Factory Settings - E12. Willingness

Factory Settings is a podcast exploring politics, culture, relationships, mental health, addiction, and media, through the lens of how our built-in biases affect the way we consume information and form opinions.

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, an associate marriage & family therapist, talk about willingness this week, both as a concept and in practice. Bridget acknowledges a tiny window of willingness that came at the right moment that led to her getting sober, and they discuss what that meant for her life, what the definition of willingness is, connecting the idea of willingness with something she doesn’t want to do, and what happens when willingness goes away. They cover where willingness shows up outside of sobriety, willingness vs. willfulness, stoicism, whether or not we are just puppets of our subconscious, and why driving her car on Empty is one of the last vestiges of living on the edge for Bridget.

Questions of the week:

• Where have you found your willingness tested - what was the limit you reached?

• Where do you feel resistance to something that you know you should be willing to do?

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