What is the difference between a “wholeness” center and \wellness” center?
A wholeness center is the next phase in the evolution of wellness centers. At a time where time is at an all time premium, people need to work as efficiently on their personal growth as they do the other priorities in their lives. When taking risks with new behaviors we gain awareness of established patterns that interfere with getting our needs met. Patterns such as isolation, aggression, and alcohol use in the face of perceived or real threat are examples that may be scary to acknowledge. Similar patterns may have served us better at earlier times in our lives when we were less well equipped to deal with stress. As adults however, we continue using these maladaptive coping skills even when they interfere with our success in relatedness. The search for wholeness is never completed, but instead it is a process of exploring new levels and layers of who we are and how we fit into the world. In this process we begin to appreciate our ‘stuckedness’ as well as our inner drive for growth. Ap
