Books + listen / The clarity shelf

Ideas to
live beside.

Not a list to complete. A shelf of books and conversations that change the quality of attention.

A layered library filled with books
The clarity shelf / Volume 01

Read / Six books

The covers are part of the invitation.

Every title is shown and linked to an independent bookseller. Choose the book you want to live with, not the list you feel obliged to finish.

Cover of The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

Grief written with diamond clarity.

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Cover of Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Ways of Seeing

A compact revolution in how images carry power.

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Cover of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score

Influential trauma writing—best read critically and alongside clinical guidance.

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Cover of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass

Science, reciprocity and an ethic of attention.

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Cover of The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

The Creative Act

A spacious book about protecting receptivity.

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Cover of Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man’s Search for Meaning

Meaning, survival and the responsibility of choice.

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Listen / Four podcasts

01

On PurposeJay Shetty

Relationships, wellbeing and conversations designed for broad access.

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02

The Psychology PodcastScott Barry Kaufman

Researchers and thinkers on mind, creativity and growth.

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03

The goop Podcastgoop

The cultural reference point—best approached with discernment where health claims are concerned.

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04

The Business of Fashion PodcastBoF

Fashion’s systems, power and future.

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