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.

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

You can insist on a different end to the story.

I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent counsel's office was comfortable with what I said was the truth.

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

Women need to support other women, not cut them down. And that goes for recognizable women too.

Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return.