Orlando Da Silva: Surviving Depression and Using His Words to Help Others

Orlando Da Silva is a lawyer of over 30 years, former president of the Ontario Bar Association, and one of the first people in the Canadian legal profession to publicly disclose his struggle with treatment-resistant depression and generalized anxiety. When he became OBA president in 2014, he spent two years working up the courage to go public, eventually sharing his story in a Law Times interview that was picked up by the Toronto Star. He is the author of Thank God I Failed, a memoir about depression, meaning, and what it took to build a life worth living after a childhood that gave him every reason not to.He explains:◼ What it was like growing up in a home where violence was regular and unpredictable and why he still struggles to call it abuse◼ How a grade eight teacher crossing out "basic" and writing "gifted" on his high school application changed the trajectory of his life◼ Why he spent 20 years hiding his depression from colleagues, certain that disclosure would end his career◼ Why he abandoned the pursuit of success and chose to pursue meaning insteadFOLLOW JORDANAInstagram: jordanagoldlistGET THE BOOK - THANK GOD I FAILEDAmazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Thank-God-Failed-Lawyers-Suicide/dp/1067369988Indigo/Chapters: https://www.indigo.ca/products/thank-god-i-failed-a-lawyers-suicide-attempt-and-the-case-against-tryingBarnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thank-god-i-failed-orlando-da-silva/1150201737