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Buried Bylines81. The Stalking Case of Dawn HillyerIn this episode, we cover the harrowing five-year stalking ordeal of Fort Wayne mother Dawn Hillyer, whose case exposed the failures of Indiana law to protect victims. What began as a casual connection quickly spiraled into years of relentless harassment, break-ins, false police reports, and emotional devastation—while the system largely failed her. We’ll trace Dawn’s fight for safety, the long-delayed conviction of her stalker, and her journey from survivor to advocate, founding Hiding Hilda and pushing for stronger protections for victims. Plus, we’ll look at new research linking stalking and restraining orders to long-term health risks fo...
2025-09-2239 min
Create Good Stories#14 Know Your Ancestors with Megan HillyerIn this episode, Tal interviews Megan Hillyer about the power of knowing our ancestors. They explore how understanding the stories of those who came before us can foster resilience, identity, and strength. Megan shares practical tips for uncovering and connecting with your family history — revealing how looking backward can empower us to move forward with greater purpose and confidence.https://www.instagram.com/taleyre/ https://www.taleyre.com/
2025-06-0232 min
The Regan Hillyer ShowThe Most Powerful Tools For Manifesting with Megan PorterThe Mindvalley Show - Regan Hillyer & Megan Pormer - Episode # 49 🎙️ Listen Up! Latest Podcast 🎙️ In this month's podcast, The Most Powerful Tools For Manifesting - a part of the Mindvalley Show Series, I talk with Megan Pormer, just after my session with engaged Mindvalley clients - 2 hours with over 500 people, live and on site - to show them the principles of manifestation. We discuss how I used the power of a psychedelic experience…without pharmaceutical psychedelics! And the impact this had on the assembled gathering. It's all about unblocking the unconsc...
2025-02-2658 min
Her Xpansion - Xpand Your Life & the Lives You Lead18: Megan Hillyer on Motherhood, Genealogy & Building Resilience Through Generations | Her Xpansion PodcastIn this heartfelt episode of the HerXpansion podcast, host Dee Taggart talks with Megan Hillyer, a professional genealogist, mother of seven and creator of Know your Ancestors. Megan opens up about how she balances motherhood with her passion for genealogy. She shares how exploring your ancestors’ stories can strengthen family connections and help you discover resilience and self-awareness. Together, Dee and Megan discuss how understanding the past can shape your future and help you grow.You’ll learn how family history can help heal generational trauma, strengthen relationships, and reveal your inner strengths. Megan also offers practical tips...
2025-01-0238 min
Know Your Ancestors3 Reasons Why You Should Know Your Ancestors#21: There are definitely more than 3 reasons to know your ancestors, but these are three that I've been thinking about lately and are maybe reasons you've never considered.
1. Feel connected to something bigger
2. Understand family patterns
3. Challenge limiting beliefs
Which one do you need most right now?
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2024-03-1911 min
Seven Strong with Holly HillyerBreak through your growth ceiling with Megan BlacksmithIf I have learned nothing else in my 10+ years running a business, it’s that entrepreneurship is the ultimate personal growth journey. And that is exactly what my guest Megan Blacksmith and I are diving into today. Megan Blacksmith is a holistic health coach, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, speaker, NLP Trainer and mindset ninja. She is the co-founder of Zesty and the Becoming Zesty podcast. She trains coaches, practitioners and leaders with the tools for faster (inner) transformation without fighting themselves along the way through Functional NLP, a combination of the principles of NLP, functional medicine and com...
2024-03-1951 minKnow Your AncestorsBTS of Untold Family Stories with Crystal Haitsma#20: Do you ever wonder how to know if you really have found the right record for your ancestor? In this BTS episode, I share how I found some more clues about Crystal's great grandfather to be able to *more* confidently say that the obituary the family has for him is correct. Watch and get some tips for how you can do the same.
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2024-03-1219 minKnow Your AncestorsUntold Family Stories with Crystal Haitsma#19: Crystal Haitsma is a parenting and life coach. Join me as I chat with her about homeschooling her 4 children while circumventing the globe and working online. Then, watch as I share a bit about her paternal family history. Why did her great grandfather change his name? What happened to his mother? These are just some of the mysteries we'll be diving into!
