Rising Lights Podcast

The wolves Paul warned about in Acts 20 aren't coming from outside the walls . They're already inside. Already in your pew, your small group, your leadership team. In this episode, Margaret Byars, LPC, tackles one of the topics the modern Church has gone almost completely silent on: toxic leadership and false prophets, and draws a direct parallel to the narcissistic matrix. The sheep's...

You are not crazy. You are not stuck. And there is a way out. In this episode, Margaret Byars, LPC, introduces a concept she coined from years of clinical practice and personal experience: the Narcissistic Matrix , the alternate universe built around someone else's fragile ego. If you've ever felt trapped, confused, and exhausted in a way you can't explain, this episode will finally gi...

Before we can talk about where hidden abuse shows up, we have to get clear on what it actually is. Hidden abuse doesn't leave physical marks. It lives in the unseen. And yet our bodies feel it, our spirits know it, and our brains ultimately pay the price. In this foundational episode, Margaret Byars, LPC, walks through the clinical definitions behind the terms you may have heard: gaslighting,...

Rising Lights is the podcast where faith and psychology meet. This is a space created for Christians who have experienced hidden abuse in the places that were supposed to be the safest: churches, ministries, marriages, and families. If you've been carrying confusion you can't name, exhaustion you can't explain, or wounds that don't have words yet... you are exactly who this podcast was made for. I...