Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence , , , , , , , , ,

Strike one: I’m a woman. Strike two: I am small. Strike three: I picked the most physically demanding sport possible. Truth is, I always wanted to fight. I’ve dreamed about it for a long time. At the age of 14, I was gifted my very first iPod and created my Apple ID. The security question […]

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Anxiety, Easy as 123

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity, self confidence , , , , , , 2

Broken bones, sprained ligaments, torn muscles, bruised shins, black eyes. Sometimes it’s really easy to look at someone at training and see all their aches, ailments, and pains as it’s at the forefront of their physicality. But unless you really look at a person, we miss the invisible suffering no one talks about. The kind […]

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We Are Women, Now Hear Us Roar

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Friendship, Positivity, self confidence , , , , , , ,

Did you ever notice how the world seems to pit powerful women against each other? Whether it’s an assumed power due to career rank, achievement in sports, or perceived conceptual beauty, it always has to be a constant competition among us females in a dog eat dog world where women can never share the crown, […]

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Without Limitations

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Positivity , , , , , , , , , 2

Life is hard. Find any person and they’ll have a story for what valid reasons make their life difficult. But what if it was apparent to the outside world just exactly why our life was so difficult? What if we had physical adversities that hindered our daily life in ways most could never relate to? […]

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