Follow Crystal on Instagram: @the.parenting.coach
Visit Crystal's website: https://www.coachcrystal.ca/
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2024-03-0549 minKnow Your AncestorsTaylor Swift's Italian RootsWatch on YouTube
#18: Join me in this captivating episode as we explore the Italian ancestral roots of Taylor Swift. Hosted by me, Megan Hillyer, the episode unfolds the intriguing story of Taylor's great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Carmine Antonio Baldi, who embarked on a remarkable journey from a small village in Italy to becoming a successful entrepreneur in Philadelphia.
Discover the challenges faced by Charles and his brothers, their immigration to the U.S., and the lasting legacy they left in the Italian community. Uncover the fascinating details of Taylor Swift's lineage, showcasing a family history of resilience...
2024-02-2714 minKnow Your Ancestors4 Steps to Start Researching Your Family Tree#17 - Do you want to start building your family tree and learning more about your ancestors? Here are the four steps:
1. Choose where you want to store your tree
2. Look at what's already known
3. Research
4. Educate yourself
Listen for an explanation of each step and how you can start building your family tree.
Want help with your family tree? Join my VIP Membership. Either commit to 3 months, or drop-in for the weekly call. Join HERE
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2024-02-2012 minKnow Your AncestorsEpigenetics and Your Family Tree#16 - Every wondered what epigenetics is and how it's affecting your family tree? Listen up to a quick summary of epigenetics, thoughts on philosophies from Alfred Adler, and how I feel about trauma and how it can be passed on and what you can do about it.
Podcast episode about epigenetics that I referred to - Everything Epigenetics: Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance with Dr. Michael Skinner
The book I referred to: The Courage to Be Disliked (I've almost finished it and it is really good and is making me think a lot about how I can live my life more truly)
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2024-02-1313 minKnow Your AncestorsBTS of The Grandpa She Never Knew with Molly Bice-Jackson#15: It turns out, there's more to the story! Molly was hoping to know more about how her great-grandmother passed away because she knew that her death was hard on her grandfather Emanuel. Well---the angels both on this side and the other pulled through, with Maryland Vital Records being made available for free online just over this past weekend! Seriously incredible. Listen to "the rest of the story," to hear the sad story of Sophia Hirschhorn's final months of her life and how that likely affected her family.Listen to episode 14 (the one just before this) with Molly-Bice...
2023-11-2813 minKnow Your AncestorsThe Grandpa She Never Knew with Molly Bice Jackson#14: After her mother received her Ancestry DNA results, Molly discovered that she had a grandfather that she never knew. Her biological grandfather was Emanuel Horn (Hirschhorn), an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland who had passed away years earlier. It was so fun to explore some of Molly's biological family tree and show her where Emanuel's family originally came from in this episode. Watch on YouTube HEREMolly Bice-Jackson is an actress, speaker, and performer who lives in Park City, Utah. Follow Molly on IG @smallyspiceMolly's websiteKatie Garner from krgarnergenealogy.com helped research...
2023-11-2136 minKnow Your AncestorsThe Power of Knowing Your Ancestors#13: I get a little personal here, but that's because getting to know your ancestors is powerful stuff! Want me to make a little reel on Instagram about one of your ancestors? Listen to this episode and then fill out this Google form and stay tuned on Instagram to see if yours gets picked!How connected are you to your ancestors? Take the quiz HERE.Want to learn more about your own ancestors, just like the guest on this podcast? You can HERE. Use code PODCAST for $50 off.Connect with me:
2023-11-1411 minKnow Your AncestorsBTS of The Untold Danish Love Story with Sarah Allred#12 - I'm trying something new! Because the researched episodes take so long to do, I'm going to start recording additional episodes in between. This episode is a Behind The Scenes explanation of how I put together the story of Sarah's 2x great grandparents. I share tips for you if you have a fully researched tree like Sarah and explain how you can fill out the story of your ancestors like I did for her. Let me know what you think!Can you leave me a review? This REALLY helps the podcast grow! Thanks!How connected...
2023-11-0714 minKnow Your AncestorsThe Untold Danish Love Story with Sarah Allred#11 - Did they fall in love on the boat? Or maybe as they walked across the plains to Utah? We may never know the intricacies of Sarah Allred's 2X great grandparents courtship, but watch (or listen) as we dive into some of their story. Theirs was a life of loss, sacrifice, and faith that they endured well. Watch on YouTube HEREGuest Sarah Allred is a business and marketing expert who actually helped me get my own business started back in 2019. It was so fun to share some of the stories of her...
