The purpose of Reflections is to help sorority sisters establish and maintain a positive body image. As the first scientifically supported evidence based eating disorders prevention program designed for and with sororities, Reflections endeavors to help participants resist the ultrathin, unrealistic ideal standard of female beauty prevalent in today’s society. Using highly interactive, peer-led, small groups, Reflections is a two-day, intervention program designed by experts and implemented through trained peer leaders on college campuses throughout North America. The program does not focus on eating disorders; rather, it emphasizes creating and reaffirming positive and healthy personal body image through a variety of structured discussions, activities, and exercises.  To that end, sorority members learn to embrace the healthy-ideal and reduce their own body dissatisfaction by decreasing “fat talk” in their daily life, engaging in Sorority Body Activism and embracing all of the wonderful non-appearance related aspects of themselves and their sisters.

What differentiates Reflections from other body image programs?

Reflections incorporates three key success factors:

1. The volume of research and independent testing underlying this program far exceeds that of any other program like it.
2. The unique peer-led structure is the first of its kind in eating disorders prevention programs.
3. The program leverages the unique structure of sororities as an ideal vehicle for dissemination and facilitation.