<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Breaking automatic patterns begins by noticing the... > Breaking automatic patterns begins by noticing the moment a conditioned response starts speaking as if it were the whole self. Awareness creates a gap between program and action. Agency enters through that gap. **Source:** [[livestreams/Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency - Workbook|Breaking Automatic Patterns and Reclaiming Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Breaking automatic patterns begins by noticing the moment a conditioned response starts speaking as if it were the whole self. Awareness creates a gap between program and action. Agency enters through that gap.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-breaking-automatic-patterns-agency-enters-gap ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->