Marriage and Martinis

In this episode, Danielle sits down with the amazing boudoir photographer, Evgenia Ribinik, to hear all about what it's like to be a part of such an intimate, momentous experience from the other side of the camera. The two discuss:

• How Evgenia first got into boudoir photography.
• What Evgenia wants each person who enters her studio to learn and better understand about themself.
• The different reasons why women commit to having a Boudoir shoot, and why they feel they need to have this specific experience.
• How shooting couples in this intimate manner is different from shooting a woman or women.
• Do men usually respond differently to the photo shoot, and in what ways?
• What does she want her daughters to know about her work and why it's important?
• How this journey has bonded Danielle and Evgenia in a very unique and powerful way.

In this follow up episode from Danielle's Boudoir shoot, Adam and Danielle discuss how it felt to finally see the pictures, and how they handled posting pictures that most suburban moms don't reveal to over half a million people. What did Danielle say to her 15 year old son and how did that discussion go? How did she prepare people like her mother-in-law and others whom she was worried might feel uncomfortable with the situation? How did Adam react initially, and what was his ultimate takeaway from the whole experience? Plus, the two discuss:

• Why is Danielle finally ready to reveal her size when she never has been before?
• An honest talk about period sex and why it's turned complicated with perimenopause.
• What negative comments did Danielle receive and how did she respond?
• How has this whole experience affected her confidence?
• What did guilt cause Danielle to do in the midst of all of this excitement?
• What would Adam like them to do as a couple that will even further their connection and sex life?
• Why was this one of the most memorable experiences Danielle has ever had?

Danielle has wanted to work up the courage to have a Boudoir shoot for years. Finally, after finding a photographer she knew she could be comfortable with, she went to have this experience, without informing Adam. In this episode, the two discuss:

• Why it was important to Danielle to do this without Adam knowing.
• Why it took so much courage to jump this hurdle and go through with the photoshoot.
• What Adam is most "concerned" about her posting the pictures.
• If Adam would be willing to go back and do a couples' shoot.
• How doing this shoot has affected Danielle's confidence, and more!

Recently, Danielle heard something on Tik Tok that really struck her: "are we all just spending the second half of our lives recovering from the first half?" This got her thinking about all the things we're taught for so long while growing up, only to figure out that all of those messages and concepts are all just a bunch of BS. Are we all too "gaslit" to even know what we, as individuals, even want in life? How can we separate our own goals and desires with those we've been TOLD we should want? In this interestingly nostalgic-yet-eye-opening episode, Adam and Danielle discuss:

• why weren't they taught more preparedness strategies for life in school, rather than subject matter that has proven to be almost totally obsolete
• why Danielle is no longer looking back on elementary school through rose-colored glasses, and how she thinks the whole experience affected her self-esteem
• who the "cool kids" were in school, as opposed to who should have been deemed "cool"
• what messages were Adam fed about what being a boy means?
• what messages was Danielle fed about what being a girl means?
• what did they both get wrong about body image, and what do they now realize?
• in what ways have movies and TV shows helped in disseminating so many false messages
• is chivalry still allowed?

and so much more!