{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What is a Good Life? #16 - Finding Meaning in Life with Diane Button","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3387,"description":"On the 16th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast I am joined by Diane Button, who is the author of the bestselling book, Dear Death: Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day. \n\nShe holds a Master's in Counselling Psychology, is a practicing end-of-life doula and a lead instructor at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine’s EOL Doula Certificate Program. \n\nIn this episode Diane shares the 4 pillars of a meaningful life that she identified through interviewing people over the age of 75 who were fully content with how they lived. We discuss what she has learned about relationships, forgiveness, self-acceptance, and self-reflection, through working with people at the end of their lives.\n\nWhile the conversation further reinforces for me the importance of regularly contemplating life through the lens of death in building my own good life. As it is filled with heartfelt insights, wisdom, and practical tools for living a life of greater reflection, connection, less regret, and for finding meaning.\n\nSubscribe for weekly episodes, every Tuesday, and check out my YouTube channel (link below) for daily clips and weekly reflections.\nRunning Order: \n01:28 Podcast Begins\n04:48 Developing an acceptance of death\n08:58 The journey towards working with the dying\n11:18 Identifying 4 pillars of a meaningful life \n15:48 Developing Self-acceptance \n19:38 Seeing the beauty in yourself\n20:27 The power of authentic conversations \n23:39 Relieving fear and bringing more ease to the dying\n27:42 Doing Life Reviews \n30:03 There is life until the end\n32:18 Forgiveness \n37:00 Not everyone wants to address death when dying\n39:38 How often do we give someone 100% of our attention?\n42:40 How can we embrace and not fear death so much?\n46:30 Beautiful experiences when people near death\n48:50 The journey inward at the end of life\n50:16 Observing the end of life\n53:33 What is a good life for Diane?\n\nFor further content and information check out the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}