Stories in Our Roots

Jill Phillips is a family storyteller with a passion to inspire families to connect through the telling of their past. She started life on Lamlash Street in London, emigrated to Canada, where she obtained her master’s degree, and spent 30 years working as an Occupational Therapist and Hospital Manager. Motivated by her family’s experiences in 1960’s London, Jill shares their stories to celebrate a time of close family connections in difficult life situations and a way of life which is fondly remembered.

Learn more at www.jmphillipsauthor.com.

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Born in Berlin, Gabrielle grew up in Germany and Austria. After a PhD from the University of London, she taught Literature and Writing at US universities and abroad. She is the author of seven nonfiction books.  Our discussion for this episode focuses on her most recent book,  Api's Berlin Diaries: My Quest to Understand My Grandfather's Nazi Past.

Gabrielle loves to tell stories about people in their social and historical context and loves to help others tell their stories.  She encourages you to reach out to her with any questions or comments you may have through her website, www.gabriellerobinson.com.

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Born in Berlin, Gabrielle grew up in Germany and Austria. After a PhD from the University of London, she taught Literature and Writing at US universities and abroad. She is the author of seven nonfiction books.  Our discussion for this episode focuses on her most recent book,  Api's Berlin Diaries: My Quest to Understand My Grandfather's Nazi Past.

Gabrielle loves to tell stories about people in their social and historical context and loves to help others tell their stories.  She encourages you to reach out to her with any questions or comments you may have through her website, www.gabriellerobinson.com.

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In this episode Tova shares:

• How a wedding seating chart helped uncover a family name change
• Why she feels it is time for her generation to start talking about her family’s past
• Why it is important to focus on the lives of ancestors instead of their deaths

About Tova:

Tova Levi is a family history researcher who specializes in Jewish genealogy. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and is a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Her particular areas of interest are the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as German and Holocaust research. She is the owner of My Family Lines and creates customized family tree wall décor.

Contact Tova and My Family Lines through Instagram to get started with your family tree wall decor.

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Twitter            @myfamilylines

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Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

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In this episode Tova shares:

• How a wedding seating chart helped uncover a family name change
• Why she feels it is time for her generation to start talking about her family’s past
• Why it is important to focus on the lives of ancestors instead of their deaths

About Tova:

Tova Levi is a family history researcher who specializes in Jewish genealogy. She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and is a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Her particular areas of interest are the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as German and Holocaust research. She is the owner of My Family Lines and creates customized family tree wall décor.

Contact Tova and My Family Lines through Instagram to get started with your family tree wall decor.

Instagram       @myfamilylines
Twitter            @myfamilylines

Episode Sponsor:

Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

Get a free workbook, "Release Limiting Beliefs by Understanding Your Family History " to help identify your beliefs, where they come from, and how to choose your beliefs moving forward.

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In this episode Lucy shares:

• What burning paper money on Chinese New Year has to do with honoring ancestors
• Why she is grateful for her grandmother
• The tradition of praying to, or for, ancestors

About Lucy:

Lucy Liu is a business and life coach helping women in life transitions unstuck, kiss overwhelm bye, cultivate rockstar confidence, see clarity, reach new goals, and live a joyful fulfilling life! She is an unshakable optimist, wife, mother, easy-going entrepreneur, women empowerment workshop facilitator, motivational speaker, author and inspires as the host of her weekly podcast The Lucy Liu Show, She has been featured in Medium, VoyageLA, Elephant Journal, ThriveGlobal, FOX, CBS, NBC and dozens of podcasts.

