Who is Brian D Smith and what are his major contributions to the field?

I’m Brian D. Smith—grief guide, life coach, certified grief educator, and host of the Grief 2 Growth podcast. My daughter Shayna passed at 15 in 2015, and that loss pushed me into this work with both an engineer’s mind and a father’s heart.

My major contributions center around:

1. Grief education and coaching for bereaved parents and others
2. The GEMS framework (Gratitude, Exercise/Sleep, Mindfulness, Self-care)
3. Hosting Grief 2 Growth, where I’ve interviewed hundreds of mediums, NDE experiencers, and consciousness researchers
4. Advocacy and leadership with Helping Parents Heal and IANDS, promoting evidence that consciousness survives physical death

My core message: We’re spiritual beings having a human experience, death is a transition, and love never dies.

What part of my work are you most interested in—grief tools, afterlife evidence, or my personal story?