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 1

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 1

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 […]

‘Tis the Season, of Understanding

November 28, 2023 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, Positivity chanukah, christmas, gratitude, hanukkah, holiday season, holidays, kindness, new years, patience, thanksgiving 1

Family. It’s that time of year again, where there are so many pictures cropping up online of people with their families, enjoying spending some quality time together over the holidays. As fortunate as I feel to be able to have family around and close by in order to do this with, I also truly empathize […]

Do Not Mistake Kindness for Weakness

November 7, 2023 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Positivity betrayal, bjj, feelings, Jiu Jitsu, kindness, second chances, strong 1

The world is so full of negativity, and terrible things happening everywhere in places far and wide, that we should all welcome when there exists a person in our life who goes above and beyond for others, a ray of light in ever-dimming universe. This is something I, myself have tried to work on over […]

Let Them

October 17, 2023 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence friendships, girls, Jiu Jitsu, karma, lies, truth 1

There are people out there who choose to make you a villain in the story so that they come off a little better, and as much as it may sting to not have your side heard, sometimes you just gotta let people talk until their throat becomes raw with the amount of lies they spew […]

What’s Real Anymore?

October 3, 2023 Samantha Schell Positivity, Stress honesty, justice, real, truth

What’s real anymore? In a world full of A.I., photoshops, and deep fakes, can we even be so sure of what we physically lay sight on, even when we “see things with our own two eyes”? Sometimes, I am doubtful of the things I see, and even more-so questioning the things I read. I’m going […]

When They Go Low, Aim High

September 19, 2023 Samantha Schell Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress adversity, corruption, karma, positivity, Stress

Today, my grumpy neighbor with what must be the world’s biggest stick up his keister, aggressively gestured towards me as I entered my neighborhood. Here I was all chipper, returning after being up at 5:30 am to cover a Jiu Jitsu class for a sick instructor. I stayed late at the gym last night reviewing […]

Age Before Beauty

September 12, 2023 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Family, love, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity age, aging, appearance, beauty, family, hardship, insecurity, love, wisdom 8

My husband is so handsome, and like a fine bourbon barrel aged whiskey, seems to get better over time, laden with intricacies and deeper layers to his appearance, making for an even more appealing and interesting overall aesthetic. After all, he caught the attention of someone 16 1/2 years his junior, and he so often […]

Not Good Enough

September 5, 2023 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Positivity, self confidence bjj, competing, Competition, confidence, Jiu Jitsu

Why is it that sometimes we always feel that nothing we do in life will ever be good enough, and we always have these unattainable standards to hold ourselves to? It seems that we can accomplish so much in life, but unless we are always reaching that #1 spot, or best of the best, it […]

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