Mind Circles Talks: ADHD Freedom-Hack Exec Function & Rejection Sensitivity

Join us this month for a Mind Circles Talk in collaboration with The Applied Neuroscience Association and the King’s College London Women Entrepreneurs Network. This session explores how ADHD shows up in the brain and daily life — and how you can work with it rather than against it.

Vanessa, neuroscientist, psychologist, consultant and speaker on ADHD and neuroscience, will guide us through the science behind ADHD:

• How dopamine shapes focus, energy, and motivation.
• The Executive Function Suite and what happens when planning, memory, and self-control are disrupted.
• Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, its impact on relationships and self-esteem, and why it’s often misunderstood.

Beyond the science, Vanessa will share practical strategies to “hack” these challenges and create more freedom in how you live with ADHD.

This event will also feature a roundtable with leaders from The Applied Neuroscience Association, discussing ADHD, brain health, and the skills needed for the future of work.

You’ll leave with:

• A grounded understanding of the neuroscience of ADHD.
• Insights into why certain challenges feel harder — and what to do about them.
• Practical tools to manage executive function deficits and rejection sensitivity.
• A broader view of how brain health connects to performance and wellbeing at work.

• 19:00 Doors Open
• 19:00–19:15 Welcome and optional opening activity "Sensory Focus Warm-Up"
• 19:15-19:30 Introductions
• 19:30–20:15 Talk: Be Free in your ADHD – Hacking Executive Function Deficits and Rejection Sensitivity with Vanessa Maugey
• 20:15–20:30 Live Q&A with Vanessa
• 20:30–21:00 Optional closing activity "Anchor with Senses"
• 21:00–21:30 Informal networking

Mind Circles Talks is a purpose-led start-up committed to creating accessible, community-focused, neuroscience-informed events. To help make this possible, we offer a range of ticket options. We trust your honesty in selecting the ticket tier that best reflects your circumstances.

Your contribution directly supports:

• The costs of running these events
• The speakers, facilitators, and collaborators who make them possible
• The ongoing work of bringing neuroscience insights to our community in meaningful, practical ways

By choosing the ticket tier that fits your means, you help ensure we can continue offering events like this to a wider and more inclusive audience.

Thank you for your support and your integrity, both matter to us deeply.

If you have any questions or accessibility considerations around pricing, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Can’t make it in person? No problem. The expert talk and Q&A will be livestreamed. All ticket holders will also receive a recording within 4 weeks of the event and you can email us with questions ahead of time and can view the response in the recording/live stream.

Please arrive by 19:15 at the latest. You’ll need to check in at King’s College London reception as a visitor before entering the event space. Allow extra time for this process to avoid missing the talk.

If you're having trouble buying tickets on Eventbrite, you can also get one on the day (bonus: in-person tickets come with lower Eventbrite fees). Just drop us an email with your name(s) and a note that you'd like to buy a ticket on the day, so we can add you to the King's College London security list.

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Info: Opening Activity: Sensory Focus Warm-Up

We’ll begin with a short sensory exercise using simple tactile items like stress balls, textured fabrics, or smooth stones. You’ll notice how shifting your attention to touch and sensation can change focus and calm the mind. This quick activity links directly to how sensory input affects the ADHD brain.

Info: Opening remarks from Mind Circles and collaborators. We'll introduce the theme of the evening, our speaker, and our partners: the Applied Neuroscience Association, King's College London Women Entrepreneurs Network, and King’s Entrepreneurship Institute.

Info: This session explores how ADHD works in the brain and in daily life. Vanessa will explain the role of dopamine in motivation and focus, introduce the Executive Function Suite and its links to ADHD, and discuss Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria and how it affects relationships and self-esteem. The talk will balance science with practical strategies, giving you tools to manage executive function challenges, reduce the impact of rejection sensitivity, and create more freedom in how you live with ADHD. Vanessa Maugey is the founder of Unscrambled Minds, a Coaching Psychologist and ADHD Mentor. She holds a BA in Applied Psychology and an MSc in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health. A graduate member of the BPS (GMBPsS) and a Fellow of the RSA, Vanessa works with adults diagnosed with ADHD, those exploring whether they may have ADHD, and anyone wanting to understand its impact. Her work focuses on rejection sensitivity, executive function deficits, emotional dysregulation.

Info: An open space to ask questions, share experiences, and dig deeper into the themes of ADHD, dopamine, executive function, and rejection sensitivity. Vanessa will respond with practical insights and strategies, making this part of the evening interactive and tailored to what matters most to you.

Info: We’ll end by returning to our sensory items for a short reflection. Holding the object, you’ll identify one insight you’re taking away from the session and one strategy you want to try this week. Together we’ll create a simple physical anchor to carry the learning forward.

Info: Stay on after the talk to connect with others over informal conversation. This is a chance to meet fellow attendees, share experiences, and exchange ideas in a relaxed setting. Whether you want to talk more about ADHD, reflect on the session, or simply connect with new people, this space is open and unstructured.

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