Aug 28, 2026 · 18 min · 12 segments
**Melanie Cookes on building The Practical Doula** Melanie Cookes shares how personal experiences with her father’s death and supporting a friend’s family led her to create The Practical Doula, an…
Melanie CooksGuest
Claudia FuscaHost
So, Melanie, let's start by letting our listeners know who you are and the business you're building.
And an end of life doula is a support person who helps people get their plans in place and also basically getting the end of life that they want and helping them, advocating for them, helping them with decisions they might need to make and offering options and then making sure that someone's there advocating for them so that they get
So, Melanie, let's start by letting our listeners know who you are and the business you're building.
And an end of life doula is a support person who helps people get their plans in place and also basically getting the end of life that they want and helping them, advocating for them, helping them with decisions they might need to make and offering options and then making sure that someone's there advocating for them so that they get
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