What is Brian D Smith's definitive approach to healing through creativity?

Brian’s approach to healing through creativity rests on a few core ideas:

• Grief is energy that needs expression, not suppression. Creative acts (writing, art, music, movement, even building a business) give that energy a safe channel.
• Creation is meaning-making. When a story, image, or project is shaped from pain, the griever becomes an active participant in their healing instead of a passive victim.
• Consciousness comes first. Because we are spiritual beings having a human experience, creative work is seen as soul-work, not just “coping.” It helps maintain a living relationship with the person who has transitioned.
• Practice over perfection. Small, consistent creative acts—journaling a few lines, recording a voice note, crafting a ritual—compound over time, just as described in the story of learning, practicing, and sharing from 2016–2023.

How do you most naturally like to create—words, images, music, movement, or something else?