A Life Well Lived: Embracing Life by Doing Things You’ve Never Tried Before (Rerelease)

Welcome back to Don’t Retire… Graduate! As part of our summer throwback series, we’re bringing back some of our favorite episodes from seasons passed.

This episode, originally released in season 3, features Heidi Herman, author of On with the Butter: Spread More Living onto Everyday Life. At 93 years old, Heidi’s mother made a list of 93 new experiences she wanted to try before she turned 94—from paragliding in Iceland to visiting the Great Barrier Reef to ziplining through the Mall of America. Now, Heidi joins us on the show to talk about the experiences her and her mother tried together and how they are inspiring others to embrace life fully.

In this episode we’ll talk about:

• Heidi’s mother and her secret to embracing life
• Ideas for exciting new experiences and ways to find something new you can try regardless of age or ability
• Thinking about what you want to be when you grow up and what you want to do when you’re no longer tied to a career
• The icelandic saying of Áfram með Smjörið and how it inspired Heidi and her mother

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