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Envisioning the Coach You Are Becoming…A December Reflection for the ICF North Florida Chapter

By: Lisa J Kuruvilla, MCC

As we stand at the edge of another new year, many of us feel the familiar tug toward resolutions—toward lists of things to give up or do differently. But what if this year, instead of looking at January 1st through the lens of restriction, we stepped boldly into a vision of who we are becoming?

Take a breath. Now imagine yourself on January 1, 2027—one full year beyond the year ahead.

• Who are you as a coach on that day?

• What does the best version of you feel like?

• What has shifted in your presence, your practice, your impact?

This month, I invite you to sit with the questions that resonate, stretch us beyond performance goals and toward purposeful becoming.

• Strategic Clarity:
  What is the biggest decision you’ve been avoiding—and what’s at stake if you continue to delay?

• Mindset & Self-Awareness:
  What is one fear or limiting belief quietly shaping your decisions, and what becomes possible if you name it?

• Relationships & Investment:
  What relationship in your coaching practice—client, colleague, mentor, or even self—deserves more intentional care to support your 1/1/2027 vision?

• Letting Go:
  If we honor the tradition of “giving something up,” what is the one thing you know you need to release but haven’t yet? Where are you spending time that no longer aligns with your highest-value role as a coach?
  

• Embracing What’s Next:
  As you release what no longer serves you, consider what you are ready to welcome in.

• What future is already unfolding that I haven’t fully acknowledged yet?
• If I allowed myself to step into my next chapter without hesitation, what would I begin doing differently tomorrow?
• What inner wisdom have I been resisting—and what becomes possible if I listen?
• Which emerging opportunity feels both exciting and uncomfortable, and what does that discomfort reveal about my potential?
• What new way of being is quietly asking to be expressed through me as a coach?
• If I trusted myself 10% more, what decision would I make?
• What is the smallest courageous action I can take that aligns with the coach I envision on 1/1/2027?
• What possibility am I finally ready to stop postponing?

These questions aren’t meant to pressure; they are meant to open. To spark. To plant a seed.

December is a bridge—a space between what has been and what could be. Let this month be your invitation to a quiet, brave conversation with yourself about the coach you are becoming… not just in January, but in the year that follows.

As you imagine that 2027 version of you, notice the first small step that comes to mind.
Hold it gently.
And when you’re ready—take it.

Wishing you a season of deep reflection and renewed possibility.
We are becoming, together.