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Summer Solstice: Threshold of Radiance | Celtic Wheel of The Year

Nina Hirlaender OFS Season 4 Episode 4

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You've been the strong one for so long you've forgotten what it feels like to be held. And your body is starting to keep score. Sound familiar?

In Episode 4 of The Soul's 8 Thresholds of Transformation, Nina Hirlaender OFS takes you to St Michael's Mount off the coast of Cornwall, where the land itself asks you a pointed question: Are you shining, or are you burning out? This is the Summer Solstice threshold — the place where your full visibility, leadership, and power either become sustainable or consume you. Drawing on the theology of Julian of Norwich, the calm authority of Archangel Michael, and a story from a pilgrim named Margaret who realized she'd been "fighting like she was afraid she'd lose," Nina offers a grounded path to radiance that includes receiving, not just giving. You'll leave with a five-minute practice that trains your nervous system to hold power without strain.

What You'll Learn:

  • Why your success feels hollow when your body is running on adrenaline and your joy has quietly disappeared. 
  • The moment on St Michael's Mount that shows you exactly how you approach every challenge in your life
  • What Julian of Norwich understood about power and tenderness that most modern leaders get dangerously wrong
  • A five-minute practice that rewires your nervous system to hold visibility without gripping
  • The one shift that turns overgiving from a fear response into genuine, sustainable strength


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