You can reclaim your own narrative.

I was in such a state of mental shock and quickly spiraled into a depression at the multitude of loss. My husband, I thought, was going to leave me. I was cut off from this mentor and someone I cared for very much, David Petraeus, who also did nothing to stand up for me and in fact, empowered his surrogates to throw me under the bus, and that was devastating.

I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.

The word is a label and I don't like it at all.

I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

I was an academic and I lost my assignment at Harvard. Meanwhile, [David Petraeus] gets invited to Harvard to become a fellow.

You need to accept responsibility for your mistakes. And I've done that.