Starting Over Alone in Chiang Mai.

## Starting Over Alone: How to Build a Life, Find Your People & Feel at Home in Chiang Mai 🌿

📅 Thursday, August 13
⏰ 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
📍 Spice Garden, Chiang Mai
Moving to Chiang Mai can feel exciting, freeing, and full of possibilities—especially when you are beginning a new chapter.
But starting over alone also comes with challenges that people do not always talk about.
You can meet many friendly people and still feel lonely. You can attend events every week but struggle to develop deeper friendships. You can enjoy your freedom while still wondering where you truly belong.
This evening, Beyond Small Talk Chiang Mai invites you to an open, supportive, and practical conversation about creating a meaningful life and finding genuine connections in Chiang Mai.
Together, we will explore:
• What did you leave behind when you moved here?
• What has surprised you most about living alone abroad?
• What parts of solo life feel liberating—and what parts feel difficult?
• Why is it easy to meet people but harder to build real friendships?
• What helps Chiang Mai begin to feel like home?
• How can acquaintances become activity partners, close friends, or even chosen family?
• What kind of connection are you missing most right now?

### Interactive Group Exercises

🌿 Chiang Mai in Three Words
Describe how you felt when you arrived, how your life feels now, and what you hope to create next.
🗺️ Your Chiang Mai Belonging Map
Explore the four important areas of belonging: yourself, your routines, your people, and your sense of purpose.
🤝 Crossing the Friendship Threshold
Discuss how we can move beyond casual conversations and create deeper, more dependable friendships.
✨ The Seven-Day Connection Challenge
Choose one simple action you can take during the following week to feel more connected and rooted in Chiang Mai.
This is not a lecture or therapy session. It is a welcoming space where everyone will have an opportunity to participate, listen, reflect, and connect. You are welcome to share as much or as little as feels comfortable.
Whether you arrived last month or have lived here for many years, your experience matters.
Come alone—you will not be the only one.
Sometimes belonging begins with one small decision: show up again.
Come as a stranger. Leave with new connections.

### Venue Support

To support Spice Garden for kindly providing us with the venue, there is a minimum food and drink purchase of 200 THB per person.
Thank you for supporting our host venue and helping us continue organizing these community events.