Thanks so much for your words! I copied and pasted my "Humans of Steemit" intro from my last post and did not fully update how I am interviewing people. Last Sunday was my first "go" at interviews and I tried two methods - the first was finding random strangers in a park and the second was posting on Craigslist asking if any one wanted to meet up and be interviewed. Heather was one person that replied on Craigslist. Personally, from the few interviews that I did through each method, I like the Craigslist one better because they were ready to share and already in that space to open up. But yes - we were complete strangers and I was amazed at how much she opened up right away!
It is crazy to think about cancer as a "rich person's disease"! I had a yoga teacher who began our class telling his yoga story - his yoga teacher moved to the US from India and traveled around the US for 10 years to find the main ailments of the country and create a yoga routine to counterbalance these ailments. What she found in the US were cancer, constipation, and depression. It was super eye-opening to hear that!
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is fascinating, thanks for bringing it up and recommending readers to check it out :-)