I’m a Bitch, I’m a Lover

January 7, 2020 Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Family, Friendship, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress anguish, bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, competing, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, love, mental health, positivity, self improvement 2

I hate the world today. Nah, honestly even if that’s not true, I feel like everyone can relate a little bit to Meredith Brooks in one way or another. Some days, we just wake up on the wrong side of the bed for no apparent reason. It’s like sometimes someone pissed in our bowl of […]

Auld Lang Syne to Settling

December 31, 2019 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Perseverance, Positivity couple, family, goals, happiness, love, relationshipsd

New Year’s is a time of self reflection, goal-setting, lofty aspirations, deep thought, and contemplation. For me, it’s also a celebration of the best 3 years of my life; my anniversary. Sometimes, it feels like just yesterday when we met by getting (reluctantly on my part) paired up at a Royce Gracie seminar. Other times, […]

To the Left to the Left

September 10, 2019 Samantha Schell Family, Friendship, Laughter, love advice, happiness, love, relationships 2

There is always going to be that one person who has your back, supports you, defends you, and won’t ever leave your side no matter what and that’s you. 2020 needs to be the year everyone learns to date themselves. It is the one relationship that will never waver, won’t abandon you, won’t make you […]

August 6, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Friendship, love, mental health, Parenting, Perseverance, Positivity, Stress bjj, family, happiness, Jiu Jitsu, love, MMA, parenthood, WMMA 4

I can’t be the only one out here constantly feeling like nothing I do is ever good enough. I try so hard and sometimes I’m sat here wondering what’s even the point? I’m not sure if there is an appreciation of the sacrifices made or the efforts put forth so why am I busting my […]

It’s Official, I’m Turning into my Mother

July 8, 2019 Samantha Schell Anxiety, Family, Friendship, love, Parenting, Positivity, Stress family, happiness, life, love, mom, parenting, Stress 1

Sometimes, I just can’t. I can’t seem to muster up the willpower to play the dutiful housewife or doting mom and I just want to be left alone with my dog snuggled up on the couch watching Netflix and eating crackers and cheese. Maybe even throw a glass of wine into the mix if I’m […]

The Pursuit of Happiness

April 9, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Positivity bjj, happiness, Jiu Jitsu

Let’s talk happiness; the seedy underbelly of what makes all the grime we go through in life worthwhile. When are you at your happiest and what incites those warm fuzzy feelings deep within your soul? So many different answers to this I always hear: the first time I saw my child after being born, looking […]

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 […]

Putting the ‘Possible’ in ‘Impossible’

January 29, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family, Friendship, Laughter, love, Positivity, self confidence, Stress, Teaching, winners bjj, happiness, love, MMA, positivity, Schell Shock BJJ, WMMA

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 […]

Everything Hurts; Enjoy the Ride

January 8, 2019 Samantha Schell BJJ, Laughter, mental health, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence, Stress bjj, happiness, Injuries, Jiu Jitsu, laughter, positivity, Schell Shock, Schell Shock BJJ, self care

Sometimes, it can be pretty cathartic to vent out our grievances, but it also bares in mind the question of when it’s acceptable to complain about a handful of things and when it just becomes annoying. No one likes a complainer Karen, so chill out with your degenerative disks and arthritic fingers. Guess what, if […]

Laugh Until it Hurts

October 9, 2018 Samantha Schell BJJ, Family, Laughter, Positivity bjj, funny, happiness, jiujitsu, laughter, lol, medicine

In case anyone reading these blogs hasn’t figured it out yet, I often use comedy as a coping medicine. They say laughter is the best medicine, and often times, I find myself cracking jokes to alleviate the tensions and stressors brought on by life. I laugh to diffuse awkward situations, I laugh to spark up […]

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