Meghan Markle may be using her new podcast series as a way to reclaim joyful memories from what was, at times, a deeply emotional and challenging period during her pregnancies. According to psychologist Stefan Walters, the Duchess of Sussex appears to be seeking a sense of closure and emotional healing by revisiting those early years of motherhood.
Speaking to The Mirror, Walters suggested Meghan is working to rebuild “happier memories” tied to her pregnancies and the early days of raising her children. “There’s an element of getting a second chance here. Pregnancy was a difficult, painful time for them, and at times she seemed to be struggling,” Walters said.
“It wasn’t necessarily associated with a lot of happy memories.” He added, “So, now she’s perhaps feeling that she’s able to create and relive some happy memories around pregnancy and the early years of her children’s lives.” Meghan opened up about these experiences in a recent episode of Confessions of a Female Founder, where she reflected on the past six years spent raising Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
While she acknowledged the joy of motherhood, she also admitted that it was an emotionally complex journey. “People forget that Lili is three, and Archie is five,” Meghan said. “So you look at the past five, six years of my life, it’s yes, with being pregnant or with a newborn or with a toddler, and then another one.”
The Duchess’s candid comments on her podcast echo sentiments she shared previously, including in a widely viewed interview during her and Prince Harry’s royal tour of South Africa. In that conversation, she described the vulnerability and difficulty she experienced after giving birth to Archie.
“Any woman, especially when you’re pregnant, you’re really vulnerable, so that was made really challenging,” Meghan said at the time. “So then when you have a newborn… especially as a woman, it’s a lot.” These reflections come as Meghan continues to reshape her public image and career through media ventures that often center on personal storytelling and women’s experiences.
Stefan Walters believes this form of storytelling not only resonates with listeners but may also be therapeutic for Meghan herself. “It gives her space to speak about things from a place of strength and reflection,” he noted. As Meghan navigates this new chapter, her openness offers a glimpse into the emotional realities behind royal motherhood—and a possible path toward healing through dialogue and shared experience.