This allows them to know that the boudoir session is first and foremost for you.
To empower you.
To give you a moment where you are the focus and center of attention.
To give you an opportunity to feel glamorous and beautiful.
To reinvigorate or ignite a new love for yourself and your body that comes from no one else but you.
This boudoir session isn’t just about taking risque photos. In fact, it’s hardly about that at all.
It’s about feeling beautiful in your skin and sparking a long lasting confidence and commitment to self-love and care that will help enable you to be your best self, far beyond your photo shoot.
It’s about owning a stunning collection of artwork, that makes you feel strong, courageous, sexy and alive, each and every day.
As you sit with your partner and share this, there may be emotions coming up. It’s important to talk through them. Understand both sides of the conversation, and reiterate that you know, love and understand their point of view. Remind them that, while they may see you as beautiful and sexy, that may not be how you feel about yourself.
The only person who can empower you to love yourself, is YOU.
Explaining to your partner the value in this experience is important. There is SO much more that goes into a boudoir experience than what most people realize.
You aren’t just standing in front of a camera for 30-45 minutes. You are learning about yourself.
You are spending time in hair and makeup, allowing yourself to feel like a queen.
You are the centre of attention, working through the moments in life you didn’t feel like enough.
You are unleashing your inner Goddess and removing the protective layers that have been holding you back.
You’re allowing your photographer to guide you, trusting the process even if you’re scared as hell.
And trust me gorgeous, this one photo shoot- these 3 to 4 hours of your life- may be some of the most empowering moments you ever experience.
Your partner will see the difference in you. The difference loving yourself makes. They will see how this affects not only your relationship with yourself, but with them as well. Boudoir sessions truly are therapy.
Our partners sometimes just need help understanding it first. So share these details with them. Walk them through how important it is to you.
Help them understand that to you, this is the best gift you can give yourself.
Loving yourself again, or for the first time ever in your life, is priceless.
This is the ultimate gift of a lifetime and one that will likely be the catalyst to deepening your self-love and growing into the best version of yourself.
And you deserve it.