Maybe she's tried Weight Watchers, gastric bypass, personal training, a lap-band, too many diets to name. Shannon Kopp says an unexpected and transformative kind of healing took place at the San Diego Humane Society. Every few months, I'll get a call from a person, usually a woman, who believes she can't go on. By the time she's dialed my number, she has tried therapy and devoured and puked up every self-help book she could get her hands on. At times, her frustration and shame will pulse through the line and touch something very familiar and tender in my own chest.

Source: CNN June 17, 2016 12:56 UTC