Best Amelia Hruby Podcasts (2025)

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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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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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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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🌈 Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media — Exclusive Book Preview! 16:28

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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 r…

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Goodbye Heart Gallery, hello Imagination State 15:50

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Hello again, and a warm welcome to new listeners! This is the first episode of a new season and, in a way, the first chapter of an entirely new story. Old friends will remember The Heart Gallery; now, we’ve stepped out into the wider - and wilder? - landscape of the imagination. In this short opening episode, I share the tale of a matrescence-spark…

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🙌 21 Tiny Pep Talks for You & Your Creative Business 1:13:08

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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:…

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🪞 Clear Channels, Secret Marketing & Making More Money Sans Socials — with Sarah Gottesdiener 53:58

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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. …

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🎉 You Deserve to Celebrate (Here’s How) 11:09

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In this impromptu episode, I talk about something that often comes up in my coaching sessions, client check-ins, and even with friends: we want to celebrate, but we don’t know how. So I decided to explore this a bit more deeply than I could in a newsletter. I share why celebration is not just a “nice-to-have,” but actually a key part of caring for …

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🤳 Put Down Your Phone & Abandon Your Brand — with Casey Johnston 48:17

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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 con…

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🚸 “How Do I Grow Without Social Media??” — Live Coaching with Melissa Wong 1:16:14

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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 p…

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🌻 3 Ways I’m Gently Reinventing My Work Right Now 37:32

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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 h…

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😊 How Your Business Can (& Can’t) Make You Happy — $300k+ Launches with Sam Vander Wielen 54:22

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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 $1…

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Amelia Hruby: Social Media, Big Tech and Feminist Organizing 50:46

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Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, podcaster and producer with a PhD in philosophy. She's the founder of Softer Sounds, a feminist podcast studio for entrepreneurs and creatives. And she’s the host of Off the Grid, a podcast about leaving social media without losing all your clients. Amelia’s work and podcast has been a help and an inspiration for …

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🏦 How Freelance Work Can Solve Your Problems — with Sarah Jutras 59:15

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I started my self-employment journey by freelancing… but somehow I’ve never talked about it on the pod! So today I’m joined by Sarah Jutras of Huzzah Studio and Freelance for Life to dive into how to build a freelance career and/or land a few gigs to make ends meet. Together we unpack a few common Qs, including: What is freelancing? 🤺 Who is freela…

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🌊 When Inner Work Fuels Outer Impact: Season Two’s Essential Threads 9:45

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What if our inner work was the most powerful tool for creating positive change—both in our businesses and the world? In this final solo episode, I’m reflecting on the end of Season Two and weaving together the core threads that have run through every conversation we’ve had. You’ll hear insights inspired by our guests Amelia Hruby, Kate Smalley, Ell…

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Francisca Sequeira: Surf Therapy and Girls' Mental Wellbeing 28:48

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Francisca Sequeira is the the founder and president of SOMA (Sufers Proud of African Women), the first surf therapy organization in Africa dedicated exclusively to girls. Francisca, from Portugal, embarked on a new journey in 2020 during the pandemic. She was experiencing anxiety and panic attacks after losing her job as a flight attendant, and dis…

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🛠️ How to Create Biz Systems (for Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs) — with brigitte 57:05

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When my business becomes overwhelming, I turn my focus to my systems. Why? Because systems are the how of everything I do in my work and life. I have a system for doing my laundry, a system for checking my inbox, and a system for making this podcast. And even when I have no system for doing something… that’s still a no-system system! Designing my s…

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💃🏻 Dance with Your Business: Building a Joyful Partnership - with Kate Smalley 56:20

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Have you ever considered your business as a living, breathing partner rather than a mere machine? In this episode, I dive into a mindful conversation with small business advisor and educator Kate Smalley, who brings a holistic perspective to nurturing a relationship with your business. Kate Smalley leverages her 12 years of experience in marketing …

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Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent: Midwifery, Maternal Health and Inequality 38:01

