According to a close friend of the couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to begin a new phase of public visibility.

The Sussexes thrive at “moments of human interaction — they need to be on the ground,” Finding Freedom co-author Omid Scobie tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue

According to royal journalist Omid Scobie, they “seem to be existing in a different place” and they are now in “the thrive chapter”

As their parental leave draws to an end, Harry and Meghan, who left royal duties for a new life in California, are allegedly gearing up for a busy autumn.

Lillibet Diana, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s second child, was born in June.

They’re gearing up for a busy fall and winter as many of the initiatives they’ve been working on in the background begin to take shape.

According to a royal writer, they are separating themselves from “some of the toxicity” that surrounds them.

Mr Scobie said the pair is entering “the era of visibility” and are “really excited” about the future.

“They’re a couple who do very well in those moments of human interaction,” he told People.

“They need to be on the ground.

“They say that the proof is in the pudding, and what we are about to see is that pudding.”

“They seem to be existing in a different place, and that place is much healthier,” Scobie told PEOPLE.

“Meghan famously spoke about that it was not enough to survive — we are now in the thrive chapter.”

Despite the fact that one of the major reasons Meghan and Harry left the Royal Family was to have some privacy and be away from the prying eyes of the public, they are returning — just one year later.

Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, co-authored by Scobie, will be reissued in paperback on August 31 with a new epilogue.

Scobie said that giving fresh energy to charitable activities through their Archewell Foundation is something they are really pleased about.

Mr Scobie also referred to Meghan’s previous comments that it is “not enough just to survive something” and that “you’ve got to thrive” as she struggled with royal life.

Prince Harry and Meghan have secured a series of multimillion-dollar streaming and publishing deals after standing down as senior members of the Royal Family.

The Sussexes’ quick courtship and increasing tensions were detailed in Finding Freedom, which was released last summer and chronicled Harry, 36, and Meghan, 40, leaving the United Kingdom and carving a trailblazing path outside of royal duties.

Scobie claims that this new chapter in the Sussexes’ lives begins after they realized the need of prioritizing their own mental health.

The couple’s requests for privacy while supporting initiatives that expose intimate details about their life, according to royal analyst Phil Dampier, are “ludicrous.”

“It is one of the great ironies of Harry and Meghan’s departure that they said one of the reasons they wanted to go was to have some privacy and get away from the prying eyes of the press and public, and seemingly since then they’ve done nothing but put themselves in the public eye,” he told The Sun Online.

“It’s just reaching farcical proportions.

“They said they didn’t cooperate with Finding Freedom, the book that Omid Scobie wrote, and then later on it emerged that they had had some input into it.”