Perhaps I’m feeling a bit more at ease with the universe, and therefore, emanating positive vibes from every atom I am composed of. I just came back from a 4 day vacation in the beautiful country of Jamaica where I enjoyed the food, soaked up some sun, and got hit with a surprise proposal during […]
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Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, effort, failures, hard work, kickboxing, MMA, muay thai, self sabotahge, success 2
It’s easier to not try; to allow yourself to fail even at something you so desperately want rather than deal with the disappointment of trying really hard and coming up short regardless. We can be so consumed with the fear of failure that we give up before something even begins. We can have it set […]
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Samantha Schell Anxiety, mental health, Perseverance, Stress Anxiety, anxious, mental health, ocd, Stress 9
There are days where I bite off so much more than I could chew that I honestly should be given the Heimlich maneuver 24/7. It’s almost amazing I haven’t choked on my responsibilities and reached an inevitable death from taking on so many tasks at one time. I have always loathed the idea of putting […]
Read more‘No’ is a Complete Sentence
Samantha Schell Anxiety, mental health, Positivity happiness, health, help, sanity, self care, self help
The title is something I am constantly invoking, especially when speaking with one of my brothers. He is one of the most kind-hearted and purest souls of a person that I know, and he absolutely hates disappointing people. So much so, in fact, that often times he stretches himself too thin or ends up inundated […]
Read moreMake Progress or Make Excuses
Samantha Schell Anxiety, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence Anxiety, exercise, gym, nutrition, resolutions, weightloss
Resolutions are for the birds. We spend so much time hyping up a goal or ambition without the slightest bit of understanding of what the steps necessary to make the goals come to fruition are. The problem is, the majority of these resolutions are simple; the journey to achieve them isn’t complicated or convoluted, it […]
Read moreShe is Incredible, But So Am I
Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, Competition, mental health, MMA, negativity, perseverance, positivity, WMMA
Comparison is the thief of joy, an act of violence against oneself, and a distraction from our true purpose, so why can’t I stop doing it? This person is younger than me, better than me, prettier than me, more fit than me, has accomplished way more than me, the list goes on and on. Yet, […]
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One of the age old pieces of wisdom many of us heard while growing up is if you don’t have anything nice to say, then say nothing at all. It seems that mentality in the era of social media has been tossed out the window with such gusto, that even Tom Brady’s deflated balls wouldn’t […]
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Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Friendship, Positivity beauty, bjj, female empowerment, jiu, Jiu Jitsu, queens, women 3
Lately, I’ve been really big on female empowerment and women lifting up other women, so I was pretty disappointed the other day to see one of the most commonplace argument in women’s grappling groups take place; makeup on the mats. It’s no secret that women can be quite vicious toward one another, especially in a […]
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Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, mental health, Perseverance Anxiety, bjj, fomo, mental health, positivity, social media
Perhaps now more than ever, the fear of missing out is rapidly integrating itself into the collective minds of all those stuck in the 2020 cycle of the chaos in this current state. Especially to all of those still immersed in some form of lockdown, constantly checking social media accounts to peep in on the […]
Read moreTrying my Best to Eliminate Stress
Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, fight, Jiu Jitsu, mental health, MMA, sacrifice, WMMA
Stress. One word. 6 letters. A whole bunch of reasons behind it. If you’re anything like me, you find yourself getting frazzled constantly, and often by exceptionally minute things that just tend to pile up over time. Little by little, the grains of sand start forming eclipsing dunes and you’ve made mountains out of mole […]
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