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Mark Donnelly
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Mark Donnelly .

Founder of HUH Clothing & Mental Health Advocate

Mark Donnelly is the founder of HUH Clothing (How’s Ur Head), Ireland’s largest mental health clothing brand. Through casual, conversation-starting apparel, Mark is breaking down stigma and normalising discussions around mental health in workplaces and beyond. HUH?

The story

Biography

Mark Donnelly is the visionary behind the mental health awareness clothing brand, HUH. The acronym HUH stands for “How’s Ur Head,” and its minimalist design is intentionally crafted to provoke curiosity and ignite conversations about mental health. He is a passionate entrepreneur and Frank Keane Brand Ambassador.

Mark brings a powerful and refreshingly honest voice to the conversation around mental health. With lived experience of his own personal battles with severe anxiety, self-confidence issues, body image struggles, depression, and OCD during his formative years. Mark speaks with authenticity and vulnerability, cutting through the noise of overly-sanitised narratives to share what it really feels like to struggle, cope, and survive.

He doesn’t claim to be a doctor or a therapist, just a normal guy who’s faced extraordinary challenges and is now on a mission to make mental health a topic that’s normalised and approachable, in every environment, from corporate boardrooms to community spaces. Mark has delivered keynote talks and wellness sessions for global organisations including TikTok, eBay, Allianz, Enel X, AbbVie, Abbott, SISK, MINI Ireland, Frank Keane MINI, Specsavers, AIB, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens Energy, Utmost International, and many more.

Mark blends his lived experience with his interest in sport, business, and wellness to deliver talks that are both impactful and practical. His keynotes focus on building emotional resilience, fostering honest conversations, and creating psychologically safe spaces where people can truly show up as themselves, whether you’re planning a workplace wellness initiative or looking for an authentic, relatable voice to inspire and engage your audience.

The conversation

Speaking topics

Mind Over Metrics: This keynote highlights the essential link between mental wellbeing and sustainable success, reminding us that without first taking care of our minds, meaningful progress in our personal or professional lives is impossible.

 

 

What clients say

Testimonials

“Thank you for visiting eBay last November, your style of conversation and openness inspired others to speak up. “Making it casual” has been a tone we’ve tried to maintain in our conversation around mental health, in a respectful and considered way. Keep doing what you’re doing Mark and know that “little by little, a little becomes a lot.”

-Steven Campbell, eBay

 

“Mark from HUH presented a Wellness Talk to the Jones Lang La Salle team based here in Dublin as part of our employee wellness programme. The team were delighted with the insights given and feedback from the presentation was very positive. This talk was live streamed to our colleagues in our client sites across EMEA. The team were very happy with the roll out of the new HUH hoodies and clothing.”

-Siobhan Byrne, JLL Facilities

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