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Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE is the Chief Midwife of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). Jacqueline has a tremendous career in midwifery clinical practice and leadership. Prior to joining ICM, Jacqueline served as the first Chief Midwifery Officer for the NHS in England and was one of two National Maternity Safety Champions …

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👩‍💻 How to Reinvent Yourself (& Your Website) — with Anita Cheung 56:11

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2025 has been a year of pivots, restarts, and beginning again. So this week on the pod, we’re talking about reinventing yourself and your website! To do that, I’m joined by yoga-teacher-turned-meditation-studio-owner-turned-designer Anita Cheung AKA Neets! Anita has pivoted business topics, models and personal brands many times over the past decade…

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🌀 Embrace Your Agency: Building a Business That Feels Good — with Amelia Hruby 52:37

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What does it truly mean to build a business that feels good and aligned with our core selves? In today's episode, I'm delighted to sit down with the inspiring Amelia Hruby. Amelia, a feminist writer, podcaster, and small business owner with a PhD in philosophy, has fascinating insights on creating businesses that thrive through alignment and energe…

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↪️ Knowing When to Pivot — The Realities of Food-Based Retail with Molly Clark of Taking Stock Foods 57:04

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Welcome to Off the Grid CPG edition! 🍜 Today on the show, I’m joined by Molly Clark of Taking Stock Foods to talk about farmers’ markets, food retail, and the realities of consumer product goods businesses. Molly is the co-founder and CEO of Taking Stock Foods, a functional beverage company based in St. Paul, MN. She is dedicated to being a leader …

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🌈 Discovering Your Edge: Sensitivity's As An Asset in Business And Life - with Teresa Beehan 48:24

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Can embracing sensitivity as a strength turn it into a superpower? Today I'm joined by the insightful and dear friend Teresa Beehan, a career coach and former corporate employee, who shares her journey of turning sensitivity from a perceived obstacle into a powerful asset. Together we explore: The importance of identifying and understanding sensiti…

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Neha Mankani: Midwifery and the Climate Crisis 41:32

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Neha Mankani is a community midwife and global health practitioner from Pakistan with a strong focus on reproductive health and rights in crisis situations, emergency response and climate-affected communities. Neha is the Humanitarian and Climate Engagement Advisor at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and the founder of the Mama Bab…

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🌀 Navigating the Messy Middle — Small Business in Slow Times with Jen Carrington 1:13:57

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Popping in with a behind-the-scenes bonus episode — where Jen Carrington and I pull back the curtain on everything that's been messy, feel-bad, and chaotic in our businesses this year! We talk about exactly how much our revenue is down, the problems we've diagnosed with our marketing and messaging, and what we're focusing on to stay in business thr…

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🗣️ The Relationships that Change Everything — Creatively Unleashing with Lauren LoGrasso 54:53

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We talk about community all the time on this show. But what does it actually look like when relationships change the trajectory of your creative career? In this episode, I’m joined by Lauren LoGrasso to unpack all the relationships that led her to her current roles as an award-winning podcaster, producer of We Can Do Hard Things, and VP of Programm…

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🌟 Unlock Your Inner Magic: Exploring Somatic Power & Business Alignment - with Elle Bower Johnston 57:54

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What if (re)connecting with your inner magic could transform not just your life but your business, too? Today I'm in conversation with Elle Bower Johnston, a body witch who uses an alchemizing blend of breathwork, somatics, and witchcraft to create microcosms of liberation and empower creative, queer, and changemaker communities. Our chat dives int…

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💔 How to Break Up with Google, Amazon & Spotify 47:28

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I broke up with Amazon and Google when I left social media in 2021, and this year I decided it was also time to quit using Spotify. Why? Well because my values are not aligned with enriching billionaires like Jeff Bezos, letting Google track my behavior everywhere, or supporting Spotify in paying artists pennies. So in this episode, I share a bit m…

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Nisha Pahuja: To Kill a Tiger & the #StandWithHer Campaign 33:28

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Nisha Pahuja is the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind the film To Kill a Tiger. Her latest film, TO KILL A TIGER, had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Since then, it’s garnered 29 awards including the Best Documentary Feature, Palm Springs International F…

