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Zibby Owens
Hi, this is Zibbee Owens and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby, formerly Moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show I interview today's latest best selling, buzziest or underrated authors and story creators whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't have to stay in the know. Get insider insights and connect with guests like I do every single day. For more information, go to zibbymedia.com and follow me on Instagram. Iby Owens so I met Christa Williams when she was doing an event at Zibby's Bookshop. She was moderating. She was amazing. I was like I have to know more about this woman and I got her book and researched her. She's just such a dynamo and has the most amazing in person presence. If you ever have an opportunity to go to an event with her or something, Krista's just really special. So anyway I was excited to interview her about the book and have you get to know her a little bit better here. She has been through a lot in her life and she has turned it all into something really positive and I hope you'll enjoy it a little more. Bio type stuff about her she's the author of Almost 30 A Definitive Guide to a life you love for the next decade and beyond, beyond which we joke about could apply to the Next decade for any age you are. She co founded almost 30, which has become a globally renowned podcast and community with more than 100 million downloads, which is insane. She is also the co creator of the podcast Morning Microdose and leads luxury wellness retreats while speaking internationally for top brands. Through her courses the Life Edit and Metamorphosis, Krista has inspired thousands to embrace self love and transform their lives. With a passion for growth and connection, Krista continues to guide others toward their highest potential. So with that, I introduce you to Krista. Welcome, Krista. Thank you so much for coming on Totally Bugged to talk about Almost 30, a definitive guide to a life you love for the next decade and beyond. Congrats.
Krista Williams
Thank you. Feels good. I haven't. We did our book launch last year, so it feels really good to talk about it again. I've been rereading it because after a book launch you like fall in love with it and then you also get sick of it. So it's been nice to kind of come back to it in like a more grounded, a practical way. So I'm so grateful to be able to talk to you about it and it was such a pleasure to meet you in person and be with you and be with someone that cares so much about reading and the community and it was just. I'm excited to be here.
Zibby Owens
Yeah, I loved meeting you and I was so impressed with you at the bookstore and it's like, oh my gosh, I have to have her on my podcast. She's amazing. And by the way, I feel like I need to contribute in almost 50. Like maybe I should do the almost 50 podcasts and you can do almost 30 podcasts.
Krista Williams
We're going to create a network actually, so we're going to audition Almost so you can reach the first step for almost 50.
Zibby Owens
Oh, thank you. Yes. Yeah, put me on the list. I'm 49 and I'm like, oh my gosh. Funny enough though, I feel like a lot of the things that you talk about in this book apply just as much to someone my old age or any age, any sort of milestone where things are changing or uncertain or whatever. So I feel we actually don't even need a new book. It can apply. You can just like do a little sticky note on top and take what you will.
Krista Williams
Yeah, I think almost 30. It's such a beautiful name for our podcast. In the book my best friend Lindsay and I started, we were almost 30. We felt super lost in life. There was a lot of timelines that we weren't on we didn't have the career that we wanted. We didn't have the relationships we wanted. We didn't have a family, kids, house, picket fence, all of that. And we felt like we should know a lot more than we did. So at our rock bottom moment, we started the podcast, but in starting the show, we didn't have any idea for a name. No one was doing podcasts in the same way they are now 10 years ago. So we were like, we are almost 30. Let's just call it almost 30. And I think if we would have known, we maybe would have called it something different, because Now I'm almost 40, and it kind of changes things. But I think one thing, as I've gotten older, doing the show and just in my years of life, really learning and recognizing that, there hasn't been one period in my life where I haven't felt like I was in deep transformation and growth and change. And I think for my audience and probably your audience and people that were around, growth is a part of our soul's path and trajectory, and it's a part of our mission. It's a part of our conscious evolution. And really, the themes in the book of growth and change and relationships and body and, you know, spirituality and all of that is the constant themes of life and writing the book. I wrote it. I think I was. It was two years ago at this point, because it kind of takes a little bit with time. And Lindsay, yeah, probably two years ago was like, whoa. Like, all of the themes that I was still learning, you know, it shifts a little bit where I'm much better with it, but it still kind of comes back around. And so it was really interesting to kind of see that wisdom that you only acquire with age, understanding how there's themes of your life and how you always are in periods of change.
Zibby Owens
Amazing. Well, I also just love your success story, too, that you write about you and Lindsay, like, hitting bottom. I love just Lindsay doing SoulCycle and, like, eating bad grilled cheese in her car and, like, just. Just, like, showing us, like, where you two started and now that you're, like, huge sensations and all of that, like, tell me a little bit about that whole thing, because you didn't obviously mean. No one means to, like, take have their creative thing. I mean, it's always amazing. But anyway, you couldn't have predicted. This is all I was saying. Tell me about the. Once you hit on something, how you turned that into something bigger.
