Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

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 deactivatingWhat it means to archive your work onlineThe realities of giving up social capitalSacred witnessing and ways to cultivate the feeling of being seenHow Cody is approaching their next book launch without social mediaWhy we love self-publishing & the fate of Amelia’s first zine project 🌟 If you love this chat, join Amelia & Cody LIVE ON ZOOM on September 20th to celebrate the return of Cody’s podcast Common Shapes! RSVP for FREE at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/EZ506H9WSaK0WZjhgWZEeQ#/registrationRESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb waitlist for courses + community📔 Join the book waitlist at yourattentionissacred.com    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

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-inducing 2013 Tumblr blog & Twitter handle 😬Seth’s path from AOL Music to heavy metal email marketer 🤘The risks & rewards of bridging online connections into offline relationships 🥰Why Seth moved his paid subscribers off Substack & lessons he learned in the transfer process 🌶️The perils of the paywall 🚩If you love this conversation, join me and Seth for a LIVE Q&A on September 11th! Only $10 if you sign up right here.  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

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. Tune in and make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss an episode!  More soon. xoxo, Amelia RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist📔 Join the book waitlist at yourattentionissacred.com

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 join the book waitlist at yourattentionissacred.com — so you can get a copy when it releases this fall.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 week! xoxo, AmeliaRESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for a FREE late-summer reset👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist

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 of AuDHD Flourishing[21:30] Michelle Warner of Sequence Over Strategy[23:55] Amanda Laird of Slow and Steady & Personal Biz[26:15] Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works[27:30] Elise Granata of GROUP HUG[30:45] Shivani Mehta Bhatia[33:30] Maria Bowler[37:10] grace allerdice of home—body[39:50] Megan Leatherman of A Wild New Work[43:40] Maggie Gentry of Rest Day Creative[46:40] Natalie Ross[49:30] Natalie Miller of Mind Witchery[52:45] Rachel Duncan of the Money Healing Club[55:50] Nicole Cloutier of Copy Poetics[60:15] Yarrow Magdalena of Pink Well Studio[63:10] Chelsea Riffe  RESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for FREE episodes in August👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the waitlist for the Interweb 

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 strategiesKeeping your best work a secretBusiness models that are DOAWhy we love our client communitiesHow to cultivate a clear channel for your marketing& Working with the best people  Tune in, then sign up for Sarah’s class Clear Channels! Registration closes in August. RESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for a FREE late-summer reset👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

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 help her kick her phone addiction last year.Specifically, we explore:How Twitter helped Casey start her writing careerWhy Casey launched a newsletter & how it’s become her primary income streamVirality, memes & how they push us to always be onlineThe difference between a Beat, a Brand, and a BusinessThe successes & failures of journalists on SubstackCasey’s “DIY Dumb Phone” methodHow algorithms convince us we have problemsWhy Casey quit being a defender of social media  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 📘 A more joyful business is within reach. Get your copy of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake today at itsfreetime.com/book (sponsored)      ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

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 businessesHow popularity wounds surface in our marketingLooking to other business owners as models for our workHow Off the Grid has changed as its grownWhy your intuition is necessary for business survivalWhat relationship marketing strategies are working in 2025Why Melissa wants to be on social media & if she’s going to leave IG RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 📘 A more joyful business is within reach. Get your copy of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake today at itsfreetime.com/book (sponsored)    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

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 OPT OUT to do your own reinventing this summer!    ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.

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 I just had to ask her a million questions about how her business really works.So if you’ve ever wanted a values-aligned look into a seven-figure business, you’ll definitely want to tune in. We talk about:The relationship between trauma and high-achievementHow social media helped Sam grow her businessClarifying the stages of awareness in your marketingClearing fear around the legal aspects of small businessHow Sam handles hate mail and mean messagesThe realities of Sam’s $300k+ launchesWhy you need a copy of Sam’s new book  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails     ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Love this podcast? Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media will be out this fall in limited edition! Click here to join the waitlist and ensure you get a copy.