March 2025 Intuitive Reading
And so it begins! I’m officially doing monthly intuitive readings over on my new podcast Remember Why You Are Here and I feel like a kid at the scholastic book fair – I’m so excited!
Each month I’ll be picking a card and channeling a message for our beautiful group of seekers and sensitives here.
This month I picked from the Herbcrafter’s Tarot deck and got: Beebalm (Two of Fire)
I’ve got SO much to say about this (I felt this message with every hair on my head).
Tune into
Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube to hear the reading for this March and the themes for our month ahead:
- Taking your next bold step
- Expanding your horizons to meet your potential
- Moving long-held stuckness
- Attracting what you want through following your deepest desires
Oh, and I’ve been loving getting voice messages from you over on my new voice mailbox! It’s truly been so delightful.
We already got a request based on today’s episode for me to share my recipe for bee balm pesto (it’s honestly my favorite, even more than basil pesto!) so keep scrolling for the recipe for this umami-yummy pesto.
Thank you, dear one, for all your love and support around the launch of this new podcast! It has felt so light, and uplifting and right to create this and put it out into the world. I can’t wait to see where it takes us together.
P.S. If you’re listening and loving the podcast so far… leave a rating or review! Every time you do a fairy gets a set of wings. Just kidding (kinda), but I do read every one and they have meant SO much to me.
Bee Balm Pesto
Harvest the tender spring greens of bee balm to make this uniquely flavored, somewhat addictive pesto. It’s similar in taste to oregano, but has an entirely unique umami-like spice and richness. I personally only harvest until the plant reaches knee-height, after which I’ve found the leaves become too pungent for my liking. Bee balm is a beautiful, medicinal and luxuriously bountiful native herb, so plant some seeds and watch all the butterflies and bees flock to your fields.
- 3 cups packed bee balm leaves (I prefer Monarda didyma or M. fistulosa, as other species can be a bit too intense on their own)
- 2-4 garlic cloves
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast (or substitute/add grated parmesan, up to ¾ cup)
- 1 cup pistachios (these are my favorite for making pesto, but you can substitute with pecans, pine-nuts, almonds, cashews or any other kind of nuts you prefer)
- ½ tsp curry powder
- ¾ cup olive oil
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
– Collect the tops and tender leaves of bee balm. Strip the leaves into a big bowl. It’s ok for some of the smaller stems to stay in the mix
– Put leaves and half the olive oil into a food processor. While the food processor is running, drizzle in the rest of the olive oil.
– Once your oil and herb mixture is blended, add all the additional ingredients and blend until smooth.
– If you want your pesto thicker, add more nuts or leaves. If you want it thinner, add more oil. If something about it just seems “not quite right” add a bit more salt, lemon juice, or even a splash of soy sauce or tamari.
Gratitude to Elka Wilder, from whom I first learned about bee balm pesto (including the wave of brilliance to add curry powder, mmm it’s so good).
