President's Letter: December
As we close out the year, I want to take a moment to express how grateful I am for each of you. Our chapter is stronger today because of the ways you have shown up — supporting one another, sharing your gifts, and building a community that truly reflects the spirit of coaching.
This year brought an exciting new step forward: the launch of our Neighborhood GETs — Geographic Engagement Teams. Every member of our chapter now belongs to a local GET automatically, making sure that no matter where you live in North Florida, you have a coaching community nearby.
Every one of you is already part of a GET, and each GET has a Board Sponsor. They are here to help your local GET feel like a home base — a place to land, share ideas, and stay supported by fellow coaches nearby.
Now, we need your help in bringing these teams fully to life.
We Need Your Voice: Volunteer GET Liaisons
Purpose:
Ensure every local GET stays connected, visible, and supported within our North Florida chapter community.
Core Responsibilities (light!)
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Connect your neighborhood GET with the chapter — keep your board sponsor in the loop on what’s happening locally
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Welcome new members in your area so they feel included right away
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Share updates, photos, and stories we can amplify in newsletters and chapter communications
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Celebrate members — spotlight a member or project from your GET periodically
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Help encourage gathering in ways that work best for your local area — coffee meetups, virtual chats, walk-and-talks, etc.
What the Role is Not
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Not formal, not high pressure
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No required schedule, structure, or event planning
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No administrative or reporting burden
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Not a “representative” position — just community care and communication
Why it matters
Florida is BIG — and many of us are hours apart. GETs help turn geographic distance into meaningful connection, neighbor to neighbor.
Liaisons help us stay united as ONE North Florida, ONE ICF Global — while honoring the uniqueness of each local community.
Connect With Your ICF North Florida Board — and Your GET Support Team
Your region’s board sponsor will be reaching out to help welcome you and connect you with fellow members nearby.
| GET Region | Coverage Areas | Board Sponsor(s) |
| GET 1 – Jacksonville Metro & Beaches | Jacksonville • Ponte Vedra • St. Johns • Atlantic Beach • Neptune Beach • Jacksonville Beach | Della Shaw [email protected] |
| GET 2 – Northeast / First Coast Corridor | St. Augustine • Palm Coast • Flagler Beach • Ormond Beach • Daytona Beach • DeLand | Lisa Kuruvilla [email protected] |
| GET 3 – North Central | Gainesville • Alachua County • Ocala • Marion County | Jennifer Torres [email protected] |
| GET 4 – Big Bend Region | Tallahassee • Leon County • Wakulla County • Jefferson County | Ginny Ellsworth & Amanda Connelly [email protected] [email protected] |
| GET 5 – Emerald Coast / Panhandle | Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Santa Rosa Beach • Rosemary Beach • Panama City | Ginny Ellsworth & Amanda Connelly [email protected] [email protected] |
| GET 6 – West Central / Nature Coast | Lake City • Live Oak • Perry • Chiefland • Surrounding rural counties | Jennifer Torres [email protected] |
As we move into 2026, our focus is simple:
connection + communication — close to home.
Together, we are building something meaningful — a chapter where distance doesn’t define us, and every voice is heard.
Warm wishes for a happy holiday season!
Jennifer Torres
President, ICF North Florida
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.
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Who are you as a coach on that day?
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What does the best version of you feel like?
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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.
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Strategic Clarity:
What is the biggest decision you’ve been avoiding—and what’s at stake if you continue to delay?
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Mindset & Self-Awareness:
What is one fear or limiting belief quietly shaping your decisions, and what becomes possible if you name it?
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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?
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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.
