If you’ve ever really struggled in life or faced depression, alcoholism, an eating disorder, or a hole in your belly you just couldn’t fill, or if you simply love animal stories and their incredible power to heal, then do we have the show for you!
Today I’ll be talking with Shannon Kopp, an eating disorder survivor, animal welfare advocate, and the bestselling author of Pound for Pound, A Story of One Woman’s Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life.
Today we’ll talk about big struggles and challenges, how to overcome them, and finding that one thing that brings you the love to overcome.
That plus we’ll talk about miraculous shelter animals, their stories, their struggles, and how they can nurse us all back to health, plus Jane Goodall and chimpansees, the Ocean Beach Dog Park, Sugar, Sunny, and why Cheez Whiz is the answer, when you’re going on TV!…just ask Abby.
Questions and topics include:

Who was Sugar?
How did Jane Goodall influence Shannon’s life?
What happened with her Shannon’s dad when she was in high school
Why surrender is so important if one has an addiction
How did Shannon first experience bulimia?
What happened when Shannon first tried ‘purging’
How did Shannon start seeking therapy?
What is therapy amnesia?
Why she didn’t know how to cope with her own
How did she manifest a meeting with Toni Morrison?
How she met Danny
What’s the miracle of Ocean Beach Dog Beach
How she ended up at the Rosewood Eating Disorder Treatment Center which had equine therapy
How she ended up as the marketing coordinator at the San Diego Humane Society.
What’s the perfect use for cheezwhiz
How Shannon got Abby on TV
How Shannon relapsed
How long she’s been relapse free?
Who were Sheba and Ranger?
What happened when she moved to Los Angeles?
What the LA Humane Society was like
Who was Big Girl?
How Shannon pulled off a miracle with Sunny
Why Pit Bulls are completely misunderstand
How people can help pit bulls:

Go to your local animal shelter

Volunteer


Best Friends Animal Society – bestfriends.org
BadRap organization – BadRap.org
Humane Society of the United States


Where people can go if they have an eating disorder:

NEDA – National Eating Disorder Association – nationaleatingdisorderassociation.org
12 Steps for Eating Disorders
Recovery Warriors – RecoveryWarriors.com


Where to find: Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman's Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life
Amazing words for anyone struggling with an eating disorder
Advice for parents of children with eating disorders

ANAD meetings – anad.org


shannonkopp.com

Will find lots of resources for those suffering with eating disorders and for animal welfare



Shannon Kopp Shares Her Powerful Journey (+ advice) From Depression, Addiction & Bulemia to Health & Wellbeing, Thru the Healing Power & Love of Shelter Animals! Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | 12 Step | Alcoholism | Pit Bulls | Dogs | Cats | Self-Help | Inspire!  
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