Despite living in the bustling metropolis of New York, Risa Mickenberg largely shuns social connections and relationships. Instead she enjoys time alone in her apartment, or adventuring the outside world solo.
Mickenberg was a creative director at a major advertising agency for more than 20 years, but grew tired of the intense hours and the corporate environment, so she adopted the life of a “hermette” — a female hermit.
A few years ago she founded a secret society of like-minded women who enjoy aloneness, and now it has dozens of members around the globe.
Risa Mickenberg, founder of the Hermettes - a secret society of women who prefer to be left alone. Photo: Sarah Andrew
