Hi M@ry,
Sending you hugs! I totally understand this feeling. From what you wrote, it sounds like you are focusing a lot of your energy externally – reading books on relationships is beautiful because it will help prepare you for your next relationship! You might consider taking some time…maybe just 10-15 minutes to begin with…sitting with yourself and treating yourself as though you are someone you’d like to get to know better. So often in relationships we place so much emphasis on our partner and we can start to “lose” ourselves in the relationship. You might think of now as the time to just get to know yourself really well, and become even more of the person that you’d like to find.
And also be kind to yourself during this time 🙂
xx
Michelle