What’s On in Positive Ageing
SPRING September – December 2025
The good life buckets
Vitality, Connection and Contribution What are the Good Life Buckets? Connection is about our relationships, participating and a sense of belonging. Contribution is about reaching your full potential and feeling you can express yourself, be seen and be heard. Vitality is about feeling alive and healthy, being energised and reducing stress.
ageing. It’s about feeling curious and brave enough to try new things, meet new people and enjoy life. We aim to help you stay engaged and open to what life offers, as we know age is a state of mind, it doesn’t have to define us. Change and growth are always possible.
Put simply, the more you put into each bucket the better, healthier and happier your life will be.
As Mary Oliver states in her poem “The Summer Day”:
This issue of What’s On is about how Mathers House can help you fill your three buckets, so all aspects of your life are brimming over. When you enter our building, we want you to feel connection, that you can contribute and that you feel vital and alive. While we all know that every day can’t be perfect, Mathers House is all about focussing on positive
“Tell me what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” The poem is not about working hard at life, it’s saying you don’t need to do anything with your wild and precious life other than to be alive in it. Let US help you BECOME ALIVE.
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