CPCC Balance & Life Perspective 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A client feels their life is 'good on paper' but something is missing. Using the balance dimension of Co-Active Coaching, the coach would explore:
- Whether the client is setting goals correctly
- Which life areas feel underserved or out of alignment with what matters most (Correct answer)
- Whether the client needs therapy instead of coaching
- How the client can achieve more in the areas already going well
Correct answer: Which life areas feel underserved or out of alignment with what matters most
The 'good on paper' feeling often points to a life area that is being neglected or a values misalignment in an apparently successful area.
Question 2: The Co-Active concept of 'being over doing' in balance coaching means:
- Clients should meditate instead of taking action
- Clients should address their way of being before designing external actions (Correct answer)
- Coaches should focus on attitude rather than productivity
- Balance requires reducing the client's activity load
Correct answer: Clients should address their way of being before designing external actions
Co-Active Coaching emphasizes that sustainable balance starts with the client's inner state and orientation, not just calendar management.
Question 3: When a client achieves temporary balance but quickly slips back into old patterns, the Co-Active coach should explore:
- Whether the client is disciplined enough for coaching
- What underlying beliefs or structures are pulling the client back to imbalance (Correct answer)
- Whether the client needs a stricter accountability system
- Whether the client's goals were too ambitious
Correct answer: What underlying beliefs or structures are pulling the client back to imbalance
Recurring imbalance usually points to underlying beliefs or environmental structures that must be addressed for lasting change.
Question 4: Which questioning approach best supports balance exploration in Co-Active Coaching?
- What should you cut from your schedule to make room for other things?
- What would your ideal week look like if you were living fully? (Correct answer)
- How many hours per week should you devote to each life area?
- What do other successful people do to maintain balance?
Correct answer: What would your ideal week look like if you were living fully?
Inviting clients to envision their ideal week connects balance work to their personal vision rather than external formulas.
Question 5: A client consistently prioritizes others' needs over their own. In balance coaching, this pattern is explored through the lens of:
- Time management deficiency
- Boundary setting and self-care as expressions of values (Correct answer)
- Selfishness versus altruism
- People-pleasing as a diagnosable condition
Correct answer: Boundary setting and self-care as expressions of values
Over-prioritizing others often reflects unexamined values or beliefs that balance coaching can surface and address.
Question 6: In Co-Active Coaching, 'life structures' in the context of balance refer to:
- Legal and financial frameworks clients must navigate
- Habits, routines, and systems that support or undermine balanced living (Correct answer)
- The formal structure of a coaching engagement contract
- Organizational charts that show where a client fits at work
Correct answer: Habits, routines, and systems that support or undermine balanced living
Life structures are the practical systems and routines a client builds to sustain desired behaviors and balance over time.
CPCC Balance & Life Perspective 2
A client feels their life is 'good on paper' but something is missing.
Using the balance dimension of Co-Active Coaching, the coach would explore: