Your Sorority Journey

There is nothing quite like the tension of hoping to be elected to an officer position & finding out another close sister wants it, too… Let’s talk about it. Cassie & Emily share lessons learned from either experiencing it personally or advising chapter members in navigating it. We hope you leave this episode committed to not campaign and accept that the chapter will ultimately make the ri...

ASPIRING OFFICERS: Ready to put yourself out there this year and run for an officer position in your chapter? Let’s talk about where to start! On the episode, Emily & I dive into the value of reflecting on where you want to contribute to the chapter & WHY you’re interested in that position. We will walk you through how to approach the officer who currently holds the position you’re hoping for, wha...

CURRENT OFFICERS: Let’s go back in time for a moment. You’ve just been elected into your officer role and you’re sitting in your scheduled officer transitions meeting. How did you feel leaving that meeting? Overwhelmed? Stressed? More questions than you started with? This is an all too common experience with our newly elected officers. It’s time we break the cycle by reflecting intentionally, unde...

CURRENT OFFICERS: Want to cultivate a strong leadership culture in your chapter or community? You have a lot more say in that happening than you may think. In this episode, Emily & I discuss the necessary role that calling out strengths we see in our sisters plays in the effectiveness of our elections. We cannot assume that sisters will just apply for positions or be passionate about opportuni...

POP QUIZ: How many Greek organizations are on your campus? In our sorority journey, it is so easy to make our Greek experience all about us - our chapter, our council, our sisters. But if we look up and around us, we have a lot to learn from our Greek brothers and sisters in other councils on our campus! We have a rockstar community builder as our guest on the podcast today! Bonny Shade is a speak...

How excited are your new residents to live in the house?! If you have a sorority house, townhome, dorm floor, or other living accommodations, your chapter probably feels one of two ways about it. It is either highly sought after to have the experience living with sisters in your facility or members are finding every potential opportunity to be excused from the live-in requirement. Let's talk a...

FUTURE SISTER TAKEOVER: for potential new members You may not have heard it yet but regardless of how your recruitment experience goes, there will come a moment when a well meaning recruitment counselor says “trust the process.” If the idea of being out of control in a process to find your future sisterhood fills you with anxiety, this episode is for you ✨ Cassie is joined by Colleen Blevins of @...

Future Sister Takeover: this episode is for potential new members but all sorority members have something to gain from the parallels in the Barbie movie and sorority life! Curious if the stereotypes are true: is sorority membership just like Barbieland? After watching the Barbie movie this weekend, Cassie is convinced the answer is yes... but not in the way you might think. Tune in to this week's...

Future Sister Takeover! Calling all potential new members who don't know what to believe about sorority recruitment! Let us help you cut through the noise and focus on what's true. In this episode, we are revealing the truth behind some too often believed myths and answering the common questions associated with them. Share with a sister registered for recruitment or considering sorority me...

Thinking about joining a sorority this fall?! Stop what you’re doing & listen to this episode to avoid common traps that will steal your joy in the process… Amid the excitement and stress of recruitment, it’s so easy to fall into comparing chapters, sizing yourself up to other Potential New Members, and being hyper-fixated on where you’ll run home on Bid Day. This attitude only perpetuates a n...

Chapter & Panhellenic Social Media Chairs! What are you posting this summer? If you’ve resorted to infrequently logging onto the account to put up another sister’s beach photo once a week or just given yourself a couple weeks off because “no one’s paying attention,” it’s time for us to get re-inspired together 🔆 Contrary to popular belief THE SUMMER (not recruitment) is the most important tim...

We all know how much drama can be caused in recruitment over hurt friendships or preferential treatment. Let's talk about it. Whether you’re a recruitment officer or a recruiter looking to preserve your friendship with the other, we need to talk about favoritism, burnout, and non-recruitment related conversations! Cassie’s tips for both recruitment leaders and sisters will allow you to execute...