2023-10-3136 minKnow Your AncestorsResults of Generational Trauma with Cristy Duce#10: Watch on YouTube HERE. In this episode with Cristy Duce, we dive deep into one branch of her family tree to discover the roots of some major trauma. It turns out it didn't all start with her great-grandfather. His father, and his father before him all endured lives of loss and instability.Listen as we uncover a new piece of the puzzle to build a fuller understanding that allowed compassion and truth to emerge.Cristy's experience as a life and business coach, with a side of yoga and meditations, allows her to provide a unique...
2023-10-1030 min
Know Your AncestorsJourneying into Ancestral Realms: Unveiling Family Mysteries with Torie Feldman#9: NEW - Get $50 off your Ancestral Story Weaving Session using code "PODCAST" here------------------------------------------------------------------------------Watch the podcast on YouTube hereIn this captivating podcast episode, Megan sits down with Torie Feldman from Sacred Ancestry to embark on an illuminating journey through the tapestry of Torie's family history. Torie's unique work as an ancestral healing guide and spiritual mentor adds a profound dimension to the exploration of her lineage.Torie's expertise lies in connecting people to their ancestors on a spiritual level, delving into the depths of intuition and emotions associated with family histories.
2023-09-2635 minKnow Your AncestorsStories from the Holocaust with David Vaskevitch#8: Some people's heritage is truly heartbreaking. That is the case for David Vaskevitch. His family endured horrible hardships during WW2 as Jews in Germany. David's mother specifically endured a lot, but was able to live a very full life well into her 90s. Listen as I share what our genealogist, Kaye Prince-Hollenberg, was able to uncover about David's Jewish heritage. David is the CEO of Mylio, one of our podcast's sponsors! It was an honor to share some of the stories and documents of his family with him and all of you. Watch on...
2023-07-0426 minKnow Your AncestorsDiscovering Biological Parents with Eliza Hall#7: Eliza Hall always knew she was adopted because her wonderful parents spoke openly about it. A few years ago Eliza took an Ancestry DNA test and connected with a couple family members, but couldn't quite figure out who her biological parents were. Thanks to Nancy Landini from IGGnite DNA, we were able to share with Eliza who her biological mother is and who her likely biological father is. Thanks to Eliza for letting us share this discovery with all of you!Watch on YouTube HERENancy Landini is the genetic genealogist...
2023-06-2033 minKnow Your AncestorsIrish Rebellion and Rhymes with Brittany Jepsen#6: Relatives who only spoke in rhyme and others who staged a rebellion against the "land-grabbers!" Those are just a few of the stories that I shared with Brittany Jepsen from The House That Lars Built in this episode. Her grandmother has a very rich Irish heritage and it was so fun to see all that Will and Miles were able to find out about her family. Follow Brittany @houselarsbuiltWatch on YouTube HEREThe genealogists who worked on this episode a...
2023-06-0733 minKnow Your AncestorsHardships and Resilience with Grayce Andersen#5: Often we hear about the good parts of our ancestors' lives: the joys, successes, and proud moments. But what about the hard? In this episode, I shared a small portion of Grayce Andersen's family tree with her that was filled with heart ache and hardships (abandoned for 3 months as a child?!), but also a lot of strength and determination. Listen to the end to hear a quick tip about how you can uncover some of the "hard" of your ancestors' lives as you learn about them.Follow Grayce on Instagram here for fabulous...
2023-05-2343 minKnow Your AncestorsSalesmen, Pickles, and Mansions with Maggie ClappWant to be a guest on the podcast? (Or win $100 instead?) - Leave a rating and review on iTunes and then comment on the giveaway post on Facebook or Instagram by May 15th for a chance to win!#4: Maggie Clapp has a cool Instagram account where she shares old home in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. So, obviously we needed to share pictures of her ancestor's homes with her along with their history. Want to see the pictures of the homes? Watch the podcast on YouTube.Follow Maggie on Instagram: @clappily_home
2023-05-0935 minKnow Your AncestorsCarry on the Legacy with Julie Taylor#3: Listen as I share with Julie Taylor about her roots - specifically how her family farm was began over 100 years ago. Julie is a content creator on Instagram whose perspective on life and motherhood is refreshing and freeing. Sharing about her ancestors with her was a powerful experience and I hope that you enjoy hearing about how her ancestors made the trek across the ocean to settle in Utah and helped to build up the community of Provo.Follow Julie on Instagram: @thejulietaylorWatch on YouTube to see the photos and...
