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Just a group of women....standing in a souk (before it opens)...in the middle of Marrakech...being fearless in the pursuit of what sets their souls on FIRE. 🔥🔥
#LostAndFoundMarrakech
#Daykation

Marrakech summed up in one photo:
A lot going on but....and yet everything about it is beautiful.

Buenos Días. ☀️🇪🇸☀️
#Daykation
#DaykaTakesMálaga
*EDIT: Umm...are you watching my IG stories?? Because if not, you have missed my ENTIRE trip!!! It’s been MUCH easier to post a million shots to my stories so if you wanna catch these next few days...ALWAYS check my stories. Will bomb you here when i can but...it’s the stories, y’all. 👆🏾👆🏾**

Departure dinner.🥂
Book exchange. 📚
Personal reflections on Marrakech. 🇲🇦
Sharing thoughts on what we know NOW that we didn’t know BEFORE. 🌍
And wrapping up a transformative, 6 day life experience in Marrakech.
Because the culture of this city will change you & clarify your desires & expand your mind & REALLY PUSH you to BE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE.
In whatever way is most meaningful to YOU.
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I’m still so grateful that each of these women felt drawn to me....and drawn to Marrakech....and drawn to this trip at THIS particular time.
Each retreat, each collective group energy & each set of unique personalities doesn’t just exist to create something life changing for THEM—it’s about creating something life changing for ME, too.
And these women have taught me SO much. They’ve given ME so much clarity, even as I host my 4TH GROUP of women in this city.
And let me tell you—as far as “work” & a “job” goes....it don’t get no better than this!
#MyCupRunnethOver
#LostAndFoundMarrakech
#Daykation

Long before we all arrived for #LostAndFoundMarrakech I sent out a bat signal in our private Facebook group & requested that each woman bring a book to exchange at our final dinner, with someone who left an impact on them during our time in Marrakech.
The last few times I’ve done this exchange I received so much great feedback about it that it only made sense to keep the tradition alive!!
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So the night of our final dinner, I gave this book to a woman who was on her FIRST trip out of the country & who I felt would really resonate with its message. And like me, she craves a certain kind of partnership.
Because when it comes to deep reflections on traveling the globe, loving someone whose passions mimic yours, attempting to teach your children about culture, geography, privilege,+ LOVE, maintaining self care WHEREVER you are & how to define HOME when you really belong to the WORLD....
there are few titles better than this book. FEW.
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I stumbled on this last year & underlined so much it it, because it was one of the first times I saw the inner workings of a family & a partnership that really felt like the kinda thing I would want to create.
This book reminded me to continue to BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE (in your mind) UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT YOU BELIEVE (with your eyes). And every time I read it it just my heart THROB.
If you can’t already tell, I LOVE this book. •
So @tshoxenreider—thank you for writing this. It is one of my absolutely FAVORITES, & I’m happy I could share it with someone else who I hope will get it, too. Thank you for sharing your life with the world! ❤️❤️ #SoDayka #Daykation

The very first time I brought a group of women to Marrakech I had NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN HERE MYSELF BEFORE.
Never to Marrakech.
Never to Morocco.
Never to Africa.
NE👏🏾VER👏🏾
I’d never seen or experienced my riad firsthand & didn’t have a relationship with the owner & I didn’t know my other vendors and....I really didn’t know shit about Marrakech.
EXCEPT for the fact that I was VERY CLEAR it was calling my soul.
In much the same way Istanbul had called me to its shores a year earlier.
That first group came because each of them (loosely) knew me in some way—business connection, college, high school, friend of friend—and they trusted me so deeply that my first trip sold out in less than 48 hours.
Which was all the confirmation I needed.
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And when I got here, everything was perfect. I could NOT have orchestrated a better experience. And in the last 3 years, continuing to return to Marrakech & engage with the city in new ways has allowed me to share this transformational place with almost 30 women from all across the US.
Travel is something I feel DEEP in my bones & being able to help other women know themselves deeper through transformational travel experiences is an honor that I don’t take lightly.
And never, ever will. •
So grateful that on my FOURTH retreat to Marrakech, each of these ladies trusted me—my expertise, my perspective, my Spirit—to facilitate a transformational Marrakech experience for them in a way that they likely could not (or would not!) have done on their own.
Shukran.
Shukran.
Shukran.🇲🇦
#LostAndFoundMarrakech #Daykation #DaykaTakesMarrakech

