The One Where I Talk To Owner Of Yidan's Farm Stay, Yidan Xiong

Send us Fan MailPre-Order my new book, Shiny Happy Singles (UK) / Thrive Solo (US & Canada) here: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/book. If you're in the UK, pre-order direct from Bloomsbury and get a 25% Discount by using the code: SHS25 at checkout! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shiny-happy-singles-9781399416436/My guest on the podcast this week is the fabulous Yidan Xiong.Born and raised in China, but now living in northern Thailand, Yidan went from being a marketing executive in Beijing, to being a farmer living in rural Thailand with an array of animals, from cats and dogs to pigs and chickens. Yidan has created her very own farm stay, Yidan’s Farm, for travellers and people living a nomadic lifestyle to come and immerse themselves in nature, interact with the animals, and help grow and harvest the food on the farm, as well as cook and eat together.Yidan is single and childfree.Topics that we cover are:her life in Beijing before she started a new life in, Chiang Dao, Thailand;the hard working ethic of the Chinese people;how she ended up creating Yidan’s Farm, and what that journey looked like;the picture she had in her mind when she started building her farm;the houses she built using bamboo because her Grandpa worked with bamboo in her childhood;how Yidan found local workers to help her with her project;the kinds of guests who tend to stay with Yidan on the farm;the many animals that Yidan has on the farm, and how many of them ‘found her’;how important nature is to her, having rediscovered the connection she always had to it as a young girl;the slower pace of life that she now enjoys;what freedom means to Yidan, and the part that money plays in feeling free;how her parents have reacted to her life in Thailand;her mother’s disappointment that Yidan hasn't married or had kids, and how she found it hard to believe that Yidan was ‘really’ happy;how she deals with the opinions of others when it comes to her way of life;the wonderful relationships she has with the people — largely women — who stay on her farm;what thriving solo means to Yidan.Follow Yidan's Farm on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yidansfarmlifeinthailand7931Find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lazybearka/?locale=en_GBFollow Yidan on Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/yidan333/?hl=enFollow Yidan's Farm on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yidansfarm/Book a stay on the farm: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/707506011857011499?source_impression_id=p3_1742665507_P3f-mhnCLVPD4QuS Support the showJOIN MY ITALY TRIP IN APRIL 2027: https://www.explore.co.uk/thrivesolo-italyBuy my book, SHINY HAPPY SINGLES (UK) / THRIVE SOLO (US & Canada) at: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/bookJoin my membership community for single women, Thrive Solo: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/thrivesoloDownload my FREE PDF 'Top 10 Comebacks for the MostAnnoying Questions Single Women Get Asked' Go to: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/comebacksCheck out my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thrivesolowithlucymeggeson Join my private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1870817913309222/?ref=shareFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrivesolowithlucymeggeson/Email me: [email protected] And thank you so much for listening!