498. Making Peace with the Human Void
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
Kara Loewentheil
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Think about something you really wanted, something you worked for or waited for, or told yourself would finally change how you felt about your life. Maybe it was a job, a relationship, a business milestone, or a body you thought would make you feel confident.
And then you got it, and the feeling did not last.
That is the human void, and in this episode I explain what it is, why it shows up even after achievement, and how to relate to it without letting it control you. You'll learn why this restlessness is part of being human, the difference between being philosophically happy with your life and feeling happy in the moment, and why understanding this helps you stop auditing your life against impossible standards.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends. I want you to think about something you really wanted, something you worked for or waited for, or told yourself for years would finally be the thing that changed how you felt about your life. |
| 0:12.4 | Maybe it was a job title, a relationship, a business milestone, a certain number in your bank account, the finished book, the body you thought would finally make you feel good when |
| 0:21.2 | you looked in the mirror. And then I want you to remember the moment that you got it. There was probably |
| 0:26.2 | some version of celebration, some version of relief, maybe even real joy, at least for a little while. |
| 0:32.2 | And then if you're honest with yourself, at some point that feeling disappeared. And you were |
| 0:36.8 | left with this new set of |
| 0:38.2 | circumstances, but the same brain, still looking for the next thing and finding what wasn't |
| 0:43.2 | quite right with your current new circumstances. You probably noticed it first on an ordinary |
| 0:49.3 | day. It's Tuesday afternoon. You're scrolling your phone. And you realize that you now have everything |
| 0:55.2 | you thought you wanted, but you don't feel satisfied. And you assume that there must be something |
| 1:01.1 | wrong with you if that's the case. But there isn't. And today I want to talk about what's actually |
| 1:05.2 | going on there. It's not what you think. It's not that the accomplishment was hollow or that you |
| 1:09.8 | can never be satisfied, |
| 1:11.0 | and that's a bad thing. I want to share with you something that I think will really change |
| 1:14.8 | how you relate to your own human experience. And that's what I call the human void. |
| 1:20.6 | Welcome to unfuck your brain. I'm your host, Kara Lowenthal, master-certified coach, |
| 1:26.1 | and founder of the School of New Feminist Thub. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, and create a life on your |
| 1:34.8 | own terms, one that you're truly excited to live. Let's go. |
| 1:41.9 | There is a restlessness that lives at the center of the human experience. It's a persistent, low-grade |
| 1:48.2 | dissatisfaction. For some people, it's a background hum, something they can mostly ignore unless they get too |
| 1:53.5 | quiet. For others, it's a constant roar that follows them from achievement to achievement. |
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