About the Creator
“The Curious Path Podcast features thoughtful
conversations and reflections on life’s journey,
growth, and perspective.”
The Curious Path is a podcast created and hosted by
author and educator Esther M. Franklin.
About the Creator
“The Curious Path Podcast features
thoughtful conversations and reflections
on life’s journey, growth, and perspective.”,
thoughtful conversations and reflections
on life’s journey, growth, and perspective.”,
The Voice Behind
The Curious Path
I didn’t create The Curious Path because I had everything figured out. I created it because
I spent years asking questions — about relationships, identity, faith, sexuality, and why so
many women quietly carry confusion while being told they’re empowered.
I’ve been the woman who didn’t have the language for what felt off.
The woman who sensed misalignment but tried to override it. The woman who learned, sometimes the hard way, that clarity doesn’t come from doing more — it comes from seeing more.
This space was born out of that journey.
The Voice Behind The Curious
Path
I didn’t create The Curious Path because I had everything figured out. I created it because
I spent years asking questions — about relationships, identity, faith, sexuality, and why so
many women quietly carry confusion while being told they’re empowered.
I’ve been the woman who didn’t have the language for what felt off.
The woman who sensed misalignment but tried to override it. The woman who learned, sometimes the hard way, that clarity doesn’t come from doing more — it comes from seeing more.
This space was born out of that journey.
WHY THIS MATTERS TO ME
I’ve watched women give themselves away — emotionally, sexually, spiritually — without ever being taught how to discern what was safe, aligned, or true.
I’ve seen how easily attention is mistaken for affection.
How boundaries are framed as fear.
How intuition is silenced in the name of being “open-minded.”
What women are often missing isn’t strength.
It’s permission to slow down and think.
The Curious Path exists to offer that pause.
WHY THIS MATTERS TO ME
I’ve watched women give themselves away — emotionally, sexually, spiritually — without ever being taught how to discern what was safe, aligned, or true.
I’ve seen how easily attention is mistaken for affection.
How boundaries are framed as fear.
How intuition is silenced in the name of being “open-minded.”
What women are often missing isn’t strength.
It’s permission to slow down and think.
The Curious Path exists to offer that pause.
HOW I HOLD THESE CONVERSATIONS
I don’t approach sensitive topics from a place of superiority or judgment.
I approach them as a woman who has lived,
observed, reflected, studied, and listened — deeply. That means:
observed, reflected, studied, and listened — deeply. That means:
WHAT I BELIEVE
- discernment is a form of self-respect
- boundaries are a form of love
- education creates stability
- reflection creates clarity
- truth creates freedom
I believe women thrive when they stop performing versions of themselves and start becoming rooted in who they actually are.
I believe you don’t have to reject femininity to be strong — and you don’t have to abandon wisdom to be modern.
WHO THIS SPACE IS FOR
The Curious Path is for women who feel a quiet nudge that something
needs to
change — even if they can’t name it yet.
It’s for women who:
change — even if they can’t name it yet.
It’s for women who:
- want depth, not drama
- want truth, not trends
- want growth, not performance
- want clarity, not chaos
This is not a space for outrage or argument.
It’s a space for reflection, education,
and becoming.
and becoming.
A NOTE TO YOU
If you found your way here, trust that it wasn’t random.
- You don’t need to have all the answers.
- You don’t need to rush your growth.
- You don’t need to be perfect to begin.
Curiosity is enough.
And clarity comes when you’re willing to look — gently,
honestly, and without fear. Welcome to The Curious Path.
— Esther M. Franklin
honestly, and without fear. Welcome to The Curious Path.
— Esther M. Franklin