Krista Williams
Yeah. So just for background, you know, I was always someone that wanted to do something with my Life. I wanted to be someone, I wanted to make a purpose. I just had this burning fire within me of wanting more and wanting to create more and being someone that grew up in the corporate world. You know, I was in the corporate world for five, seven years. I was in jobs I didn't like, I was in spaces I didn't like, I was in conversations I didn't like. I just found it soul sucking and painful and inauthentic and all of these things. And I was as dramatic at my jobs as I sound. I mean, I was a pleasure and a delight as an employee and I was a miserable employee to have because I was always just like, you know, why are we at the water cooler? Why are we at happy hour? Like, what's the point of this whole thing? You know, just, I'm a very deep person and I saw, you know, so many other careers and paths and I even wanted to be a Soul Cycle instructor for a while. And when I moved to Los Angeles, I really hit like a rock bottom of sorts where I was like, I have this anxiety within me of wanting to do something with my life and it's not happening. I quit my job in the corporate world to try and pursue blogging full time. That didn't happen. I didn't make any money, I wasn't that successful, blah, blah, blah. I had to serve, nanny, do all these odds and end jobs. And in my rock bottom, I met Lindsay, you know, and I met her trying to audition for Soul Cycle, wanting to do something different with my life. And it's so funny because I was trying so hard at this one path that I thought was my thing. I was like, I'm going to be a Soul Cycle instructor. I'm going to travel and be this famous fitness instructor. And I was trying so hard. I was manifesting every day. I was writing the affirmations down. I was visualizing myself doing all the things. And it was when I stopped trying, when God brought me to Lindsay and really brought to this moment of real deep vulnerability of our relationship. And I'll never forget, you know, one of the first dinners I had with her, she started talking about her parents dynamic and some of the things they had been going through. And I just felt this texture of vulnerability and authenticity that I was really craving. And I felt this truth that she had. And I felt like I could be myself and I could relate and I could be in this moment of feeling so lost and so anxious and so desperate for something. I didn't know what it was. Like it was just like this insatiability. And we just started to bring our conversations to a podcast and just kind of made it up and really had no intention of it becoming anything. And I think, honestly, the reason why it's successful is for three things. We were consistent. We showed up every single day to record, to practice, to try to make up segments, to have our friends call and act like they were get listeners of the show. And it was just crazy. We committed to it. And then I think the second thing was the fact that there was no expectation that we had. And I think a lot of times with, for me, at least in success paths and things I've wanted in life, when I have these expectations of it should look like this, it should be like this, we should, you know, grow like this and all of that. It created a spaciousness for the truth of. Of this magic to come in, of what we were creating. And then I think the third thing was we were so vulnerable and we were so authentic and true. And, you know, the Internet's changed quite a bit.
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Krista Williams
It was around, of course, then, but this was 10 years ago, so we didn't really have AI or we didn't really think about repercussions of what we were doing or sharing. We didn't really understand, like, what it would be like to tell the story of, you know, cheating or our parents divorce or getting drunk or being arrested, you know, and having it live forever. And we just continued to do it. And so I, you know, hope in my lifetime I get to experience some of the magic of. Of this success story again, because it was something I could have never saw coming. And I think if I would have seen it coming, it wouldn't have happened because I would have then created some story or energy around it to limit it. And it's been beautiful to be in the experience of it.
Zibby Owens
How has it been to record knowing that it has been successful? Do you feel more pressure, less pressure? Do you feel like you can be as authentic now as you were?
Krista Williams
Yeah. I'm so grateful you asked that because I think there's the assumption. There's a part of me that's like, when I get there, I'll be able to do whatever I want. I even was talking to a friend the other day on the phone. We were like, what would we do if we had all the money in the world? And my first thought was I would say whatever I want and I would do whatever I want. And you think that that's true? There's this part where we think when we have an audience or when we have people listening, we'll be able to be more of ourselves or more expressed. And honestly, I think it's been a dance for me for sure. Because, you know, at first it was Lindsay and I in the closet. No one was listening. It was just her and I talking about whatever, sharing about whatever. And then you get people that listen, and there's so many that love it and relate, and then there's also people that don't or, like, get triggered or get upset or have feedback about what it is that you're doing. And through the years, I've had my family approach me about things that I've said and shared. I've had, you know, ex partners approach me. I've had to, like, really sit into the impact of people remembering something that I said two years ago flippantly, like, people will bring up. Remember in that one episode you said three years ago about people's left eye if they have a lazy eye representing their psychic gifts? And I'm like, whoa, what the. I don't even. You know, it's so. It's really amazing and weird at the same time, and powerful and scary and provides its own set of work that you have to do on yourself. But I think on the positive side, it's made me really believe in doing my own work and being someone that's practicing what I preach, because the more aligned and embodied I can be, the less I'm shaken or waver and the more I can feel proud about how I'm showing up. So doing the work is essential. And then on the negative side, I think I wish I was more expressed, to be honest. You know, I feel like very expressed in my life. People would be like, what are you talking about? You're so expressed. But I think we all, as humans, know that there's, like, always deeper aspects of our expression, and we kind of have that taste of like, oh, my God, I could be so much more free. Which is beautiful. And so I do seek to hopefully try and bring more of that freedom back.