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🌿 Embracing Nature's Wisdom for Aligned Businesses – with Megan Leatherman 47:25

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Did you know your business can find alignment and momentum by mirroring the natural world? In today's episode, I'm delighted to be joined by Megan Leatherman, an anticapitalist teacher, writer, vocational guide, and naturalist. Megan shares her unique insights on how reconnecting with nature is key to building businesses that are not just sustainab…

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🌻 Can We Still Thrive Online? — Digital Wellness & Ethical Marketing with Amelia Knott 1:04:42

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Today on the show, I’m joined by art psychotherapist Amelia Knott to explore and untangle the intersections of mental health, social media, creativity, and small business. We specifically take on the concepts of “digital wellness” and “ethical marketing.” And we have a nuanced conversation about how we really feel online and what it means to market…

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✊ Make the Movement Irresistible — Quiet Quitting Social Media with Edgar Fabián Frías 1:05:49

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Edgar Fabián Frías is an artist, therapist, educator, curator, witch and so much more. Today, they join me on the podcast to talk about the decision they made to quiet quit Instagram at the start of 2025. Together, we explore: The works of art that changed our lives & nonlinear psychic collaboration Being impersonated on Instagram & how that can im…

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🔥 Courage, Care, and Radical Agency: Unveiling Inner Impact’s New Season 3:22

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What if the bravest, most impactful work you could do started inside? Today, I’m giving you a sneak peek into season two of Inner Impact, where I’ll be joined by wise and courageous guests who know what it means to do the messy, liberating inner work that leads to real, aligned change. In this season opener, you'll get a taste of conversations with…

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📢 Amplifying Attention for Under-Recognized Voices (Including Yourself!) — with Cher Hale 1:02:05

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Cher Hale is one of my favorite people on the internet, and her newsletter Doing It For the Attention has taught me SO MUCH about getting my work in front of new people in a way that aligns with my body AND my business. In this conversation, we dive deep into the roots of attention and all the ways we can build community around our work — including…

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🙅‍♂️ How to Stop Feeling Stuck on Social Media — with Deanna deBara 53:39

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Come on down for the 100th episode of Off the Grid!!! 🎉 To celebrate this milestone, we're returning to our roots with a fresh conversation about how to leave social media (if you so choose). Today Deanna deBara from Season of Stuck podcast joins me to explore: 🫣 why we get stuck on social media 🥸 how to stop doomscrolling & feeling trapped on the …

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💏 You CAN Make Friends Without Social Media — with Caitlin Metz & Rebekah Taussig 1:07:28

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OMG CROSSOVER EPISODE! 🫶 Today on the show, I'm celebrating our 99th episode (and my four-years-off-social-media anniversary!) by sharing a conversation I had with Rebekah Taussig and Caitlin Metz for their podcast Scratch That. We get into things I've NEVER talked about publicly before, including: How my three-year-old self picked my present-day c…

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Why I'm Leaving Social Media 45:50

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In this episode, Julia Wiklander shares the 21 reasons why she is leaving social media. From surveillance capitalism to her creative process - she speaks about all the issues that she's had with these platforms and what made her make the decision to leave. After years of being in a bad relationship with social media, Julia Wiklander, founder of Gir…

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💭 Radical Imagination in Hard Times — with Sarah Arantza Amador 57:35

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How do we imagine new possibilities when it feels like our well has gone dry? This week I'm joined by author, tarotist, and Jungian creativity coach Sarah Arantza Amador of Hawthorn Mountain Tarot. Together we explore: The lineage of radical imagination How to move through creative blocks in your business Ways to (re)connect with imagination even w…

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🫂 Escaping the Social Media Trance — Community + Agency with Elise Granata 1:07:32

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ESCAPE THE TRANCE ⁕ REMEMBER YOUR AGENCY ⁕ BUILD COMMUNITY Today on the pod we have a very special guest — Elise Granata of GROUP HUG! Elise is here to chat with me about how social media erodes our agency + community building efforts — even if these platforms started as supportive relational hubs. Join us as we wind through our teen years on Tumbl…

