The Lemon Tree Coaching
Welcome to The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast—where emotional depth meets grounded psychology. Hosted by Dr. Allison Sucamele, this podcast is a sanctuary for anyone ready to do the inner work, face their shadow, and cultivate a life that feels authentic, aligned, and alive.
Each episode explores the psychology behind emotions, relationships, nervous system healing, and self-awareness. Whether you're navigating heartbreak, burnout, betrayal, people-pleasing, or the desire for deeper meaning, you'll find thoughtful reflections, symbolic storytelling, and powerful insights to help you bloom—one truth at a time.
Grab a cup of tea, tune in, and come home to yourself.
Follow along on Instagram @thelemontreecoaching and explore free resources on Teachers Pay Teachers at The Lemon Tree by AKS.
Episodes
196 episodes
Bonus Episode - Timeline Grief: Mourning the Love You Thought You'd Have by Now
In this short bonus episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, Dr. Allison Sucamele names a kind of grief that often goes unspoken: the grief of the love you thought you’d have by now.Not the loss of a specific person, but the ...
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# 151 - The Sorrow of Music’s Touch
When that one song comes on that destroys your soul in a way that can’t be explained . . . Have you ever been going about your day when a song suddenly comes on and unravels you in seconds? Your throat tightens, your chest ...
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Episode 151
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Bonus Episode: Afraid You’ll Never Meet Someone Who Can Swim in Your Depths?
What if the fear isn’t that you’ll never meet someone like them again, but that you’ll never be met at that depth again?In this short bonus episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores the tender fear that often follows deep connectio...
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# 150: Top Gun - Psychology, Identity & the Nervous System
In this episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, Dr. Allison Sucamele unpacks Top Gun as more than an adrenaline classic - it’s a psychological portrait of identity foreclosure, attachment wounds, grief, ...
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Episode 150
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Bonus Episode: The Art of Starting Over - Again
Sometimes the bravest thing we do isn’t starting over…It’s starting over again.In today’s five-minute bonus episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele offers a gentle guided meditation for anyone in a season of rebuilding, recalib...
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# 149 - The Psychology of The Seven Year Itch: When Fantasy Becomes a Cry for Growth
The Seven Year Itch is often remembered as a playful 1950s comedy, but psychologically, it’s something much deeper. In this episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores what the film reveals about repression, fantasy, projection, and the emoti...
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Bonus Episode: The Psychology of Why Micromanaging Doesn’t Work (Especially in the Classroom)
In this episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores the psychology of why micromanaging doesn’t work, and why, in education especially, it often creates the exact opposite of what teachers ar...
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# 148 - Do Pick-Up Lines Actually Work?
Pick-up lines are often dismissed as corny or performative, but beneath the humor and awkwardness lies something deeply human. In this episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores the psychology behind pick-up lines and what they actually reveal abou...
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Bonus Episode: Polite Isn’t the Same as Safe - How Social Conditioning Overrides Intuition
In today’s short bonus episode, we explore a message many of us were taught early and often: be polite, keep the peace, don’t make things uncomfortable.But what happens when politeness comes at the cost of safety?From a psyc...
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# 147 - Authentic Kindness vs. People Pleasing: How to Be Kind Without Losing Yourself
In this episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores a subtle but powerful distinction that shapes relationships, burnout, and self-worth: the difference between authentic kindness and people pleasing.<...
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Episode 147
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Bonus Episode - Rewriting Old Emotional Rules
In today’s bonus episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, Dr. Allison Sucamele offers a short, grounding reflection on something many of us don’t realize we’re still living by: old emotional rules.These are the quiet, ...
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# 146 - The Importance of Processing Your Emotions (Not Managing Them Away)
In today’s episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, we explore something deeply foundational to mental health, relationships, and identity: emotional processing.Not managing emotions.Not suppressing them.Not in...
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Episode 146
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22:45
Bonus Episode: A One-Minute Boundary Check - Noticing Where Your Energy Is Leaking
Today’s episode is short, grounding, and practical, a one-minute pause you can return to anytime you feel drained, resentful, scattered, or quietly exhausted without knowing why.In A One-Minute Boundary Check, Dr. Allison Sucame...
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# 145: The Psychology Behind Panic Attacks - What’s Really Happening & What Helps
Panic attacks can feel terrifying, disorienting, and deeply personal, but they are not a failure of character or strength. In this episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, we u...
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Episode 145
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15:00
Bonus Episode - When Your Past Isn’t Done Being Felt Yet
Sometimes an old ache returns - a memory you thought you’d outgrown, a feeling you believed you’d healed, a reaction that surprises you. And the first thought many of us have is, “Why am I still dealing with this? I thought I was past it.”<...
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# 144 - The Library of You: Integrating Every Chapter
In this episode, we explore the moment in every healing journey when you realize that life isn’t asking you to erase your past - it’s asking you to integrate it. Through the lens of trauma psychology, narrative identity, and ...
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Episode 144
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Bonus Episode: Anything That Starts With a Lie…
In this episode, we’re exploring a truth many of us learn only through heartbreak, confusion, or the slow unraveling of something we believed was solid:Anything that starts with a lie will end with a devastating truth.This isn...
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# 143: Attention vs Connection - The Psychology of What We’re Really Seeking
Today, we’re diving into one of the most quietly powerful dynamics shaping our relationships, our self-worth, and our nervous systems: the psychological difference between attention and connection.At first glance, these...
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Episode 143
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15:43
Bonus Episode: Emotional First Aid - Three Steps for When You Feel Emotionally Flooded
In this short bonus episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, we’re exploring emotional first aid - the gentle, immediate care your mind and body need when you’re emotionally flooded.Emotional flooding isn’t a per...
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# 142 - When You Feel Raw - A Psychological Deep Dive into Emotional Exposure, Nervous System Sensitivity, & Inner Truth
There’s a feeling so many of us know deeply—the “raw” emotional state.When your skin feels too thin.When the world feels too loud, too sharp, too close.When someone asks, “Are you okay?” and you almost dissolve.In th...
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Episode 142
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15:55
Bonus Episode: Micro-Moments of Joy - The Smallest Things That Rewire the Brain
In today’s gentle bonus episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores the power of micro-moments of joy—the tiny, sensory delights that can soften your nervous system and rewire your brain for gratitude, calm, and emotional resilience. Drawin...
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# 141 - Rediscovering Your Voice: A Journey to Reclaiming Your True Self
In today’s episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, we’re diving into the tender, courageous process of rediscovering your voice after life convinced you that silence was safer. Whether that silence grew from difficult relationships...
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Episode 141
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16:23
Bonus Episode: The Last Time You Didn’t Know Was the Last Time
We rarely recognize turning points while we’re in them. This episode explores the psychology behind life transitions - why our brains overlook endings, how identities evolve in seasons, and how to navigate the “neutral zone” between who you wer...
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# 140 - Why Is It Always About You? The Psychology of Making Everything Personal
Have you ever shared something meaningful, only to have someone flip it back to themselves? You’re not imagining it. Today, we’re exploring the subtle — and sometimes exhausting — pattern of people who make everything about them. From ...
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Episode 140
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11:58
Bonus Episode - The Science of Tears: Why Crying Is Not Weakness but Neurochemical Release
In this short bonus episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores the quiet strength hidden within our tears. We often see crying as a sign of fragility, but science reveals it’s actually a neurochemical rel...
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