90 // Activities for Life Balance

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 90 of The Mindful Kind podcast and the first episode of the new mini-series about life balance!

The first activity in this episode is the Wheel of Life exercise (originally created by Paul Meyer). You can easily download a template online, or create your own!

Brainstorm your most important life areas
Draw a circle and divide it into sections (like a pizza)- approximately 6-10 slices
Label the slices with life areas, such as relationships, self-care, work, finances etc
Colour in the slices depending on how satisfied you are with the corresponding life areas

Set goals based on your Wheel of Life to bring more balance into your life. For more inspiration about goal setting, listen to episodes 81-86 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

Remember that life balance isn't necessarily about splitting time equally! Being mindful can help us spend more quality time on our important life areas, while helping us realise when things have fallen out of balance.

You can also journal to gain new perspectives on the balance in your life.

Head over to www.rachaelkable.com for more mindfulness inspiration and you can also donate to support The Mindful Kind podcast!

Also, here is the link to my article on the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/well/mind/how-to-be-mindful-when-you-have-seasonal-allergies.html

I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.3	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.9	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.7	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.6	mindful techniques.
0:32.0	Hello and welcome to episode 90 of the Mindful Kind podcast and the first episode in the new mini series about life
0:39.5	balance. This isn't going to be a typical one-size-fits-all approach to finding balance because I know
0:46.0	all of my listeners have different lifestyles and face various challenges when it comes to balance,
0:51.2	from being busy parents to experiencing various mental illnesses or having busy
0:57.0	work lives and dealing with everyday stresses, which I know can have quite an impact on how
1:02.5	balanced we feel. I really hope that no matter what your circumstances might be, you'll discover
1:07.9	useful tools and information to bring more balance into your life as this
1:11.6	mini series unfolds. So let's start exploring balance and some useful tools and techniques
1:17.7	to better understand it. First of all, I'd like to talk about balance and why I decided to run this
1:23.2	mini series. A few weeks ago, I had a really busy weekend, but it wasn't busy in the usual sense,
1:29.9	where it implies I was rushed and running around and really time poor. I was busy balancing
1:35.6	the things I needed to do with the things I wanted to do, and for me, this type of busy is great.
1:41.8	I shared a post on Instagram about all the things I'd done for the weekend,
1:45.5	including my regular tasks like meal planning and tidying the house, as well as the hours
1:51.2	I'd spent on my business and studying for my meditation certificate, and also the self-care
1:56.6	and fun things I did, like taking a bath and reading a book and hanging out with my loved
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