Idyllwild Woods - A Creative Dream, A Creative Retreat with Susan Anderson

Are you a 9 - 5 worker feeling overwhelmed with your job and the life you feel stuck with?

Are you someone looking to start a business or a busy entrepreneur wishing you could take a break from the craziness, regroup, and perhaps discover a new life for yourself and those you love?

How does an escape to the northeast corner of TN, with plenty of fresh air, wildlife, and a comfy place to lay your head sound? Maybe you've always wished you could spend more time outdoors. Perhaps you've always dreamed of gardening, the simple life; caring for chickens, ducks, or a highland cow or two?

Well, today's guest, Susan Anderson, is living her dream, planning just that type of escape, and you could enjoy the fruits of her dream. Idyllwild Woods is a future retreat for entrepreneurs, creatives, and people feeling burned out by society, and wishing for an escape. On 35 acres of land, Susan and her husband, along with their famil cats and dogs, are creating a low-impact natural retreat space for individuals, teams, and companies to return themselves to the land, clear some space in their heads, and get in touch with their authentic self and the energy that comes from spending time in nature.

As you'll hear, Susan is just now starting to plan her retreat, with future cottages, glamping sites, meeting spaces, and performance spaces to meet the needs of those desiring an escape from today's high-pressure world. Currently working as a ghostwriter, and being inspired by Trevor G. Blake's book 3 Simple Steps, Susan bought her property with the help of a couple of angel investors about two years ago. In March of this year, after selling businesses, a house, and more, she and her husband moved from Alabama to Tennessee, and together with their kids, took on the challenge of land management, creek management, determining farming areas, building areas, and working to be the best stewards of their property that they can be.

Susan wants to create a place that businesses and individuals will return to year after year, to find inspiration, clear their minds, and explore new ideas by having a bit of adventure, and a lot of nature. As you can imagine, a dream like this doesn't just happen, it takes time, focus, and creativity, and we cover all of that in our discussion.

I hope you enjoy our discussion and that you'll subscribe to this podcast for more from It's All Creative.

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Important Links

3 Simple Steps by Trevor G. Blake

Entrepreneurs Gone Wild website

Idyllwild Woods website (sign up for info hot off the presses)

Baby Bathwater Institute

Dopamine and Social Media from Psychology Today