Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry.

Be mindful of clickbait - sensational stories designed to humiliate. Click with compassion.

To mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.

Changing behaviours begins with evolving beliefs.

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

Try and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.