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Zibby Owens
And then talk about translating all of this into a book and what that process is like.
Krista Williams
I'm oh such a the book writing process. You know, in my space and world of podcasting and media and all of that, so many people are like, you know, write a book. All of that. At even the beginning of the show they're like you should write a book. And I knew early on it wasn't the time. I just was like, I don't feel like I'm qualified for this. I can't even figure out my own life, you know, I'm not in any place in space. And so Lindsay and I waited until we truly felt like it was the perfect time for us, that we had been in the work. We could actually have something to say, not just like platitudes and make it up. We could actually embody it. And so we cleared a lot of our business to start to write a book. And we had our agent reach out, like, perfectly at divine timing. We love her. She was amazing. And the book writing process, honestly, was the best. I loved it. Just being home, being in my own thoughts, being in my own energy, like a dream, just like, oh, what have I learned? What can I share? What can I glean? Going through some of the stories of our past and our journey? And I think what was the hardest, though, was the marketing process and then putting your work out there. It's like, as an artist, you are like, oh, yeah, this is amazing. And then you have to share your work with the world, which is the next level. And so I think anyone that's thinking about writing or writing a book, it has so much growth potential for you. Whether that's you're insecure about your own thoughts, you're insecure about your writing, you know, you're insecure about your stories or your past or whatever, or you're insecure about sharing your work, being judged, being criticized, not being successful, not being enough, not being supported by your friends. And it felt like when I got. I remember when I got married, there was so much lesson in that process of that journey of, you know, money, abundance, commitment, being held, being seen, being received. And it felt like a huge portal of opportunity for growth for me in the book writing process that I really didn't see coming, but was really profound.
Zibby Owens
That's good. Not everybody has such a great experience. So I'm glad you had. Really?
Krista Williams
Yeah. And you know what? I think I'm grateful. And you probably have so many people that tell you about it. I did have a lot of friends tell me, like, they were like, warning me. They're like, this. Eyes open eyes. Yeah, they were like, this is not. And you know what's so funny for me, though? This is my little, like, ego. My little ego is like, you guys don't know how to work. Like, you don't know how to work. And then I was like, lord, help me, I'm burnt out on the edge. Like, I was just like, you guys are all right. This is tough. It's just a weird concept on the outside. You would not think writing down your thoughts and ideas into paper form would be so transformative. But it is. It's fascinating.
Zibby Owens
It is. Well, apparently there are all sorts of neurological reasons as to why and that if you actually get something out of your head onto paper, even when you're grieving or something like that, it makes your brain stop having to ruminate over it. And your brain knows that you've put it somewhere, and so it frees you from having to, like, go over it and over it again.
Krista Williams
Wow. I'm going to take that because. Yeah, and that's powerful for journaling or anyone even writing a book or not just me being able to process things. Like, you know, in it, I talk about my body journey, which was something I really struggled with in my life. This feeling that food was a threat and that I was never enough in my body and that it was a constant companion of not enoughness and needing to lose weight and all that. And I had to tell the story of going to Mexico to buy these diet pills. You know, again, this was like 10 years ago at this point, and just like, processing that, I was like, dang, how far I've come. And like, that. That was me. And even if, you know, for your audience listening, I think it's beautiful to even write your story down. Your life story, like I always tell people, like, write your life story even for yourself, to process it and work through it and witness yourself and experience it. Because I think we have so much richness if we, like, take the time to just, like, be with it. And I think people and their lives are so much more interesting when they give theirself the space to really, like, write it down.
Zibby Owens
Can you talk a little bit more about some of your body issues? I know you go into it in the book, but for people listening.