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🖌️ Copywriting, Pain Point Marketing & 3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Sales Pages — with Nicole Cloutier 1:01:21

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What if selling didn't have to feel sleazy? And the words on your website could cast a magical spell for your ideal clients/customers instead? Today, I'm joined by copywriter and podcaster Nicole Cloutier to talk about how to be more specific in our messaging and simple tips to write better sales pages. Tune in to hear about: Nicole's journey from …

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Asad Dhunna: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in 2025 47:21

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What are the impacts of the Trump administration's attack on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion)? And can consumers really make a difference through boycotts? Is DEI the new woke? Is solidarity political? These are just some of the questions that are discussed in this episode of the Hey Changemaker! Podcast. Asad Dhunna is the Founder & Chief Exe…

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🌊 What Really Happens When You Leave Social Media — with Leah Kern 1:09:33

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Leaving social media isn’t always the most profitable decision… but maybe it taps into something even more lucrative? In this episode, I’m joined by Leah Kern, an anti-diet dietitian who left social media a year ago and has experienced ups and downs in her business since. For the first half of our conversation, we explore Leah’s path onto and off o…

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🧿 Visibility & the Joy/Grief of an Online Life — with Lisa Olivera 1:00:49

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Today I’m joined by writer, therapist, and creative Lisa Olivera to talk about how her work and life have shifted as her Instagram platform's grown to over 400,000 followers. Together, we dive into: Two reasons Lisa joined Instagram + how it felt as her account grew The allure of online business + what we’re “supposed to do” when we have a big plat…

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⏱️ Making Time: Creativity over Productivity — with Maria Bowler 57:07

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How do we stay creative — when there’s so much to do and so much at stake? Today I’m joined by writer, coach, and retreat leader Maria Bowler for a practical and philosophical conversation about: The difference between productivity & creativity Why we don’t want to focus on “being efficient” or “maximizing ROI” How to actually be present (without f…

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How I'm supporting changemakers this year 17:59

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In this episode, Julia Wiklander walks you through all the things she is committing to this year to support changemakers. With over a decade of experience working with digital communications and strategic storytelling, Julia is offering personalized and group support to activists, advocates, entrepreneurs, communicators and teams. Coaching & worksh…

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🌀 The Reality of Being an Artist-Influencer in 2025 — with Arielle Estoria 58:50

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It’s 2025 and everyone’s sick of social media… so what do we do now? Today we’re kicking off season six with a conversation with poet, author, actor, and model Arielle Estoria. Over the past decade, Arielle has cultivated a multi-faceted creative career while growing her Instagram following to over 100K people. In this vulnerable conversation, we e…

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Giovanna Lauro - Masculinity, Power and Equality 42:32

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Giovanna Lauro is the Deputy CEO of Equimundo. She has over two decades of experience working to advance gender equality and prevent gender-based violence. Her work centers on reshaping gender norms, particularly by challenging harmful notions of masculinity. Before joining Equimundo, Giovanna served as Associate Director of the Women and Populatio…

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When confidence takes a hit 19:50

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Episode 66. Julia Wiklander dives into the struggle of maintaining confidence in uncertain times - something she has been working on herself. With global setbacks in gender equality, human rights, and activism, many changemakers feel drained and question their impact. Julia shares her personal experiences and practical ways to bounce back when self…

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In's & Out's of Digital Communications in 2025 - for Changemakers 22:31

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At the very beginning of social media, we saw that it could be used for so much good - create connections between people, challenge hierarchies and structures of power. However, we now know that social media, owned by tech billionaires, puts profit over people and planet every day. So, how do we make an impact in this difficult online landscape? In…

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Leaving Social Media and Sacred Attention with Amelia Hruby 57:16

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Dear Listener Thank you for tuning into Common Shapes Amelia's Website Softer Sounds Website Download the free Leaving Social Media Toolkit Download the free Creative Ideation Portal Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or a five star rating on Spotify Thank you to : Softer Sounds Studio for podcast editing Saltbreaker for our music Lukaza Branfman-Ver…