Human beings do not live in isolation and separate from everything in the world. We are natural beings interacting at a high level on this planet. Human beings function via the five senses through which all information is received and then processed. However the expression of this will be different between every single person because of a difference in personal perception. Your perception is created (and can be re-created) according to many factors which essentially make up your experience of this world up to this point.
Viewing a person in context of their experience and perception i.e. looking at the totality or the person as a whole – is what “holistic” means. What is going on in their world? Instead of dissecting the person, holistic wellbeing is connecting them back to everything. While the outside world aims to separate and isolate everything, including symptoms, the holistic approach is putting back in the value of everything that makes them human to help understand themselves better, find the root cause and to not only thrive, but flourish.