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day we were rehearsing a scene and Marcia (Cross) dropped her glasses. My instinct was to pick them up; I reached with my left arm and you would have thought someone drove a spike through my shoulder. I dropped to the floor crying.” She is now on the mend after 18 months of painful recuperation that included physical therapy, reflexology and even surgery. Though she lives a very active life
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classroom, but you have to take care of yourself – learn a language, start a new hobby, pick up a guitar and learn to play. You can do it!” Keeping her body in peak form includes regular exercise and eating good food. “I’m absolutely conscious about food. What I’m really passionate about and want to put my celebrity behind is working to help shift the rules so that more people are able to afford healthy
“We get to 45 and there’s a bit of enticement to feel like you’re done. No you’re not! You’re starting anew so you have to keep your mind and body physically prepared.” – biking, hiking and always looking ahead, Hatcher spends some of her down time listening to Pema Chodron’s meditative tapes, reading and learning about nutrition. She prefers magazines over books to help relax, “because they’re not a big commitment so reading in the bathtub helps ease tension,” she explains. However, she was recently compelled to read the book Young Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge. The authors draw on the latest science of aging to help people 50 and over feel younger as they get older. “I can’t say I’m perfect and do everything it says to do, but I try. The idea of shifting your mind that you still have a whole lifetime in front of you. At 40, you’re only halfway there. We get to 45 and there’s a bit of enticement to feel like you’re done. No you’re not! You’re starting anew so you have to keep your mind and body physically prepared. Okay, you’re no longer young or the prettiest in the
food,” says the actress between takes. Hatcher stocks her kitchen with unprocessed foods and whole fresh foods, along with raw chia seeds, also known as salvia hispanica. “I eat them every day and even sprinkle them on yogurt or put in my smoothies,” she explains. What’s her guilty pleasure these days? She smiles mischievously at the question as her face lights up. “Well, there are these organic dark chocolate peanut butter cups that are special treats. And I love organic dark chocolate with salt and caramel.” As beautiful as Hatcher is on the outside, it’s the internal care she strives to give herself that reinforces her overall well-being, though she admits balancing out the emotional, physical and spiritual sides of life is a constant challenge. “Besides being a good mom as my greatest accomplishment,” she says, “I’ve been a good part of the community of people I touch,” alluding to her decision in 2006 to reveal to Vanity Fair that she had
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