Hoda Kotb is making space to process her feelings.
The Today alum shared how her motherhood journey with kids Haley, 9, and Hope, 7, has evolved ever since adopting an unconventional method recommended by her therapist on how to navigate emotionally-charged situations.
“He said, ‘This week, everything that goes wrong is your fault and say that to yourself,'” Kotb recounted on the Sept. 23 episode of her Making Space podcast, explaining that the approach was to ensure that she was “not coming in hot.”
And the 62-year-old soon found herself putting the technique to use when her oldest left home without telling the babysitter.
“One of my daughters leaves on her bike and goes to the ice cream truck and just rides home by herself,” she continued. “The babysitter’s calling me, ‘I don’t know where she is.'”
Though Kotb—who co-parents her daughters with ex-fiancé Joel Schiffman—initially arrived home “mad” at Haley, she took a beat to regain her composure. As the mom of two put it, “Before I turn the knob, I go, ‘This was all my fault.'”