Krista Williams
Yeah, I'm happy to. Yeah. So I was someone that grew up, you know, in the 80s, and my mom, bless her, you know, I love her, but she very much struggled with her body, and my little subconscious absorbed all of her thoughts, you know, that I wasn't enough, that food was a threat, that I needed to lose weight, that being fat was the end of the world, that everything I wanted was on the other side of being thin. And that looked like dieting from a young age. That looked like disordered eating, that looked like binging, purging, all of that. And in my journey of struggling with my body for almost all of my life, I'll never forget, I was in Los Angeles, and I had been bigger weights, less weights. I Was kind of all over the place because I had been dieting and trying so hard for so long, Having the normal thought I had every day of, this is how many steps I'm going to do. This is how many calories I'm going to burn. This is what I'm going to eat. This is how many calories it is. This is how many calories I'm burning. This is how much I weigh, this is how much I should weigh. It's like the numerics kind of ladder that I would go down of my daily process, my flow. And I had this moment where I was like, you know, I think I'm going to die just thinking about this all the time. I just think that this is going to be with me for the rest of my life. And it was this very weird surrender that I've never felt before, because I think before it would be mad at myself, annoyed, or it would be so unconscious that it didn't even fight it. It was just so much a part of me. And that surrender weirdly, really opened up a space for me to heal in a way that I had never been able to. And that process really looked like understanding internal family systems parts work, which is a psychotherapy technique that's really good for people with disordered eating therapy. And then I think the biggest thing was me committing to feeling my feelings and not using food to numb or avoid and using food as an outlet for control. And all the ways I was using food as this outside thing to make me feel better, make me feel worse, you know, manage my emotions, numb me, all of these things. And the feeling of my feelings, I think, was the biggest unlock for changing my body and changing my relationship with my body and food and really helping me get the power back of being able to be with myself through anything and then use food as something that is a partner to me, a friend to me, and not as much like a foe or a, you know, crutch. In a way.
Zibby Owens
It's so interesting. I actually, at one point, I had the same realization as you because I did a study on my grandmother's and their, like, nursing homes, and I did a survey and asked them all about, like, how often do you still weigh yourselves? Did you ever have an eating disorder? Like, what? You know, how often do you have dessert? Or, like, I did this whole thing. And they were nine in their 90s, weighing themselves every day, feeling guilty about the cake, you know, like, just all the things. And I was like, wow, if something doesn't change, that's going to Be me. Like, it doesn't. You don't grow out of it. Something has to shift.
Krista Williams
Wow, I love that about you. What a. You're such a cool person. Just like, being like, I have this thought, I'm going to go do a survey of the. You know, what a cool.
Zibby Owens
I did it as an article. I pitched it to Redbook or something. This is, like, forever ago.
Krista Williams
But, yeah, you know, honestly, you should do that again, because that stuff is like, my. And my mom had her own disordered eating. My grandma did as well. My grandparents suffered with eating disorders. And this is like, when we talk about female empowerment or even becoming your best self or living a life that you love. I've just found in my work with women, thousands of women, that so much of what stops them is their body. And I was even looking at research yesterday. It's like 70% of women have stopped themselves from, you know, getting a promotion, doing something outside their comfort zone, putting themselves out there because of fear of their body, or have held themselves back in a way. And I noticed with myself, too, that I was holding myself back in so many ways because of a feeling like I wasn't enough or there was something wrong with me and my body. And I think when we can really start to heal the relationship with our body, our life opens up in so many ways. You know, our relationships with our partners, you know, become more soft and more open and more receptive. Our relationship with our workouts and the world and our children, it's just. It's a huge, you know, access point to so much in life. And I've found myself having shifted so much from healing it.
Zibby Owens
Amazing. So you talked about, you know, if you had this, if you had that, like, what is left on your to do, to conquer lists? Like, where are you taking this? Or how are you even thinking about it? Maybe you're just letting it manifest. Like, tell me. Tell me what your frame of mind is.
Krista Williams
Well, you know, my success part. So there's a part of me, I've done so much work, and I feel deeply loving of myself. And I would say my Achilles heel is there's a part of me that believes I'm never successful and I'm not successful enough and that there's always more. And I really struggle with this part. You know, it really is like a. I have a chiron in Gemini, and it's just a very painful part of me. So I think my work now of what I want to conquer or do is find a balance between believing I'm deeply successful and Achievement. So that striving self acceptance line I ride almost every single day of, how can I accept myself and my life as I am, everything I've created as I am, all the success I've had as it is. And then also how can I strive for more? Because I know I'm made for more and I know I want to create more. And so that's where I really am working now on that being true for me. And I think my deepest work is coming to a place of understanding who I am enough to know how I'm serving people in the world. And it's funny, I think one thing about me, I'll be honest, I'm very honest. And so I wish that my work is so deeply impactful. I wish it all was for good. But there is aspects where it's very self serving. You know, I'm like, I want to be bigger, I want to be more successful, I want to be all these things. And so I look forward to hopefully coming to a deeper place of being in true service for all good and being able to put my own egoic little girl needs to be seen desires down of success to help more people with what God has gifted me with.
