Walnut Wednesday
Episodes
#305 With a Whimper not a Bang with Kate Bromley
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
WE'RE BACK! For the first episode of 2026, I am so happy to welcome back, Kate Bromley, to help facilitate this episode. The theme of this episode...
#304 Self Employment and Survival Mode with Colby Robbins
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have the lovely Colby chatting with me all about how she got into author services and self employment. From dog sitting to content pulls s...
#303 A Solemn Sixth Birthday
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you share this episode and celebrate WALNUT WEDNESDAY TURNS SIX YEARS OLD with me on November 5th 2025 I will send you a walnut mug or book (whatev...
#302 Keeping My Head Up
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi hi hi I am over the moon to have found a moment to catch you up. Current lesson: some people need you broken and "you don't need to remain...
#301 Oh Vienna with Kat Farron
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm so excited to speak with a friend from HIGH SCHOOL who is out in the world doing all sorts of amazing stuff! Welcome, Kat Farron!Ka...
#300 I'm Proud of You
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IT IS EPISODE 300 and is the last of the weekly episodes.This week we take a walk down reflecion lane and I let you know about the latest in Lazz land...
#299 Postpartum Honesty with Sam Cotton
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I get to chat with a wonderful friend of mine, Sam Cotton, who shared an honest overview of her postpartum experience. I'm so grateful f...
#298 Kindness, Courage and Seats Studio with Amberley Macphearson
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am so excited to have one of my besties online to chat to me all about starting her business and the journey she's been on up until now.Am...
#297 What Do You Do When No One Is Looking
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A small but mighty share - what do you do and how do you behave when no one is watching?BLAD Tracksuit: Way She Goes Clothes [code: WALNUT15]Nails: Gl...
#296 You Put Up With What You Think YOU Deserve
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"you don't love yourself - because you put up with what you think you deserve" This week a passing comment has really stuck with me and...
#295 My Self Talk is Strong
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Saddling up for my most hefty walnutting yet and I have noticed that the FIVE+ years of doing the self-work has built me up to be a resilient walnut w...
#294 I Can Buy Myself Flowers
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not sure why this song kept popping into my head for this episode, Walnut. This week, I am feeling so empowered to be a woman - I am loving the resurg...
#293 Trying to Energy Match
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Menty B is sponsored by my parents offering to pay for a new carseat that I need. In this season, where my time is so much more precio...
#292 Working 9 to 5
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi hi Walnut, pardon the water works but this episode got me in my feels (again). I've had my first week back in corporate work and while there ar...
#291 Just Carry On
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is a short story time where I felt seen by my friend. I have been getting stuck in a "just carry on" mentality and I have noticed ...
#290 Try Not To Cry
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm sick, I'm tired and we went on a family holiday with friends.
#289 Business and Bear & Moo with Hannah Porter
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I get to chat with Hannah, from the New Zealand Brand, Bear & Moo. We real-talk about business, cloth nappies and everything in between!...
#288 Veerie Edits, Books & a Fly on the Wall with Vee Barbas
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I am so excited to be speaking with the gorgeous Vee, this week! We talk all about creating a social media platform, editing, books and some of Vee...
#287 A Change of Scenery
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I AM BACK AND FEELING FRESH after an afternoon getting out of the house with a sunshine and rainbow safe space friend.The quote I could not remember o...
#286 Little Rose & Low Tox Living with Lynnaire Odell
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so excited to be having this chat with the beauty behind Little Rose! We tallk all about starting her brand, I get to ask my burning questions...
#285 Comprehending & Communicating in Conversations with Kate Bromley
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The beautiful Kate is back and IN PERSON with me! Welcome to another fly-on-the-wall chat about communicating and who comms are actually easier for. W...
#284 Chill The Eff Out
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm just calling myself out in this episode. At the end I thank you for listening to my "garbage" and then redact the statement. I'm...
#283 The Relief of Home
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's overshare is about how I did an exercise where I was asked to think of "my happy place" and interestingly enough, what came ...
#282 Pulled In Two Conflicting Directions
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a reflection of the relief I felt when I came home from a walnutting - Louie and I went out (again). I felt the dread from everything ...
#281 Being Kind is a Flex
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I was reflecting on an episode where I was actually triggered by being called nice. I talked about how kindness isn't a weakness and wen...
