Meghan Markle: How To Live Your Best Life Despite The Critics

Over the years, I’ve created several videos about Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex. Each time I post one, the same pattern emerges. She announces a new project. The critics come out in full force. They make claims without evidence. They predict failure before anything has even launched.

It’s exhausting to watch. But it’s also instructive.

The Movie Announcement That Set Off a Firestorm

In one of my recent videos, I talked about Meghan’s new movie project. She’s expanding her career. She’s exploring new creative territories. For most people, this would be seen as growth. As ambition. As someone refusing to be boxed in.

But not everyone sees it that way.

Within hours of the announcement, the comments rolled in. People claimed she was going broke. They said she was desperate. They insisted this was a last-ditch effort to stay relevant.

The evidence for these claims? Zero. None. Nothing at all.

Just assumptions. Just negativity dressed up as analysis.

This is what happens when people decide they don’t like you. Facts become optional. Proof becomes unnecessary. The narrative they’ve created in their minds becomes their truth.

The Netflix Success They Won’t Acknowledge

I’ve also covered Meghan’s Netflix show in my videos. The show has done well. It resonated with audiences. It brought in viewers. The platform clearly saw value in it because they renewed it.

That’s success by any reasonable measure.

But the detractors won’t accept it. They claim the show failed. They insist nobody watched it. They manufacture stories about disappointment and underperformance.

Even when presented with the renewal news, they pivot. They say Netflix is just being nice. Or that Meghan has some kind of special deal. Or that the numbers are fake.

The goalposts keep moving because the goal was never about facts. It was about maintaining a negative narrative at all costs.

The Paris Fashion Week “Controversy”

Then there was Paris Fashion Week. I did a video about Meghan attending the shows. She was there to look at fashion. That’s literally what people do at Fashion Week.

She was dressed impeccably. Elegant. Put-together. Exactly what you’d expect at such an event.

And yet, there was a brouhaha about it.

People had a problem with her being there. With what she wore. With how she looked. With the fact that she showed up at all.

What was the actual issue? There wasn’t one. She was simply existing in a space. Looking at clothes. Being fashionable at a fashion event.

But when people have decided they don’t like you, even the most mundane activities become controversial. Even doing exactly what you’re supposed to do in a given setting becomes a problem.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so revealing about how criticism works. When someone wants to find fault, they will. Even when there’s nothing there.

Where Does This Meghan Markle Negativity Come From?

I’ve thought a lot about this pattern. Why do some people invest so much energy into tearing someone down? Why do they refuse to acknowledge success when it’s right in front of them?

The answer is uncomfortable but important. Negative feelings often come from a deep, dark place.

Sometimes it’s jealousy. Watching someone live boldly can be triggering when you feel stuck in your own life.

Sometimes it’s insecurity. Someone else’s success can feel like a reflection of your own perceived failures.

Sometimes it’s just learned behavior. Some people grew up in environments where criticism was the default. Where nothing was ever good enough. Where approval was withheld as a form of control.

And sometimes people are simply unhappy. When you’re miserable, it’s easier to focus on someone else’s perceived flaws than to deal with your own pain.

None of this excuses the behavior. But understanding it helps us not internalize it.

Why I Keep Covering Meghan’s Journey

My interest in documenting Meghan’s story isn’t really about her at all. It’s about the lesson her experience teaches us.

She continues to grow. She continues to build. She continues to live life on her own terms.

And people continue to hate it.

But here’s what matters: she keeps going anyway.

That’s the point. That’s the lesson. That’s what I want my audience to understand.

You don’t need everyone to approve of your choices. You don’t need everyone to celebrate your wins. You don’t need everyone to understand your vision.

You just need to keep moving forward.

The Proof-Free Zone of Criticism

One thing I’ve noticed in the comments on my videos is how rarely critics provide actual evidence. They make sweeping statements with complete confidence. But when you ask for sources? For receipts? For anything concrete?

Silence.

Or worse, they’ll point to other critics as evidence. “Everyone knows she’s failing” becomes the proof. As if repetition makes something true.

This is a crucial thing to recognize in your own life. When people criticize you without evidence, they’re telling you more about themselves than about you.

They’re revealing their biases. Their insecurities. Their need to feel superior by making someone else feel small.

Your job isn’t to convince them otherwise. Your job is to recognize the game and refuse to play it.

Success Looks Different to Different People

Another pattern I’ve observed is how people redefine success to fit their narrative. If Meghan Markle had stayed in the royal family, they would have criticized her for being there. Now that she’s left, they criticize her for leaving.

If she keeps a low profile, she’s irrelevant. If she pursues projects, she’s attention-seeking.

If she talks about her experiences, she’s complaining. If she stays silent, she’s hiding something.

There’s no winning with people who have already decided to dislike you. And that’s actually freeing when you really understand it.

Because it means their opinion has nothing to do with what you actually do. It’s predetermined. It’s fixed. It’s not responsive to reality.

So why waste energy trying to change it?

Living Your Best Life Despite the Noise

This is the real message I want my readers to take away. The noise will always be there. The critics will always find something to say. The goalposts will always move.

Your job is to keep building anyway.

Start that business. Write that book. Make that career change. Pursue that dream. Do the thing that lights you up inside.

Some people will support you. Some people will criticize you. And some people will work overtime to find reasons why you’re failing even when you’re clearly not.

None of that changes what you need to do. Which is to keep going. Keep growing. Keep becoming more of who you’re meant to be.

The Freedom in Not Needing Approval

There’s incredible freedom in accepting that some people will never be happy for you. Once you stop seeking universal approval, you stop letting criticism derail you.

You can acknowledge it. You can even learn from constructive feedback. But you don’t have to carry the weight of baseless negativity.

Meghan keeps moving forward. She keeps creating. She keeps showing up. Not because she’s convinced everyone to like her. But because she’s decided that her path matters more than their opinions.

That’s the energy we all need to cultivate.

When They Go Low, You Go Forward

There’s a quote about going high when others go low. That’s valuable. But I’d add another layer. When they go low, you go forward.

Don’t just rise above it. Move past it entirely. Let them stay stuck in their negativity while you keep building your life.

Every time someone says you can’t, you prove you can. Every time someone predicts your failure, you create another success. Every time someone tries to diminish you, you expand anyway.

This isn’t about spite. It’s about refusing to let other people’s limitations become your own.

The Proof Is in Your Life, Not Their Comments

At the end of the day, your life is the evidence that matters. Not what people say about it. Not how they interpret it. Not how they try to rewrite it to fit their narrative.

Are you growing? Are you learning? Are you becoming more authentically yourself? Are you pursuing what matters to you?

That’s the scoreboard that counts.

Meghan has her Netflix renewal. She has her new projects. She has her family. She has her life. No amount of baseless criticism changes those facts.

And you have your own version of that. Your own wins. Your own growth. Your own path.

Don’t let anyone convince you it’s less valuable than it is.

Keep Going, No Matter What

The critics will keep criticizing. It’s what they do. It’s often all they have.

But you? You have something better. You have your vision. Your goals. Your potential. Your willingness to keep showing up for your own life.

That’s always more powerful than someone else’s negativity.

So take the lesson from Meghan’s story. Take the lesson from anyone who’s ever lived boldly despite the critics.

And then go live your best life anyway.

The proof they demand will never be enough. But the life you build will be everything.

Keep going. Keep growing. Keep refusing to shrink for people who can’t celebrate your expansion.

That’s how you win. Not by silencing the critics. But by making their noise irrelevant through the power of your own forward motion.