1. Wheel of Life Gina Wenham ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring
Module 3 January 26th & 27th 2016

2. Aim of the tool Explore the balance of various elements in your life.
Assess your personal balance.
Identify areas where you feel the balance is wrong.
Look at ways to make small but effective change to your life
rebalance to what you feel is the correct balance for you.
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3. Remember………………
Life balance does not mean that there must be equal balance across all aspects of an individual’s life.
Balance is personal and unique to each individual – what may be balance for some may be stressful or boring for others.
The optimum balance will not remain static but will vary over time.
A regular check on how balanced we are can highlight useful patterns and help us to learn even more about ourselves.
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4. Wheel of Life - Understanding Your Values
Ask yourself “What is the most important to me” in each of the following areas:
Career/Work
status/position
type of work
organisation
opportunities
ambition
meaningful work
enjoyment
Social
time with friends
social events
hobbies/interests
meeting new people
helping others
community work
neighbourliness
Health
exercise/sports
diet/eating habits
rest/sleep
fitness
weight
energy
Personal Development
learning new skills
reading/studying
professional / industry knowledge
qualifications
Inner Peace/Spiritual
feeling at ease with the world/inner peacefulness
spiritual nature
religious beliefs/practice
nature/environment
sense of wonder
Family/Loving Relationships
quality of close relationships
time spent together
receiving love and attention
giving love and attention
Attitude
general outlook and approach to life
time to yourself
relaxation
possessions
personal style
habits
dress/appearance
Finance
income
home
savings
investments
pension
things you own

5. Wheel of Life - Understanding Your Values
Consider the areas on the Wheel of Life.
Categories can be changed or added to make it truly representative of the areas in your life.
Think about what success feels like for each area.
Rank the level of satisfaction with each area of 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 you are currently with these elements in your life.
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6. Wheel of life- Understanding our values
How does this look-does it feel balanced?

7. Wheel of Life - Understanding Your Values
Review how you have scored the areas on the Wheel of Life.
The Wheel must create a view of what you consider to be a balanced life for you.

8. Wheel of Life - Understanding Your Values
Now, looking at the wheel ask some questions:
Are there any surprises?
How do you feel about your life as you look at your Wheel?
Which are the areas that you feel are most balanced
How do you currently spend time in these areas?
Which are the areas that you feel are least balanced?
How would you like to spend time in these areas?
How could you make space for these changes?

9. Wheel of Life – Understanding Your Values
For the areas you wish to change:
What would make a score of 10?
What would a score of 10 look like, how would it make you feel?
What changes do you need to make to achieve this?
Can you effect the necessary changes on your own?
What help and cooperation from others might you need?

10. Wheel of Life – Prepare an action plan