Hi Ladies

My name is Eve Ross and I am a business and life coach.  My whole purpose is to assist people to live a life with less stress, and with more direction and with purpose, both business and personal. 

After a successful corporate career, and with the help of coach, I realised that my passion in life was coaching so I enrolled and  studied through New Insights to become a certified Life Coach.  I now have my own business, New Directions Coaching, that specialises in coaching, personal development training and business consulting.

I thought I would expand a little further on the Wheel of Life.......

The Wheel of Life is powerful because it gives you a vivid, visual representation of the way your life is currently, compared with the way you'd ideally like it to be.  It is called the "Wheel of Life" or “Life Wheel” because each area of your life is mapped on a circle, like the spoke of a wheel.

1.      Start by brainstorming each area in your life. 

2.      Consider each dimension in turn, and on a scale of 0 (low) to 10 (high) rate your current level of satisfaction in each area of your life.  Mark each score on the appropriate spoke of your Life Wheel.

3.      Now join up the marks around the circle.  Does your Life Wheel look and feel balanced?  What sort of wheel do you have?  Will it roll smoothly forward for you or do you have a flat tyre?

4.      Next it's time to consider your ideal level in each area of your life.  A balanced life does not mean getting 10 in each life area: some areas need more attention and focus than others at any time.  And inevitably you will need to make choices and compromises, as your time and energy are not in unlimited supply!  So the question is, what would the ideal level of attention be for you in each life area?  Plot the "ideal" scores around your Life Wheel too.

5.      Now you have a visual representation of your current life balance and your ideal life balance.  What are the gaps?  These are the areas of your life that need attention.  And remember that gaps can go both ways.  There are almost certainly areas that are not getting as much attention as you'd like.  However there may also be areas where you're putting in more effort than you'd ideally like.  These areas are sapping energy and enthusiasm that may better be directed elsewhere.

6.      Once you have identified the areas that need attention, it's time to plan the actions needed to work on regaining balance.  Starting with the neglected areas, what things do you need to start doing to regain balance?  In the areas that currently sap your energy and time, what can you STOP doing or reprioritize or delegate to someone else?  Make a commitment to these actions by writing them down and taking action!

The Wheel of Life is a great tool to help you improve your life balance.  It helps you quickly and graphically identify the areas in your life to which you want to devote more energy, and helps you understand where you might want to cut back.

The challenge now is to transform this knowledge and desire for a more balanced life into a positive program of action.

So how to move forward......

Life and career coaching can be an incredibly powerful way of doing this.  With the support of your own, personal coach, you'll find it much easier to think through and maintain a positive program of change. Contact Eve on 083 6557892 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to find out more about coaching and how it will help you.

“Go confidently in the direction of your

dreams, live the life you have imagined”

- Thoreau

Tip:
You can use the Wheel of Life as preparation for coaching or goal setting.  It helps identify the area you want to work on and is a great way of visualizing your current and desired life. Once you are working on improving your life balance, it's also a useful tool for monitoring how it changes over time.