✨Traveling Prayers. ✨
#LostAndFoundMarrakech #Daykation

I LOVE details.
I can become obsessed with small ones that I really think are gonna make a huge difference but it was also a god practice to be here & know I just didn’t have access to certain things I’d normally would’ve had in my own stash at home.
Which meant I had to LET GO.
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Nonetheless, I was happy with the table turned out for our dinner together. Book exchange & notecards with messages from every woman TO every woman & prayers & reflections on what each person loved most & how Marrakech changed them.
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When create these trips I’m always really clear about the fact that I am not RESPONSIBLE for your experience here.
I am responsible for creating & holding a space for you where new learning & transformation & new experiences can take place but....I NEVER shoulder the responsibility for making sure someone LOVES Marrakech.
Because I know that’s not realistic.
And it’s not my place.
I know that each woman arrives here needing something different in their life—and sometimes she KNOWS what she’s looking for but often times...she doesn’t.
We can’t always know what lessons are waiting for us but the good thing. is, LIFE always has a way of giving us what we need whether we know it or not, and that’s never more true than in Marrakech!
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So I love sending everyone back out into the world with a final moment of connection that helps to extend (or begin!) the process of unpacking how their lives may have shifted (in good and/or bad ways) during the week they were here.
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I love being a guide to the women who are drawn to me, in the sense that I create experiences for them that help them know THEMSELVES on a deeper level. Much like I’ve done for myself in MY OWN life.
I never would’ve known I’d be here 5 years ago but....I sure am glad life has brought me to this place.
And allowed me to connect with so many amazing women who I never would’ve known otherwise.
Who ever woulda thought??
#LostAndFoundMarrakech #Daykation

The truth is,
I think I’m happiest & MOST at home when I’m out in the world.
Away from everything that ties me to anything routine & conventional.
I LOVE exploring new places.
I dream & fantasize about a BIG life.
I love plane rides & passport stamps & navigating foreign Metro systems & getting unintentionally but intentionally “LOST”.
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When I’m alone in the world I don’t just find new ways to be who I say I am....I find new possibilities of who I can BE.
I’m a different Dayka when I travel.
I find new ways to push the boundaries of my own comfort zone & I’m untethered to social media & I get A LOT of alone time to just THINK & be with myself. In a way that can never happen at home.
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I’m grateful that I’m 40 & still getting to learn myself in new ways.
I really, really like this version of Dayka.
I think I’m gonna keep her. ❤️
#Daykation #SoDayka

The couscous here AIN’T the same as at home. It takes 2 days to make from start to table & cooking it alone is gonna take damn near a full day.
It’s a commitment.
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But to be honest, I’m not a HUGE couscous fan. I eat it here because...well, you kinda HAVE to if you’re in Marrakech—but also because there’s a little shop in the corner of a souk (that you’d never find if you don’t have an insider guiding your way!), and next to the women’s flea market there’s a woman named Fatima who makes some pretty amazing couscous, the likes of which you can only find in Morocco.
And the onions on top?? Carmelized with cinnamon & sugar, they are SOOO GOOD.
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Do I eat couscous at home?
Nope.
But I eat it here because I think it’s the right (adventurous, expansive, mind shifting) thing to do when you’re in a new land. Try new foods.
And try OLD foods prepared NEW ways.
2 rules of thumb for creating amazing experiences abroad:
#1: Try everything new at least once.
#2: If you haven’t had THAT COUNTRY’S version of whatever you say you don’t like, try it there before you immediately refuse it like you always do.
Who knows...you might realize you (or your mama!!!) have been cooking it wrong your entire life!!😉
#LostAndFoundMarrakech #Daykation

This guy had a huge Berber necklace for sale that I’ve walked by SO MANY TIMES (even before this trip, I think!), because I always ASSUMED I couldn’t afford it.
But Saturday I finally just asked.
And after negotiating down to what I felt was a respectable price for this a massive piece that was clearly super old and....
it now belongs to me. 😍
*Necklace pic coming soon
**Also loved his whole Anthony Kiedis/Flea/Res Hot Chili Peppers vibe.
#LostAndFoundMarrakech #Daykation

On Thursday, right after I washed my clothes, the weather turned cool & overcast....& then it started raining.
Which normally isn’t a problem....EXCEPT for when you’re in Europe (& most other continents) and remember that your clothes have to hang on the line to dry because people RARELY have dryers (which actually really bad for your clothes, btw..) in their homes. So then you wake up early & need to wear your black maxi dress but it’s still wet, so you’re forced to wear the black with the thigh meat showing instead.
Because it’s the only one that’s dry. 😩😩
And you’re embarrassed but also know that you’re not breaking the law & you’re not gonna die & it wasn’t your fault & sometimes shit happens and when it does, the only thing you really CAN do is just to move on . 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️
And smile anyway.
#LostAndFoundMarrakech #Daykation

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