Hi Laura, It depends on whose phenomenological approach you are using in your project. There are different forms of phenomenology: descriptive, interpretive/hermeneutics, and transcendental. Also, whether bracketing off personal experiences or making them essentially part of your analysis is another key. Nonetheless, the gurus in the field I know about include Max van Manen, Jonathan Alan Smith, and Cheryl Tatano Beck. You can look these scholars up and their phenomenological papers.