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.

In 2021 I was on The Insecurity Project Podcast with Jaemin Frazer talking about my new book, The Change Code, and how insecurity can affect our ability to change. We had a great discussion which you can listen to here.

Jaemin's podcast is part of his project, The Insecurity Project which I love. Most of us have feelings of insecurity, especially when we're in new or uncertain situations. Jaemin does a great job of normalizing this feeling that is often ignored. He provides a lot of helpful resources for overcoming insecurity, including his Podcast.

Derek Sheahan, a transformation coach based in Durango, Colorado, recently launched his spirituality & transformation podcast, Lenses That Liberate. I had the privilege to be one of his first guests to discuss my new book, The Change Code and Spiral Dynamics which is based on the work of Clare. W Graves.

In 2020, I had the opportunity to sit down with the lovely Mara Marchesi, an Intuitive & Creative Coach and host of the popular international podcast, Intuitive Queens.

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.