The Wheel of Life
The wheel of life exercise is the most famous coaching tool used today and will help your clients look at all areas of their life and consider them each in turn, allowing them to see what is off balance? This exercise will also help you identify your goals, if you have not already done so.
This powerful tool will give you a visual representation of the way your life is now and ideally what it will be like in the future.
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Introduction to the Wheel of Life Exercise
The Wheel of Life Template is one of the most versatile coaching tools in your toolbox. Because once you go beyond the traditional Wheel of Life Exercise, a Blank Coaching Wheel can be adapted to help your clients in almost any coaching situation.
In fact we think the wheel of life assessment is the ultimate coaching tool; simple and easy to use—and endlessly flexible.
So if you’re ready to learn new ways to use this powerful and fun tool, read on! You’ll find lots of tips, ideas and even a helpful tools clinic video with many new ideas for using The Wheel of Life Exercise in your coaching practice!
What is the Wheel of Life and What does it do?
A Quick Wheel of Life Definition: The Wheel of Life is a visual tool or exercise used in coaching to help clients quickly understand how balanced or fulfilled their life is in this moment.
The wheel is usually made up of 8 categories or areas that are important for a whole or balanced life. Clients rate their level of satisfaction with each area, then map this onto an image of a wheel. This gives people an immediate overview of their current “life balance”.
What are the Key Categories on the Wheel of Life?
The wheel of life assessment usually has 8 categories for life balance, although sometimes it has as many as 10. These categories can be changed and the wording customized for each client as needed. And sometimes categories are split into two for more granular scoring.
Here is a list of categories and their common alternatives:
- Family and Friends: I usually split “Family and Friends” into “Family” and “Friends”. I do this for myself, and also offer it as an option to my clients.
- Significant Other: Other category name ideas include “Dating” or “Life Partner”.
- Career: “Motherhood”, “Work” or “Volunteering” are alternative labels you could use.
- Finances: Other label name ideas include “Money” or “Financial Security”.
- Health: The category name could be split into “Emotional” and “Physical”.
- Home Environment: This category can change to “Work Environment” for career or business clients.
- Fun & Leisure: The category name could change to “Recreation”.
- Personal Growth: The category name could be “Learning” or “Self-Development”.
