EXPAND YOUR SELF-AWARENESS

A 2-WEEK SENTENCE COMPLETION PROGRAM

BY: DR. NATHANIEL BRANDEN

Day 1
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I bring more awareness to my life today:
If I take more responsibility for my choices and actions today
If I pay more attention to how I deal with people today
If I am more self-accepting today
If I am self-accepting even when I make mistakes
If I am self-accepting even when I feel confused and overwhelmed

Day 2
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I bring more awareness to my insecurities
If I bring more awareness to my deepest needs and wants
If I bring more awareness to my emotions

If I bring more awareness to all the parts of me

If I were more self-accepting today

Day 3
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I bring more awareness to my important relationships
If I treat listening as a creative act
If I notice how people are affected by the quality of my listening
If I bring more awareness to my dealings with people today
If I commit to dealing with people fairly and benevolently

Day 4
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I am more accepting of my body
If I deny and disown my body
If I am more accepting of my feelings
When I deny and disown my feelings
If I am more accepting of my intelligence
If I deny and disown my intelligence
If I am more accepting of all the parts of me

Day 5
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I am more accepting of my fears
When I deny and disown my fears
If I were more accepting of my pain
When I deny and disown my pain
If I am more accepting of my joy
If I deny and disown my joy
As I learn to accept all of who I am

Day 6
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I take more responsibility for my life and well-being
When I avoid responsibility for my life and well-being
If I take more responsibility for the attainment of my goals
If I avoid responsibility for the attainment of my goals

If I take more responsibility for my quality of life

If I take more responsibility for my personal happiness

Day 7
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If (when I was young) someone had told me my wants really mattered
If (when I was young) I had been taught to honor my own life
If I were willing to say yes when I want to say yes and no when I want to say no
If I were willing to let people hear the music inside me
If I were to express more of who I am

Day 8
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I was more appropriately assertively today
If I treat my thoughts and feelings with respect today
If I treat my wants with respect today
If I treat my life as important today
If I took more pride in who I am today

Day 9
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
Sometimes when I am afraid I
Sometimes when I am hurt I
Sometimes when I am angry
An effective way to handle fear might be to
An effective way to handle hurt might be to
An effective way to handle anger might be to

Day 10
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
Sometimes when I am excited I
Sometimes when I am turned on sexually I
Sometimes when I experience strong feelings I
If I make friends with my excitement
If I make friends with my sexuality
As I grow more comfortable with the full range of my emotions

Day 11
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
If I bring more awareness to my life today
If I am more self-accepting today
If I bring more self-responsibility to my life today
If I operate more self-assertively today
If I live my life more purposefully today
If I bring more integrity to my life today
If I breathe deeply and allow myself to experience what self-esteem feels like

Day 12
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
As I grow in self awareness
As I acknowledge my thoughts and feelings without judging them
As I grow in self-acceptance
As I grow in independence
As I learn to accept all the parts of me
As I learn to take pride in being honest

Day 13
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
As I learn to take responsibility for my choices and actions
As I learn to be more self accepting
As I learn to have the courage to treat myself with respect
As I learn to live more purposely
As I bring more integrity into my life
As I learn to be more of the person I want to be

Day 14
First thing in the morning, before proceeding to the days business, sit down and write the
following sentence stems and as many endings as you can for them (between 6 and 10 each).
Right now it seems clear that
If I fully understand what I have written over the last 2 weeks
I am becoming increasingly aware that
As I learn that this is the beginning, not the end

Lets imagine that you have now completed this two-week program once. If you have found it
helpful, do it again. It will be a new experience for you. Some of my clients go through this
program three or four times, always with new results, always with growth in self-esteem.

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