Enrichment Workshops for Girls
Discovering My Best Self
Your past is part of your story. It does not have to become your identity.
Dr. Ella Jackson understands the importance of proper guidance, encouragement, and support in the life of a young girl.
She also understands what it feels like when those things aren't consistently available.
Her own childhood experiences helped shape a lifelong passion for creating the kinds of environments young girls need to recognize their value, develop resilience, discover their abilities, and imagine a future beyond what they may currently see around them.
Difficult childhood experiences can influence how a girl views herself, relationships, opportunities, and the world around her.
Without healthy guidance, pain can become identity.
Dr. Jackson's enrichment workshops help girls discover another possibility.
You may not have chosen everything that happened to you. But you can participate in choosing who you become.
Dr. Ella Jackson
The My Best Self Experience
My Best Self is an intentional personal-development experience designed to help girls strengthen identity, self-worth, character, confidence, and vision.
The program takes participants through four developmental areas.
Session 1: Identity — Understanding My Story Without Being Defined by It
Before young girls can confidently move toward their future, they need a healthy understanding of themselves.
Participants explore:
- How to acknowledge their past rather than running from it.
- Understanding the difference between experiences and identity.
- Refusing to allow difficult circumstances to define their future.
- Discovering personal value and self-worth.
- Understanding their value within their family and community.
- Developing healthier internal conversations about who they are.
The goal isn't to erase the past.
It is to help girls understand:
“Something may have happened to me, but what happened to me does not have to become who I am.”
Session 2: Meeting My Best Self
Once identity begins to strengthen, girls are challenged to imagine possibility.
Who could I become?
What does the healthiest, strongest, most fulfilled version of me look like?
Participants work toward:
- Recognizing their best-self potential.
- Creating a vision for who they want to become.
- Establishing goals that support that vision.
- Building positive habits and routines around their development.
- Identifying healthy people and environments that support growth.
- Creating boundaries that protect their future.
- Recognizing influences that pull them away from the person they want to become.
Girls leave understanding that becoming your best self isn't a single decision.
It's something you build.
Session 3: Building the Character My Future Requires
Dreams require more than desire.
They require character.
Participants are introduced to eight character traits associated with personal development and success. Through discussion, reflection, and activities, girls begin examining which traits are already strengths and which need intentional development.
Participants will:
- Learn eight foundational character traits for success.
- Identify personal character strengths.
- Identify a character trait that requires greater development.
- Understand how character affects choices and relationships.
- Develop practical strategies for strengthening character.
- Identify positive people who can provide accountability and support.
The central question becomes:
“What kind of person do I need to become to handle the future I say I want?”
Session 4: Creating a Life Worth Fighting For
The final stage moves from identity and character toward purpose and vision.
Participants explore:
- Identifying their natural gifts and talents.
- Recognizing personal interests and abilities.
- Exploring environments where those gifts could be valuable.
- Learning how education can expand opportunities.
- Developing their gifts rather than simply recognizing them.
- Creating goals connected to their future.
- Building a vision of a life that gives them something positive to pursue.
The goal is for every participant to begin seeing a future worth protecting, preparing for, and fighting for.
The Impact
What Girls Can Walk Away With
The My Best Self experience is designed to strengthen:
Identity. Self-worth. Confidence. Resilience. Character. Boundaries. Decision-making. Personal responsibility. Purpose. Vision.
Most importantly, girls are encouraged to see themselves differently—not simply according to their circumstances today, but according to the person they have the potential to become tomorrow.
Bring My Best Self Experience to Your Girls
Workshops can be developed for schools, girls' organizations, youth programs, churches, community organizations, nonprofits, mentoring programs, and special events.
Give your girls an opportunity to discover something bigger than their circumstances:
THEMSELVES.