Feeling so stressed about how many TikToks need to get filmed during pre-recruitment that you haven't planned how to actually prepare your chapter for recruitment?? You're not alone. Let’s all reset our focus together. We are so excited for you to hear from Cassie’s good friend & sorority recruitment fanatic, KJ McNamara, about how to capitalize on sisterhood in recruitment prep. It’s...

Self-care isn't just for the academic year. While we all think of summer as this "built in break" during the year, it honestly brings its own challenges that we need support through, too! Between changing routines in new place, hyper busy or slow weeks, lack of community or familiar forms of support, and high expectations around doing all the fun summer things, we need to create disc...

Alright, let’s talk about it! One of the most challenging roles to play in your sorority journey is that of a recruitment counselor. Knowing how to fully prioritize the best intentions of the community while still being a proud member of your chapter is a hard balance to find! One of our summer interns, Katie S, gets vulnerable with us about how she carefully managed to invest outside of her chapt...

Panhellenic Recruitment Takeover: for Recruitment Counselors, Panhellenic Officers + FSL Advisors Not sure what might be holding back PNMs from joining your community or even registering for recruitment? Join Nicki Joiner, Managing Director + Lead Strategist of @be.parallel, and Cassie in unpacking the elements of our process that just aren’t normal and what we can do about it 💫 Connect with the...

Who's feeling recruitment ready? As it's only May, you may be thinking "Not yet, Cassie! I have three more months before 'recruitment szn.'" But is that really true? Are the challenges facing your sisterhood and future of your sorority able to be solved the week before round one? Unlikely - so let's start now. Our most popular mini-series is BACK for our third summer!...

Calling all new alumnae! Nervous what the next chapter of your sorority journey has in store now that you’re a graduate of your university? Meet Adriana, past involved collegiate member of @utsigmakappa, 2022 Her Sorority Journey intern, CURRENT sorority advisor, and active alumna living her best life 💁🏻‍♀️ She joins Cassie on the podcast to share what her first year out of college has looked li...

Meet Victoria Johnson - the newly elected Panhellenic President at the University of Rhode Island! On today's episode, we're talking all things spring semester burnout and why it is so important to stay connected to your sisters before summer. Whether you're a member starting to feel checked out or an officer unsure how to keep your members engaged, make sure to tune in to hear Vic&#39...

Can you believe it? The Your Sorority Journey Podcast turns 3 today! In celebration of our third anniversary, we invited our past teams of interns, who played an integral role in the development and direction of our podcast, to reflect on where their sorority journeys have led them. Tune in to hear how the internship played a role in their personal & professional development and celebrate the...

Graduating soon or started to think about what's next after college? Trying to envision post-grad plans while still busy getting your degree & soaking up the college experience can trigger overwhelm! So let's build your confidence by diving into how your sorority experience is already equipping you for your dream life after graduation! Last week, Cassie was interviewed by Arlena Jackson, founder o...

If you've found yourself questioning if graduation was held early based on the attendance of your senior sisters at sorority events, it's time to hit play. Whether you're a newly elected sorority officer or a senior, it's safe to say there is probably a felt tension in your community. As officers, I know you still have expectations for our seniors and want to engage in the membership up until grad...

Is your sisterhood a safe place for your members? Do they feel like they belong and are accepted where they're at? We loved having LaShatá Grayson on the podcast to share her story and insight on how to cultivate inclusion in sisterhood! On the episode, be prepared to reflect how your journey to and through sorority has given you the perspective that you have, how to foster a culture that embrace...

Has anyone else noticed everyone’s trying to move slower, be more intention, and simply do less this year? If the hustle of the past couple years has caught up to you too, let’s apply that mentality to how we run our sorority communities & chapters too 💫 Tune in to learn 4 ways to DO LESS BETTER in your sorority experience, whether you’re an officer or not, to make 2023 a year of intentional...

January is marked by new goals and ambitions. From packed gyms to morning routines to strict diets, our culture is OBSESSED with change in the new year. Have you given thought to where your belief that change is necessary came from?  Today on the Your Sorority Journey, we are reevaluating how much "new" you need in the new year. Cassie shares helpful questions you can ask to reevaluate what is pro...