Putting the Dick in Addiction

March 3, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Family, Friendship, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity addiction, destruction, happiness, health, love, mental health, positivity, suicide awareness 2

Demons exist within all of us, that little voice in the back of our heads spewing hateful and negative messages about how lackluster and subpar we are. That we aren’t good enough, life is too hard, we have too many obstacles inhibiting our growth and so on and so forth. Many people drowning under heaps […]

Cut Calories, Not Confidence

February 11, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, mental health, nutrition, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, diet, fight, fighter, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, nutrition, weightcut, WMMA

Confidence, tenacity, self-esteem, etc; all vital components in becoming successful in such a brutal and unforgiving sport, but the mentality and discipline behind the scenes is always vastly more difficult than the cardio and skillets involved. Everyone has those days where you wake up after an unsatisfying night’s “sleep”, groggy as hell the next morning, […]

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 […]

I’m a Bitch, I’m a Lover

January 7, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Family, Friendship, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress anguish, bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, competing, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, love, mental health, positivity, self improvement 2

I hate the world today. Nah, honestly even if that’s not true, I feel like everyone can relate a little bit to Meredith Brooks in one way or another. Some days, we just wake up on the wrong side of the bed for no apparent reason. It’s like sometimes someone pissed in our bowl of […]

The Roaring 20s

December 3, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence adversity, Anxiety, change, courage, Depression, growth, strength, Stress 2

We’re approaching a brand new decade, act like it. We need to progress as a people and leave the petty, undermining, and offended bullshit in the past. The roaring 20s are upon us, and it would be awesome to emulate another period of growth and expansion as with the previous century without the depressive economic […]

I Don’t Think You’re Ready for This Jelly

November 19, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, doubt, greatness, haters, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, positivity, WMMA

“Envy is Ignorance. Imitation is Suicide.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. “These bitches salty, they sodium. They Jelly, petroleum.”- Cardi B. My mind can be a scary place. Why do we continue to put our best foot forward, smile in the face of adversity, and strive so hard to be a good person when the world just […]

Responsibility: The Price of Greatness

October 29, 2019 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity apathy, bjj, dream chaser, failure, go getter, laziness, perseverence, prepare

Adulthood, responsibilities, work, bills, families, etc., you name it, it’s all there piling up and waiting to be addressed. As a kid, you look at all the adults around you, teachers, parents, friend’s parents and so on, and you assume they know what they are doing and are functionally navigating through life. Man, that couldn’t […]

Float Like Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

October 15, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, butterfly, butterfly effect, Dreams, fighting, Jiu Jitsu, perseverance, positivity

I preface a lot of posts by saying I don’t know who needs to hear this but (and then implementing my infinite wisdom on the masses with the next sentence) but this time I am screaming this advice from the rooftops because this is something everyone in all walks of life needs to hear. You […]

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 […]

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 […]

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