How Holistic Coaching Works for Deep Healing

Healing is remembering who you've always been beneath the layers of hurt.

Trying to solve issues one area at a time makes you see that each area influences others. 

That's when holistic coaching can be helpful.

Traditional methods are primarily concerned with specific symptoms or issues.

Holistic coaching takes a broad perspective. It indicates that trauma can affect various other areas of life. 

It can impact your relationships, your money matters, being a parent, and your vision of life.

What Holistic Coaching Looks Like

Holistic coaching considers how several parts of your life are connected and how they mutually influence each other. 

The method relies on seeing how trauma can change a person's behavior, personal relationships, career decisions, and future ambitions.

When a trauma recovery expert coaches you, you could explore different topics.

·         How past experiences influence your approach to building a business or career

·         The connection between emotional patterns and financial decision-making

·         Ways childhood trauma affects your confidence in pursuing education

·         How past experiences shape your parenting and relationship choices

·         The relationship between healing and your ability to lead others

Why Holistic Coaching Works

Trauma affects multiple systems in the body and brain. For survivors of childhood sexual abuse, this often means challenges don't exist in isolation—they're interconnected. 

Financial struggles might be tied to self-worth issues. Relationship problems connect to trust and boundaries. Career limitations might stem from deeply embedded beliefs about what you deserve.

Holistic coaching addresses these connections head-on. 

It's not about alternative healing—it's about practical, evidence-based methods that acknowledge the full scope of how trauma impacts your life and your potential.

What You Can Expect

There's no standard program because everyone's situation is different. The process is built around what you need right now:

·         Getting Clear on Priorities: You find out what’s important at the moment—for example, your finances, being able to trust others, or just wanting to feel normal.

·         Understanding Connections: You consider how earlier events affect how you act now, not attempting to relive them.

·         Learning Practical Skills: By learning new skills, you can handle emotions, establish guidelines for your life, and manage difficult situations. You can use these strategies immediately, as they aren't just theories.

·         Seeing Progress Compound: As soon as you improve in one part of your life, you frequently notice improvements in other areas.

Areas Where Holistic Coaching Creates Real Change

The strength of holistic coaching is that it addresses how different parts of your life affect each other:

·         Self-Worth: Moving past survival mode and believing you deserve stability and happiness. This foundational shift influences everything else.

·         Money and Security: Addressing the deep patterns around money that often stem from childhood experiences. Many trauma survivors struggle with financial stability, but these patterns can change.

·         Relationships: Trusting someone, keeping the lines of communication open, and experiencing closeness can be difficult when your past made you believe people could be dangerous. It involves romantic partners, close friends, and those in your family.

·         Parenting: Breaking cycles and raising children from a place of intention rather than reaction. This work matters for both you and the next generation.

·         Education and Career: Believing in your capabilities and pursuing goals that might have felt impossible. Many survivors have internalized limiting messages about their potential.

From Surviving to Thriving

You have endured much more than many people can handle. The strength you found in your hardest times can help you make the life you want.

If you're looking to:

·         Build/grow a business

·         Achieve financial independence

·         Pursue educational goals

·         Heal relationships

·         Overcome addiction

·         Develop leadership skills

·         Simply feel whole and purposeful

Holistic coaching provides a framework for transformation that honors your whole experience while focusing on concrete results.

Reach out to Defying the Odds if you're ready to see the results.

A Coach Who Understands

Aunastasia Zsidiewicz has worked for over eleven years as a social worker and mental health therapist and has gone through similar experiences.

Her background, along with her personal experience, helps her guide you through your journey.

Ready to Defy the Odds?

At Defying the Odds, we work specifically with survivors of childhood sexual abuse through holistic coaching that addresses your whole life. 

Dr. Aunastasia is a survivor, a trauma-informed coach, and a PhD-level social worker; she knows what it's like to live through trauma.

You begin with a personal conversation that helps you understand your main goals and what prevents you from reaching them.

Then, together, we will focus on the main challenges and implement a clear action plan.

You have already gone through the toughest part. 

Now is the moment to let your strength help you build a life you are content with.

Schedule your personalized 15-minute call today and take the first step toward defying every odd working against you. 

FAQs

How is holistic coaching different from therapy? 

While therapy deals mostly with experiences from the past, coaching looks toward the future and helps set goals. 

Through coaching, you can discover what’s important to you, overcome difficulties, and create useful plans for the future.

Is having past trauma required to gain from holistic coaching?

Although we are trained to work with trauma survivors, holistic coaching can help any person who wants to create change in several life domains. Anyone wanting significant growth can use the whole-person approach.

How long does coaching take? 

What you hope to accomplish will affect the choice you make. For some, the effects can be seen in just a few months, while others need longer-term help. 

The process is set up to suit what you require and when needed.

Is this evidence-based? 

The coaching method does use supported approaches that consider the effects of trauma on a person’s whole system. 

It uses established therapeutic principles along with standard coaching methods.

What if I'm not sure I'm ready? 

That's normal. Many survivors question whether they're ready for this kind of work. The discovery call allows you to decide if coaching is right for what you want and need at this time.