Thought Kitchen

09/21/2026

📢 Announcement: There's a new way to support our work!

If you want to support our work financially but coaching, a course, or a Chef's Pantry subscription doesn't fit you, we now have a way for you to do that: https://buymeacoffee.com/thought_kitchen.

Although we appreciate THANK YOU, we also have bills to pay. Your financial support is not only a vote of confidence in what we've created. It's also a tangible way for us to continue creating and offering practical, empirical, intentional help for the helpers.

We've gotten our first supporter. Will you be our next?

09/11/2026

New on : Remembering 9/11/2001 on 9/11/2026

Read now:

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was 25 years old and less than four weeks into my 1L year in the part-time evening program at IU Indianapolis (now IU McKinney). During the day, I worked at Butler University in a small office suite that housed the Learning Resource Center, Student Disability Servic...

09/02/2026

📣 Announcement:

Thought Kitchen is now offering civil family law Guardian ad Litem Services for cases in Indiana!

Our GAL services are centered on the best interests of children, grounded in objective investigation, accessible documentation, and Jill's training and experience practicing and coaching emotional regulation in herself and others.

Learn more & get in touch: https://wix.to/JxpiyQM

08/19/2026

Our next freely-offered CLE is on August 24. Join us!

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/bwiQCDD

08/17/2026

We regularly hear from legal professionals the same thing we've experienced:

The bar association/organization I work for asks what I need to make my job easier... and then nothing happens. It's almost worse than if nobody even asked.

Yes, it is. Not only does it erode trust, in-action speaks louder than words.

It's time for A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action.

Join us on Monday, August 24.

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/AnJQah2

08/14/2026

On Wednesday, we were introduced to Coach Alice Chilton on our favorite show, Ted Lasso (Season 4, Episode 2).

Like Coach Chilton, we use post-it notes in our work spaces to remind us about things we want to remember. Delight!

One of Coach Chilton's notes: Talking isn't doing. -- Shakespeare

We agree, especially as it relates to the well-being of all of us in the legal system!

Join us on Monday, August 24 for A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action.

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/mJyemIE

08/13/2026

For close to a decade, the legal community has had data and a road map for increasing the well-being of the constituencies who serve the legal system.

Real action -- and results -- is uncommon, while task forces, studies, and superficial policy changes abound.

Meanwhile, exhausted and burned out legal professionals are leaving the legal system to spend their time, energy, and attention in other ways.

Friends, we've got a culture problem, not a pipeline problem.

Join us on August 24 for A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action, where we will offer action steps to shift out of activity into real change.

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/qQyhVNC

08/12/2026

Lawyer pipeline action plans must address the state of well-being of those currently serving the legal system.

Otherwise, we're just inviting young people to a really sh*tty party.

Join us for A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action on August 24 to get into the whys and hows of moving from activity to action for all of us who serve (or will serve) the legal system.

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/8E2HWxJ

08/11/2026

It's easy to get tangled up in activity, but to make a move, you've gotta take action.

The Tiny Nudges Practice helps you balance activity and action.

We'll teach you how on Monday, August 24!

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/qLCfOob

08/10/2026

Studies, task forces, presentations, and road maps are great.

But that's all activity, not action.

Good for the dopamine hit that comes from "doing something," not so great for actually making real lives easier.

Meanwhile, every constituency in the legal system is drowning, yelling

HELP!

All that activity translates to "just keep treading water while we perfect this life ring."

Join us for A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action on Monday, August 24, where we'll teach you how to move from activity to action.

Learn more & register: https://wix.to/F4TQYLX