###### 🔑 Presence has no agenda [[💡 Presence|Presence]] does not need [[💡 Parts|Parts]] to change, moderate their behavior, cooperate with each other, or feel or be any way other than the way they are. Presence is able to [[🔑 All Parts are welcome exactly as they are|🔑 welcome all Parts exactly as they are]] without needing to change them or *make* them feel better. To approach a [[💡 Parts|Part]] with the *intent* to soothe [[💡 Emotional Dysregulation|emotional dysregulation]] is to have a change agenda, because we’re trying to change the way a part feels; this is a [[💡 Reactive Protectors|Reactive Protector]], and that's okay – [[🔑 We need Protectors]]. It's just important to be aware. Presence does have an innate desire and intention to move toward [[💡 Harmony]], healing, [[☀️ Connection]], and [[💡 Integrate a Part|integration]],[^1] but that desire is not attached to an outcome — parts can say no. [^1]: [[📖 ✅ IFS Online Circle]]