\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \tRelated story \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tAshley Tisdale ‘Felt Very Neglected’ During Postpartum Depression Battle: ‘It Becomes All About the Baby\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n \t \n\tThe three-day retreat, which sold out with 350 attendees, is part of how Kotb copes with that constant worry. Guests could work out with her trainer, try a breathwork workshop, and unwind in a sound bath \u2014 and Kotb was right there with them.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI can go in there and do a breathwork [session] and release everything I\u2019m carrying,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cAnd now I go back to Hope and Haley, tank full, let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tShe also knows plenty of other parents and caregivers are in the same boat. \u201cWe\u2019re all caring for someone who needs a lot of stuff, or we\u2019re going through life stuff, and I just feel like get on your knees and then go climb the mountain!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tKotb, who shares Hope and 9-year-old Haley<\/a> with ex-fianc\u00e9 Joel Schiffman, first revealed Hope\u2019s diagnosis in a May 2025 People<\/em><\/a> cover story.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt\u2019s kind of constant care for Hope. We\u2019re monitoring her 24\/7,\u201d Kotb told People<\/em>, explaining that Hope needed four or five shots a day for a year before the family found other ways to get her what she needs. Still, she stressed that her daughter is \u201ca happy, healthy, rambunctious, amazing kid,\u201d adding, \u201cDiabetes is a part of her but not all of her. I hope it shapes her but never defines her.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tType 1 diabetes<\/a> is an autoimmune disease that keeps the pancreas from making insulin, which means blood sugar has to be watched around the clock, including overnight. Kotb didn\u2019t say exactly what she\u2019s checking on her phone, but many families rely on continuous glucose monitors that send a child\u2019s readings straight to a parent\u2019s device.<\/p>\n \n\tHope\u2019s health was also one of the reasons Kotb decided to leave Today<\/em>. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t that alone,\u201d she told People<\/em>. \u201cBut if you look at it cumulatively, it was a part of that decision.\u201d As she put it in a letter<\/a> to her NBC colleagues at the time, \u201cMy daughters and my mom need and deserve a bigger slice of my time pie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Ashley](\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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