What Causes Inner Emptiness? (And What To Do About It)

Most of the time, they believe they feel empty because they feel they're lacking love or attention, or because their work is unsatisfying, or because they don't have a certain thing they just have to have. In other words, they believe that their emptiness is being caused by something external to them that they want and don't have. At core is the belief that fullness has to come from getting what you want—a relationship, a better job, more money, the car they always wanted, having a baby, and so on.

Inner emptiness does indicate a lack of something, but it's not a lack of something external to you. Inner emptiness indicates a lack of love within, but it's not a lack of love from others. It's a lack of your heart being open to receiving the love that is always here for you from spirit, a lack of loving yourself and a lack of loving others. People feel full inside when they are giving to others from a full heart and soul.

Spirit is whatever works for a person—God, a guardian angel, their own higher self, energy, light, nature, or any other spiritual source. It's the love, peace, wisdom, and joy that is what the universe is. You may know how to tap into spirit in the religious sense, but there are also many other beautiful, meaningful ways to practice spirituality, which is food for a full, content soul.

But we don't have this love to share with others unless we are loving ourselves.

We hear a lot about how important it is to love yourself, but most people have no idea what this means. It's not about getting your nails done or even taking a great vacation. Many people feel empty the whole time they are on vacation. This is because rather than loving themselves while on vacation, they are continuing to abandon themselves, just as they do when they are not on vacation—which means that they:

Loving yourself means learning how to compassionately listen within to the information that all your feelings are giving you and taking responsibility for taking the loving actions that make you feel safe and worthy within.

You will continue to feel empty as long as you avoid your feelings in any of the above self-abandoning ways, and you will feel full when you learn to compassionately open your heart to your feelings, take the actions guided by spirit that are loving to you, and give to others freely and joyfully.