Dear Mango, Podcast | Episode 2 | The Marathon | FULL EPISODE

You Just Don't Break, Do You? A podcast about learning to trust yourself when the world expects you to keep performing.According to a 2025 study, we are on autopilot more than 88% of the time. Less than half of us can accurately name what we are feeling in any given moment. And while 95% of us believe we are self-aware, only 10 to 15% actually are.This episode is about that gap.Self-awareness is not self-criticism. It is not performing healing or having it all figured out. It is the moment you look up and ask yourself what you actually need right now. It is a practice you can start or return to at any time.In this episode of Dear Mango, Mona Khalil explores what self-awareness looks like when the external world is designed to exhaust your attention, how to tell the difference between self-awareness and self-criticism, why writing it down gives you back your power, and what the science of memory, attention, and mindfulness has to do with trusting yourself.Resources:Feelings WheelElizabeth Loftus on How Memory Can Be ManipulatedJosh JohnsonDiary of a CEO with Dr.K, Harvard-trained PsychiatristDr. Amishi Jha’s Cognitive Neuroscientist on Mindfulness ResearchThe Invisible Gorilla ExperimentSteve Bannon PBS Frontline Interview 2019Reflection prompt: Write about a recent conversation you had. What stood out? How did it leave you feeling?Connect with Mona Khalil: Resources:InstagramThreadsYouTubeJoin the mailing list at MonaKhalil.com