Happiness journey with Dr Dan podcast: Season 25 Ep 9: Special Guest and sharing his journey dealing with generational trauma, Willie Handler

Willie Handler has reinvented himself on several occasions throughout his work career. He has been a hospital administrator, a government policy manager, an insurance expert, and consultant. Following his retirement from the government, Willie began a writing career. He has published three fiction novels over the past few years. His latest book is a memoir focusing on growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors.

Willie is active in Toronto’s Holocaust second generation and third generation survivor community, participating in educational programs, commemorative events, and group discussions. He is also a volunteer at the Toronto HolocaustMuseum, where he assists students and visitors as they make their way through the museum’s gallery. Willie has spoken online and at in-person events on the Holocaust and his family’s experience. Following the release of his memoir he began working on a book dealing with generational trauma in descendants of Holocaust survivors.