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This week, we end season seven of Off the Grid with an honest conversation about self-employment amidst polycrisis.
I’m joined by the inimitable Shivani Mehta Bhatia — who returns to the show to help us weave our experiences of grief, witnessing, conflict, rest, deep sorrow, and profound joy.
It’s been a long year, and we quite literally laugh and cry as we reflect on how 2025 has clarified our commitments — including how we’ve (imperfectly) kept working through it all.
Tune in, then if you want to process together: join me for a free end-of-year journalling session on December 9th. We'll gather, look back at 2025, and do our best to hold it all collectively. 🫂
LINKS TO GO DEEPER:
explore Shivani's work
the nine rules of generative conflict: a manifesto
Is Leaving Social Media a Privilege?
Deepa Iyer’s Social Change Ecosystem Framework
Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
🕯️ Free Journalling Session w/Amelia on 12/9
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's book at yourattentionissacred.com!
Fifteen minutes to center us in radical generosity + energetic sovereignty before the biggest shopping + selling days of the year.
Tune in for a tiny pep talk, and to hear more about the Off the Grid Small Biz Gift Guide!
& If you want to shop Off the Grid deals through the weekend:
📖 Your Attention is Sacred ebooks are $10 + paperbacks are $20!
🎙️ Your Podcast is a Portal is only $99!
Wishing you the coziest weekend. xoxo, Amelia
Today we visit the Off the Grid archives and Podge Thomas returns for a reflective conversation about why being self-employed invites (and requires) decolonizing how we learn, how we communicate, how we operate, and how we relate to others.
Podge has recently created a FREE email course on Metacognitive Learning Design. I want you to get the course, check out her Decolonized Learning Glossary, and then tune in to the episode.
Together we explore:
- The coercive effects of traditional education ⛓️💥
- Why Amelia did School like Ken did Beach 🏖️
- How to de-condition & decolonize our businesses 🧲
- The importance of situating self-knowledge amidst community values 🎗️
- Why Notion is a liberatory tool 👾
- Task management for non-linear thinkers 😵💫
- & so much more!
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's book at yourattentionissacred.com!
If you’re tired of being tired, this episode is for you.
Today I’m joined by Jordan Maney, the Radical Joy Coach™ and creator of the RestLab. Through her facilitation and coaching, she helps people who give a damn (including you, dear listener!) learn the radical practice of rest.
In this conversation, we get into:
- Why we can’t talk about rest without talking about work
- The self-fulfilling prophesy of “invisible labor”
- How to rest when you really love what you do
- Why creative work requires creative rest
- Rest equity as a guiding principle
- Rejecting “calm supremacy”
- Why a sabbatical probably isn’t the antidote for burnout…
Tune in then, join Jordan in RestLab 101 for support slowing down and sustaining your creative work, your community advocacy, and your rest.
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's book at yourattentionissacred.com!
Listen to this episode before you begin holiday shopping or selling!
Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with Rachel Duncan for the Money Healing Club Podcast where we go deeeeeep into how social media impacts our spending habits and finances.
We talk about budgets, boundaries, and screentime. Then we explore why restriction isn’t necessarily the answer to addiction — and why rebellion and pleasure may be better antidotes for feeling too online.
We also explore the core concepts of my book, including: what’s wrong with the attention economy, the negative impacts of extractive algorithms, and my 5 principles for gardening your attention.
➡ 💸 Tune in, then join Rachel in the Money Healing Club for more support! You can use the code OFFTHEGRID for 10% off your MHC membership. We highly recommend it! (affiliate link)
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's book at yourattentionissacred.com!