Offline, With Alison Rice

Dearest you.

This is a response episode to a question from a co-creator inside serve that's also very alive for me right now:

What do we do when we feel like we can't relate to our friends or chosen communities because we've come off social media and don't know what's happening in social culture?

My take — and what I get into in this episode — is this is short-term problem. We're heading toward small, chosen micro-communities full of people that have also made the same values-driven decisions as us. We are simply experiencing the complexity that comes with being early.

I also get honest about the cost of coming off Instagram as it was my main conversion channel. If you're thinking about your own break, I offer some advice.

Alison xo

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Dearest you.

I recorded this conversation with Laura Poole in 2021. I'm bringing it back now — five years later — to demonstrate how subtle making contact with the need we are each here to meet actually is.

So many people are wondering what their purpose is. What their contribution could be. This episode provides guidance.

You also get to hear me make contact with the idea for my service business practice room and program, SERVE, and Laura cognise what has now gone on to become her shared field of belonging for Vedic meditators and teachers, Radiate.

Alison xo

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When I realised my screen time was at 10 hours a day and six of those were spent on Instagram, I deleted the app off my phone almost immediately. How did I get here and is this the best use of me?

In this episode I share my earliest observations and reflections of what life feels like without Instagram, what I've gained and as it relates to my business, what I might lose.

I also talk about why I'm pouring into my Substack and the result of seven days of sustained focus on that platform. It's been very revealing to say the least.

Alison xo

Substack essay: If I stay off Instagram, I get 12 years back

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Dearest you.

We're consuming more than ever and tending almost none of it.

In this episode, I introduce the concept of a digital garden — a personal, non-linear, evolving collection of the things that genuinely matter to you. A place for your thinking to live, grow and develop into something that is entirely your own.

I explore why our inner worlds have become so fragmented, what we're losing when ideas never get to connect and why building something slow and self-authored is one of the most rebellious things we can do in the age of the algorithm.

If the seasonal curriculum is your planting plan, the digital garden is where things actually take root.

A full guide to building your own — including a Notion template — is coming to Substack soon. Subscribe below.

Alison xo

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Seasonal Curriculum episode on Spotify here and Apple here
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Dearest you.

A Little, Rich Life is such a sweet philosophy, but what does cultivating one actually look like in practice? What decisions and sacrifices are required? That's what this episode is about.

I'm sharing personal stories and real financial decisions to show what enoughness looks like as a lived practice not just a beautiful idea.

I talk about why there's no framework, rejection as a throughway to what's true for us, handling judgement and projections from our loved ones and why building a manageable, sustainable life is not poverty consciousness but one of the most radical acts of self-authorship there is.

If you're wondering what it looks like to choose depth over size and living life over enduring it, this episode is for you.

Alison xo

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