I showed up in therapy even when I wanted to insist I had nothing left to say.

There was no moment when everything became easy.

The financial recovery was incomplete.

The litigation consumed time and money.

Some of the directors I had trusted disappointed me.

I made mistakes and had to correct them.

A few friends disappeared when the scandal became public, embarrassed by a situation they did not understand.

But I began to build a life in which I no longer had to make myself small to keep someone else comfortable.