Staying connected without losing yourself requires what LOVES Series calls Relational Sovereignty — the ongoing practice of knowing who you are, what you need, and what you value, even while you deeply love another person.
It's not a one-time achievement. It's a daily practice. The Check-in Cycle, the Emotional Thirst Journal, and the S step in LOVES — Safeguard — are all tools for maintaining this practice.
Before you keep reading — in past relationships, what was the first part of yourself you gave up?
Built exactly for this question:
Before you move on — what's one thing that's true for you right now?
"You do not have to choose between love and yourself. That was never the real choice. The real choice is how to hold both."
Every question, eventually, leads here.
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