She is Incredible, But So Am I

November 17, 2020 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, Competition, mental health, MMA, negativity, perseverance, positivity, WMMA

Comparison is the thief of joy, an act of violence against oneself, and a distraction from our true purpose, so why can’t I stop doing it? This person is younger than me, better than me, prettier than me, more fit than me, has accomplished way more than me, the list goes on and on. Yet, […]

Just Let Me Bang, Bro

September 15, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, cage fight, Competition, fighter, fighting, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, WMMA

Fighting is an unconventional occupation as is, but throw in a global pandemic to the mix and suddenly your whole world is in disarray. Understandably, there are numerous unprecedented precautions we all must now implement, but securing a contracted fight during the Covid-19 era is almost damn near impossible. Either people haven’t been training due […]

Guilty as Charged

September 1, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Family, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Teaching bjj, improve, mental health, MMA, self reflection, toxic

What’s your toxic trait? This is something I’ve been trying self reflect a lot on lately. We are always so focused on the ways in which we have been wronged and the people who have treated us poorly that we can tend to gloss over the internal conflicts causing chaos within ourselves. “Until people take […]

Trying my Best to Eliminate Stress

August 11, 2020 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, fight, Jiu Jitsu, mental health, MMA, sacrifice, WMMA

Stress. One word. 6 letters. A whole bunch of reasons behind it. If you’re anything like me, you find yourself getting frazzled constantly, and often by exceptionally minute things that just tend to pile up over time. Little by little, the grains of sand start forming eclipsing dunes and you’ve made mountains out of mole […]

I’d Rather Be The Hunter Than The Prey

July 21, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, self confidence, Teaching adaptability, evolution, hunter, savage, strength, survival

Don’t be the person out here wearing Milk Bone shorts in a dog eat dog world where you were lied to about someone’s bark being worse than their bite. People are encircling you and licking their lips at the chance to eat you alive and you’re galavanting about in Lady Gaga’s meat suit looking like […]

Green-Eyed Monster

May 19, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Friendship, Parenting, Positivity, self confidence bjj, envy, family, happiness, jealousy, Jiu Jitsu, love, MMA 2

They say that comparison is the thief of all joy, and lately I have been seeing firsthand the reality of that sentiment. No matter how good things can be going for me, I’ll catch a blip of someone else’s social media, and I find myself mourning the lack of something I didn’t even know I […]

And She Lived Happily Ever After

May 12, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Laughter, love, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, self confidence bjj, fairy tale, happiness, love, MMA, perseverance 2

It’s me, your average, everyday, slightly neurotic, rigidly scheduling, face punching, neck strangling, trying the best that she can blogging weirdo. Last week, I postponed writing another blog for no other legitimate reason other than identifying that I was feeling a bit burnt out. I wasn’t necessarily dreading conjuring up a new post, but I […]

We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

March 10, 2020 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, love, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bonds, deserve, family, friendship, happiness, love, triumph

How many of us have people in our lives who treat us less than stellar within our relationships? Platonic, romantic, and familial included. Why? Why do we allow ourselves to be tied to people who are dismissive of our wants and needs in a specific relationship or bond? Whether it is out of comfort or […]

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, […]

Hey Look Ma, I Made It

February 4, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, cage fight, confidence, fighter, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, wolf queen 2

Today is my birthday, and oh boy am I hanging onto these 20s. These past few years I have pushed myself to accomplish quite a bit, and I think it’s time I start to give myself some credit for it. I tend to have a nasty habit of downplaying my achievements, either by crediting those […]

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