No Guts, No Glory. No Pain, No Story.

September 3, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, fighting, Jiu Jitsu, love, MMA, positivity, Quitters, winners

Crying doesn’t make you a loser. Bleeding doesn’t make you a loser. Tapping doesn’t make you a loser. Even failing doesn’t make you a loser. Quitting, however, does. And this, I should add, is with anything in life, not just Jiu Jitsu or MMA. Quite recently, I was ready to give up on something because […]

Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That

August 20, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, mental health, Stress bjj, blogger, busy, go getter, MMA, Stress, WMMA

There is honestly such an abundance of negativity in the world and I simply refuse to be a part of it. Everywhere I turn there is someone being critical about what another individual is doing with their life, and all the ungrateful and unappreciative attitudes that go with it. We are all so consumed with […]

F*ck Your Feelings

August 13, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Laughter, love, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity Champion, family, friends, haters, love, MMA, winners, WMMA

Does this title offend you? Good, then we’re on the right track. In this day and age when every little word and phrase is under such intense scrutiny, it’s hard for people to fully express themselves without dealing with the repercussions. But in this glorious country where freedom of speech (not freedom of consequences is […]

Hit Me Baby One More Time

July 23, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, effort, Jiu Jitsu, lazy, MMA, try, WMMA 2

“You want a hot body? You want a Bugatti? You want a Maserati? You better work bitch.” Britney Spears isn’t necessarily the ideal candidate I choose towards when I’m looking for some inspiration, but in this case, her song is 100% accurate. Everyone wants the glory, the prizes, the benefits, the luxuries, and the accolades, […]

Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number

July 16, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, love, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance bjj, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, Schell Shock BJJ

Jiu Jitsu literally is for everyone. I hear people in the public mention how they’re too old to do this sport, and yet I am friends with and personally know people who not only train in their later years, but actively compete as well. In fact, I know 2 women who regularly compete in the […]

Becoming Fearless

June 25, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Friendship, Overcoming Adversity, self confidence, winners bjj, Competition, fearless, Jiu Jitsu 4

You know what? It takes courage to get out there and live life, I mean to truly live it. To venture into the dating world, to compete, to pursue a career path, to travel abroad etc; all of these things take some serious guts. I spent a week on Tinder, and trust me, it can […]

Middle Child Syndrome

May 28, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Laughter, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity bjjgirls, Competition, grappling, MMA, positivity, Ranger Up, Schell Shock BJJ 2

Born too late to explore the earth, born too early to explore the galaxy; alas we are the middle children of history. Often times, this is how I feel, maybe not in such a broad, contextual sense of the phrase, but in little tidbits here and there. I’m surrounded by the constant reminder that I […]

Unfriending Negativity

May 14, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, negastivity, toxicity, WMMA 1

Neither you nor I are under the obligation to be anyone’s friend, either on social media like Facebook or otherwise. I am so over allowing anyone to dampen my mood or darken my mental state that I honestly would just rather cut them out of my life completely. Anyone worth keeping would never put themselves […]

Don’t Call it a Comeback

April 16, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, cagefighting, comeback, fighting, MMA, perseverance, WMMA 1

The highs won’t ever feel as high if it weren’t for all the lows we face in life. A couple months ago, I busted my face open and lost a title fight and felt absolutely horrible. I was unfocused and deviated from any game plan set in motion and deserved to lose and suffered greatly […]

The Pursuit of Happiness

April 9, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Positivity bjj, happiness, Jiu Jitsu

Let’s talk happiness; the seedy underbelly of what makes all the grime we go through in life worthwhile. When are you at your happiest and what incites those warm fuzzy feelings deep within your soul? So many different answers to this I always hear: the first time I saw my child after being born, looking […]

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