Is my teen equipped to lead a God-glorifying, successful life?
Will my teen miss out on opportunities?
How can my teen overcome the fears of failure and rejection?
How else can I motivate my teen's self-agency in middle & high school?
Our Mission:
We help middle & high school students to strengthen their personal leadership skills so that in every stage of life, they will find their God-given mission and become the person required to fulfill it.
What Leadership Tools Do You Need?
FOR TEENS
Discover Your Personal Mission
Self-paced, on-demand Christian video course to help teens find their God-given mission in high school. If your teen asks:
What should I do with my life?
What is my purpose?
Who do I want to become?
....then THIS IS FOR YOU.
FOR 7TH-12TH GRADERS
The Well-Led Life
Leadership Mastermind
This is our signature leadership program. This 2024-25 school year is all about laying a rock solid, Christ-centered foundation for a lifetime of leadership. Your student will grow in Christian confidence, self-acceptance, and radical resilience by understanding their true identity in Christ and by gaining a leader's mindset.
Students proactively practice PERSONAL LEADERSHIP (leading yourself) consistently through the school year in a supportive peer community.
Enrollment for the 2024-25 Leadership Program is closed. Please contact [email protected] to join the waitlist for 2025-26.
FOR 7TH-12TH GRADERS
The Well-Led Life
1:1 Mentorship
A parent/mentor partnership to invest in your teen's personal leadership development over 10 months
Students will receive 1) Personalized Coaching with Self-Reflection & Goal-Setting, 2) Emotional Development, 3) Monthly Goals & Actions, and 4) Monthly Follow-Up
I'm Brenda Jung, and I love partnering with teens who want to learn how to lead their lives well.
Teens can gain clarity and focus about who they are and what they want to do with their lives--even in middle school--if they invest time and effort in developing their "personal leadership" skills--the ability to lead yourself well, so that you can lead others well.
I equip students with the habit (system) of PERSONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT--becoming the best leader for themselves, because the first and most important person they need to lead is themselves.
The Long-Term Vision for Personal Leadership:
Lead yourself > Lead one person > Lead a group/team > Lead an organization > Lead a community
Leadership begins with YOU.
I'm committed to empowering youth with lifelong leadership values, skills, habits, mindsets, and practices before they leave for college, beginning with rooting their sense of self-worth in Christ's performance for them--not in their own successes and failures.
When teens begin to understand the Gospel, they begin to believe that they don't need to earn their self-worth or create their own identity. These are GIVEN to them in Christ! Their mindset shifts from fear to faith, from timidity to bravery, from getting to giving, from desiring goals to desiring growth.
One of the best decisions you can make to help your student develop a strong Christian self-concept (identity) is to start young--in 7th grade. Introduce important, life-shaping ideas while their hearts are wide open and impressionable. They will enter high school and college with a head start in Christian leadership!
I hope you'll invest in developing your teen's leadership potential. I look forward to partnering with you in their personal growth!
WHY I DO WHAT I DO
What Students Are Saying About Our Leadership Program:
"I learned so much like setting goals and actually thinking about what I want to do in life ---> my personal mission.
The Youth Leadership Mastermind has been an experience that I have never been through, and I am so grateful for it and Ms. Brenda!
I have gained a desire to lead myself even better in the future. I have also definitely been more self-aware of my strengths AND weaknesses, which encourages me and builds myself up into a better person."
-Noel, 9th Grader
"This year, I've been able to notice when there is a need to step up, and I've stepped up more recently.
I have also changed my word choice a lot to make myself easily understandable while still being open to ideas.
My confidence in myself is still about the same, although my moments of high confidence are more frequent now.
I've reflected a lot on my actions recently and really thought through decisions."
-Ryan, 8th Grader
“I've definitely noticed an attitude change in me. I'm more laid back because I don't care about other people’s opinions about me as much as I used to.
It’s a big improvement from last year and the years before that…
I have gained more confidence in who I am. I do enjoy thinking about my future, though sometimes it kind of scares me.
Thank you, Ms. Brenda, for being so supportive, and showing me how to lead myself and other people better!!”
-Lauren, 9th Grader
“I was made more aware about myself and how I can use my certain skills and abilities to help others.
The Mastermind has helped me learn more about goal-setting and how to lead myself well. I have learned a lot from this Mastermind.
Thank you for teaching us how to lead ourselves well."
-Zoe, 7th Grader
“In the Mastermind, I learned how to set a goal and build good habits.
I value leadership more now. I also value failure more and understand how to grow from it. Thank you so much!”
-Elliot, 9th Grader
“The Mastermind personally helped me to grow healthier mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually.
I grew to make wiser decisions. I learned important things that I don't get to learn anywhere else.”
