Holy Rebels Podcast
The Holy Rebels Podcast is for spiritually literate, psychologically aware seekers who want a mature, grounded relationship with God.
Hosted by Nina Hirlaender, Franciscan Sister and mystical theology teacher, this show pulls the Western mystical tradition off the shelf and into the daily grind, with more grace and less spinning.
Each episode blends vivid storytelling with practical formation, so your spiritual life feels alive, connected, and unmistakably real. You will meet mystics like Mary Magdalene, Francis of Assisi, and Teresa of Avila, not as saints on pedestals, but as wise companions for real life.
Expect practices that sharpen discernment, strengthen intuition you can trust, and bring steadier decisions, deeper prayer, and more peace that holds up under pressure.
No fluff, plenty of heart.
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Holy Rebels Podcast
Advent Week 2 | Peace When Life Won’t Slow Down
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Part 2 of a 4-week Advent series released every Sunday.
Life doesn’t slow down during the holidays just because you want it to. The emails keep coming, the world keeps moving, and your mind keeps spinning—even as something in you longs for quiet.
If that’s been your experience this year, this week’s episode is where you’ll find grounded support.
Welcome to Week Two of Advent on the Holy Rebels Podcast, where we make space for spiritual honesty, nervous-system awareness, and practical ways to anchor yourself when life refuses to cooperate.
This week is all about Peace.
Not the version that waits for silence.
The version that becomes possible even while everything around you stays loud.
Nina Hirlaender OFS brings together the mystical meaning of Advent with psychology-based practices around nervous system regulation, emotional overload, and the inner orientation that allows peace to rise from within.
St Clare of Assisi accompanies us, offering a real examples of what peace looked like in moments that were anything but calm.
What you'll take away from this episode:
- what the second week of Advent symbolizes historically and spiritually
- the difference between calm (a state) and peace (an orientation of the soul)
- how stress pulls you away from presence—and how to interrupt that pattern
- what Clare of Assisi’s courage reveals about inner steadiness
- how to identify your “peace threshold” when life feels unmanageable
- a simple practice to help your nervous system settle
- how to begin Week Two with alignment rather than pressure
Peace isn't the absence of noise.
Peace is the awareness that God is present inside what hasn’t resolved yet.
It grows through noticing, returning, and softening what has been clenched for too long.
Press play to enter the second week of Advent with a steadier center, a calmer body, and a deeper experience of presence.
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