Our Founders
Dr. Susan Chan and Ian Geddes
Dr. Susan Chan
With over 15 years of experience, Susan has developed a multifaceted personal brand that has seen her in demand both in the UK and overseas as a coaching and well-being consultant.
She is an advocate for mindful, compassion-based approaches, social inclusion, diversity and equality. For Susan, assisting others in improving their health and well-being is not just a career but a heart-felt passion.
Susan's diverse brand sees her working with individuals, teams and groups, corporations, multinational-companies, government and goverment departments, health organisations, schools, local authorities, and communities of various types.
Also an author and podcaster, Susan sees herself as 'not the finished article', thriving in research to develop her skills further and advancing methods and resources for health and well-being professionals.
Why not take a quick look at Susan's website and see what she and her company provide. Click on the picture below to go to Susan's home page.
Find out more about the key areas of Susan's work by clicking on each of the purple buttons below.
Ian Geddes
Ian Geddes is a clinical hypnotherapist, mentor, mindfulness and life coach, and partner (since 2010) at Susan Chan @ New Horizons. Here, he focuses on helping clients with anxiety, stress, trauma, and various development issues. He is well known for his motivational talks and delivering courses to educators, third sector, and health practitioners.
Ian was formerly a Depute Head Teacher at a large secondary school in charge of well-being, safe-guarding and Guidance.
Ian remains an education consultant for publishers and in higher education research on inequality and social justice. He is also a lecturer for the Open University in Social Sciences.
Ian has more than one string to his bow, the academic and the creative, as an education and health author and consultant, a prize-winning photographer, a media creator, a scriptwriter and a blog presenter.
Ian is dedicated to a mindful and compassionate approach and employs this in his everyday pursuits. As a photographer with professional theatre and video companies, Ian has also acted to 'support wellness and mental health' with actors, dancers, comedians, and production teams.
As a field study tutor for Rayburn Tours, Ian takes groups of young people to challenging geographical locations in Europe and North Africa promoting resilience, and social and cultural understanding.
