One is the Loneliest Number

April 7, 2020 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, mental health bjj, coronavirus, covid19, friendship, Jiu Jitsu, love, mental health, quarantine, self care 1

Oxygen, water, food, shelter and companionship? Do humans really need human interaction to survive just as resolutely as we need food and water? According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we do. There is a reason solitary confinement in the prisons is used as a form of punishment. There’s a reason Tom Hank’s character in Castaway […]

Distancing the Bullshit

March 31, 2020 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Laughter, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress adversity, coronovirus, isolation, mental health, persdeverance, quarantine, resiliency, social isolation, Stress 1

Everyday a lesson learned and once again a new chance to make things right or repeat your history of making the same fucking mistakes over and over like a a repetitive conundrum of disaster. We are all currently living in Lemony Snicket’s series of unfortunate events and the entire world is in disarray. I’m sure […]

How Now Brown Cow

January 14, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Laughter, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, humor, Jiu Jitsu, laughter, lol, MMA, perseverance, Schell Shock 2

I can’t be the only one who immediately thinks of the poop emoji when they think of the color brown, right? Hello, it’s me, the newest addition to the flocks of fecal colored Jiu Jitsu practitioners adorned with a crisp new brown belt, or faixa marrom as the cultured folk say. While I am, in […]

Auld Lang Syne to Settling

December 31, 2019 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Perseverance, Positivity couple, family, goals, happiness, love, relationshipsd

New Year’s is a time of self reflection, goal-setting, lofty aspirations, deep thought, and contemplation. For me, it’s also a celebration of the best 3 years of my life; my anniversary. Sometimes, it feels like just yesterday when we met by getting (reluctantly on my part) paired up at a Royce Gracie seminar. Other times, […]

Big Dick Energy

November 5, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Laughter, self confidence, winners bde, Competition, funny, goals, MMA 3

Big Dick Energy. It’s a whole mood right now. Charging through life splaying my testicular prowess across unsuspecting observers. Y’all trying to hate on my persona for working hard and getting after it? You can catch this mushroom stamp straight across your forehead. I’m done apologizing for being strong. Not just physically; I mean having […]

To the Left to the Left

September 10, 2019 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, Laughter, love advice, happiness, love, relationships

There is always going to be that one person who has your back, supports you, defends you, and won’t ever leave your side no matter what and that’s you. 2020 needs to be the year everyone learns to date themselves. It is the one relationship that will never waver, won’t abandon you, won’t make you […]

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 […]

The Things I Wish I Knew

July 2, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, mental health, nutrition, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, Positivity, Stress advice, bjj, Competition, Jiu Jitsu 7

There’s not an exorbitant amount of knowledge I have accrued over the past 28 years on this earth, but I have been fortunate enough to walk away with some solid life experiences and sound advice that has benefitted me in more ways than one. I am trying to be better about thinking positively and not […]

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 […]

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 […]

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