Best Amelia Hruby Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 302 Your Attention is Sacred: How Social Media Makes You Shop for Flaws with Amelia Hruby” 1:11:03

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Natalie chats with Amelia Hruby about social media and why our attention is sacred. They explore how platforms make our subconscious “shop for flaws and failures,” the parallels between social media and toxic relationships, and practical steps for reclaiming your attention. Amelia's book Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Med…

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Your Attention Is Sacred with Amelia Hruby: Wisdom from the Moon Studio Community 55:29

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What if giving up social media could give you back your focus, creativity, and peace of mind? In this episode, Sarah welcomes a very special guest: Amelia Hruby, PhD, writer, podcaster, founder of Softer Sounds, and author of the forthcoming book Your Attention Is Sacred (Except on Social Media) (out October 1, 2025). Amelia (also the editor of Moo…

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💯 100 Ways to Share Your Work & Life Off Social Media 15:52

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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 Lea…

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Decentering Men By Recentering Yourself 50:47

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What if the real work of healing wasn’t about fixing yourself, but about breaking free from the systems that taught you to feel small? In this episode, Sarah explores what it means to release toxic patriarchal conditioning from our thoughts, relationships, and sense of worth. Through honesty, humor, and spiritual insight, she unpacks how this syste…

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🦗 Quit Launching to Crickets — Simple Strategies for Stronger Sales with Nicole Cloutier 1:03:21

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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 int…

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The Dance of Self-Employment with Jamila Reddy 1:03:03

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Jamila Reddy is a writer, meditation guide, ex-entrepreneur, and dear friend. In this episode, we talk about: What it means to be a writer The capacity it takes to self-publish Stepping away from entrepreneurship Self-promotion vs self-expression The marketing work required to keep a business afloat The joys (and horrors) of working for others Payw…

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Between the Sessions: 30 Signs Someone Isn’t Interested 13:09

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Natalie's revisiting some of the most-read Baggage Reclaim posts from the past 20 years in this new Between the Sessions series. Today, she shares the #1 post of all time. Read the original blog post and comments here Break The Cycle Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/baggagereclaim Support the podcast and leave a tip: https://baggagerec…

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Reclaim Your Finances with Personal Finance Expert Priya Malani 54:13

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Money isn’t just about numbers. It’s about worth, safety, and possibility. Yet most of us were never taught how to handle it, and many of us carry fear, shame, or scarcity when it comes to our finances. In this episode, Sarah talks with Priya Malani, Founder and CEO of Stash Wealth and host of The F Word podcast, about how to demystify money and re…

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🌈 Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media — Book Launch! 58:41

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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 + comm…

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Into the Broadcast: Taking Ideas from Fragment to Finished 20:45

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Today’s episode is about the long journey of cultivating consistency in our creative practices. I talk about: the magic of giving up, how to find the right pace, minimum viable actions, tools for building momentum, and places to share your work. This one’s for you if you’ve been circling something important that wants to be released into the world.…

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Ep. 301 Self-Leadership with Ruthie Zerai: How to Stop Living at the Mercy of Others 1:13:57

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Natalie chats with coach Ruthie Zerai about self-leadership—taking responsibility for managing yourself rather than deferring that power to others. Episode show notes: https://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/301 Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/baggagereclaim Support the podcast and leave a tip: https://baggagereclaim.ck.page/products/podcast…

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🙅‍♀️ Why I’m Not Putting My Book on Amazon 24:25

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🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention 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 &…

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💥 Why I Turned Down a Book Deal 36:27

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🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention 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 th…

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📔 Demystifying Publishing: From Idea to Manuscript to Book in Your Hands — with Bailey Lang 1:10:18

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🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention 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…

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The Cartography of a Season: Mapping Your Podcast & Business Cadence 38:39

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Let me take you behind the scenes of mapping fall in my business. You’ll learn the three essential parts of a practice-based earning ecosystem. Plus, I share exactly how I plan my launch calendars to support my financial and energetic needs. Tune in for clarity, camaraderie, and creative cartography. Mentioned in the episode: Creative Ideation Port…

