Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

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 attachment needs to get us addicted to platforms
Why it’s so harmful to outsource self-trust to social media or AI
Depth psychology & why human relationships are necessary for healing
 
⭐️ If you’re curious about these topics, please join us for a FREE BOOK CLUB with Shannon on June 10th! We’ll talk more about attachment + technology. No reading is required. Find the details and RSVP here.
 
 
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!
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK
❊ 7-Day Savings Challenge from Dalene Higgins
❊ Toolkit for Navigating Capitalism & Other Fuckery from Kristi Amdahl
❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

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 episode, you get to join me and Kate as we co-write the first draft of her AI policy for her business. 
Free subscribers can hear our reflections on AI in creative business, and paid subscribers get to come along as we write Kate’s AI policy in real time (with a template for you, too!).

When you join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse, you'll get access to over 50 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show.
Please join the Clubhouse to support Off the Grid! And find this specific episode here :)


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!

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 archetypes carrying Lindsay through this busy season
 
Tune in, then get a copy of Tarot for the Wild Soul and the Soul Tarot deck. (affiliate links)

You can also hear Lindsay on my tarot podcast later this week! Find my tiny tarot practice on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen.

 
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!
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK
❊ 7-Day Savings Challenge from Dalene Higgins
❊ Toolkit for Navigating Capitalism & Other Fuckery from Kristi Amdahl
❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

“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, no-safety-net background — and how that has shaped their relationship to social media.
Together, we explore:
The gifts (and perils) of refusing to niche down
How to quit performing & projecting on social media
What to do when compare & despair becomes unavoidable
How financial insecurity might impact your social media options
Why many authors have to hire publicists (but we couldn’t afford to)
Ways social media impacts your financial well-being
Why we have to stop commodifying books
 
 
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!
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK
❊ 7-Day Savings Challenge from Dalene Higgins
❊ Toolkit for Navigating Capitalism & Other Fuckery from Kristi Amdahl
❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

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 students get is behind-the-scenes conversations with my favorite online facilitators and course creators, and today I’m thrilled to bring you one of those conversations totally for free!
Tune in to hear the brilliant teacher and Notion designer Podge Thomas and I discuss:
How Podge fell in love with teaching — even though she hated school
Why studying metacognition is the secret to better classrooms
How to stop recreating the harms of traditional education models
What to do when a student says “I don’t get this”
Why your teaching style doesn't have to be for everyone
 
If you like this conversation, sign up for COME TO CLASS! It's only $299 to sign up (payment plans available) and registration closes May 30th.
 
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!
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK
❊ 7-Day Savings Challenge from Dalene Higgins
❊ Toolkit for Navigating Capitalism & Other Fuckery from Kristi Amdahl
❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!