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
National Funeral Directors Association, April 2024 – Remembering a Life Series, Should You Work With a Death Doula?
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
February 2024 – End of Life University Podcast with Dr. Karen Wyatt, Ep. 441 The Doula Tool Kit: A guide for EOL Doulas with Diane Button, Gabby Elise Jimenez, and Angela Shook
Best Life Best Death Podcast with Diane Hullet, Episode #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 Life, You 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.
