Unconscious

About Unconscious

Most of us are reacting before we're even aware of how we're showing up, and how we're treating ourselves & each other. Each week, Caryn and Morgan get curious about the unconscious patterns & snap judgments shaping how we move through the world. Whether it's headlines or stories from their own lives, the conversation always gets into the messy bits — and why everything feels so emotionally loaded. Think of it like an unfiltered voice memo from a friend who is done performing, done people-pleasing, and not willing to lose their joy to the noise. Just two friends trying to human better.

Publisher

A. Caryn Mefford + Morgan E. Sutton

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Feb 2026

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   AI, Gen Z & Why Curiosity Matters

   If you've ever managed someone half your age, or been the youngest person in the room, you've felt the gap in how each generation learned to work. Millennial Morgan and Gen Xer Caryn dig into where that gap comes from, and what happens to it when AI starts doing the thinking. Here's what you'll hear: - The top 3 values Gen Z ranks above everything else, and the one that explains the iced coffee outrage - Why so many Gen Xers see self-care as something you earn, and what millennials did with that - The one skill Hilton's head of HR says will matter most as AI reshapes work - What three open Claude chats at once are doing to Morgan's attention span - Why Caryn finally deleted her late dad's AOL account, and the question it left her with

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Iced Coffee, Giggly Squad & What Counts as Professional

   A recruiter said iced coffee in a job interview looks unserious, and TikTok took it personally. Morgan and Caryn get into why, plus everything else that's been on their minds this week:- Caryn's friend runs into a robot posing for photos on a Brooklyn street, complete with its own security guard, and Caryn wants to know why new tech always shows up looking playful- Why AI founders keep publicly asking to be regulated, and what stops them from doing it themselves- Morgan brings a win for the girls: Giggly Squad's deal with SiriusXM, and what it says about what audiences want more of right now- Caryn's sister getting sent home from Procter & Gamble in the late '80s for wearing a red dress, and Morgan's closet of suits that never come out- The game, Appropriate for the Office?, covers a context-free "can we talk?" on Slack, using AI to write feedback for your team, a 4:45 Friday calendar invite, and taking a Zoom call from your carPlus, Caryn opens the episode gushing over Paralympian Ezra Frech on Dancing with the Stars.

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Do Women Actually Support Women? Sydney Sweeney, HYROX & Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle

   Morgan and Caryn break down the Sydney Sweeney sports betting ads, the viral HYROX race moment, and the Alex Cooper vs. Alix Earle feud, plus a SoulCycle story about discomfort and keeping commitments. Along the way: whether race officials should have pulled the HYROX athlete, why Morgan went straight to the trolley problem, what makes a working environment safe, and why it's news at all that two women didn't get along. You'll get a question that shows what's driving a snap opinion on a woman in the news, so you can save your energy for the fights that matter to you.

4. 

   20 Aug 2026

   The Odyssey, Good Grief, and People Who Don't Like You

   Morgan and Caryn are back from summer break! In this episode: Morgan signs up for a viral challenge built to teach creators how to talk on camera, and has an ah-ha moment she didn't expect Caryn digs up a decades-old ad from her family's storage unit that makes a strange case for a very modern problem A new album from Sara Barielles about losing a best friend has both of them going quiet for a second Caryn thoughts on the internet going wild about a casting decision in a massive new movie, and her theory about why And Morgan finally says out loud a discomfort she's never brought to the mic before Time to get conscious!

5. 

   1 Jul 2026

   Lewis Hamilton, Amanda's Non-Apology, and a United Airlines Call

   This week Morgan and Caryn kept landing on the same pattern from every direction: the assumptions we know what someone is from a single moment, and curiosity about our genuinely surprised when they don't fit in the box we've created. Can we hold people loosely enough to be wrong about them? And can we extend that same uncertainty to ourselves? In this episode: Lewis Hamilton winning his 106th F1 race after two years of not winning one, and why Morgan was in tears watching it Amanda from Summer House saying "I don't know yet" and whether that might actually be the most honest moment of the entire reunion Caryn's husband Greg on the phone with United Airlines when a customer service rep and all the layers of assumption stacked inside a brief awkward pause Europeans at the World Cup treating Taco Bell and Waffle House like culinary destinations Morgan's podcast confession and the pattern in herself she'd never quite put into words before

6. 

