Unconscious

We say we want to grow… but sometimes, we’re still terrified of being wrong.In this episode, we get into our relationship with mistakes. Why they feel so personal, why we react so strongly, and how much energy we spend trying to avoid them.What starts as a conversation about Formula 1 turns into something bigger. Psychological safety, leadership, team culture, parenting, and the ways we shut down curiosity just to protect being “right.”We talk about what actually happens when mistakes aren't judged. Why some teams perform better because they make more mistakes. And how most of us were never taught how to be wrong without spiraling, defending, or overthinking.

We went full business mode in this one.After a behind-the-scenes look at a workshop Caryn recently led, the conversation shifted into selling, Enneagram styles, and why the same pitch lands differently depending on who's making it.Why does selling feel effortless for some people and like pulling teeth for others? What's actually going on when you avoid naming a price, overdeliver without being asked, or sit on something you've made for six months?We also played Charge It or Eat It, a game built around real client scenarios that turned into a whole thing about where our edges actually are and the moments we rarely admit to out loud.This episode is one of those moments.

We thought this would be a conversation about reality TV… but as always, it turned into something deeper.From The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Bachelorette, Love Is Blind, and Dancing with the Stars, we unpack what we’ve been consuming and what we’re noticing in response.Why does content that used to feel entertaining now feel heavy? What is constant exposure to drama, conflict, and reactivity doing to our emotional health and nervous systems?This episode explores self-awareness, personal development, conscious living, and human behavior through the lens of media consumption. We talk about mean girl dynamics, reactivity, dignity, and the unconscious patterns shaping how we watch, react, and engage.It’s another week of getting curious with Caryn and Morgan!

This week Morgan and Caryn are talking about joy, not as a concept, but as a practice. What fills you up when life is relentless and you're running on autopilot? They get into the Taylor Swift Eras documentary, a Ford commercial that made the rounds on International Women's Day, and a weekend of live theater. The conversation lands somewhere real: how presence and self-awareness connect, and how the small things are doing more emotional work than we give them credit for.If you've been feeling disconnected or holding it all together on empty, this episode is an invitation to give yourself the gift of joy. It's a small act of conscious living with a big return.

You're not imagining it. Something feels especially heavy right now.Morgan Sutton, Anna Caryn Mefford, and guest Noelle Mefford dig into the loneliness and news anxiety that most people seem to be ignoring. It's time to acknowledge the doom scrolling, the mental health toll it takes, and the emotional weight that just keeps building, and to find ways to feel a little bit better through all of it.They talk about Punch, a baby monkey at a Singapore zoo who went viral for clinging to a stuffed animal after being rejected by his mother, and why so many of us saw ourselves in him.Collective sadness is real. But the good news is, so is the antidote.

It happens to all of us. The question is what we do next.In this episode, Morgan and Caryn get honest about their own gut reactions to the Olympic men's hockey locker room moment. The sadness, the little girl's feelings, the anger. All of it is valid. Your reactivity isn't something to fix. It's data.From there, they explore the space between your first reaction and your second thought. What happens when we get curious instead of defensive? And what does it actually mean to assume positive intent for others, and for yourself?They also play First Thought, Second Thought, getting real about being cut off in traffic, plans canceled at the last minute, and someone bringing up that embarrassing story from ten years ago.We're all triggered by something. The more interesting question is what it's actually trying to tell you.

The way we speak to ourselves shapes more than we realize.And sometimes the loudest voice in the room is the one in our own head.In this episode, we explore self-talk, the inner critic, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we’re capable of. Caryn shares the impactful story of Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu, who recently chose joy over pressure and completely reframed her idea of success.From there, we unpack negative self-talk and the unconscious patterns shaping our mindset. Caryn reflects on running marathons later in life and the surprising realization that even after finishing one, she still didn’t consider herself “a runner.” Morgan shares how self-talk showed up in leadership and entrepreneurship, and the pressure many high achievers feel to somehow have the right answer all the time.Along the way we talk about confidence, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and the strange way our brains can cling to old stories long after they’ve stopped being useful.Turns out the stories we tell ourselves can be wildly convincing… even when they’re not particularly helpful.The stories we tell ourselves shape our thoughts, our reactivity, our relationships, and so much more.This episode is about noticing them.

Anger isn’t subtle. It’s fast. It’s hot. It’s rarely polite.In this episode, we sit with what happens when we react before we’ve had a chance to think. From Olympic interviews that feel unnecessarily sharp, to poolside chair politics, to reality TV spirals, to a very real dog fight that sent Caryn’s nervous system into overdrive, we explore how quickly we can lose our footing.Caryn shares a vulnerable story and what it revealed about fear, protection, and the crash that follows a surge of adrenaline. Morgan reflects on justice, being misunderstood, and the way anger can masquerade as certainty.What is anger protecting? What does it feel like in your body before it becomes behavior? And what becomes possible in the few seconds between stimulus and response?This conversation moves through emotional regulation, fight-or-flight responses, communication patterns, and the unconscious stories that shape how we show up when we feel threatened, dismissed, or defensive.If you’ve ever snapped and replayed it later… If you’ve ever been told to calm down… If you’ve ever felt the hangover of a reaction that didn’t match who you want to be…Listen in, because you’ll recognize yourself here.

We’re starting this show the only way that felt honest…by talking about being new.In this episode, we unpack the pressure to do things “right” and the quiet voice of “should” that follows us into everything from workouts to work to identity. Caryn shares the three questions she’s using to interrupt “should” thinking, and Morgan tells the story of when the benefit of a "beginner mindset" finally clicked.Why does being a beginner feel so personal? And what are we protecting when we avoid starting at all?This conversation touches self improvement, personal development, mindset, and emotional health in real time. We look at the unconscious patterns and inherited expectations shaping how we show up, and how self awareness can interrupt autopilot.If you’ve ever felt the discomfort of starting something new, resisted being seen as inexperienced, struggled with perfectionism, or questioned the rules you’ve absorbed about who you’re supposed to be, this conversation will feel familiar.We don’t have it figured out. We’re just exploring it out loud.Welcome to the no-perfection zone!

Doing everything “right” is exhausting. So what if we stopped trying to get it right, and started paying attention to what it’s costing us?Hosted by Caryn and Morgan, Unconscious feels like listening in on two friends untangling inherited expectations, unconscious patterns, and snap judgments in real time. In our noisy, speed-addicted world, we don’t see people slowing down enough. So come chill in our living room, our no-perfection zone.Through conversations about self improvement, personal development, emotional health, and self awareness, we explore what it means to practice conscious living together.This is our safe space to admit we don’t have it all figured out. But we are committed to exploring it together. Unconscious is here to remind you that you’re not alone in the beautiful, messy, totally human experience of being alive.