Zibby Owens
I wouldn't be so hard on yourself. I think the most successful people are the ones who never feel like they're successful. And so they keep going and going and then they keep doing more and more. And I'm not saying that that is the right path for everybody, but I do think it is a path. It is a path.
Krista Williams
She's like, thank you so much. We're going to stay here. I'm going to pull up a chair. He's like, you know, she's got something. She's really good.
Zibby Owens
Oh my gosh. Well, Krista, I feel like I could talk to you all day and we've only scratched the surface. And there is so much helpful advice and just so much great stuff in the book and I hope in some format we can continue this conversation. So thank you so much.
Krista Williams
I would love to, I'll email you. I would love to get lunch or something. I just find you so fascinating and kind and interesting. And I'm just. One thing I'll say is I'm very grateful that I get to do success or not. I'm so grateful I get to connect with people like you. There's so many amazing, smart people in the world just living in their dharma. And it's such an honor and I'm really grateful to share the book. It's really again, like you said for anyone of any age, any woman that is on a growth journey and a growth path to her becoming. And I'm so glad that we could have talked about it today.
Zibby Owens
Me too. And I would love to have lunch.
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Zibby Owens
Thanks so much. Bye Krista. Bye bye. Thank you for listening to Totally Booked with Zibby, formerly Moms don't have Time to Read Books. If you loved the show, tell a friend, leave a review, follow me on Instagram Ibby Owens and spread the word. Thanks so much. Oh, and buy the books.
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Date: January 30, 2026
Host: Zibby Owens
Guest: Krista Williams
In this insightful episode, Zibby Owens interviews Krista Williams—author, podcaster, and wellness leader—about her book Almost 30: A Definitive Guide to a Life You Love for the Next Decade and Beyond. Together, they explore the ongoing nature of personal transformation, the untold realities behind creative success, body acceptance, and navigating life transitions at any age. Krista candidly shares her own journey, the evolution of the Almost 30 podcast and community, and her philosophy on self-compassion and growth.
Zibby immediately relates to Krista’s work, highlighting that the lessons in Almost 30 apply to any age or milestone, not just the late twenties.
“Funny enough though, I feel like a lot of the things that you talk about in this book apply just as much to someone my old age or any age, any sort of milestone where things are changing or uncertain." (Zibby Owens, 07:13)
Krista describes how themes of transformation and self-growth transcend age—while the show started as a late-twenties project, those lessons recur throughout life.
“There hasn't been one period in my life where I haven't felt like I was in deep transformation and growth and change.” (Krista Williams, 08:09)
Krista recounts her and co-founder Lindsay’s uncertain beginnings, both feeling lost and unsupported by traditional timelines of success (career, relationships, family).
She notes their commitment to consistency and authenticity as keys to success, and stresses the importance of allowing space for projects to evolve without rigid expectations.
“Honestly, the reason why it’s successful is for three things. We were consistent... There was no expectation... and we were so vulnerable and so authentic and true.” (Krista Williams, 12:23)
Vulnerability is another cornerstone—even early episodes candidly covered taboo topics without overthinking future repercussions.
“At first it was Lindsay and I in the closet. No one was listening... And then you get people that listen... and there’s also people that don’t or get triggered or get upset or have feedback about what it is that you’re doing.” (Krista Williams, 14:20)
“We cleared a lot of our business to start to write a book. And we had our agent reach out, like, perfectly at divine timing... And the book writing process, honestly, was the best.” (Krista Williams, 19:44)
“The feeling of my feelings, I think, was the biggest unlock for changing my body and changing my relationship with my body and food and really helping me get the power back… and not as much like a foe or a crutch.” (Krista Williams, 24:49)
"So much of what stops them is their body... I noticed with myself, too, that I was holding myself back in so many ways because of a feeling like I wasn't enough or there was something wrong with me and my body." (Krista Williams, 27:13)
“My work now of what I want to conquer or do is find a balance between believing I’m deeply successful and achievement... how can I accept myself... and also how can I strive for more?” (Krista Williams, 28:01)
The conversation is candid, warm, and introspective, marked by Krista’s vulnerability and Zibby’s empathy and relatability. They navigate deep, universal themes with humor and authenticity, making complex inner work feel accessible and inspiring.
This summary covers all major themes and insights from the episode, focusing on the content-rich discussion between Zibby and Krista, and omitting non-content ad sections.