2023-05-0236 minKnow Your AncestorsDiscovering Biological Parents with Christine Pocock and Heather Helquist#2: Listen as Chris shares her story of adoption and discovering her confirmed biological mother and likely biological father. Her and her daughter's perspectives and experiences provide hope to all of those who have unknown parentage in their family tree. The genetic genealogist who researched for this episode is Dawn Kosmakos from SunriseDNA.com. Go to her website to contact her to help you identify unknown parentage or DNA matches, or build your family tree.Try Mylio and get 25% off your first year.Mylio...
2023-04-2527 minKnow Your AncestorsRoots of Grit and Limiting Beliefs with Brittany Macleod#1: Brittany Macleod is a social media coach from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Listen as we uncover where her grittiness and desire to live on the water likely came from.Here is the article referred to, "Time Passes, Memories Live On: A Lehuédé from North America Discovers Ancestral Roots in Brittany, France" by Barbara Le Blanc, Ph.D in the Journal of American-Canadian Genealogical Society Follow Brittany Macleod on InstagramListen to "On The Edge with Brittany MacLeod & Jacki Mercer"The genealogist who researched for this episode is Jen Sh...
2023-04-2540 minKnow Your AncestorsTrailerHow connected are you to your ancestors? Take the quiz HERE.Want to learn more about your own ancestors, just like the guest on this podcast? You can HERE. Use code PODCAST for $50 off.Connect with me:Follow @meganhillyer on InstagramLike Know Your Ancestors on FacebookFollow @knowyourancestors on TikTokSubscribe to @knowyourancestors on YouTubeVisit knowyourancestors.co
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2023-04-1400 min
Oh My Tech!Record and Find Your Family History! Easy Ways to Get StartedLive discussion with Megan Hillyer from Know Your Ancestors about easy ways you can start recording your family history, and how you can get started finding your own ancestors!
2023-03-1551 min
The Country MileThe Country Mile 260
The Home of the Tennessee QUIZkey quiz!
PLAYLIST:
Matthew Ryan - Honky Tonk Downstairs
Jake Williams - Nothin’ ‘Bout That
Brit Taylor - Anything But You
Steven Taetz - Late Bloom
Darrin Morris Band - God Made Me A Cowboy
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Altitude
Donna Ulisse - I’m Fallin’
Andrew Crawford & Brandi Colt - Gamblers & Gypsies
Matt Hillyer - Stolen Kisses
Dierks Bentley & Ashley McBryde - Cowboy Boots
Chase Rice - Oklahoma...
2023-02-1900 min
Phoenix Rising: Descending into the Threads & Rising from the Roots.EP:034 Living in The Tiny Rose Hip with Megan Moore.When you ask the Universe for your hearts deepest desires.....sometimes you receive the whole loaf immediately & your desires twelve months before you're ready to receive them. Megan Moore is an entrepreneur & tiny home dweller.
Over the course of the past couple of years she has pivoted drastically in business, sold almost everything & now resides in a tiny home with her beloved, two children & two dogs. She is relishing in the simpler life & runs her businesses from the tiny rose hip in the British Columbia mountains.
In this episode...
2022-04-261h 04
Spiritually Minded Women PodcastSMM 094: How to Drop Expectations in Motherhood Family History Work Megan HillyerListen to hear how Megan Hillyer, mom to seven, learned to drop expectations in motherhood after her husband’s unexpected health issues. She shares how she knew God was aware of her even when her life wasn’t what she planned. Megan also discusses dropping expectations in family history work and shares an easy place to get started, even if you’re a busy mom. Episode Links + Quotes “But I think trusting that Heavenly Father is aware of me and having different instances in my life where I’ve seen that and I know that he’s aware of me...
2020-05-2728 min
The Enoughness Revolution: Life, Work, + LoveEp 100 TT: Regan HillyerIt's Transformational Thursday and I have a killer guest with me today! Two things before we get started: It's the 100th episode, which is a HUGE milestone for the podcast!! Cue the confetti and champagne!!!! Our guest today is sharing some AMAZING tools to prepare you for a powerful 2017! Get out your notebook, Sister! Regan Hillyer is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, mindset coach and author of the bestselling book Be Your Brand. She is the founder of Regan Hillyer International, a company dedicated to providing personal development and business training to men and women who have a...
2016-12-1528 min