-Diego, 7th Grader
Lauren no longer feels burdened by other people's opinions about her because she sees how unique she is, and she embraces how God created her.
The Leadership Mastermind has taught Lauren to consider and develop her long term and short term goals. We have had many discussions about her strengths, her interests, and how she can take practical steps to make her dreams come true.
Mostly, Brenda has helped Lauren to recognize her own individuality in the eyes of Christ. This has helped my daughter see that God took the time to make her special, and that she has a calling in her life that only she can fulfill.
-Parents of 9th Grader
Ryan is more confident, willing to try new things, not afraid of failure, willing to step up more and take his responsibilities seriously.
Also with Brenda’s guidance, he has started to explore his personal mission and the purpose of his life.
The process of self-discovery might not be easy for teenagers, especially in today's society. But we are so blessed to have Brenda who supports and equips Ryan well in this process.
I highly recommend this Mastermind program to anyone who has a teenager at home! Brenda’s knowledge and experience with teenagers, firm belief in God, and passion to equip young people with personal leadership skills are the best!
-Parents of 8th Grader
The Mastermind has laid a strong foundation of personal leadership for Diego. I've seen him especially grow in his ability to set personal goals this year, and achieve them!
Two specific goals he set and achieved this year were trying out for (and making!) the middle school soccer team (even though his main sport is volleyball), and using what he learned in class about courage to conquer his fear of big roller coasters. He’s been to Six Flags Magic Mountain multiple times already!
We are looking forward to even more growth next year! I am forever grateful.
-Parent of Rising 7th Grader
The "Discover Your Personal Mission" curriculum invited our son to explore new and different academic areas...
...like choosing a psychology-related topic for his school report, which is great.
Our son needed the Leadership Mastermind this past year to help him stay focused. We do see our son laying out plans for himself better. His teen years are still frustrating at times, but after he discovered his interest in music as a career, we noticed he’s more responsible about his lessons and music rehearsals and taking more opportunities with music.
We're also happy that he's become good friends with some of the others in the group!
-Parents of 8th Grader
Brenda has designed a Gospel-based program that lays the groundwork for intentional living, self-discipline, and growth mindset.
Our teen grew in self-awareness. He was challenged to contemplate and apply leadership principles through the Mastermind group.
The group sessions and individual mentorship helped our son to identify his own goals and set him up for success in all areas: school, sports, family, and friendships.
Thank you for everything you've done for our son this past season, Brenda! We so appreciate all of the content and how you have been shepherding him through this time in his life!
-Parents of 9th Grader
Every student should join this Mastermind.
-Parents of 9th Grader
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Is 4th grade too young to begin teaching kids about leadership?
NO! The advantage of beginning leadership instruction in grades 4-6 is the open hearts of younger youth. Many of them are willing to gather with a group of friends for an alternative learning experience. Elementary-aged students may also enjoy more flexibility in their schedules than students in middle and high school.
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SUBSCRIBEPersonal leadership development is the most effective way 7th-12th grade students can find & fulfill their God-given mission in every stage of life.
What is the Well-Led Life Leadership Mastermind Program?
The Well-Led Life Leadership Mastermind Program is designed for 7th-12th grade students who want to grow in Christian leadership. (Students enroll in only one year at a time.)
YEAR 1 (2024-25): Your IDENTITY (in Christ)
YEAR 2 (2025-26): Your MISSION
YEAR 3 (2026-27): Your CHARACTER
The Mastermind is a motivated group of teachable students who gather with the intention of growing in leadership and personal development by compounding their knowledge, experiences, efforts, opinions, and ideas. Through reading leadership texts, participating in guided roundtable discussions, individual and group activities, members develop Christian leadership values, mindsets, skills, and habits, which transform them into courageous, resilient, action-taking leaders who are rooted in their identity in Christ.
Individual minds contribute to one collective, transformative MASTERmind.
CONSISTENT COMMUNITY IS KEY!
The Well-Led Life Leadership Mastermind is a consistent community of growing leaders who are together learning to lead themselves well, in order to lead others effectively--for God's glory.
DISCUSSION-BASED LEARNING
With a group facilitator, using high-quality (leadership) texts, Mastermind members discuss valuable ideas by combining their individual thoughts, insights, questions, observations, perspectives, and experiences, thus compounding and expanding their understanding of the ideas.
The facilitator aims not to teach by using didactic lectures, but by using focused questions and prompts that draw out each member's valuable ideas and opinions.
PERSONAL GROWTH IN LEADERSHIP as the result of belonging to an intentional, consistent community with supportive accountability is the ultimate goal of the Well-Led Life Leadership Mastermind Program.
Send an email to [email protected] to ask your questions!
Thank you for your interest. We hope to invest in your youth's leadership development!
--Brenda Jung, Founder & Lead Instructor
