of Programming and Development at Audacy. Those relationships range from a random guy in Indiana to the agent who dumped her when she moved to LA to her “radio J...
May 21, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 105
I broke up with Amazon and Google when I left social media in 2021, and this year I decided it was also time to quit using Spotify. Why? Well because my values are not aligned with enriching billionaires like Jeff Bezos, letting Google track my behavior everywhere, or supporting Spotify in paying artists pennies. So in this episode, I share a bit more about my decision-making and how I’ve managed to stop using the services and tools that these companies create. To be clear — I’m not making a cas...
May 14, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 104
Today on the show, I’m joined by art psychotherapist Amelia Knott to explore and untangle the intersections of mental health, social media, creativity, and small business. We specifically take on the concepts of “digital wellness” and “ethical marketing.” And we have a nuanced conversation about how we really feel online and what it means to market with care (and without coercion). Join us as we get into: The problem with “wellness” & the possibility of cultivating well-being online How to d...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 103
