Dr. Allison Sucamele @DocAllisonTLT

We often think self-care is selfish—but it’s actually the opposite. When you nourish your body, mind, and spirit, you're better equipped to show up with patience, compassion, and clarity for the people you love.

🎙️ New Episode Alert: The Psychology of Spirals 🌪️ Have you ever felt like you're going in circles—but somehow deeper each time? In this episode of The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast, we explore the psychological nature of spirals.

You will stray. From your center, your truth, your boundaries, your growth. It’s part of being human. Wandering isn't failure—it's part of the journey. The real healing? It’s in noticing you've wandered… and choosing to come back. Again and again.

When we suppress our feelings—whether it’s sadness, anger, or fear—they don’t just disappear. They settle in our bodies as tension, fatigue, or even physical pain. Stress, then, is often a signal—not a flaw.

Your well-being is your responsibility. 🌿✨ Waiting for someone else to "make you happy" or "fix" your struggles is a path to disappointment. While support from others is valuable, you are the expert on your own body, mind, and soul.

Harsh but honest truth. Sometimes the pain we feel isn’t from what someone did but from what we expected them to do. We build stories in our heads, assume depth where there’s only surface, and hold space for people who never planned to stay.

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The right people won’t demand you shrink to fit. They won’t make you question your worth. With them, your nervous system exhales. You laugh more. You soften. You feel seen. These are the ones who stay—not just when it’s easy, but when it’s real.

Integrity isn’t about being perfect — it’s about being consistent. It’s choosing alignment over approval, truth over image. It means your values don’t shift depending on the room you’re in or who’s watching. When who you are matches what you say and do — that’s where peace lives.

Not everything we carry was meant to stay. As we grow, we gather pieces of people, experiences, and beliefs—some of them shape us, and some simply weigh us down. This quote is a gentle reminder: you don’t need to hold on to everything. Keep what still nourishes your soul. 🌿✨

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💖🌸 You pour so much into others—checking in, showing up, giving second chances, offering understanding. But what would happen if you turned just a fraction of that care inward? What if you spoke to yourself with the same gentleness you offer your best friend?

No matter how dark the days may feel, remember: your inner light is always there, even if it feels dim at times. Hope isn’t about never facing challenges—it’s about knowing that within you is a strength and resilience that can guide you through. 🌱✨

💛 Not everyone has the emotional capacity or lived experience to comprehend the depth of what you've been through. It’s not that your story is unbelievable—it’s that their framework for understanding suffering is limited.

💖 There’s a quiet kind of strength in being content on your own. It means you've made peace with your thoughts, softened your inner dialogue, and built a sanctuary within yourself.

💫🕊 The messengers don’t always arrive in soft whispers or wrapped in beauty. Sometimes they come as anxiety, frustration, grief, or unexpected disruptions. They show up in your body, your relationships, your patterns. Pause and ask: What are you here to show me?

It’s easy to be swayed by loud opinions—especially from those who speak with authority but live in chaos. Unlearning this habit means slowing down, listening inward, and asking: Does this guidance come from peace, or projection? We get to choose whose voices we let in.

🌙 Some of the strongest people are the ones who feel everything deeply. She carried pain that wasn't always hers, held space for others even when her own heart ached, and still chose to believe in beauty, connection, and meaning.💛

Cutting ties with toxic people is powerful. But the deeper healing happens when you cut ties with the version of you who tolerated the pain, stayed quiet, or kept trying to fix what was never yours to fix. 💔➡️💡 That version of you deserves compassion—not shame.

🌿 It’s okay if anger still shows up. Healing doesn’t mean you never feel anything about what happened — it means you’ve reclaimed your life despite it. ⠀ Sometimes the anger that lingers isn’t a sign of being “stuck.” It’s part of the process of honoring your past self.