I have always found that people are like icebergs; you see a tiny bit of them peeking out above the surface, but there is so much more of them that lies beneath which you can not see. There is a part of us we openly display to the world, i.e., in public and across social […]
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Samantha Schell BJJ, Overcoming Adversity, self confidence brave, confident, courageous, emotions, facts, feeliings 19
People can proclaim all they want until they are blue in the face that they know right from wrong, or aren’t hateful, prejudiced, or critical of someone, but actions always speak louder than words. Pay attention to the unconscious biases around you. Several years ago, I wrote about an instance when my husband and I […]
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Samantha Schell Adaptation, Family, Friendship, love, mental health emotions, feelings, negativity, positivity, tough love
Feelings are often attributed to what makes us human in life, the sole connector to our minds, body, soul, and spirit. But emotions are flawed and fickle; they can cloud our judgment and trigger inflammatory responses and knee jerk reactions and dilute our thought process. It’s a never-ending battle that exists within us, choosing between […]
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Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Family, Friendship, mental health, Positivity bjj, emotions, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, Schell Shock BJJ 1
While true that I may be off base with my assumptions here, I wonder why we tend to give women an almost ‘free pass’ when it comes to using kid gloves in the transition to BJJ, but we do not extend the courtesy to new men in the sport. While it can ring true that […]
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