On this podcast I love exploring how different people write their own paths, and my friend Caro Griffin has an especially interesting story. From teaching herself to code at 12, to taking a sabbatical from the tech world in her 30s to follow her passion and become a mezcal sommelier, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!

Since Caro has experience being a badass queer business lady in not one, but TWO male-dominated fields, I thought she’d be the perfect person to talk to about the challenges and benefits of working in such environments. We also discuss everything from startups and fractional work to being a gringa leading mezcal tastings in Mexico City.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Tech Ladies (where Caro used to work)

• Between Drinks podcast where Caro dives into the stories behind the drinks you love

• More about Caro’s upcoming group trip to Japan in May 2026

• Point School for all of your booking-flights-with-points needs

• Caro’s website

• Caro’s Instagram

In this episode, I talk about how as I child, I started to intuitively use writing as a way to process difficult emotions. I also share the moment I realized I’d used this childhood trauma response to build my entire professional career as a writer.

I go on to share some tips for how you too can use journaling as a way to process emotion, and finally invite you to join us inside The Write to Heal, a 5-week group journaling program that kicks off at the end of the month. Thank you for listening!

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

• Learn more about The Write to Heal here ✨

In this episode, I chat with my first guest and dear friend Caro Pérez. Caro and I have known each other for years, but became especially close in 2025 after traveling to India together for the Maha Kumbh Mela and, upon return, her becoming my harmonium & mantra teacher!

We talk about vulnerability, coming back home to one’s voice, how her coaching business has evolved, and why it’s so important to date your intuition.

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Caro’s Instagram where you can find her latest coaching programs

• Hear Caro's beautiful voice as Carope on Spotify

In this episode, I talk about how you can start noticing synchronicities—or winks from the universe, as I like to call them—in your everyday life. I give some personal examples, showing how it helps to first look back at your past to see how the universe has been at work in your life, so that you can more easily spot those magic synchronicities when they happen in the future!

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• If you’re interested in what year cycle you’re in based on numerology, you can input your birthday+the current year here. (Keep in mind: My year 9 cycle ended on my birthday in December 2025, therefore I was in my year 9 from Dec 2024 to Dec 2025, and am in my year 1 from Dec 2025 to 2026; therefore the month-by-month predictions on this site aren’t accurate, but the year cycle is.)

In this episode, we dive into how—especially as women—we’re socialized to hate our bodies and how I’ve worked to unwrite that story throughout my life. I share three woowoo stories of how I’ve learned that having a body is indeed a privilege, and close by guiding you through a body scan.

Corrections to this episode:

• The Vagina Monologues was written in 1996

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues

• More about what a temezcal entails

• Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

• Lilia Carrillo’s retrospective at Kurimanzutto in Mexico City

In this episode, we dive into why being present is so important—and why cow sh*t 💩 has become a beautiful metaphor for presence in my life. (I know that sounds 🍑 backwards, but you’re gonna have to listen to see what I mean!)

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• Definition of Komorebi

• IMDb for Perfect Days

• My 5-week group coaching program The Write to Heal (the next cohort kicks off in January 2026; please join us!)

• The Science of Well-Being course by Dr. Laurie Santos

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Welcome to the Write Your Path podcast! ✍🏼

Hi, I'm Lolly Spindler, a writer, editor, book doula, and writing coach. 👋🏼

In this inaugural episode, I explain who I am, why I'm starting this podcast, and how I came to be a 30-something female entrepreneur living abroad and writing for a living.

Corrections to this episode:

• I'm now 38! I just had a birthday. 🥳
• There are about 50 colleges & universities in the Greater Boston Area. 🎓
• The Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism at Boston University ⁠⁠was recently closed⁠⁠. 🥺
• I've now been in Mexico City for over 8 years. 🤯

Resources & sites mentioned in this episode:

• ⁠My website⁠ to learn more about the work I do
• ⁠The Boston Weekly Dig⁠ Wiki page (no longer in publication)
• ⁠UndergroundHipHop.com shuts down⁠ (Boston Globe)
• ⁠Auxiliares de Conversacion en Espana⁠ program info
• RIP ⁠HouseHunt⁠ (my first & only office job)
• ⁠HubSpot Academy⁠ to learn more about marketing, sales, and more!
• My first business, ⁠Crea Content Marketing⁠, that I've scaled to 6 figures & continue to operate 😊
• RIP ⁠xoombi⁠ (my first & only full-time, remote job)
• RIP ⁠Remote Year⁠ (thank you for introducing me to an amazing community, incredible clients & my forever home!)

A sneak peek (listen?) of what's to come on the Write Your Path podcast!