Journeying with Dr. Ni--Dr. Mary E. Pritchard and Mr. Shayne Whitehead

Dr. Mary E. Pritchard is a psychologist, holistic health counselor, professor of psychology, and founder of the thriving “Awakening the Goddess Within” virtual community. A Body Image Expert and esteemed blogger at Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, Dr. Pritchard is a frequent contributor to Aspire and Bella Mia magazines. She is also co-author of the international best-selling book Inspiration for a Woman's Soul: Choosing Happiness. Dr. Mary is passionately dedicated to empowering today’s women in healing their relationships with food, their bodies, and themselves, reconnecting with their Inner Goddess, stepping through their perceived fears, and embracing the truth of who they are. She will speak to us today about her journey through endometriosis and how that ailment led her to the healing work she now does placing Goddess at the center of women's spirituality.

Shayne Michael Whitehead is a stand-up comic in Long Beach, California committed to cleaning up and keeping pristine his MacArthur Park neighborhood in East Long Beach. Shayne began his stand-up career in Scottsdale, Arizona, training with Louis Anthony Russo's Star Theater and touring with the Psychiatric Comedy Tour. Upon leaving these two venues, Shayne spent time developing his website Shayne-michael.com into an unprecedented open mic database for comics. Since November 2005, Shayne has uploaded one new humor column per day, creating one of the largest collections of original humor on the internet.Today, Shayne will speak to us about his thriving work cleaning up the streets in MacArthur Park and the phenomenal organization he has built to do so.