The Women ADHD Entrepreneur Cost of "Good Girl" Training with Dr. Stephen Hinshaw

What did being a "good girl" cost you? Stigma isn't a buzzword — it keeps ADHD women silent, unseen, untreated. The Impulsive Thinker® and Dr. Stephen Hinshaw rip into why society still isn't catching ADHD in girls — and what it's costing all of us.   In This Episode: Why stigma around ADHD is more than social — it's internalized and impacts diagnosis for women How impossible "good girl" expectations push masking, burnout, and depression The role of social media in both exposing and worsening ADHD stigma   What You'll Take Away: Increased awareness doesn't erase stigma. It just teaches stereotypes. ADHD women are forced to mask and self-stigmatize to survive Societal expectations for women still demand compassion, competition, and perfection — all at once ADHD is misread as laziness or bad behaviour unless you fit the male stereotype TikTok and algorithm trends are fuelling misinformation and overdiagnosis   GUEST BIO Dr. Stephen Hinshaw is a psychology professor at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. He led the largest long-term study of girls with ADHD, rewriting what we know about women's ADHD and why it matters right now. www.hinshawlab.berkeley.edu   Books by Dr. Hinshaw The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures and Conflicting Expectations - https://www.amazon.ca/Triple-Bind-Pressures-Conflicting-Expectations/dp/0345504003 The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance - https://www.amazon.ca/ADHD-Explosion-Medication-Todays-Performance/dp/0199790558/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0   ABOUT THIS EPISODE This episode of The Impulsive Thinker® exposes how stigma trains girls and women with ADHD to hide — not seek help. The Impulsive Thinker® talks with Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, a leading ADHD and stigma researcher. They break down the triple bind: perfection, nurturing, achievement. ADHD women can't win, so they mask harder and break sooner. The cost? Crushed self-worth, missed diagnoses, and internalized shame. This isn't about awareness — it's about how false expectations get under your skin and block your growth as an ADHD Entrepreneur. Social media plays both sides: validation and a tidal wave of noise. Real stakes, real impact. If you feel like you're faking it to "pass" and burning out anyway — you need this episode. Email me about it at [email protected]. Remember — ADHD failure is measured on society's measuring stick. Not yours. Your brain runs on interest, not importance. That's not a flaw. That's a different operating system. ADHD is not a deficit. It's a difference.   🧠Check out the ADHD Simplified® online course - coming soon! Join the waitlist for a special discount! 📃Download The Sh!t List™, my weekly planning tool. 📰Join the Impulsive Thoughts newsletter. 🔗Connect with me on LinkedIn. 👣Follow me on Instagram. 💻Check out our website. 👂🏼We want to hear from you! Send us your ideas, questions, or feedback Here.   00:00 Understanding Stigma and Its Origins 08:38 The Triple Bind: Societal Expectations on Women 18:52 The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health 23:46 Navigating ADHD and Gender Dynamics   © 2025 The Impulsive Thinker®. All rights reserved. The Impulsive Thinker® and ADHD Simplified® are registered trademarks of Objective Engineering Inc.