A BOOK BY JENNY DALIO · MAY 5, 2026
Closer.
A guide to unforgettable gatherings.
You can be surrounded by people and still feel alone. Unforgettable gatherings are not accidents. They are designed. In Closer, Jenny Dalio introduces emotional curation, a way of hosting around how people feel rather than how things look.
"The conversations you remember rarely begin by accident."
— Chapter One
About the Book
Most hosting advice fixes the wrong thing.
It teaches flowers, place settings, and menus. None of that is what people are starving for. Closer is a working manual for hosts who want their gatherings to leave a mark.
You do not need a perfect house. You do not need to be a perfect cook. You do not need to be a natural host. You need a little structure, a little courage, and the willingness to open the door.
01
Move past small talk
Open evenings with questions that signal it is safe to be honest.
03
Use food, games, and rituals
Recipes and prompts that hand people something to do with their hands while they speak.
02
Make every guest feel seen
Practical sequencing for first arrivals, slow middles, and tender endings.
04
Build community at home
How to start a salon, a supper club, or a yearly tradition with what you already own.
— Jenny Dalio
The Author
Jenny Dalio, designer of rooms that listen.
Jenny is the founder and CEO of Live Deeply, a hosting brand built around the idea that better gatherings make better lives. Before Live Deeply, she created the SoulFire Series, a global concert and workshop series that has gathered more than 30,000 people.
Her work has spanned experience design, brand strategy, social impact, and community building, with projects for National Geographic, TED, and the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers. Born in Buenos Aires, she has hosted dinners, salons, and retreats in London, San Francisco, New York, and points in between.
30k+
Gathered at SoulFire
10+
Years hosting
4
Cities lived in
RECIPES, GAMES, RITUALS
The toolkit, opened.
A working collection of what makes evenings memorable: simple food, structured play, and a few small rituals that ask people to be honest.
Praise & Press
What readers are saying
“A real reckoning with how we show up, how we listen, how we ask questions. The writing is honest in a way that disarms you.”
Reader review · Amazon
“Jenny has spent more than a decade studying what makes people feel less alone in a room. This book is that study, finally written down.”
Editor's note · Global Roots Press
“Practical in a way that sticks. I finished it thinking about conversations I'd had, and ones I wish I'd had differently.”
Early reader · ARC Program
For interview requests and review copies, write to press@welivedeeply.com.
A BOOK BY JENNY DALIO · MAY 5, 2026
Closer.
On the shelf May 5, 2026.
Unforgettable gatherings are not accidents. They are designed. In Closer, Jenny Dalio introduces emotional curation, a way of hosting around how people feel rather than how things look.
AUTHOR
Jenny Dalio
PUBLISHER
Global Roots Press
FORMAT
Paperback · 265 pages
DIMENSIONS
6 × 9 in
PRICE
$8.50
ISBN-13
979-8987032251
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