F.irst A.ttempt I.n L.earning

Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, winners , , , , , , , , ,

I can’t even begin to count the amount of times I have failed at something as everyday my life is composed of tiny little mistakes accumulating day in and day out. I have failed my teammates, my coaches, my students, my family, my parents, my partner, and myself. I have failed as a student, as […]

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Be the Victor, not the Victim

Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Friendship, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress, winners , , , , , , ,

I want everyone who is reading this right now to do me a favor and immediately stop feeling sorry for yourself. The pity party train ends right here, right now. The only thing wallowing in your own self loathing ever accomplished was crippling bouts of depression and feeling unfulfilled and dissatisfied in your life’s journey. […]

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No Guts, No Glory. No Pain, No Story.

Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence, 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 […]

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Atelophobia

Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, mental health, Perseverance, self confidence, winners , , , , , ,

Honestly, I can’t be the only person out there who goes through periods of time where it feels like nothing I do is good enough. I am struggling on the mats and I am struggling in life and I just can’t seem to make things work. I try so hard, and sometimes I just hit […]

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Life Owes You Nothing. You Owe Yourself Everything

Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners , , ,

The world owes you nothing; it was here first. Nobody cares about your excuses, procrastinations, or laziness. Sometimes this can be absolutely brutal to hear, but it’s true. Good things do not come to those who wait, but to those who get up off their asses and go out there and get it. I found […]

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Failure Fuels Fortitude

Samantha Schell Adaptation, Competing, Family, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners , , , , , ,

As I’m sure many of you know, I am not writing this post as a champion. In fact, I am not even writing this post as a winner as I lost my title fight on Friday via second round TKO. Unfortunately, I reverted back to a lot of my old bad habits, didn’t listen to […]

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Putting the ‘Possible’ in ‘Impossible’

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Positivity, self confidence, Stress, Teaching, winners , , , , , ,

As I approach my fight this coming week, I am doing some reflecting. Primarily, reflecting on all the good in my life because no matter the outcome for the title this weekend, I have so much going on that I can appreciate and be grateful for. There are people out there that love to throw […]

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Head, Shoulders, Knees, Plateaus

Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners , , , , , , , , , , 3

If you’ve trained Jiu Jiitsu for a significant amount of time and can say with the utmost confidence that you have never felt undeserving of your rank, I’m calling shenanigans right now. Some days you go on the mats kicking butt as the hammer, and other days you get pounded as the nail (I’m also […]

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