The Path of Remembrance: How to Remember Your Original Self
Explore the six spheres of influence as you remember you Original Self and the mechanism through which you translate it into your life.
Sylvia Salow
February 11, 2026
Relationships are a piece of art, and there is a subtle difference between codependency and healthy interdependence. To learn how to stop losing yourself in a relationship, you must first build a solid relationship with yourself. The unshakable strong core that stays regardless of how long you’ve been together. A conscious, loving relationship with yourself helps you stay connected to your intuition and heart. It allows you to make the right relationship choices.
I’ve been coaching people since 2015 and noticed time again that most people fear relationships. We’ve been told that you must sacrifice yourself, lose your freedom, and ultimately lose yourself in a relationship. But I’d like to challenge this concept because it comes from societal conditioning that doesn’t serve anyone. The truth is we want to be in a soulmate and healthy relationship. And the magic isn’t the right person; the magic is in becoming the right person for yourself first.
Losing yourself in a relationship begins in childhood. You learned to dismiss your needs and dreams with your caregivers. Maybe you’ve witnessed one of your parents losing themselves in a relationship, abandoning their dreams and blaming the other one for it. And you don’t want to end up like them. But what we resist, we attract. So you may find yourself feeling trapped in a relationship, although you’ve promised yourself it won’t happen to you. Well, you’re not alone.
The only measurement of a “successful” relationship is the quality of your relationship with yourself.
So, how can you develop a strong connection with your true self? How do you stop losing yourself in a relationship if you want to stay, knowing it’s not about the other person but about you? Let me share my 7 tips on how to stop losing yourself in a relationship.
The key to stopping losing yourself in a relationship is to know that you are your priority. This knowing can’t be optional. It’s not something that changes based on a circumstance. And it can’t be just a nice idea. You need to embody the knowing that you are your priority.
If you were your priority, how would you show up differently in your relationship?
Being your priority means listening to your feelings. Your feelings are valid, but that doesn’t mean you need to act on them. They’re sacred guideposts to what your soul desires for you. They aren’t necessarily meant for others. You do what matters to you and move with intention.
When you stop abandoning yourself and your dreams, you take yourself and your life seriously. You become the sun of your solar system. Instead of you – the sun – circling the planets, you take the rightful place in your life. Without you and your relationship with yourself, there is no solar system because all planets collide. The planets represent different areas of your life – work, health, hobbies, friends, and your relationship. You can’t put any area of your life on a pedestal because then the gravity of your solar system stops working.
The second crucial step in not losing yourself in a relationship is to dial up the volume of joy, lightness, and playfulness. Despite our romantic ideas, it is not your partner’s task to keep you happy. This one is on you. And it always will be, with or without children, decades or just a couple of months into your relationship. No one is responsible for creating daily magic in your life. You need to spice up your life and create joyful experiences.
To stop losing yourself in a relationship, think about what soul-nurturing moments you could bring into your days. The secret is to incorporate the things that give you energy into your days. Don’t wait for the weekend or holiday. These don’t have to be overwhelming. Consistency matters more.
So think of what brings you joy and makes you feel energetically spacious. And then see how you could make them a part of your life. It will likely inspire your partner, who will want to join your joy. However, that is not the goal. The aim is to allow yourself to experience moments of lightness regardless of anything. When you stop basing your happiness on others, you step into your personal power. And that changes the way you show up in your relationship and how the other person shows up for you.
To stop losing yourself in a relationship, look at where you see yourself as less than others. Likely, this isn’t the case with your partner. It’s a subconscious belief that what you want and who you are doesn’t matter as much as what others want. And this is the main reason you lose yourself in a relationship. Unintentionally, you’ve put other people’s needs, emotions, and dreams above your own. And it is time to let go of those pedestals.
Heal any patterns where you believe to be less valuable than others or where you think that what you want doesn’t matter.
So, take your journal and explore your beliefs about why you feel less valuable than others. Look at why you see your partner as more powerful or their desires more important than yours. And then see how you could change those beliefs in yourself.
To let this inner work really sit in and rewrite your beliefs, dive into my programs, Feminine Power and Sacred Union.
The next step in how to stop losing yourself in a relationship is to remember your worth. See what you tie your sense of worth to. If you see your sense of worth outside of yourself, you’ll work hard for it. Forgetting that your worth is innate.
To stop losing yourself in a relationship, disconnect your sense of worth from what love or relationships mean to you. Unconsciously, you believe that love looks a certain way and you need to deserve it.
I remember one of my dear clients who held this belief. She was married for over twenty years but completely lost herself on the way. When we looked at her beliefs, it was clear that she equated love with sacrifice. She learned in her childhood that she had to become less than the other person, which was how to show her love. Unconsciously, she believed that when you love someone, you must sacrifice what you want and give your power away. As she stopped seeing her spouse as someone who held control over her destiny, they rekindled old love and entered the best chapter of their marriage yet.
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The next piece of advice on how to stop losing yourself in a relationship is to have your own goals. What do you want to achieve by the end of the day? Achieving goals feels good and strengthens your willpower. Create your plans independent of anyone else. Your goals don’t have to be huge, but there is something you work towards every day that comes from your heart.
To stop losing yourself in a relationship and become your priority, you must get clear on what truly matters to you. What are your personal goals and interests outside of the relationship? What do you want to achieve for yourself? How can you move towards your individual goals every day?
The biggest reason you lose yourself in a relationship is that you’ve disconnected from yourself. This happens gradually and silently before we notice it. However, to stop losing yourself in a relationship, find your way back to yourself – back to your center. For everyone, this looks different. Think of the moments when you were genuinely tapped into your energy, heart, and soul. What did it feel like?
Everything is a mirror of your relationship with yourself.
Everything flows if you are deeply connected and rooted in your own being, feel peaceful and centered, and spend time doing what you find meaningful and joyful. You become magnetic.
Spend time in solitude, go for long walks in nature, pick up an old hobby, journal, listen to your heart’s desires, and let yourself simply be.
The last piece of advice on how to stop losing yourself in a relationship is to find yourself outside of a relationship, parenthood, or work. Have a vision of who you want to become. What is your dream self? Who are you outside your commitments and relationships? Who are you to yourself?
The moment you step into the highest vision for yourself is the instant you stop losing yourself in a relationship. This takes the pressure off your relationship and what you think your partner needs to be for you, and you become it for yourself. As you become your dream self, your partner will likely rise to the occasion and become a better version of themselves. And it all begins with you.
If you want to dive deep, I teach this in my program, Feminine Power.
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