Go to the kitchen when she is working, tell her to put on just the apron.
Yeah, the hard part is finding someone that you can work well with, can do what you want, the way you want, not to mention someone you can also trust. Runey has stated that for his process, he works best alone.
Personally, I seem to have gotten lucky with my partner, but many of the people who said they would help me with smaller things have flaked out. Finding someone you can work with can be a time consuming process of trial and error, and you never know what kind of damage could be done in the process.
While I would always love to see more of of the story faster, I trust him to make that judgement call. We don't want a drop in quality, or leaks, or anything like that.