Send us a textMy 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-mhnCLVPD4QuS7th April 2025 — first dynamic content about the book release (25% Discount with Bloomsbury — Code: SHS25). Support the showCheck out my YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSuCiCzcPlAvxzQyHDrLoag Book a FREE 30 minute coaching 'taster' session HERE: https://calendly.com/lucymeggeson/30minute Fancy getting your hands on my FREE PDF 'The Top 10 Most Irritating Questions That Single People Get Asked On The Regular...& How To (Devilishly) Respond'? Head over to: www.lucymeggeson.com Interested in my 1-1 Coaching? Work with me HERE: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/workwithme Join my private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1870817913309222/?ref=share Follow me on Instagram: @spinsterhoodreimagined Follow me on Twitter: @LucyMeggeson Follow me on LinkedIn: Lucy Meggeson Email me: lucy@lucymeggeson.com And thank you so much for listening!!!