If you allow your life to be controlled by what others think or feel then people are not the problem your soul needs to heal. If your heart is loving whole and your motives are pure people's opinions or approval won't matter anymore because its our life and we know how to live it and enjoy it.
One thing is clear that you need to walk and create the way by your walking because you will not find a ready made path. It is not so cheap to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the part by walking yourself the part is not ready made lying there for you its just like a sky the birds fly but they don't leave any footprints you cannot follow them because there are no footprints left behind.
If you will follow someone's path you will end up at their destination. Follow your dreams listen to where your heart is calling you to go. Enjoy your journey and find your own destination, you owe it to yourself to fulfill the destiny that is rightfully yours.
So its just depends on you in which path you wanna go
Just follow your heart and go for the right side you will get the success for sure.