Leaving Academics & Becoming a Doula & Starting 2 Doula Business in The Netherlands & Slovenia

In this inspiring episode of the birth worker series, I sit down with Nina, a doula from Slovenia whose path into birth work began in one of the most unexpected places. Before she ever imagined becoming a doula, Nina traveled to Greece to volunteer with refugee families, offering support to mothers and children in crisis. It was there she was asked to attend births for refugee women, and in those raw, powerful moments something awakened in her. The calling to serve women in the birth portal took root.  

Nina later trained as a doula in the Netherlands, where her family lived as expats, and where she built her very first birth business from the ground up. She shares what it was like to begin her journey in a foreign country, how she found her community, and how she created a successful doula practice far from home.  

After several years, her family returned to Slovenia, and Nina had to rebuild everything from scratch. In this episode she tells the story of letting go of the business she had created, landing back in her home country, and having the courage to begin again.

Today she runs a thriving birth business with a beautiful studio in the heart of Slovenia’s capital city, supporting families with full dedication and a client load of four births each month.  We talk about what she loves most about being a birth worker, the women she has served, and the differences she has experienced working as a doula in both the Netherlands and Slovenia.

Nina also shares her evolution as an entrepreneur and how she is now expanding her work online to reach more women while creating more balance and freedom in her life.  

Her story is one of devotion, resilience, reinvention and following the call of birth work wherever it leads.  

Curious about Nina? Find her on Instagram at @ljubljanskadoula  

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