Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted from her home at the age of 14, will be releasing an extra chapter in her memoir "My Story," which was originally released last fall.

Nearly 12 years after escaping, Smart said that "life couldn't be better," during an appearance on the Today show as she gave the world a snippet of her now married life.

Elizabeth Smart revealed that her current husband didn't know about her past kidnapping and that she appreciates that he likes her for being the "nice, funny" person that she is.

Her captors, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee who reportedly chained and raped Elizabeth Smart for nine-months, are currently in jail. Mitchell is reportedly serving two life terms while Barzee was sentenced to 15 years, according to Yahoo News.

During her recent interview, Smart stated that she has been able to move on with her life so successfully because she was able to "forgive" her captors and prevent similar cases from happening to other children.

Aside from her "My Story" memoir, Smart is now the head of her own Elizabeth Smart Foundation and reportedly travels the world sharing her story and the details of her recovery. She recently spoke at the YWCA of Rochester's 2014 Empowering Women Luncheon where she delved into the core reasons her mother gave her that helped her move on.

"What these people have done to you is terrible and there aren't words strong enough to describe how wicked and evil these people are. But the best punishment you could ever give them is to be happy. Move forward with your life and follow your dreams, do exactly what you want to do because by feeling sorry for yourself and by dwelling in the past ... that's only allowing these people to steal more of your life away from you and they don't deserve a single second more," Smart stated her mother told her, according to the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, NY.

Smart added in her speech, "I remember just sitting down ... I felt like what was the point in even trying any more ... I should just give up because I was now worthless, I was chained up ... and I remember my mom telling me that she would always love me, no matter what. I didn't matter where I went or the people I hung out with or the choices I made, she would always love me. It doesn't mean she would always agree with me or that my decisions would always make her happy but that she would always love me ... I remember that giving me so much hope and deciding that was worth surviving for, that was worth living for. Maybe nobody else would ever accept me back or maybe nobody else would want anything to do with me ever again. But that was enough."