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![Portrait of Jenny Valentish](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720213914im_/https://wheeler-centre-heracles.s3.amazonaws.com/wheeler-centre/assets/c9/b09000a42e11e4801349678e40e713/cc5b3da0a42e11e48db7d79fc768dea7_content_thumbnail.jpg)
Everybody has to keep themselves in check for something; even 'normal' people.
![Portrait of Brian Reed](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720213914im_/https://wheeler-centre-heracles.s3.amazonaws.com/wheeler-centre/assets/f9/48a5b03e9011e78b80a3e90bd09f35/fc2bc8703e9011e7ba576f1377cb7e85_content_thumbnail.jpg)
Every kind of interview is trying to understand people’s experience, no matter where they are.
![Portrait of Amal Awad](http://web.archive.org./web/20170720213914im_/https://wheeler-centre-heracles.s3.amazonaws.com/wheeler-centre/assets/1d/1608e00a0f11e7abee530ebd50b023/235fd6410a0f11e7998c2101d9223086_content_thumbnail.jpg)
We are just so at odds with our environment. There is pressure from all sides.
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