Ask The Lemon Tree Coaching Podcast a Question. Text the TLT Pod today. 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 psychological and nervous-system perspective, politeness is a learned survival strategy. For many women, children, and people raised in emotionally unpredictable environments, being agreeable once helped...