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Wheel of Life Template
Free printable PDF, worksheet, and interactive version — score your 8 life areas and see where life is thriving and where it's stretched.
By the Coaching Intelligence Hub at Dream Coach Match
Printable PDF
A blank Wheel of Life worksheet with the 8 standard areas labeled, a scale, and room to score by hand. One page, ready to print. No email required.
Download PDFBlank template
The same wheel with empty spokes — write your own life areas before you score. Best for coaches customizing it for a client, or anyone whose life doesn't fit the defaults.
Download blank PDFUse it interactively
Score on screen and get a personalized reflection plus your own shareable PDF — your wheel, your stretched areas, and your matched next steps.
Use it interactivelyThe Wheel of Life template is a free printable worksheet that maps your satisfaction across eight life areas — Career, Money, Health, Family, Romance, Friends, Personal Growth, and Fun. You score each from 1 to 10, plot the points around a circle, and connect them into a shape. The shape is the insight: a round wheel means life feels even, a lopsided one shows exactly which areas are dragging. It takes about five minutes and needs no training, which is why coaches use it to open a first session and individuals use it to take an honest read on their own. Download the printable PDF worksheet above to fill it in by hand, or use the interactive version from Dream Coach Match to score on screen and get an instant reflection. Either way, the Coaching Intelligence Hub designed this template to turn a vague sense of imbalance into a clear, specific picture you can act on.
Four steps
How to use the template
- 1
Choose your 8–10 life areas
Start with the eight defaults — Career, Money, Health, Family, Romance, Friends, Personal Growth, and Fun. Swap or add areas so the wheel reflects your actual life rather than a generic one.
- 2
Rate your current satisfaction 1–10
For each spoke, mark how satisfied you feel today, not how good it looks from outside. Score honestly; your wheel does not need to look round.
- 3
Connect the dots and read the shape
Join your scores into a single outline. A flat tire means one area is dragging the rest, a spiky wheel signals an unaddressed trade-off, and a round but middling wheel often means you are coasting across the board.
- 4
Mark your desired scores and pick the biggest gap
On each spoke, mark where you want to be. The widest gap between current and desired is where your attention is owed. Name one concrete action you could take this week to close it.
For coaches and ongoing use
Customizing your wheel
Swap the categories for a client
Rename or replace spokes to fit the person in front of you — Spirituality, Parenting, Business, Recovery, Creativity. A wheel built from a client's own language surfaces more than a generic one. Print a blank PDF, relabel the areas together, and the customizing itself becomes the first coaching conversation.
Use it in a first session
Most coaches run the wheel in the opening fifteen minutes of an engagement. It gives both of you a shared map: where the client stands across every domain, and which area to start with. It also reveals when the stated problem is downstream of a different, neglected one.
Re-run it quarterly to track progress
Score the same wheel every one to three months. Comparing the shapes shows movement you would otherwise miss, celebrates real gains, and catches new imbalances early. Dream Coach Match is where coaches and clients connect to do exactly this kind of ongoing work.
The Wheel of Life diagram
The Wheel of Life diagram is a circle split into eight equal spokes, one per life area, with a scale running from the centre out to the rim. You mark your score on each spoke and join the marks, and the resulting chart shows your balance at a glance. The closer the shape sits to a full circle, the more even your satisfaction; the more jagged it looks, the clearer it is which areas need attention.
- 1
- Struggling
- 4
- Getting by
- 7
- Going well
- 10
- Thriving
Two ways to use it
Choose your format
You may also see this tool called the Life Balance Wheel or simply the Life Wheel — they are the same template under different names.
Printable PDF worksheet
A free, blank, one-page download in two versions — areas pre-labeled, or fully blank to write your own. Print it, fill it in offline, keep it in a journal, or hand copies to a group.
Interactive version
Score on screen and get an instant, personalized read of your results. Best when you want the wheel drawn for you and the categories easy to edit.
Common questions
Wheel of Life template FAQ
- Is the Wheel of Life template free?
- Yes. The Wheel of Life template is completely free and needs no signup or email. Download the printable PDF worksheet or use the interactive version, both at no cost, from Dream Coach Match.
- Can I print the Wheel of Life?
- Yes. The PDF is designed to print cleanly on a single page, so you can fill it in by hand, keep it in a journal, or hand copies out in a workshop or group session.
- How many life areas should the wheel have?
- Eight is the standard, and 8–10 is the typical range. The template ships with eight defaults — Career, Money, Health, Family, Romance, Friends, Personal Growth, and Fun — and you can add or remove spokes to fit your life.
- Can I edit the categories?
- Yes. The categories are meant to be customized. On the printable PDF you simply relabel the spokes by hand, and the interactive version lets you rename and swap areas directly on screen.
- Is the Wheel of Life the same as the Life Balance Wheel?
- Yes. The Wheel of Life is also known as the Life Balance Wheel, the Life Wheel, or the Coaching Wheel. They all describe the same tool — a circle of life areas you rate for satisfaction — so this template works whichever name you searched for.
- What's the difference between the template and the interactive assessment?
- The template is a blank wheel you fill in yourself, on paper or on screen. The interactive Wheel of Life assessment scores your areas for you, draws the shape automatically, and gives you a personalized reflection on your results.
- Who created the Wheel of Life?
- Paul J. Meyer, founder of the Success Motivation Institute, popularized the modern Wheel of Life in the 1960s.
Take it as far as you want
Start with the template today. When you want a sharper read or a partner to work through your wheel with, Dream Coach Match is here.