<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[End of Life Doula Alliance]]></title><description><![CDATA[End of Life Doula Al]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:50:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Final Letter to My Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Re-post from: The Letter Box, A Story of Enduring Love - The Transforming Power of Letters from the Heart  An Excerpt from legacy work...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/a-final-letter-to-my-children</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c6a0ab38c3322001caee08d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 01:49:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_423ee3352705483f9990bc3203aa4e4f~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Death a Part of Life - SF Chronicle]]></title><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/making-death-a-part-of-life-sf-chronicle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653be735b2cb039b25aa2e92</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:38:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_d837506512294ddabf7e1578fef4b81b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_714,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Lecciones que aprendí de la vida sobre las personas que están a punto de morir]]></title><description><![CDATA[ENGLISH VERSION: Originally Published in Maria Shriver's  The Sunday Paper Written by Diane R. Button, MA, Dear Death: Finding Meaning in...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/10-lecciones-que-aprend%C3%AD-de-la-vida-sobre-las-personas-que-est%C3%A1n-a-punto-de-morir</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b9acc5eb070abcd1b530d2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:31:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_8310993a7709482298ef13347bd3da3b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[END-OF-LIFE LEGACY WORK: A PATH TO PEACE, JOY, AND PURPOSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Re-post from Death Doula Network International May 3, 2023  Written by Diane R. Button, MA, Dear Death: Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/end-of-life-legacy-work-a-path-to-peace-joy-and-purpose-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b9acc5eb070abcd1b530d1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 14:45:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_cb0db32f4b9549bd874d916b3889c2e3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_721,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a Death Doula. These are 10 Lessons I've Learned About Living from the Dying - by Diane Button ]]></title><description><![CDATA[CLICK ON THIS ARTICLE TO LINK TO MARIA SHRIVER'S INCREDIBLE SUNDAY PAPER.  I WAS HONORED TO BE ASKED TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE. CLICK ARTICLE...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/i-m-a-death-doula-these-are-10-lessons-i-ve-learned-about-living-from-the-dying-by-diane-button</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6351efc1dc5d56287b815a80</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_5fe6552fffb74163971393386b0c2d84~mv2_d_2304_2304_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can't Catch Death from Me, I Promise]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I often say, I’m the fun one at the cocktail party. And what I mean by this is that, culturally speaking, asking someone what they do...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/you-can-t-catch-death-from-me-i-promise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">620d9d89f0d1a2baf7a5ca25</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:21:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_07a97de3644341f4851c91447d2fdd01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah Hill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Letter to Death... ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A brief excerpt from Diane Button's new book: Dear Death - Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day.]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/a-letter-to-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">619d94984f0c5800165dab82</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:08:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_2ead8d00ef1446b4b2cf84ed0accb5dc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_877,h_902,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Doula's Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doula work is heart work. It is hard for some to understand why we want to spend our time with dying people. But we doulas know that many...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/a-doula-s-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cbf7013076fca001529140a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:20:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_9cc6054a53ad454790952d714f9aaf95~mv2_d_1224_1632_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hole So Big]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many years ago, I led my first grief support group meeting at our local hospice. Friends warned me to guard my heart and wondered if I,...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/a-hole-so-big</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e1bac1cb43d3d001766ef4c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 22:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_4acb9ea478104a8981fd8d87e13f0d0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_508,h_282,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope Lives]]></title><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/hope-lives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e912aec61e48c00176dd6fd</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_be569bc09c2e48c58940ac82e714e46b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus Feelings Checklist]]></title><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/coronavirus-feelings-checklist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e8520a60062ad0016077f55</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:16:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_c59ad5861543484287b1bee08a0cf0b0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is Beauty Everywhere!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps we have been moving too fast. 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It was just about the time that a chemo...]]></description><link>https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/post/just-an-ordinary-day-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6351efc1dc5d56287b815a79</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e41e8c_1cafe2e8d2074192b5d3342c394bb42b~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Diane Button</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>