It all started when three women decided to get together to create one single photo that would speak more than a 1000 words and do their part to end the Stigma surrounding mental health.
Especially during times like we are experiencing now.

Times like we are experiencing, now, a time when we more than ever need to pay even closer attention to our Mental Health.

"If only we could take out our brains"

I'm fairly certain that every one who reads this, that has struggled or is struggling with any form of mental health struggle, can say at one point in their lives they wished we had the option to take the brain out of our heads when needed.

If only there was a little latch on the back of our necks where we can crack it open and just pop out that nagging brain whenever we felt we needed to turn it off, shut it down, shut it up.

Or! Maybe even we have spare ones set aside for those super rough days.
You can take out the one that's causing you trouble, put in a little jar and plug it into something so it recharges and corrects and resets itself and then when it's good to go, you can tradesies!

For now the one you've got is the only one your gonna get, so do what ever you can to keep it healthy.

Because it is (Ir)replaceable just like YOU are.

- Jennifer McCready ~ Owner and Photographer for Lady Luck Photography Studio

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Jessica Misner - Owner of Mirror Mirror Hair Artistry and JessicArt

​I am fortunate to only have to deal with every day stress and worry. I am usually able to "force" myself out of my own head.

But not everyone can.

I've seen people I love struggle daily with severe anxiety, depression and addiction. I've lost friends and family to their battles. I've seen pain that no one should ever have to go through alone.

IT CAN GET BETTER.

I can't say it enough. No matter what your mind is telling there is ALWAYS someone there for you. Someone willing to talk or cry with you. Someone willing to hug you and just listen. Someone who's life would never be the same without you.

I hope that one day the stigma around mental illness is gone. That nothing will hold someone back from seeking help they deserve. From knowing they aren't the only one and that they are stronger than their mental illness. That there are people who love and care about them.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

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Brianna Schwenker - Registered Massage Therapist

Making a physical, visual representation of anxiety has been a passion project for Jen and I for so long. One day while chatting she said “don’t you just wish some days you could claw your brain out of your head” it’s was like lightning struck! Somedays that is EXACTLY how anxiety feels. Sometimes your brain JUST WONT STOP.

It keeps you up at night, leaving you exhausted the next day. It paralyzes you with fear when the phone rings. Somedays you feel cold and blank, someways you think and feel way too much and through all of it you put on a mask, you cover up the invisible hurt so you can appear a little more normal, feel a little less “crazy” or “irrational.” Some days the incomparable Liz Taylor’s worlds are all you have to get through the day “I’m a survivor-a living example of what people can go through and survive"

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Why I wanted to do this photo has more then one answer. I am always the first one to put myself down even though I know none of those feeling are true.

I have amazing friends and a husband that supports me in every way. I have come to realize the size in my clothes is just a size. Also if I am surrounded by friends that all support each other, the better we all are.

I put together a girls day out and sent to all my friends that I knew complimented me on my couples shoot with Jen back in July 2019. I knew all of them seen how much my confidence was up with myself after I had done it. I knew each of them needed something like this for themselves for all different reasons. The 5 of us left early in the morning with 1 goal in mind. To have an amazing day out.

I did all of the girls hair and we all had our makeup done by Brooke from Callisto Beauty Studio. The smiles I seen on each of their faces and the confidence that radiated from all of them was worth the hard work organizing.

Our group photo was just one of the things we enjoyed doing that day.

Secondly the reason for this photo was to encourage women to be more body positive. We all have different body shapes and we are all beautiful. We choose to all wear SweetLegs leggings, so that no matter your size we all can feel comfortable in our own skin.

SweetLegs in a company who's main goal is to help women from a size 0-30 be confident.

I started with the company 3 years ago because of their beliefs and goals as a company. I use to think I was to big to wear leggings or they just wouldn’t fit me. I put a pair on and I haven’t looked back. I just wish more women would see their true beauty.

Thanks Jen for helping women with this everyday.

Chantel Therrien

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