Two months after her departure from the At present present, Hoda Kotb returned to the morning present by way of video message on Monday, March 10. Her look got here together with the announcement of her new ebook, Leap and Discover Pleasure, which shall be launched on September 23.
“Everyone of their life, at one level, stands on the sting of one thing and says, ‘Ought to I soar? Ought to I strive? Ought to I’m going for it?’” Kotb defined. “And I felt that approach concerning the At present present, and I used to be terrified to even take into consideration leaping.”
It was after a dialog with pal Maria Shriver that Kotb lastly made her resolution. “She was like, ‘You’ve jumped your entire life. You have been in small markets in tv [and] you jumped from metropolis to metropolis. You jumped into relationships and out of them. You jumped into motherhood. You may have a historical past of leaping, so don’t inform me that you may’t soar,’” the journalist continued.
The ebook contains “completely different individuals” who Kotb loves and respects which have performed one thing they have been as soon as “too afraid” to do. “Viola Davis, this girl went from on her knees to this unbelievable spot, and it was a picture that triggered her to leap,” Kotb shared. “Sarah Jakes, who’s additionally within the ebook, T.D. Jakes’ daughter, she’s a pastor, and she or he mentioned, ‘While you soar, it’s a must to think about your self on the opposite aspect.’ Right here’s my factor. You get one life. That’s all. That’s it. It’s prepared for the taking. It solely takes a soar.”
Along with the ebook, Kotb can be engaged on a wellness app now that she’s not internet hosting the morning discuss present. Though she has not revealed the title or launch date, she mentioned in January that she hoped for the app to launch this spring.