Collingwood Counselling
Living in Balance
Wellness is more than just eating your greens and washing your hands... of course those are important habits. But what if you are working to the point that your relationship with your family and community suffers? What if you live to work but don't have a greater sense of purpose?
Healthy living requires a multidimensional approach. You are a whole being and therefore need to examine all the facets of your life. Attached are two versions of the wellness wheel with the components listed. Although you may find many versions of the wellness wheel, they all essentially cover the same aspects.
Print this image and then on the spokes of the wheel score yourself (with ten being the highest level of achievement). You can colour the wheel from the center out if you like the artistic approach. This will give you some measure of how balanced your life is ... or how much out of balance it is.
The goal is to have a full and rounded wheel. Just as with a bicycle wheel, flat areas make for a bumpy and less than comfortable ride through life.
With a different color or pattern shade in where you would like to be in a six month's time. Then make a plan of how you will work towards achieving these goals.
Wellness is more than just eating your greens and washing your hands... of course those are important habits. But what if you are working to the point that your relationship with your family and community suffers? What if you live to work but don't have a greater sense of purpose?
Healthy living requires a multidimensional approach. You are a whole being and therefore need to examine all the facets of your life. Attached are two versions of the wellness wheel with the components listed. Although you may find many versions of the wellness wheel, they all essentially cover the same aspects.
- Spiritual: Commitment, active devotional, worship and service life
- Emotional: Development, in touch with and express feelings creatively
- Intellectual: Continued learning, reading, training
- Relationships: Close, intimate and nurturing
- Physical: Regular exercise, rest, healthy diet, weight control
- Family: Emotional involvement, connection, supportive, quality time
- Relaxation: Stress and time management, fun, rest, play
- Hobbies: Meaningful and fulfilling for creative expression and fulfillment
- Financial: Living within means, responsible, saving, giving
- Professional: Contented, fulfilled, using your abilities
- Service: Actively involved in serving others
- Purpose: Having a clearly defined life purpose and working towards fulfilling it.
Print this image and then on the spokes of the wheel score yourself (with ten being the highest level of achievement). You can colour the wheel from the center out if you like the artistic approach. This will give you some measure of how balanced your life is ... or how much out of balance it is.
The goal is to have a full and rounded wheel. Just as with a bicycle wheel, flat areas make for a bumpy and less than comfortable ride through life.
With a different color or pattern shade in where you would like to be in a six month's time. Then make a plan of how you will work towards achieving these goals.
Wellness Wheel Alternate
Here
is an alternate presentation of the Wellness Wheel. Note that some of
the dimensions have been customized as can your own wheel. The
dimensions being what you have determined are important to your concept
of complete wellness.
If you have any questions about your own well being and how to better round out your life, please give me a call and we can talk.
Best regards,
Wayne Coghlan,
If you have any questions about your own well being and how to better round out your life, please give me a call and we can talk.
Best regards,
Wayne Coghlan,
705 445-5401
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I think that understanding this wellness wheel is really important for those that are hoping to feel their best emotionally and physically. My friend has been having a difficult time recently, and is hoping that she can get some counseling to help her feel more emotionally stable. I hope that by finding a good counselor she will be able to meet all of her emotional needs from this wellness wheel, and then she can feel happier. http://www.sojo.ca/about_us.html
ReplyDeleteThe wellness wheel is a tool that a fairly well integrated person can use to gauge their personal well being. The idea is to have high scores on each of the spokes....which indicates a well balanced life. If most of one's personal scores were 8s and one or two were 3s or so, then a counsellor could help the individual explore why that area is lacking and strategies to improve. Best wishes.
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