CONFIDENCE IS A SKILL. WE TEACH IT.
Mind Labs is Game ChangeHER's confidence program for girls ages 7 to 18. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy, it gives girls practical tools to manage negative self-talk, pressure and fear. Schools, creators, businesses and community partners bring it to the girls they serve.
These aren’t Statistics.
They are the girls in your community.
And it has nothing to do with ability. The doubt is loud. The pressure is real. And so many girls don't have the tools to push back.
30%
drop in girls' confidence between ages 8 and 14
Ypulse, 2018
38%
of teen girls believe other people like them, down from 71% as tweens
Ypulse, 2018
53%
of high school girls report persistent sadness or hopelessness, nearly double the rate for boys
CDC, 2023
—What is Mind Labs
WHERE CONFIDENCE GETS BUILT.
Every girl has a voice in her head. For too many, it is the loudest critic in the room. Mind Labs teaches girls ages 7 to 18 to recognize negative self-talk and answer it with something truer and braver.
The program is grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most widely studied approaches to how our thoughts shape our feelings and actions. We took the thinking traps first described by Dr. Aaron Beck, like all-or-nothing thinking, jumping to conclusions and treating a feeling like a fact, and turned them into characters, stories and real scenarios from school, friendships, home and the activities girls love. Girls learn to spot them, name them and talk back.
Paired with Dr. Carol Dweck's growth mindset research, the result is a hands-on toolkit girls actually use: at school, at home, online and in everything they try.
Created by Jenna Bandy. Designed for ages 7 to 18, with separate materials for younger and older girls.
SINGLE SESSIONS
60 to 90 minutes at schools, camps, workplaces and community events. A high-energy first experience that gives girls tools they can use right away.
MULTI-WEEK COHORTS
A deeper journey for 20 to 25 girls in a school or program, meeting over several weeks so the skills stick.
WHAT GIRLS WALK AWAY WITH.
— The outcomes
Three pillars behind every Mind Lab.
PILLAR 01
CONFIDENCE
Trusting herself and her own voice, even when the inner critic gets loud.
PILLAR 02
RESILIENCE
Bouncing back from mistakes and setbacks, and keeping going.
PILLAR 03
BELONGING
Knowing she is not the only one who feels this way, and leaving with peers and mentors in her corner.
— Mind Labs in action
IN THE ROOM.
Mind Labs works alongside the organizations already in girls' lives. We have delivered it with partners like the Junior WNBA, and in schools, camps and community events across Los Angeles.
Creators, businesses and schools can bring it to the girls they reach. Every session is led by founder Jenna Bandy and shaped around the group in the room.