• Invest one hour in your personal growth by reflecting on 2022 and receiving 2023 with intention.

• Practice the self-leadership skill of journaling

• Before the year ends, document your growth, the lessons, learning & blessings

• This is a guided time of free-writing...to gain closure with 2022 and to enter the new year with hope.

• Expect a bit of Scripture and gentle worship music... (You can turn your volume off if you prefer to think/write in silence)

• You may leave your camera off.

• So find a quiet spot, bring a hot drink, light a candle.

• No experience required, only open hearts & minds!

Hey there! I'm Brenda Jung. I partner with middle and high school students to strengthen their self-leadership skills.

I believe journaling is an important leadership tool for personal development that should be practiced in middle & high school, when life is busy and full of valuable daily lessons!

Most middle and high school students don't yet know what they want to do "when they grow up." You know what? That's okay if--and this is a Big If--if they have cultivated the ability to value and enjoy the process of personal GROWTH. 

Students who value and enjoy learning, trying things, taking healthy risks, stepping out in faith, trusting God while doing their best...are going to do WELL in life.

Self-leadership development is the most essential investment students can make in their future success--no matter what college, career, or life plan they choose.

Success is doing the most you can with what God gives to you, every single day. (See the Parable of the Talents)

I am committed to equipping teens with biblical Truth and critical Christian leadership values, skills, habits, mindsets, and practices before they leave for college, by beginning with rooting their sense of self-worth in Christ's performance for them--not in their own successes and failures.

When you understand that you don't need to earn your self-worth because Jesus earned it FOR YOU, you are freed to lead yourself with confidence, courage, self-control, and resilience. Your mindset shifts from fear to faith, from timidity to bravery, from getting to giving, from desiring short-term goals to desiring long-term, transformative growth. 

One of the best decisions you can make to become a stronger leader for yourself (self-leadership) is to practice leadership skills like JOURNALING while you are still young. Then you can USE skills like journaling to grow in self-leadership through high school, college, career, and beyond!

Journaling is the single, most effective practice that has contributed to my own personal growth. (How? Watch the video on this page) I can't wait to share the gift of journaling with you on New Year's Eve!!

I pray that the Lord will use just one hour of guided journaling to grow and strengthen you for the new year. Join me on New Year's Eve!! :) Bring the whole family!

--Brenda Jung, Founder of the Youth Leadership Mastermind - Email: [email protected]