Factory Settings Podcast

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, sit down to discuss commitment this week. They talk about what comes to mind when they hear the word commitment, how Bridget ran from it for years, and how their parents’ marriages, divorces, and their mothers in particular affected their views on commitmen…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed 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 willin…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, talk about goals and resolutions in anticipation of the New Year. They discuss setting goals and creating systems that help support those goals, their relationships with discipline and organization, ambition and creativity, learning to bend before you break…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, consider the topic of gratitude this week. They discuss when they first became aware of gratitude as a concept and when it became a regular practice in their lives. They cover whether or not gratitude was modeled for them in their lives as children and what…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist discuss regret in their latest episode. They talk about the idea of living a life with no regrets, the role regret plays in society, the 4 different types of regret, and which emotions regret is linked most closely to for them both. They also share their big…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist sit down to discuss being late bloomers. They talk about giving up on themselves, failing young, and how living in such a youthful culture can make it feel like you missed the boat if you haven’t gotten your career together and found the love of your life by…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, explain the 12 steps in their latest conversation. They cover what they are, the process of “working the steps,” which ones they love, and which were the most challenging for them. They also discuss the myriad of different ways there are to work the steps, …

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, continue their discussion of addiction and sobriety for sober October. This week they cover 12 step programs - specifically Alcoholics Anonymous - their first exposure to the program, what worked for them, what drove them crazy, the problems people can enco…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss addiction and recovery with their personal stories of drug abuse and their paths to sobriety. This week it’s Bridget’s turn to share. She talks about her first addiction - sugar, the first time she ever drank, why marijuana was love at first smoke, …

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss addiction and recovery with their personal stories of drug abuse and their paths to sobriety. This week Jeren shares how doing meth made him feel like exactly the person he thought he should be - smarter, funnier, charming, and able to connect with …