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Creative Ideation Portal Day 3: Art as Service 15:01

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Today we complete our mini series going over the free Creative Ideation Portal - a guide to help you vision your projects and share them with the world. Tune in to days one and two first. Then join me for today’s conversation about why the world needs your art and how to share it (even if you feel scared). If you’re listening when this comes out, j…

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Creative Ideation Portal Day 2: Moving the Needle Forward 16:11

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Today we continue our mini series going over the free Creative Ideation Portal - a guide to help you vision your projects and share them with the world. Tune in to ‘Day 1 : Our Many Visions’ first. Then join me for today’s exploration of how to make progress (even when you don’t want to work). And if you’re listening when this comes out, join me an…

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The Routine As Ritual: Organizing Tips for the Neurodivergent Brain 48:02

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What if routines weren’t about rigid discipline, but living systems designed to support our energy, creativity, and joy? In this episode, Sarah explores how neurodivergent brains can thrive when routines mix structure with novelty. She shares her own journey of discovering what works (and what doesn’t), reframing “inconsistency” as rhythm, and why …

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🫶 Moving Past Perfectionism & Procrastination — Parts Work for Creative People with Tracy Candido 59:34

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🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention 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 perfecti…

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Creative Ideation Portal Day 1: Our Many Visions 22:25

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Welcome to a new season of Common Shapes! We’re beginning with a mini series going over the free Creative Ideation Portal - a guide to help you vision your projects and share them with the world. Tune in for daily episodes. Day One : Our Many Visions Day Two : Moving the Needle Forward Day Three : Art as Service Then join me and Amelia Hruby at the…

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Update on Imagination State Season Finale 1:16

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This is an update on the episode that was supposed to go live today. My guest for this last episode of the season is an artist and art teacher living in Gaza, Noura Al Qasasia. Ahead of our interview, she and her family was pushed to pack up and move to another area of the Gaza Strip. My hope is that this interview will still happen, if Noura is wi…

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Ep. 300: The Non-Linear Path: Celebrating 20 Years of Baggage Reclaim 30:51

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Recorded on Baggage Reclaim's 20th birthday and the eve of her daughter leaving for university, Natalie reflects on trusting your instincts, major life transitions, and how much can change in ways we never see coming. Episode show notes: https://baggagereclaim.co.uk/300 Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/baggagereclaim Support the podcas…

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How To Deal with Burnout, Through A Feminist Lens with Amelia Nagoski, author of Burnout 1:09:42

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Burnout isn’t a sign you’re failing. It’s proof the system was never designed for you to thrive. Especially if you belong to a historically oppressed identity. In this episode, Sarah talks with Amelia Nagoski, DMA—co-author of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle—about what burnout really is, how to recognize it, and the ways we can be…

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✏️ Deleting Instagram, Practicing Attention & the Magic of Self-Publishing — with Cody Cook-Parrott 59:22

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🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention 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 cr…

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Interruptions to move us beyond the familiar, with Professor Barbara Leckie 1:08:25

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What might an imagination curriculum look like? How is learning the art of interruption a key part of that? This week's guest is Barbara Leckie, professor at Canada's Carleton University, author of Climate Change Interrupted: Representation and the Remaking of Time, and host of the podcast Commons Sense. Barbara’s work moves between Victorian liter…

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🏁 The State of Substack & How to Fall Back in Love with the Internet — with Seth Werkheiser 1:02:46

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🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention 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 2…

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💫 How to (Self) Publish a Book Without Social Media 25:17

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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 …

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Final Call: Clear Channels - You Are A Channel 54:01

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REMINDER! Clear Channels registration closes tonight at 8PM ET. Don’t miss out! Click HERE to register. What if channeling wasn’t something reserved for a “chosen few,” but a practice available to all of us? In this episode, Sarah shares her personal journey with channeling—how it intersects with creativity, intuition, and flow—and why she believes…