#280 "Way She Goes" with Jen, owner, Way She Goes Clothes
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am so excited to be having a chat with the gorgeous Jen, from Way She Goes Clothes. I basically love bombed Jen ever since my first purcha...
#279 Talk When You Don't Feel Like Talking
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your voice matters, my voice matters and a little slither of feminism scattered into this short and sweet podcast episode.
#278 A Free and Fluid Life After Three Births with Jess McKenzie
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak with Jess, a mid-thirties, rural living, homeschooling mama of three wild boys aged six and under who is learning to balance being ...
#277 Another Mom Walnutting
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I ATTENDED A MUMS AND BUBS YOGA CLASS! I felt fear, I felt nervous, but I did one tick box at a time and got my little butt - and my bubba's butt ...
Episode #276 The Journey Is What Makes Us A Walnut with Stephanie Napolitano
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have author, Stephanie visiting us, where we talked all about her book "Pretend For Me" (and those coming soon). We had a chat about postp...
#275 Being Social Gave Me Dread
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I have attended another social event as a new mom and discovered being social gives me dread akin to hangxiety!
#274 Calling Myself Out On Being A Bad Friend
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just doing some reflecting today and looking at the baskets I want to put more of my eggs in!
#273 The Last Bottle of Breastmilk
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'd been quietly removing a pump each day, trying to regulate my nervy system (& boobies) into not pumping anymore. Breastfeeding/pumping/mixed f...
#272 Jiggle Forward instead of Bounce Back
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I got my first period. It makes me feel like I'm another step closer to "going back to normal" and it makes me uncomfortable because I feel so far fro...
#271 Being Selfless to be Selfish
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Something new I'm trying because my relationship is taking a hit postpartum - being selfless in the name of being selfish.
#270 The Energy of "Let's See" with Kate Bromley
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The theme of this episode is about being happy instead of right and letting things reveal themselves to us. Connect with Kate on Instagram @misskbrom...
#269 Birth Story Part 3 Anxiety, BF & Quiet Quitting
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following episodes #262 and #266 this episode is part three of Vampire Louie's Birth Story: about developing anxiety and my breastfeeding journey.
#268 I Don't Feel Like A Person
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming at you from a neutral place where "I don't feel like a person" www.walnutwednesday.com/podcast/
#267 My First Solo Drive
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have taken Vampire Louie on two outings BY MYSELF! I was anxious and scared but I did it anyway! www.walnutwednesday.com/podcast/
#266 Birth Story Part Two
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following episode #262 this episode is part two of Vampire Louie's Birth Story: the two days at the Birthing Unit and coming home. I will have to do p...
#265 First Long Drive and Mom Math
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I googled what is Mom Math: "Mom math" is the formula for the complicated equation that equals simply running an errand, or leaving the house for any...
#264 Life is Short
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Life is short - full stop.
#263 The Mushroom Garden
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Fourth Trimester... what a ride! hemorrhoids. That is all.
#262 5th Birthday & Birth Story
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WALNUT WEDNESDAY TURNS FIVE TODAY! Please screenshot, share & tag me @walnutwednesday to celebrate with me. This episode is Vampire Louie's Birth ...
#261 I Have Anxiety AND a Village
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My first episode post-vampire! the only way through it, is THROUGH it Sleep deprivation is a form of torture say yes, receive and bask in grattit...
#260 Birth, Breast Feeding and a Baby with Steph Burchmore
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so grateful to have one of my gorgeous friends, Steph, visit the podcast after chatting to her about all things condition related. We talk abo...
#259 Stimulation Without Obligation with Kate Bromley
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Beauty is back! We welcome Kate back to the podcast and this time we took up the challenge to talk mid-menty-b rather than on reflections and the ...
#258 The "Babymoon"
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Walnut, I've had such resistance to all things "baby" related, like a baby shower and babymoon - and this episode is my story time, just...
#257 Decision Making + The 5 Stages of Dying with Tessa Hope
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back Tessa Hope! This week we talk all about her greatest walnutting to date, where Tessa decided to leave teaching. We talk all about account...
#256 Receiving and Feeling Unworthy
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week my walnutting is simply sharing with you that I feel unworthy of all the kindness, love and gifts that have been coming my way. I have recei...
