Show notes and full video: https://beyondthebasspodcast.com/episodes/laranyx

Laranyx (Sara Benyo) breaks down the real story behind her rebirth — from growing up in rural Kentucky in a deeply musical household, to carrying an early sense of calling, fear, and anxiety that showed up almost as soon as she entered school. She traces the identity friction that followed her for years: rejection and bullying, searching for belonging, and eventually finding a surprising kind of “church” in dance music — a space that felt closer to unconditional acceptance than the culture she came from.

Then the turning point: a brutal stretch of personal events that pushed her into rock bottom, where approval stopped mattering because she felt she’d lost  ...