I’m so excited to share some great news with you. Today, December 31, 2011, I am the featured Inspirational Luminary on InspireMeToday.com, sharing my wisdom with the world. This free web site is one to bookmark! Inspire Me Today features the “Brilliance” of a new Luminary every day. You can start your day with the wisdom of Sir Richard Branson, Guy Laliberte, Seth Godin, Neale Donald Walsch, Marci Shimoff or one of hundreds more, now including me. I’m so honored to be with such esteemed company!To help you stay inspired, you can sign up to receive this 3-minute “Today’s Brilliance” pick-me-up each day by email, by RSS feed or as an iPhone app. You can even subscribe to it on [...]

Change is said to be the only constant in life, and the more we make peace with it, the better off we'll be. It's a theme of one of this year's most critically acclaimed films, too, a subject I write about in my latest VividLife post, 'The Artist' explores the need to evolve, now available by clicking here. And to find out more about the film, visit the picture's official web site.

Transformation is a goal for many of us, and there are many routes to get there, both conventional and unconventional. Find out more about both in Personal growth takes center stage in 'A Dangerous Method', my latest post at VividLife.me.

Want to bring some cheer into others' lives? Read more about it in Spreading Joy Through Creation, my latest FengSHe post, available at www.FengSHe.org. Happy Holidays!

Want to work a little magic in your life? There's an excellent movie out that offers a lot of inspiration on this. Read more about it in my latest VividLife review, Magic comes to life in 'Hugo', available by clicking here.

Letting your genuine self shine through can pay major benefits. Read more about this in 'My Week with Marilyn' spotlights the rewards of 'being real', my latest VividLife review, available at www.VividLife.me.

Living in the moment can bring tremendous delight to one's life -- and answers to its big challenges, a major theme of the new Hawaii-based comedy-drama, "The Descendants." Read more about in my latest VividLife review, 'Descendants' seeks solutions to trouble in paradise, available at VividLife.me.

"Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil" (2009). Director: Barry Ptolemy. www.transcendentman.com What lies ahead for mankind's future? That's a question wide open for speculation these days, with predictions ranging from glorious enlightenment to utter degradation. And then there are those whose prognostications are truly visionary, such as those of inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, subject of the engaging documentary "Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil," now available on DVD.While Kurzweil may not be a household name, his impact on modern society has been significant nonetheless. He holds 24 patents, having invented devices as diverse as optical readers for the blind and various types of synthesizer equipment. He's also author of the best-selling book The [...]

Two new online posts are now up!Isn't it great when everything comes together perfectly at just the right moment? That's the power of synchronicity at work, the subject of my latest FengSHe post, When Timing Is Everything. Read more at www.FengShe.org.How would you cope with the end of the world if you knew it was coming? That's a key theme probed in the new science fiction fantasy, "Melancholia." See my review, Life and death collide in murky 'Melancholia', now available at VividLife.me.Photo by Christian Geisnaes, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

Is political reform really possible? Not if the metaphysics supporting it are off. To find out what I mean, read my latest VividLife movie review, 'Ides of March' critically surveys the political landscape, by clicking here.