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Queen Shh

Opal Ellyse Tomashevska

Author, poet, spoken word artist and emcee Opal Ellyse has been keeping hand written 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. Queen Shh Podcast dropping 12/6.

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48:21

September 12th, 1999: What I've Been Learning

Queen Shh ·

2025/11/01

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

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26:33

June 23rd, 1999: Sweet-19

Queen Shh ·

2025/09/15

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

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38:59

July, 14th, 2001: Keys

Queen Shh ·

2025/08/29

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

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40:33

July 28th, 2019: Pedestals, I Think Not!

Queen Shh ·

2025/08/05

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

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36:41

May 3rd, 2015: I've Always Had a Slingshot

Queen Shh ·

2025/07/12

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

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34:14

February 14th, 2000: Not Chains, Change

Queen Shh ·

2025/06/24

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

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31:10

April 26th, 2015: In the Studio

Queen Shh ·

2025/06/16

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

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53:47

January 29th, 2000: So Good

Queen Shh ·

2025/05/31

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 GOING!! I have so much more I want to do and be, this reminds me to continue going after my dreams, I

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36:16

September 28th, 1999: Know

Queen Shh ·

2025/05/20

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. Often it just comes down to what you are prioritizing because more often than not, the knowledge is

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30:44

April 4th, 2015: He is Risen

Queen Shh ·

2025/05/03

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 wrapped up a couple performances last week, I have one this week which is so cool that I wrote and

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28:05

September 22nd, 2016: 2 Broke Girls

Queen Shh ·

2025/04/12

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 filled my soul and it was in complete alignment with the message. #StarsAligned Key themes from

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46:25

March 14th, 2015: Don't Give 'Em Too Much

Queen Shh ·

2025/03/30

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 harder when you love your job! And I wouldn’t trade loving what I get paid to do for the world, but I must be

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34:14

New Year, New York: August, 7th, 2001

Queen Shh ·

2025/03/24

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 mom was moving back from there and they were going to get her stuff. Almost jokingly I said, “Can I come,

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35:43

November 21st, 2014

Queen Shh ·

2025/03/17

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 wealth before anything can change for you. and it makes sense on a spiritual plane. · Pulling in images to

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21:59

July 13th, 2000: How I Got Over!

Queen Shh ·

2025/03/09

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 classroom, that was easy, fun, and I loved it. My struggle was in finding where I fit in society. I

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25:12

December 20th, 1999: Stars

Queen Shh ·

2025/02/23

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!). That year brought so much positive change and gave me new and clear outlook on a lot of things. But

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24:03

March 19th, 2000: Lemonade

Queen Shh ·

2025/02/09

This 10th 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 Valentine’s Day week. So, I’m giving you a bit of a glimpse of what love has been like for me. . . or at

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37:43

December 5th, 2000:Time for a Change (freestyle)

Queen Shh ·

2025/02/02

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 3rd 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 find myself in the state of mind to need to do this when I’m in times of deep reflection, cognitive

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21:13

January 5th, 2014: Philippians 4:11-13

Queen Shh ·

2025/01/26

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 and time we are in and I’m confident it will resonate with you too. Key themes from reflection on this

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26:07

August 6th, 1996: What About Your Friends

Queen Shh ·

2025/01/19

In this seventh episode, we visit August 6th, 1996, and this is one of the many entries where I mention feeling like I have outgrown my friends and just about everything around me. The funny thing is that I have lifelong friends (including the ones I thought I outgrew in 1996 LOL), and I know how grateful I am for that. This entry is key for highlighting how important it is to give people and yourself a chance to grow together and understand that growing pains will be a part of that. Yet another

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