G.O.A.T

July 28, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners best, Competition, goat, gymnastics, mental health, olympics, simone biles, USA 2

Imagine feeling so entitled to your cockamamie opinions, you think you hold some clout when it comes to commenting on the choices and decisions made by the most winningest athlete in history. There is no one, past or present, who comes remotely close to touching the accolades achieved by US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. Yet […]

Don’t Take it so Personally

July 13, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Family, Friendship, mental health, Perseverance, self confidence alone, bjj, Depression, mental health, resiliency, therapy

Interesting. I started this blog primarily to write and document my experiences training and competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA, and then I find myself relating it to my emotions and personal life experiences more often than not. It has become a therapeutic outlet in a safe space I can air out my grievances […]

Starve Your Distractions, Feed Your Focus

July 6, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, winners Anxiety, bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, competing, Competition, doubt, expectations, focus, Jiu Jitsu 1

Many times, when you ask people what their greatest fear is, they will immediately reply back with the fear of failure. But often times, this is not the case. It is not the actuality of failure that we fear, it is the fear of disappointing others in our lives or even ourselves. Everyone fails, that’s […]

If You Never Heal From What Hurt You, You Will Continue to Bleed on Those Who Did Not Cut You

June 29, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress healing, mental health, pain, scars, trauma

Trauma is probably something that shouldn’t be as highly relatable as it is, but unfortunately, almost every single person you come into contact with has suffered or endured something in their past that has dramatically altered the course of their existence. It has molded us, impacted us, and effected us, but it should never define […]

Walk Tall & Carry a Big Stick

June 14, 2021 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence atomweight, fight, MMA, perseverance, positivity, weightcut

The title is kind of ironic for a 5’0 tall woman banking on her BDE ways of thinking, no? But that was exactly my mindset this past weekend as I ventured out into the biggest career opportunity I was presented with to date. I received a call on 15 days notice about a vacant slot […]

Life is Tough, but Darling, So Are You

June 1, 2021 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity perseverance, positivity, power, quit, strength, strong

Sometimes, I am simply amazed at all the fantastic feats the human body and mind is capable of. It is the driving force that keeps me going even through my toughest challenges in life. I refuse to accept quit, failure, or defeat because I constantly bombard myself with the stories and images of those who […]

Without Hard Work, Nothing Grows But Weeds

May 25, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence Dreams, goals, hard work, perseverance, positivity, tencacity 1

The world owes you nothing, it is up to every single individual to go out there and chase it. It’s a hard pill to swallow to come to the realization that we are where we are in life because of the choices we make and the actions that we take. Sure, some people may do […]

Just the Dumb Girlfriend

May 18, 2021 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Perseverance badass, bjj, Competition, female empowerment, feminism, Jiu Jitsu, women 2

Traveling to no gi pans this past weekend was full of a wide variety of emotions. Namely, feelings of inequality, unworthiness, shunted aside, and like the sidekick. Traveling to Texas through numerous airports, my fiancé and I wearing similar outfits all bedecked and emblazoned with our gym and Jiu Jitsu logos and identical gym bags. […]

You Are Not Alone

May 4, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, love, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress Anxiety, Depression, help, love, mental health, Stress

May is mental health awareness month; a cause I will champion and continue to champion for the rest of my days. Perhaps the reason for this is because almost every single person you know has dealt with this issue in one aspect or another, whether it has personally effected them or someone that they love […]

I Am Not Your Enemy

March 23, 2021 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Perseverance bjj, Competition, gym, training 3

There are no gold medals to be won in our gym, our teammates are not our adversaries, there is no financial gain or televised viewing of any championship while we are in the gym training. These are practices meant to push us to prepare us for the arduous battles to come when we do decide […]

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