{"id":259113,"date":"2025-10-29T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259113\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:24:09","slug":"hoda-kotb-shares-easy-sleep-hack-that-also-works-on-her-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259113\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb shares easy sleep hack that also works on her kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, fans got used to waking up with Hoda Kotb on the \u201cToday\u201d show \u2014 but now she wants to help put you to sleep.<\/p>\n

Nearly 74% of adults<\/a> have trouble falling asleep at night due to stress, ruminating thoughts and anxiety over work and life.<\/p>\n

But Kotb, 61, has host found a simple three-step hack to fall asleep fast at night that even works for her kids \u2014 and could have extra health benefits like reduced stress and higher self-esteem.<\/p>\n

\"HodaFormer \u201cToday\u201d show host Hoda Kotb uses a simple sleep hack to calm her mind. Nathan Congleton\/NBC<\/p>\n

Kotb has been talking about health and well-being quite a bit since she launched Joy 101, an app she curates to help users \u201cbuild joyful habits and a resilient mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a video on the app\u2019s Instagram<\/a>, Kotb explained how she repeats three mantras to bring calmness and a sound night of sleep, a practice known as sleep affirmations<\/a>. This technique is believed to reduce stress and anxiety before going to bed.<\/p>\n

Her first mantra? \u201cI am safe.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you repeat it not \u2019til your brain tells you you\u2019ve repeated it too many times \u2014 wait until your body relaxes. And you\u2019ll feel it,\u201d she said, noting that it will feel like a sigh or a yawn.<\/p>\n

Next, she repeats the phrase, \u201cThere is no urgency\u201d until her body signs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a tough one for me,\u201d she admitted. \u201cBecause I think everything\u2019s urgent.<\/p>\n

\"HodaKotb\u2019s sleep affirmations work so well to calm both her and her daughters minds. Hoda Kotb\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Finally, she closes out her nightly mantras with \u201cI am still and calm\u201d \u2014 and she revealed that her daughters have also found comfort in that particular saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy girls fall asleep in my arms on that,\u201d she told Good Housekeeping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Repeating certain mantras is thought to help the mind unwind and relax, a struggle many people<\/a> face at bedtime when their mind is racing with thoughts of the previous day or worries about what the next day will bring.<\/p>\n

Research<\/a> has shown that affirmations can help people change their behaviors and habits, whether practiced at night or during the day. Repeating positive mantras daily<\/a> can even improve mental health.<\/p>\n

When someone is mentally affirming themselves, the reward center of the brain lights up, as brain imaging research<\/a> has shown. This means the more we practice positive affirmations, the more likely we are to believe and repeat them.<\/p>\n

Sleep mantras like Kotb\u2019s work for better sleep as they\u2019re practical<\/a> rather than aspirational, and the practicer is more likely to believe it.<\/p>\n

Regularly practicing affirmations can help people develop better self-esteem, eat healthier, feel less anxious and more.<\/p>\n

Kotb also recently shared a book she found<\/a> that helps her fall asleep called \u201cNothing Much Happens<\/a>.\u201d The idea is that nothing much happens in the stories \u2014 so they calm the mind and can help people doze off.<\/p>\n

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