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Why Women Crave Depth More than Men Right Now

Or do we?

Desiree Driesenaar
Modern Women
Published in
6 min readSep 18, 2024

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Picture by Bee Wild in AI Night Cafe— used with her permission.

We welcome many women to Greece now

Iwas born and raised in Europe. And sometimes, I get the silly idea that Anglo-Saxon countries like the USA have forgotten what it is to be human.

They say things like “Hi, how are you?” And then they don’t wait for an answer. They are shocked when you tell them the truth. That life sucks. Life hurts. Your friend broke up your friendship. Or your mum just died. Or that your daughter is pregnant from a man who left her.

They just want to hear: “Yeah, great” and move on with some gossip.

Well, I don’t do superficial. I don’t want to live that way.

I want depth and glory. I want to leave a legacy with my work. I want to have felt everything there is to feel. Survive and thrive.

I want to make poetry out of it. And recipes for healthy ecology-economies. Healthy. Blue Zones. People 100+ without chronic illnesses. Science measures these areas. And come up with the scientific answers.

Which are bulls*t of course.

Since 2011, I have been working on the environment to make it happen. But more and more and more I feel that Blue Zones are on the inside of our bodies…

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Desiree Driesenaar
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