Episode 32

Empowered & Out with Guest Dee Edney

Published on: 9th September, 2025

NEW EPISODE: Making Art, Finding Healing — A Trans Creative’s Journey with Dee Edney

This one hit deep

Dee Edney (aka Angeldee) is a singer-songwriter, producer, and trans creative based in the South of England—who didn’t just rebuild her life post-transition, she orchestrated it into a full-blown masterpiece.

From:

✨ Being hospitalized and told her life was “over”

➡️ To creating an album with 50+ musicians, 2 sonic artists, a cat, and a group of plants 🐾🌱

➡️ To launching Mad Unity, a 2-year festival for LGBTQIA+, POC, refugees, and neurodiverse folks...

This episode is raw, real, and powerfully honest.

We talk mental health, creativity, visibility, late-in-life transition, and what it takes to reclaim your story—on your terms. 🏳️‍⚧️

If you've ever felt "too late" to start over, this one’s for you.

🎧 Empowered & Out is streaming now — link in bio / show notes 💜

To find my guest, Dee

Solo artist (Angeldee) - https://linktr.ee/angeldeeartist

Band (Seb-E-deE) - https://linktr.ee/sebedeemusic

Dee’s community work - https://www.intothenowcic.org/projects

Jonathan Barbe is a Certified LGBTQ+ Life Coach, Empowering LGBTQ+ Professionals and Allies to Find their Purpose, Rediscover True Happiness, and Build Unshakeable Confidence and to Land Careers where they finally feel free to be their Authentic Self!

Empowered & Out is more than just a podcast about career advice—it’s a movement. A celebration of LGBTQ+ professionals stepping into their power, owning their worth, and showing the world exactly what we bring to the table. 

Empowered & Out Coaching is here to help LGBTQ+ professionals like you get clear on your purpose, rebuild your confidence, and finally land in careers where you can show up fully—without apology or compromise.

If you’re ready for that kind of shift, I’d love to support you. 

Go to https://calendly.com/jmbcoachingllc/discovery-call to apply.

Let’s build the career—and life—you actually want.

Find me on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmbarbe 

TikTok : @jmbcoachingllc

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Facebook: @JMBCoachingLLC

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About the Podcast

Empowered & Out
The LGBTQ+ Career Coaching Podcast
This is the podcast where LGBTQ+ professionals come to get real about career, confidence, and authenticity at work. Each week, Jonathan shares coaching insights on purpose, confidence, and unmasking at work—PLUS inspiring interviews with LGBTQ+ leaders, authors, and change-makers who are rewriting what success looks like in their industries.

From overcoming workplace discrimination, to unlearning internalized shame, to building a career that actually feels like YOU, these conversations are honest, practical, and rooted in the queer experience.

🌈 Whether it’s a solo coaching deep dive or a guest interview, Empowered & Out is here to help you thrive authentically, without apology.

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JB Motivating From The 5280 Podcast is about me, Jonathan Barbe, living in the Mile High City, sharing my thoughts and opinions on positive motivation and self-improvement from my home in Denver, Colorado.