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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Always Forward

April 27, 2021 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, self confidence, Teaching, winners bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, learning, losses, opportunity, wins

There is no one alive out there who is keeping a track record of our successes and our failures and detailing every step in our journeys. Even our most loathsome “enemy” isn’t tallying all that we do, from our greatest opponent and adversary to what may very well be just a bitter ex dating partner. […]

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 […]

Don’t Let Your Dreams Be Dreams

January 5, 2021 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance bjj, Champion, Competition, Dreams, failure, Jiu Jitsu, success 3

How much wasted time is spent dreaming about the possibilities of the future instead of waking up and living it? The time is going to pass regardless, shouldn’t it be spent pursuing our goals, no matter what our age or life circumstances? A whole entire brand new year is upon us, and a wise man […]

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 […]

Ovaries Are Not Brovaries

January 21, 2020 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, love, mental health, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress bjj, competing, Competition, health, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, perseverasnce, positivity 4

To say I have been having a rough week mentally wouldn’t even begin to scratch the surface for the nonphysical turmoil I continuously put myself in. I’ve geared up to compete, with my female reproductive system absolutely screaming in protest with every fiber of its being, and remarkably ended up unscathed, although my win-loss ratio […]

Make Me the Bad Guy, Chun-Li

December 17, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, Competition, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, negativity, positivity, training, WMMA 2

It’s amazing how you can accomplish so much and yet, still feel like a failure. Overall, I had a pretty significant year, but all I can do is focus upon the areas in which I fell short. I do this with every training session as well. Instead of thinking about what I’m walking away having […]

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