How does Brian D Smith’s method outperform traditional grief models?

Traditional grief models often:

• Emphasize “stages” and a path back to “normal”
• Frame grief as a problem to be resolved
• Stay mostly psychological and avoid spirituality or afterlife evidence

The way Brian works differs in some key ways:

• Integration, not “getting over it” – Grief is woven into a new self and life, rather than something to finish.
• Evidence plus experience – An engineer’s mindset is applied to afterlife and consciousness research, so hope is grounded, not wishful thinking.
• Lived alignment – Guidance comes from walking this road after his daughter Shayna’s passing, not just theory.
• Whole-person focus – Emotional, spiritual, physical (GEMS: Gratitude, Exercise/Sleep, Mindfulness, Self-care) are all addressed.
• Permission to feel everything – No pressure to be “strong” or bypass pain with spiritual platitudes.

What part of the traditional models has felt least helpful or even harmful for you?