Brie Smith
Brie Smith is a funeral director, death care reform advocate, speaker, and social media personality known for helping bring conversations about death, grief, and sustainability into the cultural mainstream. Through a rare blend of compassion, humor, authenticity, and unapologetic honesty, Brie has become one of the emerging public voices reshaping modern death care.
Based in Washington State, Brie serves as a leader at Return Home, a pioneering human composting company helping redefine environmentally conscious funeral service in the United States. Her work has been featured through podcasts, media appearances, documentaries, and public speaking engagements focused on sustainable death care, mental health, grief literacy, and the evolving future of funeral service.
Known for her ability to connect with audiences through candid storytelling and emotionally grounded conversations, Brie has built a rapidly growing social media audience reaching millions through content that explores funeral service, mortality, advocacy, humor, and the deeply human realities of loss. Her work has helped demystify an industry often hidden from public view while encouraging more open and compassionate conversations surrounding death and dying.
A passionate creative at heart, Brie has a particular love for voiceover performance and narrative storytelling. Drawn to documentary narration, character work, emotionally driven reads, and immersive performance, she continues pursuing opportunities in voice acting alongside her advocacy and public facing work. Her dedication to storytelling and artistic growth earned her recognition through participation in the Earth’s Alliance scholarship program, supporting her continued development in media and performance.
Brie has also appeared on numerous podcasts discussing human composting, funeral service, grief, sustainability, and modern death care, including appearances on Science Vs., Mortuary Mayhem and Best Life Best Death. Whether speaking on stage, behind a microphone, in front of a camera, or online, Brie is recognized for making difficult conversations feel deeply human, approachable, and unexpectedly hopeful.
Based in Washington State, Brie serves as a leader at Return Home, a pioneering human composting company helping redefine environmentally conscious funeral service in the United States. Her work has been featured through podcasts, media appearances, documentaries, and public speaking engagements focused on sustainable death care, mental health, grief literacy, and the evolving future of funeral service.
Known for her ability to connect with audiences through candid storytelling and emotionally grounded conversations, Brie has built a rapidly growing social media audience reaching millions through content that explores funeral service, mortality, advocacy, humor, and the deeply human realities of loss. Her work has helped demystify an industry often hidden from public view while encouraging more open and compassionate conversations surrounding death and dying.
A passionate creative at heart, Brie has a particular love for voiceover performance and narrative storytelling. Drawn to documentary narration, character work, emotionally driven reads, and immersive performance, she continues pursuing opportunities in voice acting alongside her advocacy and public facing work. Her dedication to storytelling and artistic growth earned her recognition through participation in the Earth’s Alliance scholarship program, supporting her continued development in media and performance.
Brie has also appeared on numerous podcasts discussing human composting, funeral service, grief, sustainability, and modern death care, including appearances on Science Vs., Mortuary Mayhem and Best Life Best Death. Whether speaking on stage, behind a microphone, in front of a camera, or online, Brie is recognized for making difficult conversations feel deeply human, approachable, and unexpectedly hopeful.
