Trisha Addicks: Building Potential New Member Confidence

There is an exciting new book out now from the nation's top sorority rush consultant, Trisha Addicks, called THE RUSH BIBLE: Secrets to Crush Sorority Recruitment and Find Your Forever Greek Home (Simon & Schuster; May 12, 2026). With a record number of 125,000+ women go through sorority rush across the country each year, Trisha's services are in demand now more than ever. If you've tuned into any of the sorority news over the past few years, you're likely already familiar with Trisha. She was the first official rush coach in the business with her consulting firm It's All Greek to Me, which now employs a 24-person team. Trisha has been featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and in The Cut and you'll likely recognize her from the HBO Max documentary, Bama Rush. Addicks is the best in the business, but her services come at a high price. Now, for the first time ever, Trisha is lifting the curtain on the rush process in THE RUSH BIBLE, a straight-talking, warm, and prescriptive guide for any panicked young woman (or, let's get real, her mom) facing rush.

In episode 677 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what happened to Trisha when she went through recruitment at Georgia, how Trisha describes her work, why now was the right time to the write "The Rush Bible", how the book is different from what we see on social media, how to separate self-worth from bid results, advice for students who feel crushed when they are released, how social media has changed expectations around recruitment, what many students misunderstand about the process, whether recommendation letters matter today, whether being a legacy is really powerful or not, why authenticity is so important in this process, what role parents should play, how we can create healthier recruitment cultures, and how students can reframe rejection when it happens. Enjoy!