Meghan Markle shared light ideas on its “over-performative” nature while joking about it a positive blood group.
During a conversation with a friend on her podcast, the Duchess of Sussex was frank on her commercial success and the advice that Oprah Winfrey gave him.
Meghan Markle started in 2025 by joining Instagram, and she has since launched several new projects, including her lifestyle, as always, and a Netflix program.
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Meghan Markle jokes about her blood group “over-performance”

On the last episode of her Confessions of a founding woman Podcast with a longtime friend and businesswoman Jamie Kern Lima, Meghan shared a light moment about her personality, joking to her a positive blood group could explain her willingness.
In their friendly exchange, Meghan joked: “I have the impression that we have not talked about our blood group. But yours is probably a positive like mine because I said to myself” even my blood is exaggerated. “”
During the episode, Meghan also discussed her connection with Oprah Winfrey, which she described both as a mentor and a friend.
The Duchess shared that Winfrey offered her a hinge advice while she was preparing to launch her lifestyle brand, as always.
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According to Meghan, Winfrey encouraged him to widen deeply and align the brand with his real self.
“There are tons of things you can put on, but for you and how you like to present yourself to people, once you have understood how to encapsulate your essence, so you will know,” recalls Meghan, according to the Daily mail.
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The Duchess reveals fears that she had to start her business

By focusing on her entrepreneurial career, Meghan discussed how her lifestyle brand, like never, started with a simple love to make jam.
“At the beginning, I just liked to make jam. All I liked to do was to make jams and cans,” said Meghan on his podcast. “And it went from:” Okay, I’m going to share this jam with a lot of friends and family “,” people really like it and it brings me joy. So maybe I can share it more widely. “”
Encouraged by their reactions, Meghan planned to sell them more widely, but admitted that she initially limited her vision for fear.
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She said: “I was so afraid of failure or opinion, that I did not think big enough at the beginning – at first, I thought:” Okay, I know what I can do, I will go online, I can get what is called a “ chalet ” license ”, that you can get in the state of California, which means that if you cook something you can sell it in a market Cook “.”
Meghan continued: “And I thought:” Okay, well it’s great, I’m going to get my chalet license, and I applied for one. And I just thought “I will just make a little set game from my home.” And I had to step back and watch what I was doing and said: “Am I little because I want to play little?
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Meghan Markle attributes to Jamie Kern Lima to have encouraged a slower and more intentional launch again

Meghan spoke of a conversation with Lima who helped shape the launch of AS ever.
She remembers looking for advice to her friend at the start of the process, saying: “For me, starting a business, it’s more recent, [I am] Surrounded by very well informed commercial women. You and I had just become friends, and I told you about business. “”
Meghan continued: “I remember you said to me:” Okay, so what is the chronology? “I said,” Oh, in a few months. You said, “It’s too early.” And I didn’t want to hear that, but you’re right. “
This moment, noted Meghan, allowed him to slow down and withstand external pressure.
“You have planted a seed which has become an acquaintance for me, and that gave me the grace to have the space to take my time until it is right,” she said. “In order not to really worry about someone else’s urgency, media urgency, or the emergency of speculation, becoming in a way my emergency – to wait to be ready. Even if I did not want to hear it, it was the thing I needed to hear.”
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The duchess reflects on the pressure of perfection and reality behind success

During the cat of Meghan and Lima on the podcast, Lima noted how easy it is for a person to feel late when he compares to others online.
“If all of a sudden, our deadlines are pushed or something, we think we have done something bad. We think:” Oh, everyone certainly seems to have had together on social networks or something else, it must be me, “said Lima.
She added: “Because often when you look at companies or look at companies or anything online, you know, you see the result or outside.”
Meghan then added that the stories of polished success that people often saw can be misleading.
She explained: “They create the illusion of – here is the finished product and look at how great it is. It is just linked to an arc, and the arc is perfect as opposed to the process is not perfect.”
The Duchess stressed that the backstage is often disorderly and emotionally trying.
“The process can be painful, and it can be riddled with things that do not just question your business, they make you question yourself,” said Meghan.
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Meghan Markle has had an “ambitious” year so far

The Duchess of Sussex began the year by returning to Instagram and shortly after announcing the release of its Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan”.
The Kitchen Fair was followed by the launch of its lifestyle brand, as always, after which it made its debut on its new podcast, Confessions of A Founder Woman.
With all these projects operating simultaneously, Meghan had a very busy year, to which she referred to during her speech at the Time100 summit recently organized in New York.
“There were three projects that we really launched at the same time. During the past year and a half was incredibly busy and ambitious,” said Meghan, according to the Daily mail.
She added: “Then you see everything to life and try to give you space and the grace to make mistakes, to know that you do not do it well every day.”