#255 When Emotions Were High & Time Smoothes It Out
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm talking about a situation that deeply disappointed me, where I was not able to have a conversation in the heat of the moment and ti...
#254 I Feel Vulnerable
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The title of this episode says it all, Walnut, I'm feeling very vulnerable in my condition and find it incredibly hard to ask for what I need righ...
#253 Walnutting & Communication Tactics
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week is a carry on with the theme of saying "no" and backing myself (again). I also shared something I learned about the different ways...
#252 Saying NO is STILL Uncomfortable
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I had to set a boundary and say no. On reflection, it brought up old feelings that made me feel anger in justice for Past Lazz who always d...
#251 Still Squishy
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a follow up from the micro-walnuttings in episode 250, where I am still feeling squishy and I had two polarising examples from the preparation...
#250 Starting To Feel Squishy
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am noticing the squishy feelings coming back up and I share three mini things I've done to get through it. Also, cue the tears as I ge...
#249 The Guilt From Calling in Sick
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I've called in sick - and it is crazy to me that this still makes me feel guilty, depsite that is what a sick day is for! Connect with...
#248 Felt "cringe" and Did It Anyway
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have two examples this week, Walnut, where I've felt cringe and done it anyway... that's the moral of this episode. Nothing more and nothing...
#247 If "anything can happen" What Do You Actually Want?
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wanlut, this week I felt a little bit stuck with what I want to talk about and got confronted with the specifics for what it is I actually want for Wa...
#246 Time To Take Things Down & Listen To My Body
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Short and sweet episode this week, Walnut, where I've had a moment of frustration that I cannot do things like I normally would be able to. I'...
#245 Go With The Flow
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The theme of this week is GO WITH THE FLOW. I talk all about my Personal Assistant / Sister Birthday Trip where this theme was strong. Everything &quo...
#244 Bravely Becoming a Resource for Others with Victoria Faith
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I feel so special to be having this conversation with Victoria Faith, this week. We talked about creating content on social media and how she started...
#243 Giving Credit Where it is Due
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I have been reflecting on the people in my life and noticed that I don't show my appreciation for the ones closer to home as much as I&...
#242 I Love My Outfit Today!
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My (micro)walnutting this week is that I LOVE MY OUTFIT TODAY and I am celebrating that! Check out my workshop SNACK HACKS: https://www.walnutwednesd...
#241 If You Feel Like Everyone Hates You, SLEEP!
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Walnut, I had another menty-B (in-front of people) at work this week. I took myself home and I had a nap. Tips I saw on the internet that work: If y...
#240 Are You Pleased with Yourself? with Kate Bromley
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we welcome back Kate for a discussion on recovering people pleaser-ship, how we are perceived by others and the idea that friendships aren'...
#239 Gender Disappointment "is a thing"
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I found out what flavour my vampire is! It felt like the moment you flip a coin and while it's in the air, you know what you want your decision to...
#238 Showing The Bump
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Watch the video version of this if you'd like to see my Vampire Bump! This week my walnutting is in line with wearing the crop top, where I've...
#237 I Stressed Myself into a Spiral
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DISASTER WEEKEND (to no one else but me) because I stressed myself out to the point of physical exhaustion. I wasn't hearing the people close to m...
#236 Everyone Has Something to Say
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another early morning discussion with me, Walnut, grab your coff and let's talk about something I've noticed in the way we, as humans share in...
#235 History Repeats Itself
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I am confronted with a similar situation that I have experienced in the past and with all my Walnut Armour I am now equipt to handle it in ...
#234 Social Media and What Keeps Me Up at Night
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Walnut, I've found it really hard to compart mentalise the different feelings brought up by an announcement we made on Facebook: - there are so...
#233 My Body Continues to Change
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I noticed new changes in my body - stretch marks and bigger bits - and I cried! I've reflected that this has been my physical body vers...
#232 I'm Not Going to Lose My Identity
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Walnut, my walnutting this week is some news I have decided to share with you... Kevin is going to be a big brother... I'm pregnant. Connect ...
#231 Fresh Out of a Menty-B
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Walnut, this week, I'm just spiraling on some thoughts fresh out of a menty-b. I had a full meltdown at work and it was simply due to a nervou...
