Happiness Journey with Dr Dan: Where every journey is worth living.

Dr Dan Amzallag, PhD
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Life is challenging, no doubt about that. Stress may keep you anxious and with time, it can take its toll on you. Many can struggle when dealing with these uncertainties, and it can be hard to have someone encouraging you and help you keep moving forward. My many inspiring guests and their stories will uplift you, bring back the love for life and provide you with key insights on how to manage your difficult challenges. Stay motivated by those who made it happen and changed their own life by taking affirmative action and start living their lives mindfully. Happiness is from within.

  1. 15h ago

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 39 Ep 2 Special Guest and author of “Answer the call” Jorge Gonzales

    Jorge V. Gonzalez is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and inventor who inspires others to turnadversity into opportunity. Through his book Answer the Call, Jorge shares powerful lessons on resilience, reinvention, and purposeful leadership, drawing from his own journey of rebuilding his life and redefining his purposeafter a life-altering career transition. Today, Jorge empowers leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizations to navigate change with clarity, confidence,and actionable strategies. An award-winning real estate professional and co-inventor of a patent-pending baseball training product developed with his daughter, Jorge combines authentic storytelling with practical insights toinspire meaningful transformation. His mission is to help people embrace life's challenges as opportunities for growth and answer the call to theirfullest potential. Get your free copy of Answer the Callat www.Answerthecall.me.   Linkto episode can be found here: #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy, #drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

  2. Oct 23

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 10 Special Guest, Nadege Saysana Nutritional Coach.

    Nan Saysana helps women who lift end binge-eating and feel good in their bodies. She used to struggle with food herself, so she understands how it feels. She is a life and weight loss coach, a Havening Techniques ® practitioner and a hypnotherapist who helps women enjoy foods likechocolate without fear. Nan lives in Paris and believes change can be simple, kind, and long-lasting. Link to episode can be found here: #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy,#drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

  3. Oct 16

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 8 Special Guest, Dr Marlene Duroseau

    Dr. Marline C. Duroseau, widely known as Dr. Mar, is a respected fertility and women’s health advocate, resilience expert, TEDx speaker, coach, and award-winningauthor who empowers women to overcome personal and professional challenges. As a seasoned financial executive and Managing Director of HR and LeadershipDevelopment at Brandon Hall Group, she gained national recognition for her TEDx talk, “The Secret Battle Behind Powerful Women Leaders,” highlighting thehidden struggles of high-achieving women and the importance of vulnerability in effective leadership. Her memoir, It’ll Happen By 30, shares her deeplypersonal journey through infertility, loss, and rebuilding life with renewed purpose. Through her children’s books and collaborative leadership work, including The Impact Leaders with Kevin Harrington, she uses storytelling to inspire healing, growth, and transformation. Her doctoral research into the infertilityexperiences of women in leadership, combined with her annual maternal wellness events, has established her as an influential voice in women’s leadership, maternal mental health, and resilience. Linkto episode can be found here: #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy,#drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

  4. Oct 16

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 9 Special Guest, Kristen Crabtree, Archeologist of the Self.

    risten Crabtree is an author, transformation guide, andArchaeologist of the Self™ who helps people question their assumptions and rediscover who they truly are. She is the creator of Paramour Paradox™ and The LIVE DIG™, an experiential approach using curiosity, symbolic objects, andself-inquiry to uncover new perspectives and possibilities. Inspired by her own profound midlife transformation, Kristen explores the difference between living according to expectations and living in alignment with oneself. She is the author of Be the You That's More You Than You've Ever Been and creates immersive experiences that encourage personal discovery. Her work challenges traditional personal development by inviting people to look beneath the surface rather than constantly trying to become someone new. At its heart is a powerful question: What if you already have everything you need to become more authentically yourself.   Linkto episode can be found here: #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy,#drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

  5. Oct 9

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 7 Special Guest, DBT modality expert: Ed Chen

