Come Hel(ene) and High Water

October 1, 2024 Samantha Schell Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity helene, help, hurricane, hurricane reliefe, national emergency, United 11

Hurricane Helene just tore through the country, leaving whole towns and counties completely devastated in its wake. As a resident of North Carolina, I have personally seen the effects that Helene has had on the western part of the state, mainly with Asheville and Buncombe County and the surrounding mountainous terrain. Helene rampaged through Florida, […]

Hot & Fresh Out the Kitchen

August 6, 2024 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Perseverance, self confidence, Teaching accountability, assault, consequences, crime, criminals, hubris, morals, responsibility, sexual assault 12

At what point do people looks past the money, the power, and the accolades in order to hold people accountable? Corruption exists everywhere, and boy, can it be daunting to be the sole person trying to point out that someone needs to be held liable for their actions. It’s unpopular to deviate from the crowd, […]

Curse the Media

July 30, 2024 Samantha Schell Friendship, mental health, Perseverance, Teaching beliefs, bias, impartial, media, neutral, opinions, polarizing, politics 11

Everything is so negative in the media these days it’s a wonder anyone can maintain any sort of relationship, let alone have any semblance of intellectual discourse. In fact, some people have made their agendas and ideals their whole personality, that you can’t remember the last time they posted something on social media not related […]

Health is Wealth

June 25, 2024 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance chronic, headache, headaches, health, migraine, migraines, pain, sickness 6

I have chosen to be open about a lot of my struggles, personal, physical, and mental. It is no secret that I have the knees of a geriatric former paratrooper and anyone who has grappled with me has felt my right knee grind together like some rusty gears. Hell, I just posted a picture of […]

Per Aspera Ad Astra

June 4, 2024 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Friendship, love, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance caring, empathy, feelings, friendship, quit, struggles

The other evening, I posted a somewhat cryptic Facebook status about not owning a Jiu Jitsu gym if you’re an empath, because your heart will break every time that someone leaves. I was just in my feelings temporarily, not really thinking about one specific instance, and decided to vent online (I don’t know why, is […]

The More I Learn, the Less I Know

May 7, 2024 Samantha Schell BJJ, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, bjj lineage, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jiu Jitsu, knowledge 7

I have never, in my 11 years of Jiu Jitsu, been surrounded by such a plethora of upper belts with a vast extensive subset of knowledge. Even as a black belt, I stayed at an Air B&B this past weekend, and was still the 3rd lowest rank in attendance. While there was one brown belt […]

I’m a Dumb Dumb

February 6, 2024 Samantha Schell BJJ, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, self confidence, Stress bjj, injury, knee, ouch, pain, pain management 4

Me to me every day: “It is a privilege to get older. Life is full of wonderful things. I am enjoying reaching every new era in my life.” My knees: “Settle the fuck down. You’re in your 30’s. The right knee is hanging on by a thread and swelling day by day.” I just turned […]

Cause I’d Rather Feel Pain Than Nothing at All

January 23, 2024 Samantha Schell Adaptation, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity hurt, pain, struggles, trauma 2

What happens when the pain just gets to be too much? Emotional, physical, whichever. It all hurts. Pain is such a universally relatable experience; something each person on planet earth understands. What we don’t always understand, however, are certain types of pain or how each person processes pain differently. Everyone assesses levels of pain uniquely, […]

Unbothered

January 9, 2024 Samantha Schell Adaptation, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity authentic, Dreams, goals, opinions, resolutions, unbothered 1

I’ve never been super crazy about New Year’s resolutions, because I feel like it puts too much pressure and strictness to adhere to a certain timeline. Instead, I have always been in favor of choosing a simple word or phrase and specifying certain goals for the year, some exceptionally doable and others a bit more […]

Obladi, Oblada, Life Goes On Brah

January 2, 2024 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity family, hate, husband, life, love, politics, proud 2

Sometimes those who’ve had a less fortunate experience in social settings such as in school or clubs/teams amongst their peers, harbor so much ill will and resentment toward others who have been more successful in those situations. Maybe because they themselves struggled at one point making friends or ever felt ostracized in anyway way, feel […]

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