As the autumn months descend upon us, walks in the colourful orange and red leaves of woods are a site to behold, but so are walks in wetlands and lakes. Enter the mighty Pelican making a return, soaring freely through the skies and dives into the water, plunging their heads deep to catch fish.
This month, we look at how a pelican could be used as a metaphor to resolve guilt, resentment that weighs us down, and how that affects our communities. Just as a pelican dives into the depths to find what it seeks, we must also dive deep into ourselves to confront the emotions that hold us back. This involves acknowledging the pain, anger, or resentment we may harbour.
Lessons from the Pelican, your co-coach, is to look at this as an opportunity, which is being presented to us right now, to rise above these tribulations. The pelican is a powerful symbol of the journey toward forgiveness and healing. By understanding and applying this metaphor, individuals can embark on a transformative process that leads to greater emotional wellbeing and personal growth.
Enquire, where do you feel angry towards someone or yourself?
If you’d like to work with myself on forgiveness, I have some wonderful and gentle ways to release it. Click here to contact me.

Walk in Peace;
Walk in Beauty
until we meet again…

BIO: Johnathan Brooks MA, PG Dip, FMAC is an experienced Master Executive and Personal Coach with 1,800+ hrs in the field, who has trained in a wide range of personal development methods including CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (postgrad), EFT Emotional Freedom Technique, Master NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming, has a Postgraduate Diploma Degree in ‘Coaching and NLP’, which he passed with a ‘Commendation’, a Master of Arts in ‘Applied Coaching’ and certified Career Coach. He is based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Bio Trivia: Johnathan is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe and whose godfather was Yul Brynner who won an Oscar for the ‘King and I’ film (1957).
He is a Fellow of the Association for Coaching (FMAC), Master member of the European and Mentoring Council (UK) and a professional member of the Association of NLP.
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