And In The End, The Love You Take Is Equal To The Love You Make

July 7, 2020 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Parenting, Perseverance embrace, family, happiness, love, positivity, respect, wholesome

Life can go by incredibly fast, and with each day that passes, I am trying to learn to appreciate the little things a bit more. Quality time spent with family is something I am beginning to treasure and cherish, and rather than becoming frustrated with things like long road trips stuck in the car for […]

Rooting for the Good

June 30, 2020 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Perseverance, Positivity cheer, friendship, good, happiness, positivity

I don’t understand the mindset some people have of wanting to keep others down or rooting for someone else to fail. Personally, I find there is enough sadness and misery in the world without having to go search for it and I would much rather contribute to the beneficial positivity that can always be expanded […]

Long Live Love

June 9, 2020 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, Teaching equality, family, friendship, gym, love, pride, relationships 3

2020 has been a hell of a year so far, and one that has left me with an abundance of questions with very little answers, and if I may add, a sour taste in my mouth. If it is so easy to hate someone we do not even know based on appearance, why isn’t it […]

F.ace E.verything A.nd R.ise

June 2, 2020 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance blackout tuesday, love, positivity 4

Today, I sit in front of my MacBook, and I don’t have the slightest inkling on where to begin. There is so much to bring up and discuss and all of it entails tact and respect to the lives, emotions, livelihood, and people involved. I am not a person of color, I am in zero […]

And She Lived Happily Ever After

May 12, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Laughter, love, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, self confidence bjj, fairy tale, happiness, love, MMA, perseverance 2

It’s me, your average, everyday, slightly neurotic, rigidly scheduling, face punching, neck strangling, trying the best that she can blogging weirdo. Last week, I postponed writing another blog for no other legitimate reason other than identifying that I was feeling a bit burnt out. I wasn’t necessarily dreading conjuring up a new post, but I […]

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 […]

We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

March 10, 2020 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bonds, deserve, family, friendship, happiness, love, triumph

How many of us have people in our lives who treat us less than stellar within our relationships? Platonic, romantic, and familial included. Why? Why do we allow ourselves to be tied to people who are dismissive of our wants and needs in a specific relationship or bond? Whether it is out of comfort or […]

Leaving Your Legacy

February 25, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, love, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, dad, family, father, Jiu Jitsu, legacy, man, person, professor, Schell Shock, Schell Shock BJJ

Stiffen up that upper lip, boys don’t cry, boys will be boys, man up et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Society places such an emphasis on men to be the bearer of all things without any hint of vulnerability or emotion. Be the bread winner, the tough guy, the manly man, be strong, have muscles, […]

Ovaries Are Not Brovaries

January 21, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, love, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress bjj, competing, Competition, health, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, perseverasnce, positivity 4

To say I have been having a rough week mentally wouldn’t even begin to scratch the surface for the nonphysical turmoil I continuously put myself in. I’ve geared up to compete, with my female reproductive system absolutely screaming in protest with every fiber of its being, and remarkably ended up unscathed, although my win-loss ratio […]

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, […]

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