Gwen Whiting

I didn't know what was supposed to be a proper exam and what wasn't.

And so joining the class action and, you know, lifting the rug and or I should say opening the filing cabinet after all these years and really processing and understanding what my reality was that I kind of like shoved in literally in this filing cabinet was a significant abuse.

I had a small group of victims that I...

I knew we all were the same doctor.

And so we had a small group going through it together, which was like, I couldn't have done it without with doing this alone.

So I'm so grateful.

This is also like I said, this is like a power of friendship and as much as a story of abuse, but just how I've been so adamant about sharing the realities of my business journey and

And I feel like I have this platform.

I need to use my voice and I'll cover any topic.

And my ego doesn't prohibit me from doing these things.

I am willing to sort of self-sacrifice my privacy for the purpose.

And this specific case is 100% the power of numbers because I truly believe it was only the power of numbers that

of all these victims that we were able to get to this far of this class action.

And like when it was very early on with Evelyn Yang and was only a handful of victims, they were like dismissed and pushed aside.

But now it's like so much bigger and powerful.

And

I wrote that essay throughout the two years of going through the process and the aftermath.

The goal was to create a safe space to have shared conversations.

And whether it's people writing me privately and sharing or using this as a piece to open up dialogue with people in their family or their friends or loved ones, or just being seen or heard or feel a shared sense is,

And we need to leverage all of that power.