What Is Holistic Coaching? What We Cover and How It Works

Hello dear friends. In holistic coaching we do not look at one goal on its own. We look together at every area that goal is connected to. A decision about your work also touches your relationships, your tired body and your daily rhythm. In coaching we talk about these without putting them in separate boxes. Life is like a garden; when one corner goes without water, the other corners feel it too. ✨

Have you ever found yourself going round in circles while trying to decide something? Many of us know that feeling. Often the knot is not where we are looking, but in an area right next to it. Stepping back a little and looking at the whole can help you notice that knot.

What coaching does and does not do

Coaching asks questions; it does not give advice. The answers come from you; I carry the process. I trust the wisdom that is already inside you, and my work is to make room for it. Coaching aims to help you see options you had not noticed before, at the point where you feel undecided or stuck.

Coaching is not therapy. Looking at a past trauma or working with a mental health condition belongs to psychotherapy. If we notice such a need, we talk about it openly, and I suggest that you reach out to a mental health professional.

What do we talk about in a session?

In a session we talk about where you are, where you want to go and the road in between:

• Where you are now: what is going well and where you feel stuck
• Where you want to go: making the goal as concrete as possible
• The distance in between: breaking it into small, doable steps
• Strengths you are not aware of or are not yet using
• Balance in your relationships and clarity in your communication

How does the process work?

The process starts with a simple step: you write to us, and we get back to you to arrange a time for the first meeting.

In the first meeting we talk about where you would like to start, and we clarify your goal together. In the sessions that follow, we look at the steps you have taken, the obstacles you have met and the next step. I like to celebrate the small steps too; the road is walked with them. Everything said between us stays between us.

I usually suggest life, relationship and communication coaching as a programme of seven sessions, and coaching at work as six sessions. Still, we look together at what you need in the first meeting. Sessions can be in person or online. Our team shares the current fee with you before we begin. I work in English and in Turkish.

Where does the holistic part come from?

The holistic part comes from bringing breath, meditation and energy practices alongside coaching. I am an ICF-approved professional life coach and relationship coach, and an NLP Master Practitioner. I have also worked with breath, meditation and energy practices for many years. In holistic coaching we decide together which of these tools will serve you, depending on the subject. Sometimes we only talk. Sometimes a short breathing practice helps to gather the thoughts. When mind, body and heart sit down together, the conversation deepens.

Which area of your life would you most like to look at right now? If you write to us, we can talk about the first step together. Believe in yourself and know your worth. With love. 💛

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