Queen Shh

Queen Shh Podcast, episode 32!! I found an old notepad from 2010, this is a rare find collection of journals and notes, so I was super excited to find it, read it and share it with you!  I also saw the Micheal Jackson movie last weekend and it was everything! I knew it would be, there are certain things, movies, albums, books, that I just KNOW have a message for me and this was that for me.  The f...

Back with Episode 31! This time of year always feels like a spiritual new years for me, so I am hitting you with a new year's post, from the first day of 2019.  So not too far back, but at the same time a world away because this is the last pre-pandemic full year we experienced, of course we didn't know it at the time. 2018 had been another year of blessing on top of 2017 which was a pivotal point...

Welcome to episode 30!! As everyone is doing this comparison between 2016 and 2026, I am brining an entry from 2016 to see how far I've come and how much remains the same.  The parallels to right now are on point as this one is all about the power of confidence combined with focus and assignment.  As we face a time in history that is requiring us to stand up, speak up and back up what we say we be...

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 a...

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. ....

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 "Telephon...

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...

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 with...

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 lux...

In this 23 rd 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 remi...

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...

In this 21 st 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 C...

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...

For this 19th episode I we are transported to the year 2000! This entry is called "So Good" and it's right on time because I am just coming off a monster performance and speaking engagement run and this entry was about me just starting to dip my toe in the performance arts and it's so cool to see how far I've come and that some of the same joys and principles remain.  It's also fuel for me to KEEP...

In this 18th episode we are back in the 90s!! 1999 to be exact, and this one is about knowing better and doing better, I simply called "Know". Everything in this entry goes along with all I am feeling right now and lessons I am learning as well as blessings I am receiving so it's right on time.  Hoping it blesses you as well.   Key themes from reflection on this entry: · Know better so do better. ...

In this 17th episode we visit Easter, 10 years ago.  Recorded on Easter 2025, we visit Easter 2015 for this episode.  For me, Easter is my spiritual new year, and this entry was on point for what I am feeling and experiencing right now. There have been so many wonderful things for me in this season, I've been able to do so much for my art over the past few weeks and it has been pure joy!  I just w...

For this 16th episode, this one is a little different. As every now and then, since about 2008, I make my entries live online on BlogSpot!! Yup, bet you didn't even know I bloged, I guess it was Queen Shh before Queen Shh.  Anyway, this one is a GEM that is SO appropriate for RIGHT now!! It's the move, it's the wave, it's the reminder.  I was in a space the night I recorded this that completely fi...

This 15th episode we go 10 years back in time and land in 2015, and touch on so many ties into right now.  Dreams, decisions, destiny, all the big things and the small things that take up mental real estate. As a creative I often battle with how much I give my 9-5 vs. how much I give my art.  Whether I love my job or not, this struggle is real.  What I have come to learn though is, it's even harde...

This 14th episode is one I wrote in New York City.  If you peep the date, it was a month and 3 days before 9/11 in NY and it was my first time in NYC and it had always been a dream of mine to go there, what a blessing for me to see it and feel it before that happened. This trip to NYC was truly divine intervention, my friend Anisha (RIP), said that she was going to NYC with her mom, because her mo...

In this 13th episode we spend some time in 2014, and we get into one of my favorite topics. . . money.  And hitting on one of the reoccurring themes of my life and many people's lives. . .  confidence.    Key themes from reflection on this entry: · Money and mindset, HUGE!! It starts in your mind.  Might sound crazy or whatever but it's so true.  YOU have to think differently about money and wealt...

This 12th episode we visit the year 2000. This entry comes to you from me as a 20-year-old between my sophomore and junior year in college.  There was so much going on for me at school and at home, truthfully during this time I was still kind of living two lives, one back in the hood at Wexford, and one at school.  If I am being honest, I struggled a during those 4 years of college, never in the c...

In this 11th episode we are back in the 90's for this entry!  I just can't leave them alone! This episode tells a story I have told before and will probably still tell to my great, great grandchildren.  It was an absolute turning point in my life and a moment that has since defined who I am and how I show up. In 1999 I was a sophomore in college at the University of Wisconsin Parkside (P-side!). T...

This 10 th episode comes to you from the spring of 2000!  Whew, like I said last time, chyle what a year! And IYKYK, when I drop those entries from the summer of 2000 get your popcorn!! But until then, this is where we are, March 19th, 2000.  Why this episode now?  Well, I promised you that I would share some "oh so in love me", and if you're listening to this when it drops or shortly after it is...

This 9th episode comes to you from the year 2000!  Whew chyle what a year!  I had just turned 21 years old and was in my 3 rd year of college.  This is an entry I labeled as a freestyle.  A freestyle is just pure flowing thought, it usually tends to be a little longer but it's when I just let the words keep coming and flow until they find their way of telling me what I need to hear. I typically fi...

In this eighth episode, we visit January 5th, 2014, it is the beginning of a new year and a time of reflection and a time when we tend to slow down just enough to take inventory and adjust to get our lives aligned for exactly where we want to go and who we want to be.  Inspired by a sermon from Pastor TD Jakes that was also right on time, this entry resonated so well with me right now in the space...