<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Awareness interrupts the cycle by naming the... > Awareness interrupts the cycle by naming the voice, its probable origin, the behavior it produces, and the consequence it has been trying to prevent. A pattern becomes changeable when it can be observed as a pattern rather than obeyed as reality. **Source:** [[livestreams/Understanding and Releasing Internalized Shame - Workbook|Understanding and Releasing Internalized Shame]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Awareness interrupts the cycle by naming the voice, its probable origin, the behavior it produces, and the consequence it has been trying to prevent. A pattern becomes changeable when it can be observed as a pattern rather than obeyed as reality.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-awareness-interrupts-cycle-rather-obeyed-reality ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->