Anxiety, Easy as 123

May 22, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence Anxiety, bjj, BJJ girls, Depression, MMA, Stress, WMMA 2

Broken bones, sprained ligaments, torn muscles, bruised shins, black eyes. Sometimes it’s really easy to look at someone at training and see all their aches, ailments, and pains as it’s at the forefront of their physicality. But unless you really look at a person, we miss the invisible suffering no one talks about. The kind […]

Ain’t No Hood Like Parenthood

May 9, 2018 Samantha Schell Family, love, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, Positivity effort, family, happiness, love, parenting, trying

I am not a parent. I had grown up harboring no maternal aspirations nor dreams of bearing children. In fact, my early 20s were marred with such negative thoughts when it came to raising children, that I would turn down dates with anyone who was already a father. It simply was a deal breaker for […]

Beauty in the Beast

May 1, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence #beauty #fighter #defytheodds #dreamchaser #ugly #champion

I have a confession to make. I am not beautiful. A good majority of the time I look in the mirror and I do not like what I see. I’m constantly questioning my self-worth and wondering if I am as ugly as I am often told. I’ll never be the pretty girl, the graceful one […]

Without Limitations

April 26, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity beating the odds, bjj, brazilianjiujitsu, overcome, perseverance, schellshock, tenacity, triumph, victory, without limitations 2

Life is hard. Find any person and they’ll have a story for what valid reasons make their life difficult. But what if it was apparent to the outside world just exactly why our life was so difficult? What if we had physical adversities that hindered our daily life in ways most could never relate to? […]

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