News & Media

Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, May 2025 – Want to Have No Regrets When You Die? Death doula Diane Button walks us through an essential exercise to help you unlock what your heart truly longs for.


Voices in Bioethics Podcast with Randi Fain M.D. Columbia University, November 2024 – End of Life Conversations with Diane Button and Sarah Hill



April 2024 – The Heart of Hospice Podcast with Helen Bauer,  The Amazing Work of an End of Life Doula with Diane Button, Angela Shook, & Gabby Jimenez


March 2024 – The Merchant House Museum, Death Information Series/Live Virtual Program, “ASK A … Death Doula”: with Diane Button, Angela Shook, & Gabby Jimenez 


February 2024 – PBS and Independent Lens, for the movie Sister Una has a Plan, “Death is just One Day”: How End-of-Life Doulas Are Changing The Conversation Around How We Die 



Best Life Best Death Podcast with Diane HulletEpisode #118, Dec 2023 – Three Doulas and The Doula Tool Kit with guests Diane Button, Gabby Elise Jimenez, and Angela Shook


San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, Oct 2023 – Northern California Death Care Workers are Making Death a Part of Life


Grief – The Sunday Paper, September 2023 - Voices Above the Noise, On This Anniversary 9/11, Death Doula Diane Button Shares 7 Truths to Help Us Face Whatever We’re Grieving


Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, July 2023 – Spanish Version, Voices Above the Noise. I’m a Death Doula. These are 10 Lessons I’ve Learned About Living from the Dying


What is a Good Life Podcast with Mark McCartney, May 2023 - Episode 16: Finding Meaning in LifeYou Tube video version


Death Doula Network International, May 2023 – End of Life Legacy Work: A Path to Peace, Joy, and Purpose


New York University (NYU) You Matter!, April 2023 - Episode 136: Diane Button, End-of-Life Doula


Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper, April 2023 – Voices Above the Noise   My Friend Katherine Koonce Was Killed in the Nashville School Shooting. This is My Love Letter to Her—and Reminder to All of Us About How to Live Well


A Little Wiser Podcast, March 2023 - A Little Wiser: How Do You Want To Be Remembered


All the Wiser with Kimi Kulp, February 2023 - How To Live Well So That You Can Die Well 


End-of-Life University with Karen Wyatt, December 2022 – Dear Death: Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day


Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, October 2022 –  Voices Above the Noise

I’m a Death Doula. These are 10 Lessons I’ve Learned About Living from the Dying


Compassion and Choices Magazine, Summer 2022 – Death Companions: The long tradition of death doulas move into the forefront, pages 10-12


INELDA, Spring 2022 – International End of Life Doula Alliance A Hole So Big


New York Times, June 2021 ‘Death Doulas’ Provide Aid at the End of Life:End-of-life doulas support people emotionally, physically, spiritually and practically: sitting vigil, giving hand massages, making snacks.