Owen O'Kane
Transform workplace mental health with Owen O'Kane, speaker and mental health expert. Owen works with organisations to build resilience, manage anxiety, and create psychologically safe cultures, delivering evidence-based strategies trusted by global leadership teams across 40+ countries.
London, United Kingdom
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Owen’s latest and bestselling book Addicted to Anxiety reframes anxiety as a form of emotional addiction, offering a fresh, compassionate roadmap for healing. His work draws from rich real-life experience: growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, working as a palliative care specialist helping patients face their final days, and navigating the personal challenges of coming out in a Catholic family. These experiences give Owen’s talks a rare authenticity and emotional impact.
Today, Owen speaks globally at wellness festivals, leadership summits, and corporate events, equipping audiences with strategies for resilience, trauma awareness, and emotional well-being. He also designs workshops for senior leadership teams, helping organisations foster mentally healthy cultures from the top down. A trusted media voice, Owen has appeared in hundreds of TV, radio, and podcast episodes, consistently delivering clarity, warmth, and insight.
Owen’s work has reached millions through international book deals in over 40 countries, but his mission remains personal: helping people break free from fear, reconnect with themselves, and live more meaningful lives.
Topics, Sessions And Talks
You will leave the workshop with a set of tangible tools and strategies to embrace change, foster creativity and optimism and step out of your comfort zone with calm strength but also to bounce back from difficulties, to shift from difficult emotions to a place of calm and to keep on going with optimism and confidence
Our daily choices have a significant impact on our mental well-being. Even small decisions, like pebbles, can accumulate and create a weight that affects our health. This keynote aims to guide you in recognising and integrating healthy habits into your life. Doing so can build a strong foundation for your mental well-being. It’s time to believe that you can achieve a healthier and happier life by making small changes to your daily routine.
Success is developed through a team of people working towards the same goal. How to drive and manage a team in high pressure situations whilst keeping your own mind strong.
Looking for a custom keynote or workshop designed around your company’s goals and culture? The expert will create a tailored, interactive session that aligns with your objectives, values, and strategic priorities. From leadership and innovation to wellbeing and collaboration, each experience is built from the ground up to deliver measurable impact and lasting change.
Featured Projects
Addicted To Anxiety
Ten Times Happier: How To Let Go Of What’S Holding You Back
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