Website          www.lucyliucoaching.com
Facebook        @mslucyliu
Instagram       @mslucyliu
Twitter            @mslucyliu
LinkedIn          @mslucyliu
 
 

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 Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

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In this episode Lucy shares:

• What burning paper money on Chinese New Year has to do with honoring ancestors
• Why she is grateful for her grandmother
• The tradition of praying to, or for, ancestors

About Lucy:

Lucy Liu is a business and life coach helping women in life transitions unstuck, kiss overwhelm bye, cultivate rockstar confidence, see clarity, reach new goals, and live a joyful fulfilling life! She is an unshakable optimist, wife, mother, easy-going entrepreneur, women empowerment workshop facilitator, motivational speaker, author and inspires as the host of her weekly podcast The Lucy Liu Show, She has been featured in Medium, VoyageLA, Elephant Journal, ThriveGlobal, FOX, CBS, NBC and dozens of podcasts.

Website          www.lucyliucoaching.com
Facebook        @mslucyliu
Instagram       @mslucyliu
Twitter            @mslucyliu
LinkedIn          @mslucyliu
 
 

Episode Sponsor:

 Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

Get a free workbook, "Release Limiting Beliefs by Understanding Your Family History " to help identify your beliefs, where they come from, and how to choose your beliefs moving forward.

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#53.  In this episode Andrea shares:

• The challenge her grandfather faced within the first weeks, and years, of purchasing a home heating business
• The moments the business almost didn’t stay in the family
• How her son’s school project led her to ask deeper questions about the history of her family

About Andrea:

Andrea currently lives in Mercer Island, Washington—about a mile from the house she grew up in—with her husband, and youngest son (two older sons are in college out of state).
 She is the author of Twentieth Century Boys: How One Family Business Survived and Thrived, which published on October 26, 2021. The book is a narrative non-fiction which covers over 100 years and spans four generations. It's about a family business and how it was passed down through the generations given the cultural and economic trends and hardships that required the company to change in order to survive.

Connect with Andrea:

Website          andreawatson.net     
Facebook        @andreaclarkwatson
Instagram       @nanwat93
LinkedIn         Andrea Watson
 
 

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 Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

Get a free workbook, "Release Limiting Beliefs by Understanding Your Family History " to help identify your beliefs, where they come from, and how to choose your beliefs moving forward.

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#53.  In this episode Andrea shares:

• The challenge her grandfather faced within the first weeks, and years, of purchasing a home heating business
• The moments the business almost didn’t stay in the family
• How her son’s school project led her to ask deeper questions about the history of her family

About Andrea:

Andrea currently lives in Mercer Island, Washington—about a mile from the house she grew up in—with her husband, and youngest son (two older sons are in college out of state).
 She is the author of Twentieth Century Boys: How One Family Business Survived and Thrived, which published on October 26, 2021. The book is a narrative non-fiction which covers over 100 years and spans four generations. It's about a family business and how it was passed down through the generations given the cultural and economic trends and hardships that required the company to change in order to survive.

Connect with Andrea:

Website          andreawatson.net     
Facebook        @andreaclarkwatson
Instagram       @nanwat93
LinkedIn         Andrea Watson
 
 

Episode Sponsor:

 Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

Get a free workbook, "Release Limiting Beliefs by Understanding Your Family History " to help identify your beliefs, where they come from, and how to choose your beliefs moving forward.

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#52. In this episode Victoria shares:

• How an inherited cameo piqued her interest in her great-grandmother
• Why moving across the world connected her to the women in her family
• How sharing pictures has drawn her extended family closer together

About Victoria:

From family research, to family tree presentation, to sharing with family, Victoria’s journey with ancestry has been a creative outlet for a frustrated detective/artist. She dabbled with the idea of getting into family tree research for over 30 years. In the late 1980s her mother gave her a copy of a detailed family tree recording her father’s side of the family.  Victoria was struck by the fact that no one had followed the women. So that is what she decided to do... follow the women.

Connect with Victoria:

Website          www.victoriaspress.com
Facebook        @victoriaspress
Instagram       @victoriaspress

Also mentioned in this episode: Ponga, Canva

Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy's personalized coaching service, Resilience in Your Roots.

Get a free workbook, "Release Limiting Beliefs by Understanding Your Family History " to help identify your beliefs, where they come from, and how to choose your beliefs moving forward.

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