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The Anti-Bucket List: Embracing What Truly Matters in Later Years

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What if, instead of fixating on what’s left on your bucket list, you created an “anti-bucket list” of things you no longer need to do? This perspective-shifting idea comes from award-winning filmmaker Sky Bergman, who has gathered 3,000 years of collective wisdom from adults 75+ on how to live well.

As milestone birthdays like 70 approach, many of us wonder if we’ll have enough time to accomplish everything we desire. Bergman’s documentary Lives Well-Lived and book Lives Well-Lived Generations challenge our youth-obsessed culture by showcasing vibrant, purposeful aging. Her research identifies four essential elements of a well-lived life: purpose, community, resilience, and positivity. Purpose evolves, especially after retirement, when professional identity shifts. The key is finding what truly brings joy—whether it’s making mozzarella for your daughter’s deli or volunteering to teach English.

Bergman challenges ageist limitations with inspiring examples like her grandmother, who started working out at 80, and Ernestine Shepard, who became a champion bodybuilder in her 50s after losing loved ones to diabetes. These stories prove that age doesn’t define what’s possible.

Bergman also highlights the power of intergenerational connections in combating isolation. Her monthly potluck dinners, bringing together women from ages 20 to 90, dissolve ageist divides and create a meaningful community.

Ready to embrace aging on your own terms? It’s time to create your anti-bucket list—letting go of what no longer serves you while embracing purpose, connection, and joy. Listen now to start redefining what’s possible.

Bio

Sky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer. "Lives Well Lived" is Sky's directorial debut. The film is based upon her book "Lives Well-Lived Generations".
Her fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France) in Paris. Her book, The Naked & The Nude: Images from the Sculpture Series, includes an introduction by Hèléne Pinet, curator of photography at the Rodin Museum in Paris. She has shot book covers for Random House and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., and magazine spreads that appeared in Smithsonian, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Reader's Digest, and Archaeology Odyssey.
Sky Bergman is a Professor of Photography and Video at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, CA.

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https://www.skybergmanproductions.com/

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To find out more about Lynnis and what is going on in the V.I.B.E. Living World please go to https://link.tr.ee/Lynnis
Join the V.I.B.E. Wellness Woman Network, where active participation fuels the collective journey toward health and vitality. Subscribe, engage, and embark on this adventure toward proactive well-being together.
Go to https://www.vibewellnesswomannetwork.com to join.
We have wonderful events, courses, challenges, guides, blogs and more all designed for the midlife woman who wants to keep her V.I.B.E. and remain Vibrant, Intuitive, Beautiful, and Empowered after 40+.
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Chapters

1. The Anti-Bucket List Approach to Aging (00:00:00)

2. Four Key Elements of Lives Well-Lived (00:03:27)

3. Finding Purpose in Midlife and Beyond (00:08:12)

4. Breaking Age Barriers Through Connection (00:13:54)

5. Women Gathering: The Power of Community (00:18:09)

6. Lives Well-Lived Film and Resources (00:21:17)

97 episodes

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Content provided by Lynnis Woods-Mullins. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Lynnis Woods-Mullins or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

What if, instead of fixating on what’s left on your bucket list, you created an “anti-bucket list” of things you no longer need to do? This perspective-shifting idea comes from award-winning filmmaker Sky Bergman, who has gathered 3,000 years of collective wisdom from adults 75+ on how to live well.

As milestone birthdays like 70 approach, many of us wonder if we’ll have enough time to accomplish everything we desire. Bergman’s documentary Lives Well-Lived and book Lives Well-Lived Generations challenge our youth-obsessed culture by showcasing vibrant, purposeful aging. Her research identifies four essential elements of a well-lived life: purpose, community, resilience, and positivity. Purpose evolves, especially after retirement, when professional identity shifts. The key is finding what truly brings joy—whether it’s making mozzarella for your daughter’s deli or volunteering to teach English.

Bergman challenges ageist limitations with inspiring examples like her grandmother, who started working out at 80, and Ernestine Shepard, who became a champion bodybuilder in her 50s after losing loved ones to diabetes. These stories prove that age doesn’t define what’s possible.

Bergman also highlights the power of intergenerational connections in combating isolation. Her monthly potluck dinners, bringing together women from ages 20 to 90, dissolve ageist divides and create a meaningful community.

Ready to embrace aging on your own terms? It’s time to create your anti-bucket list—letting go of what no longer serves you while embracing purpose, connection, and joy. Listen now to start redefining what’s possible.

Bio

Sky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer. "Lives Well Lived" is Sky's directorial debut. The film is based upon her book "Lives Well-Lived Generations".
Her fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France) in Paris. Her book, The Naked & The Nude: Images from the Sculpture Series, includes an introduction by Hèléne Pinet, curator of photography at the Rodin Museum in Paris. She has shot book covers for Random House and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., and magazine spreads that appeared in Smithsonian, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Reader's Digest, and Archaeology Odyssey.
Sky Bergman is a Professor of Photography and Video at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Website

https://www.skybergmanproductions.com/

Instagram

Linked In

Facebook

We hope you have enjoyed this episode. Please like, comment, subscribe, and share the podcast.
To find out more about Lynnis and what is going on in the V.I.B.E. Living World please go to https://link.tr.ee/Lynnis
Join the V.I.B.E. Wellness Woman Network, where active participation fuels the collective journey toward health and vitality. Subscribe, engage, and embark on this adventure toward proactive well-being together.
Go to https://www.vibewellnesswomannetwork.com to join.
We have wonderful events, courses, challenges, guides, blogs and more all designed for the midlife woman who wants to keep her V.I.B.E. and remain Vibrant, Intuitive, Beautiful, and Empowered after 40+.
Interested in an AI platform that meets all your needs? Click here

  continue reading

Chapters

1. The Anti-Bucket List Approach to Aging (00:00:00)

2. Four Key Elements of Lives Well-Lived (00:03:27)

3. Finding Purpose in Midlife and Beyond (00:08:12)

4. Breaking Age Barriers Through Connection (00:13:54)

5. Women Gathering: The Power of Community (00:18:09)

6. Lives Well-Lived Film and Resources (00:21:17)

97 episodes

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