Teri Hatcher hopes to follow in Jane Fonda’s footsteps as she celebrates her 59th birthday.
On Friday, Housewives alum re-shared a clip of Fonda, 85, discussing her decision to embrace “intentional living” at age 59.
“Pretty good advice to start my 59th year! Thank you @janefonda,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.
Teri Hatcher shares Jane Fonda’s advice on aging.
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In a TikTok clip from a recent interview on Absolutely not podcast, the Book Club the star explained: “At the age of 59, I decided that in order to know where I want to go in the last 30 years and how I want to end up, I need to understand where I’ve been.”
“[I] he didn’t want to be like Christopher Columbus, who didn’t know where he was going when he left, didn’t know where he was when he got there, didn’t know where he was when he came back,” she told host Heather McMahan.
“Then I just started being very intentional. You know, it’s like living on purpose,” she continued. “I want to get well. I want to be a better person. I want her to know that I love her. I want her, you know, just the things you want to do so you don’t regret it and it’s made me a pretty happy 86-year-old.”
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The Super girl the actress also thanked her 26-year-old Emerson Tenney for the “birthday wishes” on her Instagram story.
“Kids really are our truest reflection of the times,” she wrote alongside a re-shared throwback photo of herself carrying Emerson. “I don’t FEEL 23 years older than when this photo was taken, but I am.”
“I know for a fact that I shared 26 years with this most beautiful man and I am very grateful for my experience as a mother and to be alive on this beautiful planet,” she added. “I look forward to my years ahead, bringing with me the wisdom of old age and creating the best I can every day.”
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Terri Hatcher thanks her daughter Emerson for her birthday wishes.
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She also re-shared a more recent photo from the red carpet with her daughter, writing: “26 years later… I love you Em… Best part of my life. To me, my birthday is all about being thankful, and man am I thankful!”
Back in 2019, Hatcher opened up to PEOPLE about aging gracefully in the entertainment industry.
“Aging is not for the faint of heart, especially in Hollywood,” she said at the time. “But I enjoy where I am. I feel strong, I feel good. It’s liberating!”
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“I raised my daughter, I had hit series, I won awards,” she added. “And I don’t have to look at my career the same way. It’s liberating to take care of yourself and it’s liberating to take care of the things that matter to you.”
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