# Iris Life Coaching

Iris Life Coaching, based in Great Yarmouth, is a specialist practice founded by Susan Smithurst that combines life coaching and counselling to support clients through personal transformation and emotional wellbeing. The business serves individuals seeking to overcome life's challenges, develop greater emotional resilience, and achieve a more fulfilling existence.

What sets Iris Life Coaching apart is its integrated, strength-based approach that bridges two traditionally separate disciplines. Rather than offering coaching or counselling in isolation, Susan combines both methodologies alongside mindfulness practices and cutting-edge research in neuroscience and emotional education. This ensures clients receive contemporary, evidence-based support tailored to their specific needs.

The practice draws on decades of research combined with Susan's personal journey and extensive professional experience. Her background extends beyond one-to-one work; she has published widely on psychology in learning, emotional education, disability, and social issues, whilst also working as a public speaker at conferences and events.

Iris Life Coaching serves diverse clients including those navigating learning challenges, emotional difficulties, neurodiversity, and personal development goals. The business provides what Susan describes as "time to be listened to, time to be heard and understood," alongside practical coaching skills, therapeutic support, and opportunities for sustained personal growth.

By integrating relationship work, emotional healing, and transformational coaching within a single practice, Iris Life Coaching offers a comprehensive approach to wellbeing that acknowledges both the therapeutic and developmental dimensions of lasting change.