    Ed is a BCACC registered, CCPA certified clinical counsellor, and a BCACC Approved Clinical Supervisor. As a clinician, Ed has extensive experience in delivering Dialectical Behavior Therapy to high-risk adults, youths and familiesexperiencing concerns such as suicidality, self-harm, impulsivity, depression, anxiety, trauma, and addictions.   As a trainer, Ed has undergone the Train the Trainer Program under Dr. Marsha Linehan’s Behavioural Tech Institute. In addition to the foundational DBT and RO-DBT treatment programs, Ed is also trained in DBT for Substance UseDisorders (DBT-SUD), DBT Skills in Schools (DBT STEPS-A),  DBT for Adolescents (DBT-A), and DBT for Trauma (DBT-PE) Protocols.   Ed also has considerable background in DBT program development in government agencies, community services, and schools. Ed’s DBT Program for Young Parents in Schoolswas nominated for a Premier’s Award for innovation. In 2026, the DBT Centre and Clinic of Greater Vancouverwas nominated for Authority Magazine’s Social Impact Hero Award. Ed was also the recipient of the 2026 Excellence in Practice Award from the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.   Ed’s work has also been featured on major publications, and he is a regular contributor to Medium’s Authority Magazine. #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy,#drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

  6. Oct 4

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 6 Special Guest and stage 4 breast cancer survivor Jenn Greenhut

    Jenn Greenhut is a Stage IV triple-negative breast cancer survivor, TEDx speaker, author of Everyone Needs a Larry, and founder of Love, Zero Negative and The Zero Negative Foundation. In December, 2016, Jenn was diagnosed with Stage IV triple-negative breast cancer and given a 12% chance of surviving five years. Four months later, she was cancer-free. That experience transformed the way she saw her life and became the foundation for her work today. Through speaking, writing, and The Zero Negative Foundation, Jenn uses her story, humor, and lived experience to help people meet life’s hardest moments with more self-love, gratitude, trust, and presence. Jenn believes happiness isn’t about everything going right. Sometimes the greatest disruptions in our lives are the very things that wake us up. You can find her here: Www.zeronegative.com @zeronegativeorg Www.lovezeronegative.com @lovezeronegative Jenn@lovezeronegative.com @jenngreenhut

  7. Oct 2

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 5 Special Guest Nell Dewey, creator of systemic Substraction Coaching method

    Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey (aka Nell 3D) is a leadership strategist, keynote speaker, and Forbes Leadership contributor who helps ambitious, big-heartedleaders build success that feels as good as it looks. As founder of a certified B Corporation and creator of the Lead in 3D™ framework, she works with leadersacross Fortune 500 companies, global nonprofits, and universities to subtract what's draining them and amplify what actually works.   Nell's approach draws on psychology studies at Harvard, nearly a decade of nonprofit leadership from Rome to the West Bank to Mozambique, and, perhaps most transformationally, equine-assisted coaching, which taughther what no leadership course could: that presence isn't a soft skill, it's the whole game.   Her Substack, Subtract to Succeed, is a laboratory for systematic subtraction and the basis for a forthcoming book. She lives between Greenwich, Connecticut and Big Sky, Montana, with her husband, two bernedoodles,and visiting adult step-kids as often as possible Linkto episode can be found here:   #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy,#drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

  8. Oct 2

    Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 38 Ep 6 Special Guest and stage 4 breast cancer survivor Jenn Greenhut

    Jenn Greenhut is a Stage IV triple-negative breast cancer survivor, TEDx speaker, author of Everyone Needs a Larry, and founder of Love, Zero Negative and The ZeroNegative Foundation. In December, 2016, after three failed rounds of IVF, Jenn was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer and givena 12% chance of surviving five years. Four months later, she was cancer-free. What began as the most terrifying chapter of her life became an unexpected awakening, changing how she understood fear, happiness, love, and what it meansto truly be alive. Today, Jenn uses her story, humor, and lived experience to help people navigate the life they didn’t plan for with more self-love, gratitude, trust, and presence. Through The Zero Negative Foundation, she supports cancer patients, caregivers, and families, with a growing focus on the often-overlooked caregiver. A former U.S. National Team and UCLA gymnast, longtime yoga teacher, and singer-songwriter, Jenn believes happiness isn’t about everything going right. Sometimes the greatest disruptions in our lives are the very things that wake us up. Linkto episode can be found here:   #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan,#ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy,#drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,

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Life is challenging, no doubt about that. Stress may keep you anxious and with time, it can take its toll on you. Many can struggle when dealing with these uncertainties, and it can be hard to have someone encouraging you and help you keep moving forward. My many inspiring guests and their stories will uplift you, bring back the love for life and provide you with key insights on how to manage your difficult challenges. Stay motivated by those who made it happen and changed their own life by taking affirmative action and start living their lives mindfully. Happiness is from within.

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