69 & Counting…

with Becca Williams

Embracing Humor, Shedding Shame, & Divulging Unspoken Truths About Aging

Welcome! I’m Becca Williams, a Registered Dietitian, certified Emotional Liberation Facilitator, and a long-time plant medicine advocate and activist. As an emotions therapist, my work is to help people free themselves from difficult emotions. In this blog, however, I’m doing something a little different. I want to invite you to join me as I dive headfirst into the messy, hilarious, and at times emotional truths of aging. Each week, I’ll share my journey of self-discovery, self-maintenance, and unapologetic honesty as I navigate the wild ride of growing older. Let’s celebrate the beauty and humor of growing older, together.

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This process is as much about curiosity and compassion as it is about courage.
Here’s to peeling back the layers and discovering the freedom on the other side.

Goal: 52 Weeks of “69 and Counting…“

Mind the (thigh) gap! Being 69-ish

January 16, 2025

This is the 2nd week installment of my mission over 52 weeks (all of 2025) to uncover the countless ways I catch myself judging my appearance – or how I imagine others might judge me. This week: Thigh gap phobia. In earlier years, it use to be a morning ritual. I’d get out of bed, stand up, put my legs together…

The bodies of beautiful others

January 10, 2025

Even though I just started documenting my awareness of the comparing and self-body shaming I do, I’m seeing that often my attention is focused on the figures of other women. Now that, in and of itself, is benign but it’s the cascade of thoughts associated with my observations.

My journey of body UNshaming

January 2, 2025

As I shared last week on my 69th birthday, I’m embarking on an experiment this year: cataloging all the ways I engage in my own body shaming. Criticizing myself for how I look – or how I believe others perceive me – remains one of the last persistent and nagging patterns that hasn’t caught up with my emotional growth and…

My Naughty B-day: Can you say 69?

December 24, 2024

My assistant Carsey has a master’s degree in public health and used to teach a sex ed class. On the first day of class she would ask her high schoolers to name the dirtiest sex word they knew (a very clever gauge to find out their knowledge level). The most common answer, she laughs, was always “69.”