Dear Mango, Podcast

Three friends from Dena (Pasadena and Altadena) revisit how they ended up in the same Bay Area apartment complex without planning it. And the first time talking about some of the questions Mona has never asked. The episode moves through memories, distance, and what survives when the place you called home has gone through a tragedy. 

Chapters

00:00 Serendipitous Connections in Pasadena
03:30 First Memories and Mischief
24:40 Adventure and Community
35:32 Growth and Maturity
43:54 Childhood Nostalgia
51:17 Play, Imagination, and Entrepreneurial Beginnings
01:00:17 The Power of Community
01:10:13 Decisions to Leave Home
01:21:20 Growth and Transformation
01:28:15 Comfort of Home vs. The Call of Adventure
01:37:01 Unlearning and Self-Discovery
01:49:37 What Leaving Made Possible
01:56:42 Openness and Tolerance
02:10:28 Identity and Place
02:19:26 Shared Memories

Episode writing prompt:

Picture the version of you at nineteen, the one who had no idea what life had in store for you. If they could watch you for one day right now, what would surprise them most? Would it be who you became or how you got here?

Dear Mango | You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.

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Conversations with friends can help surface the topics you want to explore further. A professional safe space is where the interwovenness of our life’s experiences can get worked on and untangled. Investing in that space has become necessary for my own well-being.

🎙️Episode 8 | Therapy Prep Out Now 

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You can go through the steps and still land at, what emerges is meant to emerge. 

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Some thoughts only show up when you start writing. And following that up by speaking to a qualified professional who specializes in the areas you are working through and addressing while creating a safe space that relaxes your nervous system is real work. It is not the same as speaking to a friend or family member.

🎙️Episode 8 | Therapy Prep Out Now 

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There is a difference between silencing a thought and suppressing a thought.

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📌Think of the note in your phone as a pause. A place to capture your thoughts before you talk yourself out of them. 

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If you have dismissed a thought or feeling and let it eat away at you slowly, this episode is for you. 

🎙️Episode 8 | Therapy Prep Out Now 

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Therapy isn’t a moment. It’s a practice.

Kerry Washington calls it the gift she gives herself. A trainer for a life full of risks. Tracee Ellis Ross intentionally uses the time to be clear about what she wants. And both use the practice to stay in shape and invest in themselves.

🎙️Episode 8 | Therapy Prep Out Now 

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Have you ever told yourself you were going to write a thought down and didn't?

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Have you ever had a thought and told yourself you were going to write it down, but didn't? Mona developed a five-step practice to stop doing that.

Episode 8 of Dear Mango is about preparing for therapy sessions as a way to honor your voice. The five steps Mona uses to capture, process, prioritize, and release what comes up between sessions. The same practice she hadn't shared with her own therapist until now.

Reflection prompt: What would you put on your list if you created a note right now?

Write now. Revisit later. Or take it to your next therapy session.

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