The Wheel of Life
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WHEEL OF LIFE INSTRUCTIONS
The 8 sections in the Wheel of Life
represent balance.
Please change, split or rename any
category so that it’s meaningful and
represents a balanced life for you.
Next, taking the centre of the wheel
as 0 and the outer edge as 10, rank
your level of satisfaction with each
area out of 10 by drawing a straight
or curved line to create a new outer
edge (see example)
The new perimeter of the circle
represents your ‘Wheel of Life’. Is it a
bumpy ride?
Coaching Instructions
This exercise will help clarify priorities for goal-setting, allowing the
client to plan so that their life is closer to their definition of
balance.
Balance is personal and unique to each individual – what may be
balance for some may be stressful or boring for others.
Balance must be assessed over time. So, a regular check on how
balanced the client is can highlight useful patterns and help them
learn even more about ourselves. You can do this with them, or
recommend they do it for themselves.
Another option with this exercise is that they can ask someone who
knows them well to complete the scores for them. It can be helpful
sometimes to see an outside perception of your life ‘balance’.
Note: This must be someone they trust AND whose opinion they
value.
Detailed Instructions
Ask them to review the 8 areas on the Wheel of Life. The Wheel
must, when put together, create a view of a balanced life for them.
If necessary they can split categories to add in something that is
missing for them. They can also re-label an area so that it is more
meaningful for them. The usual suspects are:
Family/Friends
Partner/Significant Other/Romance
Career
Finances
Health (emotional/physical/fitness/nutrition/wellbeing)
Physical Environment/Home
Fun/Recreation/Leisure
Personal Growth/Learning/Self-development
Spiritual wellbeing (not necessarily religion – can be sense of
self)
Others could include security, service, leadership, integrity,
achievement or community.
Detailed Instructions / Continue
Ask them to think about what success feels like for each area.
Now ask them to rank their level of satisfaction with each area of
their life by drawing a line across each segment. Place a value
between 1 (very dissatisfied) and 10 (fully satisfied) against each
area to show how satisfied they are currently with these elements
in their life.
The new perimeter of the circle represents their ‘Wheel of Life’.
You can ask them, “Is it a bumpy ride?”
Now looking at the wheel here are some questions to ask the client
and take the exercise deeper:
Are there any surprises for you?
How do you feel about your life as you look at your Wheel?
How do you currently spend time in these areas?
How would you like to spend time in these areas?
Which of these elements would you most like to improve?
How could you make space for these changes?
Can you effect the necessary changes on your own?
What help and cooperation from others might you need?
What would make that a score of 10?
What would a score of 10 look like?
My Immediate Action Plan
Now that you have your Wheel of Life complete, looking at it is
simply just not good enough. You need to ACT on it! Now that it is
fresh in your mind, write 3 key goals or objectives you will achieve
to help you restore balance to your life or enhance your life in the
area(s) you feel most strongly about.
These could be as big as starting a new venture to help with your
finances, or as small as calling a friend more regularly. Whatever
you are most passionate about after looking at your Wheel of Life
and while it’s fresh in your mind, write your 3 points of action down
now!
