###### 🔑 As parts start to trust the process, healing speeds up [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems|IFS]] is a process of self-discovery and, ultimately, self-love. The [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems#The IFS Process|slow, gradual process of getting to know and healing our parts]] can be painful, but as we heal some of our [[💡 Parts|Parts]], others we couldn’t access before will reveal themselves and ask us to help them too. If we can treat them with [[☀️ Patience]] and tender [[☀️ Compassion]], they will eventually heal. Our parts are no longer alone, and with time, perhaps after we’ve healed some of them, they will begin to trust [[💡 Presence]], look to us for [[💡 Self-Leadership|leadership]],[^1] and join our cause. Our [[💡 Window of Tolerance|Window of Tolerance]] will expand. As parts begin to trust [[💡 The IFS Process]], things that used to take five sessions might suddenly take one.[^2] As we develop a different our relationships with our parts, [[💡 Protector Parts|Protectors]] begin to soften much more quickly and we can more safely approach our [[💡 Exiles|exiles]]. It can sometimes take a long time to create this kind of internal safety[^3] — [[🔑 Go at your pace|Go at your parts’ pace]]. By helping or affecting one part, we also have an impact on potentially many others. We may suddenly find ourselves able to tend to wounds which were once too tender to touch as our inner-ecosystem becomes less reactive. Meanwhile, we at the same time become more adept at holding space for them. [^1]: [[📖 🟢 Self-Therapy - A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, A New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition]] [^2]: [[📖 ✅ IFS Online Circle]] Month 2: The Protective System & Fears of the Protectors - June Call with Toni [^3]: [[📖 ✅ IFS Online Circle]] Month 3: Working with Exiles & The Trauma Behind the Rage - Month 3 with Toni Herbine-Blank