Welcome to the first installment of The Aligned Path Book Club! In this series, I’ll be sharing books that have profoundly influenced me—books that offer valuable insights on finding and living your purpose.

For this first post, I’m excited to talk about a book that’s deeply personal: The Change Code: A Practical Guide to Making a Difference in a Polarized World.

In The Change Code: A Practical Guide to Making a Difference in a Polarized World (New Phase), author Monica Bourgeau suggests that the climate of fear, blame, and polarization we’re experiencing in 2020 are actually signals that we’re in the midst of a major shift in consciousness.

Friend, Futurist, and Founder of AADII, Steve McDonald was gracious enough to write the forward for my book, The Change Code. Based in Byron Bay, Australia, Steve is also the host of one of my favorite podcasts, Future Sense. 

Friend, author, and master storyteller Sarah Elkins wanted to learn more about the story behind The Change Code and how we can apply these concepts to reducing polarization in our communities. We discussed “wicked” problems and how to create solutions.

Portland author, Monica Bourgeau was recently notified that her new book, The Change Code: A Practical Guide to Making a Difference in a Polarized World has received a Silver Nautilus Book Award in the category of All World-Cultures: Spiritual Growth & Development. The Nautilus Mission is to make more visible a wide subject-range of Better Books for a Better World.

Nautilus Awards have been won in past years by many well-known authors, including Deepak Chopra, the Dalai Lama, Barbara Kingsolver, Caroline Myss, Joel Osteen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jean Houston, and Eckhart Tolle. 

In late 2020, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by author and journalist Jennifer King Lindley for an article for the print version of Health Magazine that came out in January/February 2021.