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Creating the environment for discoveries to happen, with César Jung-Harada 42:40

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César Jung-Harada has a wildly adventurous life: He’s a justice-oriented philosopher-inventor traversing the world’s oceans to help humanity adapt to climate change. He has built oil-spill robots, shape-shifting boats, floating cities, and hydrogen devices. The inventions range in technology and scale, but the heart and soul remains the same. César…

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Ep. 299: The Underdog Advantage: Breaking Cycles with Keeley Taverner 55:59

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Natalie talks with psychotherapist Keeley Taverner about her journey from Ikea checkout to successful therapy practice, narcissism, social mobility when dating, and why being the underdog can be your greatest advantage in creating the life you want. Episode show notes: https://baggagereclaim.co.uk/299 Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/b…

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How to Be Creative When Your Job Isn’t 46:27

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Clear Channels, our newsletter course and creativity challenge begins on September 7th! Sign up here. What if your day job wasn’t the thing that defined your creativity—but the fuel for it? In this solo episode, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener explores what it means to live as a creative when your 9–5, side hustle, or paycheck doesn’t match your artistry.…

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Convening between and across worlds, with Daniel Tam-Claiborne 1:04:41

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Daniel Tam-Claiborne is a writer, producer, and nonprofit leader whose work bridges cultures and builds belonging. His debut novel Transplants (Simon & Schuster, 2025), a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, follows two young women navigating borders, responsibility, and the search for home. A former Fulbright Scholar…

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At The Crossroads of Psychology & Spirituality with Halle Thomas: Wisdom from the Moon Studio Community 1:14:35

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Clear Channels, our newsletter course and creativity challenge begins on September 7th! Sign up here. What if your anxiety was actually the key to unlocking personal transformation? In this compelling conversation, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener sits down with psychotherapist and psycho-spiritual coach Halle Thomas to explore the intersection of therapy,…

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The world beyond social media beckons, with Amelia Hruby 1:06:20

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This week on Imagination State, we are joined by Amelia Hruby - feminist writer, podcaster, and creator of Off the Grid, a podcast and community for people reclaiming their attention from social media. With Off the Grid and as the founder of Softer Sounds, Amelia helps artists and entrepreneurs build thriving creative lives beyond the extractive at…

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Ep. 298: Stop Feeding Your Worry Goldfish: Finding Calm in Uncertain Times 27:17

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Natalie talks about managing anxiety, breaking worry cycles, and returning to yourself after difficult times. Episode show notes: https://baggagereclaim.co.uk/298 Leave a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/baggagereclaim Support the podcast and leave a tip: https://baggagereclaim.ck.page/products/podcast 'Reclaimed' membership: https://www.bagga…

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How the Moon Studio Makes Money: The Magic, Mundane, and other Surprise Secrets from Sarah’s Business 57:45

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What if the work that pays your bills also nourished your soul? In this candid solo episode, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener pulls back the curtain on exactly how she earns a living as a mystic, artist, and business owner. From income streams you might expect to ones that will surprise you, Sarah shares the behind-the-scenes of running The Moon Studio and…

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Marcie Alvis Walker is writing goodness into the world 1:03:12

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Why wouldn’t we want all stories together? We miss out when we’re segregated. Marcie’s stories open the door to her home and her heart - and, somehow, to your own. She once wrote that newsletters are like the Off-Broadway productions of what’s happening in Midtown. Her recent Love Letters on Substack feel like the main show: intimate, arresting, an…

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Merging Spirit, Identity, & Design with Silas Munro: Wisdom from the Moon Studio Community 1:09:08

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What if your multidimensionality is your greatest creative power? In this intimate conversation, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener connects with artist, educator, and designer Silas Munro about what it means to live and create as a whole, multidimensional person. From honoring grief to challenging design norms, Silas shares how integrating identity, spiritu…