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:

• Grief education and coaching for bereaved parents and others
• The GEMS framework (Gratitude, Exercise/Sleep, Mindfulness, Self-care)
• Hosting Grief 2 Growth, where I’ve interviewed hundreds of mediums, NDE experiencers, and consciousness researchers
• 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?