October 2, 1999: Live it Up Baby!
Queen Shh Podcast
Welcome back to Queen Shh Podcast, it’s your girl Opal Ellyse, back at you with episode 29!! We are back in the 90’s for this episode!! This entry is called “Live It Up Baby” and it’s all about a full circle moment/epiphany and I even allude to the royalty piece so it’s perfect for Queen Shh. The dawn of a new year presents an energy of renewal and offers space for reflection but it’s often more about shedding what didn’t serve us in the past, especially the past year. For me it is imperative that I honor that this year in a real way, a raw way, in a way that is transformative...
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Oct. 28th, 2023: Balance
Queen Shh Podcast
This entry is called “Balance” and there has been so much talk lately about there being no such thing as balance and I believe balance is real and achievable, it just doesn’t always feel or look like what we might think. It’s not often a perfect smooth blend of all aspects of your life, it’s a constant battle and effort as well as a pull and push with surrender and will. Themes: Doing too much. . .I could write a whole book on this one, and I am betting many of you could as well. Creating content. . .for REAL, the kind you are born to create. New levels require new...
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September 20th, 2010: Killing Cows and Making Burgers
Queen Shh Podcast
For episode 27, we are back with an online journal entry, as I have mentioned before, you can follow the breadcrumbs, find my blogspot and enjoy all the tea I’ve served there for years. Or just wait for the good shh to hit Queen Shh Podcast! This entry is called “Killing Cows and Making Burgers”. It comes from 2010, and it was heavily inspired by a line Lady Gaga says to Beyonce in the “Telephone” music video. The phrase stuck with me and it’s a needed check in point for me, so here in 2025 I am checking in on my progress with killing the cows and making burgers....
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September 12th, 1999: What I've Been Learning
Queen Shh Podcast
For episode 26, we’re taking it back to the 90s!! 1999 to be exact, and it’s right on time, cue Brandy and Monica! This short and sweet entry is exactly what I am feeling right now. I called this entry “What I’ve Been Learning”, and I am currently in a period of learning and development right now and it’s for sure a blessing but also not super easy. And it’s me who’s making it hard, that’s also part of the lesson, but a hard thing to let go of. Hopefully this resonates with you too, because this is never just for me, there is def something in the air right now....
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June 23rd, 1999: Sweet-19
Queen Shh Podcast
For episode 25, we are taking it back to the 90s!! 1999 to be exact, and if you recall, 1999 was a transition year, not just for me but for the world, you could feel it in the air as we approached the new millennium. There is no doubt that right now also feels like a time of transitioning for ourselves, our circles, our world, and in those times it’s important for us to be centered. To know without a shadow of a doubt who you are, what you believe, and how you want to show up in the world for yourself and others. I made this entry after coming home on a night where I was...
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July, 14th, 2001: Keys
Queen Shh Podcast
For episode 24 I share an entry from way back in the year 2001, when I was 21 years old. I had finally got my keys for my dorm room for the second summer session at UW- Parkside after being without a room for the entire first session! I was grateful then and I am grateful now, if you have a safe, warm, clean place to say, you are winning!! I don’t take for granted any of the necessities or the luxuries I have because I know what it’s like to not have, and I know so many go without. On the same token, I want it all, small joys lead to big joys, be grateful for what you have now and...
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July 28th, 2019: Pedestals, I Think Not!
Queen Shh Podcast
In this 23rd episode we visit the year 2019, almost 6 years to the day of recording this. For this one we are taking another look at my online diary on Blogspot, and it’s short and sweet gem but oh so on time!! This is an episode all about how sometimes we put people, places or things above us and then we get caught up in the hype and end up lowering ourselves. It usually takes something to remind us of who we are and when we do, it’s on!! I just got back from a Atlanta, and ATL was just what I needed to remind me of who I am and I am excited to be back acting accordingly! Key themes...
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May 3rd, 2015: I've Always Had a Slingshot
Queen Shh Podcast
Episode 22! For this one we travel back a decade and are in 2015, May 3rd to be exact. I called this one, “I’ve Always Had a Slingshot” and then a subtitle of “Opal Ellyse Tomashevska is out of poverty for good: in JESUS name!! Coming out of a poverty mindset was one of the biggest hurdles for me. It’s a hurdle for many and it’s not as easy as it looks, even though it looks hard as hell! Why do you think there are so many rags to riches stories? Because it is one hell of an adventure, and most don’t make it! At the time I wrote this, I had been a comfortable-ish...
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February 14th, 2000: Not Chains, Change
Queen Shh Podcast
In this 21st episode we visit the year 2000 for an entry called “Not Chains, Change”. This entry is the final entry in my last 1990’s journal and it appropriately revolves around my goals for 2000. The air was buzzing, change was alive, and we could feel it. It didn’t feel like just another year or decade, it was a new millennium, and we embraced the change and wanted it to change us too. Not Chains but Change when it comes to perspective is the power we all have to use this as a catalyst to become who we are created to be and honor and ENJOY who are right now. ...
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April 26th, 2015: In the Studio
Queen Shh Podcast
We are at the 20th episode, already!! Yass thank you all for rocking with me! This entry is called “In the Studio” and it’s from 2015 when I hadn’t been in the studio for a bit and I had just got done recording some heat!! It was so validating because it was one of those times where current life takes our focus off our dreams for a minute and we wonder if our big dreams were wrong, moments like this remind us of who we are and that our destiny isn’t going anywhere! Key themes from reflection on this entry: · Pay attention to the moments, places, and people that...
info_outlineIn this third short and sweet episode, we visit April 4th, 1996, when I along with several other high school students from my hometown (Madison, WI) went on a Black College tour across the southern United States. It was my first time in the south and I share what it felt like to step on Spellman’s campus for the first time, how my girls and I almost risked it all for some boys we met earlier that day, and why seeing really can mean believing.
I challenge us to be intentional about finding ways for today’s youth to still experience IRL moments that have them in awe and wonder despite having the entire world online.
To this day I am still discovering things that expand my world and deepen my faith. What have been pivotal moments in your life that allowed you to see more than what you previously thought possible? What experiences are still on your list?
Author, poet, spoken word artist and emcee Opal Ellyse has been keeping handwritten journals since 1995. Each week she shares an entry and ties it to current events and relevant topics of conversation. Royalty is living in your legacy while you're still here. Understanding your past and bridging it to the present (and future) is a gift. Join Opal as she shares wisdom from the past as it becomes present day epiphany and a blueprint for all that is next.
Enjoy!
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