Two months after her departure from the Today show, Hoda Kotb returned to the morning show via video message on Monday, March 10. Her appearance came in conjunction with the announcement of her new book, Jump and Find Joy, which will be released on September 23. “Everybody in their life, at one point, stands on the edge of something and says, ‘Should I jump? Should I try? Should I go for it?’” Kotb explained. “And I felt that way about the Today show, and I was terrified to even think about jumping.” It was after a conversation with pal Maria Shriver that Kotb finally made her decision. “She was like, ‘You’ve jumped your whole life. You were in small markets in television [and] you jumped from city to city. You jumped into relationships and out of them. You jumped into motherhood. You have a history of jumping, so don’t tell me that you can’t jump,…In addition to the book, Kotb is also working on a wellness app now that she’s no longer hosting the morning talk show. Although she has not revealed the name or release date, she said in January that she was hoping for the app to launch this spring.