G.O.A.T

July 28, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners best, Competition, goat, gymnastics, mental health, olympics, simone biles, USA 2

Imagine feeling so entitled to your cockamamie opinions, you think you hold some clout when it comes to commenting on the choices and decisions made by the most winningest athlete in history. There is no one, past or present, who comes remotely close to touching the accolades achieved by US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. Yet […]

Permanence is an Illusion

July 20, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, Positivity, Teaching keep going, permanence, positivity, push, trying 1

Don’t let minor setbacks become permanent pathways. By this, I mean that we shouldn’t ever stop pushing no matter what threatens to put up barriers and obstacles in our path. Calm waves never made for a skilled sailor, and I don’t care how much Dramamine it takes, but I’m here to tell you that you […]

Don’t Take it so Personally

July 13, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Family, Friendship, mental health, Perseverance, self confidence alone, bjj, Depression, mental health, resiliency, therapy

Interesting. I started this blog primarily to write and document my experiences training and competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA, and then I find myself relating it to my emotions and personal life experiences more often than not. It has become a therapeutic outlet in a safe space I can air out my grievances […]

Starve Your Distractions, Feed Your Focus

July 6, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, winners Anxiety, bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, competing, Competition, doubt, expectations, focus, Jiu Jitsu 1

Many times, when you ask people what their greatest fear is, they will immediately reply back with the fear of failure. But often times, this is not the case. It is not the actuality of failure that we fear, it is the fear of disappointing others in our lives or even ourselves. Everyone fails, that’s […]

If You Never Heal From What Hurt You, You Will Continue to Bleed on Those Who Did Not Cut You

June 29, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress healing, mental health, pain, scars, trauma

Trauma is probably something that shouldn’t be as highly relatable as it is, but unfortunately, almost every single person you come into contact with has suffered or endured something in their past that has dramatically altered the course of their existence. It has molded us, impacted us, and effected us, but it should never define […]

Without Hard Work, Nothing Grows But Weeds

May 25, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence Dreams, goals, hard work, perseverance, positivity, tencacity 1

The world owes you nothing, it is up to every single individual to go out there and chase it. It’s a hard pill to swallow to come to the realization that we are where we are in life because of the choices we make and the actions that we take. Sure, some people may do […]

Choose Your Hard

May 11, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Competing, Family, Friendship, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, choices, hard, hard work, ownership, Stress

Everything is hard, you just gotta be bigger than your excuses and greater than your fears. Sure, easier said than done, but when are we going to stop letting our mind limit us and dictate our destinies? Someone* recently told me that anxiety is an emotion, not a diagnosis or personality trait, and to use […]

You Are Not Alone

May 4, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, love, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress Anxiety, Depression, help, love, mental health, Stress

May is mental health awareness month; a cause I will champion and continue to champion for the rest of my days. Perhaps the reason for this is because almost every single person you know has dealt with this issue in one aspect or another, whether it has personally effected them or someone that they love […]

Always Forward

April 27, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, self confidence, Teaching, winners bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, learning, losses, opportunity, wins

There is no one alive out there who is keeping a track record of our successes and our failures and detailing every step in our journeys. Even our most loathsome “enemy” isn’t tallying all that we do, from our greatest opponent and adversary to what may very well be just a bitter ex dating partner. […]

The Straw that Breaks the Camel’s Back

April 20, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Stress Anxiety, mental health, overwhelmed, perseverance, positivity, Stress

When we have an accumulation of one thing after the next piling up on your plate, sometimes it’s the little crumb that sets you over the edge. Just like one insignificant little snowflake falling from the sky and causing an avalanche to teeter over the mountain and cascade downward with monumental and devastating repercussions. Often […]

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