Thank You, Next

March 19, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Parenting, Positivity appreciation, bjj, family, gratitude, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, kids, love, thanks 2

Positivity breeds positivity, and negative thinking tends to attract negative energy. It all sounds so simple, but I’m sure we know how difficult it can truly be to dig ourselves out of a rut of emotional gloom when we feel like a dark gray cloud is just constantly looming over us threatening a torrential downpour […]

Recovery; Good for the Body, Good for the Soul

October 23, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, mental health, nutrition, Positivity athlete, bjj, BJJ girls, competitor, family, friends, health, healthcare, nutrition, recovery, Schell Shock BJJ, self care, sponsors

Buckle your seat belts boys and girls, it’s time for another blog day Tuesday! I know I’ve talked before about the importance of self care (not only in Jiu Jitsu, but in life as well), and of the bonds we form in this sport that are incomparable to anything I can really explain, but I’d […]

Head, Shoulders, Knees, Plateaus

October 2, 2018 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, winners bjj, family, goals, growth, perseverance, plateaus, Resilient, Schell Shock, Schell Shock BJJ, success, team 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 […]

I’ll Be There Forever

July 24, 2018 Samantha Schell Competing, Family, love, Parenting, Positivity, winners familia, family, kids, love, parenting, Schell Shock 2

I admit that I mess up a lot. Life doesn’t come with a manual on the correct ways to handle every situation and I stumble my way through most of them like a comatose patient emerging from a paralytic state. I honestly don’t know how people choose to be seen with me in public some […]

Not All Family is Blood

June 26, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, love, Positivity coaches, family, schellshock, schellshockbjj, team, teammates, teamrubaocarioca

Is there any other sport out there that seems like more of a solo effort than fighting? I mean, when you are out on the mats or inside the cage, there is no one else except for you and your opponent. However, outward appearances alone can be quite deceiving. Personally, I can’t think of any […]

Ain’t No Hood Like Parenthood

May 9, 2018 Samantha Schell Family, love, Overcoming Adversity, Parenting, Positivity effort, family, happiness, love, parenting, trying

I am not a parent. I had grown up harboring no maternal aspirations nor dreams of bearing children. In fact, my early 20s were marred with such negative thoughts when it came to raising children, that I would turn down dates with anyone who was already a father. It simply was a deal breaker for […]

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