Meghan Markle celebrates launch of an all-new project with childhood photos of herself

Meghan Markle's new podcast has arrived. The Duchess of Sussex celebrated the launch of Confessions of a Female Founder on Tuesday with throwback photos of herself as a girl scout on Instagram. "Being an entrepreneur can start young. (By the way, all these years later and I’m still selling cookies!) 🍪," she wrote in the caption.

Meghan's new podcast series from Lemonada Media debuted on April 8, with Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd as her first guest. "I'm Meghan, and this is Confessions of a Female Founder, a show where I chat with female entrepreneurs and friends about the sleepless nights, the lessons learned and the laser focus that got them to where they are today," the host began the episode.

Meghan, who launched her first As ever collection last week, admitted that starting a business "can be so overwhelming." "Even with the best of teams, whoo, it'll keep you up at night. Because every single decision, every micro detail, in that moment, it feels monumental," she said. "For example, a month ago, I was absolutely consumed with packaging. Boxes. That's all I could think about. And I would sit there doing the unboxing in my head."

"Is there tissue paper? What about the packing peanuts? But they're biodegradable. And where does the sticker go? And hold on, what size the box is gonna be? And no, that's not gonna fit all the skews. Oh my gosh. And then someone says, but you don't want to brand the outside of the box because of porch pirates. Had never heard that before. What's a porch pirate? And then I'm sitting there and I'm like, 'Does any of this actually matter?' Of course it matters," she continued. "It matters at the beginning, but how much does it matter? And the person that I thought, no, the person that I knew was perfect to talk to about this that had to lead the season, well, she's one of my closest friends. She's the founder of the dating app Bumble."

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During the episode, Meghan and Whitney opened up about medical scares they've both experienced. "We both had very similar experiences that we didn't know each other at the time, with postpartum," the Duchess said. "And we both had preeclampsia."

The pair agreed that it was "so rare" and "so scary." Meghan said, "And you're still trying to juggle all of these things. And the world doesn't know what's happening quietly. And in the quiet, you're still trying to show up for people. And in the quiet, you're still just trying to show up mostly for your children. But those things are huge medical scares."

Meghan, who shares Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, with Prince Harry, pointed out to Whitney that they became moms in "this pandemic, post-pandemic culture, where there is so much working from home."

"I don't leave the house to go to an office. My office is here," the Duchess shared. "Lili still naps. She gets picked up early and she naps. And She only has a half day in preschool. So if she wakes up and she wants to find me, she knows where to find me, even if my door is closed to the office. She'll be sitting there on my lap during one of these meetings with a grid of all the executives and here we are."

Though Meghan remarked that she "wouldn’t have it any other way." "I don't want to miss those moments. I don't want to miss pickup if I don’t have to. I don't want to miss drop-off," she said.

"And I think what I do love the most about having young kids, in this chapter while I'm building, is the perspective that it brings because you're building something while your child's going through potty training," Meghan added. "And both are just as important. It's like, ‘Great, okay, where's the Cheerios? Well done.’ And then you're championing your team 10 minutes later about something that is really high value for the world. But in your own world, that's super high value. And in her world, that's super high value."

Meghan, who previously hosted the podcast Archetypes, announced her all-new podcast series last month. "I’ve been having candid conversations with amazing women who have turned dreams into realities, and scaled small ideas into massively successful businesses," she shared on March 13. "They’re opening up, sharing their tips, tricks (and tumbles), and letting me pick their brains as I build out my own business, As ever. It has been absolutely eye-opening, inspiring…and fun! (Because what’s the point if we can’t have some fun on this wild adventure?)."

New episodes of Confessions of a Female Founder will be released weekly on Tuesdays at 3:30 a.m. ET.