   19 Jun 2026

   Stop Assuming and Lean Into Agreements

   This week Morgan and Caryn kept coming back to the same question: how many of the agreements running your daily life did you actually choose? What gets possible when you finally say the thing out loud, and what does it cost us to keep running on the ones nobody ever made explicit? In this episode: checking in before answering "how are you" and why something that sounds that simple feels so disorienting when you've spent years saying "fine" on autopilot Charles Leclerc crashing out at his Monaco home race and what Caryn reads in it The three things Caryn's ten-year-old daughter said after a soccer loss that stopped everyone cold5 Why "no is not bad, no is just honest," and how co-creating an agreement instead of handing one down changes things And they play a rapid fire game called Reasonable Agreement or Bold Ask

7. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Can We Let People Change?

   This week Morgan and Caryn kept running into the same tension everywhere they looked: we say we believe people can grow, but do we actually make room for it when it's happening right in front of us? And can we extend that same grace to ourselves? In this episode: The man who completely changed his political position once someone stopped attacking him and actually let him speak Why "I take accountability" without remorse is just noise, and what Amanda from Summer House got so wrong at the reunion What the naked nails pile-on reveals about how quickly we project meaning onto other people's choices A million-dollar creator launch, a "she stole my idea" claim, and why crediting your inspiration costs you nothing And they play a rapid fire game debating some new "rules of humanity" like if you've been to therapy, nobody gets to use stories from more than five years ago against you. (Case closed.)

8. 

   22 May 2026

   Breaking Up With Old "Scripts"

   A billionaire CEO calls herself a “three-hour max mom” and the internet spirals. Morgan and Caryn use the conversation to explore the old scripts people inherit around family, ambition, rest, productivity, marriage, and identity and why so many of us feel trapped performing lives we didn’t consciously choose. What starts as a conversation about parenting quickly becomes something bigger: the pressure to optimize ourselves, the fear of “doing life wrong,” and how hard it can be to separate what we actually want from what we’ve been taught we should want. Along the way, they get into trad wives, avocado toast propaganda, emotional capacity, group chat icks, and the ongoing process of learning how to build a life that feels true instead of just socially approved.

9. 

   13 May 2026

   The Invisible Rules Keeping Us Divided

   This episode starts with Coachella and somehow ends with emotional intelligence, workplace agreements, judgment, golf culture, AI, and the invisible rules we all keep following without realizing it. Typical. Morgan and Caryn unpack the internet’s reaction to Justin Bieber at Coachella, influencers at The Masters, and why people get so emotionally attached to “respectability” and decorum. But underneath the pop culture commentary is a much bigger conversation: Who decides what’s appropriate? Why do we assume negative intent so quickly? And how many of our reactions are actually inherited beliefs we never stopped to examine? They explore unconscious expectations, emotional intelligence, modern work culture, boundaries, relationships, authenticity in the age of AI, and the invisible social rules shaping how we live and connect. If you’ve ever felt exhausted by unspoken expectations or caught yourself questioning the “rules” everyone seems to follow, this one’s for you.

10. 

    1 May 2026

    Being Right Is Getting in the Way

    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.

11. 

    22 Apr 2026

    The Unconscious Patterns Behind Selling

    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.

12. 

    14 Apr 2026

    What We Watch and What It's Doing to Us

    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!

13. 

    3 Apr 2026

    The Case for a Joy Practice

    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.

14. 

    24 Mar 2026

    How to Feel Human Again

    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.

15. 

    13 Mar 2026

    Triggered. Now What?

    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.

16. 

    6 Mar 2026

    The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Self-Talk and the Inner Critic

    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.

17. 

    25 Feb 2026

    From 0 to 100: What Anger Is Actually Trying to Tell You

    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.

18. 

    18 Feb 2026

    Starting Something New (Without Quitting)

    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!

19. 

    18 Feb 2026

    Introducing Unconscious with Morgan Sutton and A. Caryn Mefford

    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.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings