Thank You, Next

March 19, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Parenting, Positivity appreciation, bjj, family, gratitude, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, kids, love, thanks 2

Positivity breeds positivity, and negative thinking tends to attract negative energy. It all sounds so simple, but I’m sure we know how difficult it can truly be to dig ourselves out of a rut of emotional gloom when we feel like a dark gray cloud is just constantly looming over us threatening a torrential downpour […]

If it Doesn’t Challenge You, it Won’t Change You

March 12, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity adaptability, bjj, change, Competition, fighter, growth, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, WMMA

I am always trying to make sure that I am constantly growing and evolving as a person (she says from all of 5 foot tall, but I mean this in the metaphorical sense and not the physical one). I am not the same person I was 5 years ago, one year ago, or even 6 […]

Patience is a Virtue

March 5, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, growth, MMA, patience, positivity, self care, Stress, WMMA, worthy 3

Balance. Everything in life ebbs and flows as we try to reach an equilibrium in our lives. I balance the role of dutiful girlfriend, doting pseudo parent, BJJ instructor, business owner, and mma fighter. I’m always constantly worrying that I am putting too much effort into a handful of those things and stress myself out […]

A Guide to Not Giving a F*ck

February 26, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence chess, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, mental health, MMA, perseverance, self help, WMMA

So the other day I walk into my second favorite place on the planet, the bookstore, (the gym and cage are obviously the #1 contenders) and I head over to the selection of the most current best sellers. I happen to notice the majority of the most recent best selling books are self-help ones. Not […]

Atelophobia

February 19, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Perseverance, self confidence, winners bjj, Fight like a Girl, mental health, MMA, resiliency, schellshockbjj, WMMA

Honestly, I can’t be the only person out there who goes through periods of time where it feels like nothing I do is good enough. I am struggling on the mats and I am struggling in life and I just can’t seem to make things work. I try so hard, and sometimes I just hit […]

Life Owes You Nothing. You Owe Yourself Everything

February 12, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, Fight like a Girl, Jiu Jitsu, WMMA

The world owes you nothing; it was here first. Nobody cares about your excuses, procrastinations, or laziness. Sometimes this can be absolutely brutal to hear, but it’s true. Good things do not come to those who wait, but to those who get up off their asses and go out there and get it. I found […]

Putting the ‘Possible’ in ‘Impossible’

January 29, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Positivity, self confidence, Stress, Teaching, winners bjj, happiness, love, MMA, positivity, Schell Shock BJJ, WMMA

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 […]

Don’t Let Me Get Me

January 15, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, fearless, Fight like a Girl, life, life lessons, MMA, parenthood, parenting, Schell Shock, schellshockbjj, self-sabotage, WMMA

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 […]

Everything Hurts; Enjoy the Ride

January 8, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Laughter, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, happiness, Injuries, Jiu Jitsu, laughter, positivity, Schell Shock, Schell Shock BJJ, self care

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 […]

New Year, Who Dis??

January 1, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Laughter, love, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence anniversary, bjj, chess, fighter, goals, life, love, MMA, new year, nye, perseverance, strategy, WMMA 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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