Today I interviewed my friend Hillary Sloan, who's an incredible advocate for animal rescuing and

the human behind the ultra-popular Instagram account, Ella Bean, the dog.

Hillary has fostered countless dogs and rescued three darling dogs, starting with Ella Bean,

followed by Coconut Bean and most recently Fifi Von Bean.

Hilary and I talked through her story of finding and falling in love with

Ella, coconut, and Fifi, the challenges they've overcome together and what it's like to adopt a dog.

But most importantly, Hillary educates me on why adopt don't shop is such an important movement

and not just a cute hashtag, what we need to do better as a society to put an end to puppy meals, and even what best practices are if you're buying from a respectable breeder.

I can't wait for you guys to learn from and be inspired by my friend Hillary and her furry little family.

Okay, you guys, today, I am so excited to do something that's a little bit different than any of the other episodes we've done before.

But it's something that is really important, I think, to talk about and educate people about.

And so I'm here with my friend Hillary, who I love and adore so much.

I met her through Shop Style, which is a company that I partner with on a lot of

different things. So Hillary is going to tell us who she is, what she's about, and what her dogs are

up to and what they're all about, because that's kind of what we're here to talk about today.

Thank you so much for having me, Karen. I've been such a fan of your content for so long,

and I'm so grateful to my job that it allowed us the opportunity to not just become business

partners, but friends. It's just, it's so special to be able to work with people who you like

genuinely love. And so thank you for having me. My name is Hillary Sloan. I lead influencer partnerships

at Shop Style. But when I am not working on influencer partnerships at Shop Style, I am the human

behind the Instagram account, Ella Bean, the dog. I originally started the account because

a few years ago, when we started to see

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