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VIDEO: The Good Morning Project Ft. Gracie Sodzi
In The Good Morning Project, Ailsa interviews inspiring people about what gets them up in the morning –in both the practical and wider sense of the phrase.
Gracie Sodzi is just coming to the end of a year out in between school and university in which they have been focussing on their social enterprise, graciefullymade. Through graciefullymade workshops, Gracie encourages discussion of mental health and self care over the crafting of thoughtful gifts.
As part of The Good Morning Project, I talked to Gracie about their morning routine, what helps them to begin each day and what motivates them to get out of bed at all and do what they do.
Watch the video:
Camera and production: Ailsa Fineron
Featuring: Gracie Sodzi
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If you or a loved one are struggling with mental health issues, you can contact Off The Record who provide free, confidential mental health support and information to young people in Bristol. And if you’d like to participate in some wellbeing art centric workshops, check out Mind Over Matter!
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About the author
Ailsa Fineron
Ailsa is a 22 year old photographer, writer, poet and coffee drinker (double black americanos for future reference). Originally from Scotland, she moved to Bristol in 2011 and has been here ever since. In addition to being a Content Creator at Rife, she is a resident photographer at gal-dem.com: an online publication created entirely by women of colour but for everyone in order to broad the range of voices and stories in media. Ailsa is also an outspoken mental health advocate, and deeply enjoys discussions around how mental health issues, gender, sexuality and race all intersect and what we can do to improve life, the universe and everything. As well as writing, filming and photography, Ailsa loves dancing, singing, listening to songs obsessively, being an enthusiastic jumping bean, making the personal political, cycling, smiling and cooking awesome vegan food.
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