Call me a nit picker but I like words and I like what their definition stand for.  That’s why when I see holistic happily applied everywhere and anywhere to anything it made me realize there must be a better term for someone who truly tackles life from the whole, not from a single entry perspective.  Thus wholistic was born.

Wholistic Coaching versus Holistic Coaching.  What’s the big deal?  Obviously by now, it is clear that holistic and wholistic have different angles and can work in conjunction.  The other obvious aspect of a wholistic approach is that it can be holistic and or not.

A wholistic approach to any business, may it be coaching or otherwise is the approach of a given situation and or person in an all encompassing way, viewing the whole and not the single point.  Holistic will tend to be esoteric or spiritual.

Say you are presented with a problem.  Most people will go directly for the solution, look for results since this is what is expected of them.  A wholistic approach would be to take a few steps back, ask why, where and how the problem came to be.  In other words, it strives to take in the entire picture and with enough perspective, one gets a more global view of the situation and finds more venues for solutions.

In this aspect, I’m happy to have practiced wholistic coaching since the first few months of my practice.  Taking an overlook at the person, their situation, where they are coming form and what they aspire if a fundamental first step to coaching.  Coaches who dive head first into finding solutions are missing the bigger picture.