#230 Defining Progress & Burnout in the Name of Productivity with Kate Bromley
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have Kate Bromley back for a chat on productivity, burnout and what progress looks like. We talk about being in the state of always think...
#229 Don't Take Life Too Seriously
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I completed a 365 days of reels challenge and nothing dramatically exciting happened... Penny Lane from Almost Famous (2000) once said "I always ...
#228 Nutrition, Science & Art with Kaya Stojkov
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am speaking with Kaya all about Body positivity and being compassionate to yourself when making lifestyle changes. I got some advice on ho...
#227 Lazz went Tramping... LOL!
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a story time of me getting completely out of my comfort zone, walnutting and going tramping through the New Zealand bush - I even stay...
#226 Feedback is a Gift AND SO IS HINDSIGHT
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Walnut, I'm coming clean this week about an episode that has been sat in my drafts for over a year. I'm sharing my learnings from that episode...
#225 She'll Be Right... Yeah, Nah with Katie McQuaid
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING this episode discusses depression and relevant mental health topics. This week it is my pleasure to be speaking with the beautiful, Ka...
#224 A Chat for Sensitive Sausages
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode simply follows a sequence of small events that have built up and overwhelmed me. If you're a sensitive, highly empathetic ...
#223 Dancing with your Magic with Jillian Alyse
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I get to speak with my wonderful friend, Jilly, all about boundaries, the law of patters, the gift of life, joy and dancing with all the fee...
#222 Leading with Kindness with Brontë Higgs
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have one of the most inspiring walnuts on the planet visit the podcast. Brontë is a working mother and wife, trying to find the balance t...
#221 Feeling Confident in the Dress
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am on a high after receiving the biggest compliment from Sissy Walnut - a designer dress, that is bold, that is tight fitting, that I was ...
#220 Accountability & Asking for Help
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I am a Walnut that's fallen on her sword. I've noticed in my defensive behaviour, that it is time to take some accountability on my...
#219 Just Because I'm Not the Loudest in the Room
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I've noticed conversations that have left me feeling lonely or anxious because I've not felt listened to or wondered why I was spea...
#218 False FOMO and Overwhelm
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, let's chat about FOMO, false FOMO and a term I just learned "JOMO" - the joy of missing out - and how I am learning to evolve...
#217 Decision Making for Walnuts
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have been faced with making a tough decision... that was not in the end tough, because my body knew a long time before my brain, what the ...
#216 Five Minutes Changed my Relationship
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm sharing a little hot tip for Walnut Communication that I've been using from my lil tool belt. Five minutes can change the trajec...
#215 The Initiation - You've Got This!
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am trying to give you some advice, straight from the pressure cooker... it's that time of the year for me, where things feel hard - es...
#214 Energy, Empathy and Trauma with Melanie Huestis
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have Melanie Huestis visiting us where we have a discussion about energy work, a possession story and I love this quote - "what is ...
#213 Do Something Extraordinary to Find Euphoria
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is basically a big "dork grin" recap on the feelings I felt after coming home from my first Walnut Work Trip to visit Mystique ...
#212 Seeing Relationships for What They Are
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week was prompted from a conversation I had with someone who is still in the early phases of being a "recovering people pleaser" where ...
#211 Airing My Dirty Laundry
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm coming in with a deep dive into my scatter brain. I'd like to add a trigger warning to this episode, I discuss have/not having c...
#210 Healing through Clay & Celebrating Self Love with Morgan Blixt
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have the gorgeous Morgan visit us, where we got to chatting all about retreats, empowerment and an overall theme of self love - this is a ...
#209 Four Years of "The Next Step" with Kate Bromley
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Miss Kate is back to celebrate FOUR YEARS OF WALNUT WEDNESDAY - we discuss how much we've grown alongside Walnut Wednesday the podcast, how "...
#208 Feminism + The Quest for Joy with Tessa Hope
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have my wonderful friend Tessa visting us talking about feminism, confidence and her quest for joy! We also had Tessa give us two amasing ...
#207 Emotional Eating with Amber Romaniuk
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am so excited to have Amber speak with us on emotional eating, cortisol, self-sabotage, hormones and so much more! Amber Romaniuk is an Em...
#206 Kindness is NOT a Weakness
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week let's talk about being a Recovering People Pleaser and how our kindness and empathy can feel like it is perceived as a weakness. I had a...