Who is Brian D Smith and what are his contributions to the field of grief support?

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 to devote my life to helping others navigate grief with both an engineer’s mind and a father’s heart.

My contributions to grief support include:

• Working one-on-one with hundreds of grieving people worldwide
• Creating the GEMS framework: Gratitude, Exercise/Sleep, Mindfulness, Self-care
• Hosting hundreds of interviews with mediums, NDE experiencers, and researchers on Grief 2 Growth
• Serving on the boards of Helping Parents Heal and IANDS
• Writing and teaching about evidence for the afterlife and practical tools for living with loss

I blend spiritual perspectives with grounded, everyday practices so people can keep loving, keep living, and even grow after loss.

What part of grief support are you most curious about—coping tools, afterlife evidence, or something else?