Putting the ‘Possible’ in ‘Impossible’

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Positivity, self confidence, Stress, Teaching, winners , , , , , ,

As I approach my fight this coming week, I am doing some reflecting. Primarily, reflecting on all the good in my life because no matter the outcome for the title this weekend, I have so much going on that I can appreciate and be grateful for. There are people out there that love to throw […]

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Don’t Let Me Get Me

Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress , , , , , , , , , , ,

This will be the year that I stop self sabotaging, I just need to keep repeating that mantra over and over. I am so guilty of this, in life, on the mats, even with my own family, and I hate myself and feel so much shame over it. This past weekend is such a good […]

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Everything Hurts; Enjoy the Ride

Samantha Schell BJJ, Laughter, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress , , , , , , , ,

Sometimes, it can be pretty cathartic to vent out our grievances, but it also bares in mind the question of when it’s acceptable to complain about a handful of things and when it just becomes annoying. No one likes a complainer Karen, so chill out with your degenerative disks and arthritic fingers. Guess what, if […]

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New Year, Who Dis??

Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Laughter, love, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence , , , , , , , , , , , , 2

Welp, it’s officially 2019 team and we made it through another year. If you’re reading this expecting me to come out swinging with some “new year, new me” bs, let me stop you right now. Unfortunately for all of you, I plan on coming into 2019 the same old tenacious little midget with high aspirations […]

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