Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

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 Ope...

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 t...

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...

Today I’m thrilled to have Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner of Loam on the podcast to discuss their new book, Compassion in Crisis, which just came out with Heyday Books.

Together we have a gentle, honest, and deep conversation exploring:

• The meaning of ‘polycrisis’
• Why it’s important to think about preparedness
• Ways to prepare without slipping into hypervigilance (even if you’re an anxious ...

Today I’m bringing you something really special—

A mini-coaching session where I answer a question about how to grow your email list before, during, and after leaving social media.

The question comes from the wonderful Kate of Queen Bee Hormone Health who wrote to me and asked:

I often say I left social media because I was anxiously-attached to Instagram… but what does that actually mean?!

Today I’m joined by psychotherapist and author Shannon Algeo to explore why Attachment Theory explains so much about technology and smartphone addiction.

We discuss their new book, The Power in Your Hands, as we talk about:

• What it means to be anxious, avoidant, or securely-attached
• How algorithms hack our ...

Today I’m doing something fun and different…

Live-writing an AI policy with my friend and colleague, Dr. Kate Henry of Honing In!

After listening to the Off the Grid AI series, Kate reached out to ask if I she could hire me to help her write an AI policy. I said no, because I’m not doing 1:1 advising right now… but I proposed that we record a chat about it for the Clubhouse instead!

So in this video and audio...

LINDSAY MACK IS HERE!

And while you’ve probably heard them talk about tarot on their wildly popular podcast…

Today they’re taking us deep behind the scenes of their work to explore:

• How they built their creative tarot business
• The key inflection points that led to successful biz growth
• The realities of being a breadwinner ~in this economy~
• Why they’re finally releasing a tarot deck and book
• & The tarot arc...

“My constant longing to be without social media is actually a longing to be in deeper connection with the world.”

River Selby was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. They worked as a wildland firefighter for seven years, and their debut memoir, Hotshot: A Life of Fire, was published in 2025 by Grove Atlantic.

Today, River joins me to talk about the realities of being an author from a working class, n...

If you’ve been paying attention around here…

You likely know that next week I’m teaching a new intensive called COME TO CLASS!

It’s a 3-day workshop on how to teach online with confidence and care, and it’ll guide you through everything I’ve learned in 20 years of teaching — with a special focus on how learning to teach can help you improve your sales.

One of the bonuses that COME TO CLASS st...

I’ve had SO MANY conversations about the problems with online course platforms.

Mighty Networks vs Circle vs Kajabi vs Teachable — none of us like the existing options, and we’re waiting for someone to build something better.

So today I’ve invited Sally Burns to the show, because she’s building an alternate platform for teaching and learning online — a digital neighborhood called The Portal.

My monthly-ish series with Nic Antoinette continues!

This time we’re talking about what it means to be “consistent” when you’re running a business in this economy.

We get into:

• How we simultaneously rage against consistency and attribute our success to it
• The relationship between consistency and cultivating trust with your audience
• Ways to build better (for you) rhythms in your business
• What to do when your la...

If you want to build a business around your know-how…

You have to learn how to teach.

In today’s episode, I’m talking about why learning to teach is the best sales “hack” I know — and I’m introducing you to my upcoming spring intensive, COME TO CLASS.

In just 30 minutes, I walk you through:

• Why online courses aren’t ‘dead’ or ‘over’
• How to figure ou...

Today I’m very excited to share a workshop on gentle business planning — AKA how I make ambitious plans for my biz while also healing my burnout!
 
In this audio (and video!) workshop, I walk you through:

• Why we’re always planning (even when we think we’re “behind”)
• My 6 tenets for Gentle Business Planning
• List-making prompts for the season ahead in your work
• How to turn reflective pro...

This is probably my fave conversation I’ve ever had with a therapist.

Today Lauren Ruth Martin, LPC-MHSP is here to talk about the anti-perfectionist planners she created for her company Nine to Kind.

We discuss:

• Why most planners force us into a productivity mindset
• How gentle scaffolding can help us plan without perfectionism
• The therapeutic exercises Lauren included in her planners
• Why we prefer DBT to CBT personally
• How to r...

We talk a lot about privacy at Off the Grid… but what does that actually mean in practice?

Today I’m joined by Patricia Egger, Head of Security at my fave privacy-focused tech company Proton. 

Together, we have a non-technical-person-friendly conversation about:

• Why Proton insists on ‘privacy by default’
• The difference between online privacy & security
• Why we love Proton Mail & want you to use i...

Today I’m resharing my conversation with writer, therapist, and creative Lisa Olivera in honor of her upcoming book — When the Ache Remains: Lessons on Tending to the Unfixable and Finding Beauty Anyway— which is out on April 28th. 

Lisa and I talk about how her work and life changed as her Instagram platform grew to over 400,000 followers. Together, we dive into:

• Two reasons Lisa joined Instagram + how it ...

Today I'm answering a question from Kate Henry about why summits often feel sketchy... and how I designed our upcoming Astro & Biz Planning Summit to be the opposite of that!

Tune in to learn:

• How the summit model works  ⚡️
• Why affiliate strategies can make summits feel weird  🧐
• The questions I ask before agreeing to participate in any event  🙋‍♀️
• How to make sure a summit benefits the host, speakers AND audienc...

This year I’m making big changes in my business…

So I wanted to bring back my quarterly recaps to share the highlights, challenges, and financial details of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid each season!

Tune in to this episode preview to hear about the highs & lows of winter in my biz. Then become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouseto get all the details on how much $$ I made.

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