Working with ONE of their ideal partner's personal qualities at a time, ask your client to give each 'ideal partner quality' a score of 1 for each category on the Wheel of Life that would be improved by having a partner with that quality.Įxample: Imagine a client has "Tall" or "Curvy" on their ideal life partner quality list. Next your client will score each of these qualities using the Wheel of Life Categories.Tip: Ask them to write down whatever pops into their mind, however silly, unlikely, boring etc.These can be anything at all-and the more honest the client is, the better this exercise works. Start by asking your client to list 10 qualities they want their ideal life partner to have.In this exercise a client learns which qualities in a life-partner could MOST improve their life overall-and which are perhaps more superficial. For example: How much does a person's hair colour or height truly matter for our happiness? Often we look for qualities in a life partner that-when it comes down to it-don't add that benefit to our lives. Help them focus instead on more meaningful personal qualities. Who for: This is a great exercise for clients who get carried away looking for the "perfect" or "perfect looking" partner. Which qualities, that we wish for in a potential life partner, would have the most positive impact on us? These suggestions are NOT intended for use with couples-unless you are a marriage counsellor or have training in this area! Are you trained to deal with the challenges and potential damage to your clients' relationship if they see they have been negatively scored by their partner? Are you trained to deal with the issues that might result? If not, then please only use these ideas with individuals for their own insight and learning.įor even more ideas for The Wheel of Life read: The Complete Guide to the Wheel of Life! Here are 3 Ways to Use The Wheel of Life in Evaluating Relationships 1) Identify the most positive qualities to focus on in a potential life partner IMPORTANT: These exercises are intended to be used with individual clients to help them understand themselves and their relationships. Did you know that the categories we use on the Life Balance Wheel can be used to help make decisions on everything from life partners to new careers? And that a Blank Wheel can be used to help evaluate decisions? The "Wheel of Life" may be 'old hat' to many of us, but it's endlessly flexible.
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