This week on Empowered & Out, Coming out holds the potential for deeper connection. When we choose to share our truth, we often invite others to do the same. We show them it’s okay to be real. We can build trust, empathy, and community in ways we can’t if we’re constantly editing ourselves. It’s messy and layered. It’s okay to want safety and authenticity at the same time. It’s okay to feel fear and hope. You don’t have to pick one. Both can coexist. And let’s name that these fears don’t exist in a vacuum.
For folks who are BIPOC, disabled, immigrants, or navigating other marginalized identities, coming out at work intersects with all of those layers. It can amplify risk and complicate choices even further. So if you’ve felt this weight, you’re not weak. You’re real. And you’re not alone.
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.
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