The Open Nesting™ Challenge: 12 Weeks of Brave Little Steps

Week 1: Digital Detox

Turn it all off—phone, laptop, TV—for a set period of time. Notice the stillness, then the relief.

Open Nesting reminds us: when we unplug, we plug back into ourselves.

DONE - I lasted 4 hours :)

Week 2: Dance By Yourself

Turn up your favorite song and let your body remember joy. Kitchen, living room, under the stars—it doesn’t matter. At a Didi Retreat, we dance barefoot as a reminder that movement is medicine. DONE - it felt wierd but I did it :)

Week 3 : Write a Kind Letter to Yourself

Put words on paper you’ve longed to hear: “I’m proud of you. You’re enough.”

Speaking to yourself with tenderness is its own form of coming home.

Week 4: Silent Day

Spend a day without talking, texting, or posting. Write instead of speaking. Listen instead of answering. At Didi Retreats, silence is built into sound baths, meditations, and ocean mornings.

Week 5: Travel to a Wellness Retreat.

Go away with other women, letting yourself be cared for and expanded.

A Didi Retreat is the ultimate reset: travel, sisterhood, and nourishment woven together.

Week 6: Staycation

Treat yourself to a night in a hotel or Airbnb nearby. Order room service, sleep diagonally, wander like a tourist. Sometimes a shift in perspective is only a zip code away.

Week 5: Dine Alone

Choose a restaurant, order exactly what you want, and savor it without distraction.

Your own company is worth a reservation.

Week 8: Go to a Favorite Place Alone

Visit a café, park bench, bookstore, or beach—and don’t invite anyone. Make it yours.

✨ Claiming space for yourself is radical self-respect.

Week 9: Keep a Secret for Yourself

🌸 Do something lovely—buy yourself flowers, sneak off for a pastry, watch the sunset—and don’t tell anyone. Not your husband. Not your kids. Let it live only with you.

✨ An open nest doesn’t mean every corner is shared. Some pieces are yours alone.

Week 10: A Cultural Solo (Concert, Movie, Gallery)

🎶 🎬 🖼️ Buy the ticket. Go alone. Experience art without compromise.

✨ At Didi Retreats, art finds us in music, meals, and San Pancho itself.

Week 11: Visit a Place from Your Past

🏫 Return to your college campus, your first apartment, or the playground where your kids once ran. Notice how you’ve grown.

✨ The open nest is a chance to weave the past into your present with love.

Week 12: Take a Solo Adventure in Nature

🌊 Hike, kayak, walk barefoot on the beach. Let the earth remind you that you belong.

✨ At a Didi Retreat, Monkey Mountain hikes and ocean mornings are our open-air temples.