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Diane Button is a founding partner of the Bay Area End-of-Life Doula Alliance in Northern California, a frequent podcast guest, and best-selling author of several books related to end-of-life, meaningful living, and the growing impact of death doulas worldwide. She is a lead instructor at the University of Vermont’s End-of-Life Doula Program. She holds a master’s in counseling psychology from Goddard College in Vermont. Her master's thesis, The Components of a Meaningful Life, became the genesis for her life's work of supporting people to find meaning and peace in life and in death. Diane is the director of Dream of a Better World, a non-profit founded in 2008 with a mission to support underserved children and families around the world and to inspire everyone to realize that “you’re never too young, or too old, to make a difference.”

Diane’s best-selling books have been featured on numerous programs and podcasts, inspiring others to leave a meaningful legacy. Her upcoming book: What Matters Most: Lessons the Dying Teach Us About Living will be released September 16th through Penguin Random House. Her other books include the best-selling titles  Dear Death: Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day which combines the insights gained from her research on "The Four Pillars of a Meaningful Life," with over a decade working with hospice and doula clients in their final days and The Doula Tool Kit: The Complete Practical Guide for End-of-Life Doulas & Caregivers, which was co-authored by Angela Shook and Gabby Jimenez. You can read more about her work on her author page at www.dianebutton.com.